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May I See Your Papers Please? by Rick Gee Abby Newman of Ferrum, Virginia is my newest hero. After you watch these videos, she may become your hero too.  On September 12, 2000, Ms. Newman was traveling along Virginia 40, minding her own business, when a state police officer motioned for her to pull over. Had Ms. Newman been speeding? Was she weaving around after a night of cocktails? Was she a victim of racial profiling? No, she was pulled over for a routine “license and registration checkpoint.”  Since she had done nothing wrong, and was being stopped for ...

<p>The day after a proposal to build a $355 million arena in downtown Newark collapsed under the weight of New Jersey politics, Assembly Speaker Jack Collins promised to revive the measure after November's elections -- as long as a controversial package of goodies for South Jersey is included in the deal.</p>

<p>September 8, 2001 -- A Manhattan judge has thrown out a verdict in a civil suit after finding the jury was biased - against fellow jurors. Civil Court Judge Lucy Billings tossed the verdict from the six-person jury after two of them said they were harassed and racially bullied by the other four.</p>

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A Jeffersonian View of the Civil War by Donald W. Miller, Jr. In the schoolbook account of the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln rose to the Presidency and took the steps needed to end slavery. He led the country in a great Civil War against the slaveholding states that seceded, restored these states to the Union, and ended slavery. Accordingly, historians rate Abraham Lincoln as one of our greatest presidents. People in the South, like my great-great-grandfather Louis Thomas Hicks, had a different view of the war. Louis Hicks fought in the Battle of Gettysburg in the Army of Northern ...

Rush Limbaugh said, "Everone's shaking his head over this." Bush is using executive privilege to cover Clinton's sorry tail. It's beyond spineless. And it raises alarming questions about Bush. Is he in on it? Was Judicial Watch right to go after this clown all along? Is he somehow involved in the Clinton scandals? Is the Bush-bashing crowd that talks about Mena right? Are we talking about another sleazy administration that is somehow in league with the Clintons? Or does Bush have mental problems? I see no other answer. Bush may invoke executive privilege Wants {Clinton-era cases-WantsJustice documents kept secret } ...

By TOM LANGHORNE Staff WriterHe insists that adults should be able to visit prostitutes and disseminate pornography to other adults without government interference. He freely admits that he has watched scores of movies whose titles cannot be printed in this newspaper, and has patronized the adult establishments he represents in court. And he says he gladly will take his own two sons and daughter into such places as soon as they turn 18, if they want to go. A self-described "pure libertarian," Spartanburg attorney Rod Tullis has become the legal representative of choice for adult club owners and employees, ...

<p>George W. Bush is on the defensive. Unless you're the Baltimore Ravens, that's not a good place to be in September, especially for a politician.</p> <p>On issues ranging from the economy and budget to stem-cell research to Mexico, criticism mounts as the president often appears dumbfounded or duplicitous. His poll ratings remain respectable, but Mr. Bush is not controlling much of the political discourse.</p>

<p>MERICANS CANNOT buy Sudanese oil because it's illegal. The United States has identified Sudan as a terrorist nation because it uses profits from its oilfields to kill, starve, and enslave the nation's blacks. Christian and traditionalist African villagers are targeted because they resist being ruled by Khartoum's version of Islamic Law. Oil profits are enabling the regime to step up its bombings of hospitals, churches and schools, so Congress has rightly declared an economic embargo.</p>

<p>Senate leader hopes to kindle spirit of bipartisanship in D.C.</p> <p>Looking to break down the walls of bipartisanship, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., is trying to establish three new communication links to Senate and House Republicans.</p> <p>Daschle said his concern about the economy, the desire to protect Social Security and fund America's priorities were catalysts when he proposed the historic joint Senate leadership meeting.</p>

Four Gaffney High students were arrested following what police described as a gang fight Thursday morning at school that left three teachers and two students injured. School Resource Officer Johnny Miller said Terry Wood, 17, of 157 Concord Heights, and Kyle Tate, 18, of 3102 Old Georgia Hwy., waited outside a math classroom at 10:20 a.m. for a 15-year-old student to go to his next class. When the bell rang and the students started filing out of the classroom, Wood and Tate attacked the juvenile, striking him in the head and body several times with their fists, Miller said. The ...

<p>ASHINGTON - President Vicente Fox of Mexico called a Cold War-era defense alliance ''obsolete and useless'' yesterday and urged that it be replaced by a new Western Hemisphere pact to deal with poverty and other social and economic problems.</p> <p>Fox said that Mexico may withdraw from the Inter-American Reciprocal Defense Treaty of 1947, which was designed primarily to protect hemispheric nations against communism. He said he will decide on withdrawal within 60 days.</p>

Above the Law? Part 1 - Lawmen on trial An extensive internal affairs investigation of former sheriff's deputies Glendell Edison and Jim Sanders paints a picture of alleged corruption like no other in the history of Collier County law enforcement. By BRIGID O'MALLEY Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series, based on more than 3,000 pages of Collier County sheriff's reports, court records and interviews. They were bullies, drug dealers and extortionists, and they used their badges as their power, investigators say. One was a chest-thumping "my way or the highway" Collier County sheriff's captain, Jim Sanders, ...

Why football ? Because football kills our children. To the uninformed this may come as a surprise. After all, what could be more innocious then a little football game between kids ? But statistics prove that football is a killer sport. The National Federation of State High School Associations made public in 1999 that 15 high school football players died during regular season and playoff games in that year. Fifteen lives sacrificed to the altar of the pigskin ! But this revelation is not all : this number is equal to deaths caused by school shootings, as reported by the ...

Lauderhill police officer charged for pepper spraying cat Saturday, September 8, 2001 Associated Press LAUDERHILL — A police officer was charged Friday with a misdemeanor for pepper spraying an injured cat, officials said. The sick cat had been laying in the bushes outside a Chili's restaurant when a passer-by said she saw officer Lerue Sarvis spray it. The cat's eyes were swollen shut when it was found by Sharon Falcone, who works for Pets and Animals in Distress in Fort Lauderdale. Sarvis could face up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine if convicted of the cruelty to ...

Reno says most Floridians agree with her on 'Elian case' Saturday, September 8, 2001 By CHELSEA J. CARTER, Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Sounding like a candidate for political office, former Attorney General Janet Reno encouraged some 900 female lawyers Thursday to use the law and the courts to better the lot of women and children. "We can make a difference," Reno, who is running for governor of Florida, told the California Women Lawyers dinner Thursday night at the Anaheim Hilton Hotel & Towers. Particular attention, she said, needs to be paid to reducing domestic violence and reversing a trend ...

Chevron-Texaco Merger Approved Chevron Gets Approval From Feds For Merger With Texaco $39 Billion Deal Creates Nation's Second Largest Oil Co. New Comapny Will Be Named ChevronTexaco Corp. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2001 (AP) Oil giant Chevron Corp. received the go-ahead from federal regulators Friday to proceed with its $39 billion acquisition of fellow industry titan Texaco Inc. to create the nation's second-largest oil company. The Federal Trade Commission voted 4-0 to approve the merger. Chairman Timothy J. Muris recused himself from the vote. San Francisco-based Chevron agreed to buy Texaco in October 2000 in a stock deal valued about $39.3 ...

5-year-old boy dies day after being shot by older brother Saturday, September 8, 2001 Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH — A 5-year-old boy died Friday, a day after his 6-year-old brother accidentally shot him in the head. Roben Long died at 11:25 p.m. at Halifax Medical Center. He had been in critical condition since arriving there early Thursday morning, The News-Journal of Daytona Beach reported. His brother, Robert, told police he found a revolver under the couch where his uncle was sleeping and, without realizing it was loaded, shot Roben. "I did it. I shot him in the head. I did ...

Hey gang - Methinks there are few issues as important as the following. I just sent a 'fax' to " 12024566538 " - that's the White House alt. fax address. You can do same by e-msg (auto-fax) from - http://www.tpc.int/sendfax.html Please do so - L+ve, R. Sir - as a lifelong Republican BUT American 1st and last, I implore you to cooperate fully with Rep. Dan Burton's committee. The issues are, to me, obviously far more important and crucial for our great country than the 'pitiful heap of execrement' named Clinton. This involves the necessary restoration of faith in ...

As the United Nations World Conference Against Racism enters an unscheduled ninth day today, it appears that the most vicious anti-Israel, anti-Semitic language will be dropped from the confab's final declaration. But that cannot erase the shame of a wicked week that saw the delegates in South Africa mull draft resolutions accusing the Jewish state of "racist Zionist practices" and of "promoting and maintaining a culture of racial superiority." That's a 21st century blood libel. Whether or not the finished document singles out Israel for condemnation — and whether or not the Arabs walk out — the orgy of hate ...