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Learning more about a topic he feels strongly about -- dams on the Snake River -- leads Dennis T. Avery to ponder other information on ecological issues. Related stories The states of Oregon and Washington are in the midst of the biggest salmon runs in 60 years. Never mind all the wailing you've heard about the salmon being endangered by logging, dams, irrigated farming and pollution. There are more salmon in Pacific Northwest rivers this year than almost anyone can remember. The Portland Oregonian reports more salmon and steelhead have climbed Bonneville Dam's fish ladders than in any year since ...

Teamsters Seek to End U.S. Oversight By STEVEN GREENHOUSE s President Bush maneuvers to strengthen ties with the Teamsters, the union has mounted an intensive campaign to persuade the administration to end 12 years of federal supervision of the union, once considered the nation's most corrupt. The Teamsters' campaign comes at the same time that the union's president, James P. Hoffa, has indicated that his union might support Republicans if they back the Teamsters on several crucial issues. The Teamsters have been lobbying the White House, the Justice Department and the United States attorney in New York for an end ...

Prayers requested during week of 9/2/01 Prayers for beowolf and friends and family of Caseyjay, longtime freeper, who has died Prayers for return of LeeMcCoy's daughter MasonGal's Prayer Request for niece's son taken to hospital pubmom's daughter continued prayer request for the Levys Update from joyce1111 on daughter's accident--praise report Prayer request for the Christian missionaries being held by the Taliban winodog's request for help with teaching Update on MrConfettiMan Praise report on surgery for Alan Prayer request for 12 year old Douglas undergoing neck surgery Update on Earlene--Prayer request for comfort and strength for entire family Prayer request ...

Sometimes the Economy Needs a Setback By JAMES GRANT he weak economy and the multi-trillion-dollar drop in the value of stocks have raised a rash of recrimination. Never a people to suffer the loss of money in silence, Americans are demanding to know what happened to them. The truth is simple: There was a boom. A boom is a phase of accelerated prosperity. For ignition, it requires easy money. For inspiration, it draws on new technology. A decade ago, farsighted investors saw a glorious future for the personal computer in the context of the more peaceful world after the ...

<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A disgruntled former security guard shot and killed four ex-coworkers Saturday night, then handcuffed a fifth and stole her car, police said.</p> <p>The suspect, identified as Joseph Ferguson, 20, of Sacramento, remained at large hours after the shootings and was believed to be heavily armed and possibly wearing body armor, said Sacramento Police spokesman Sgt. Daniel Hahn.</p>

<p>The first wave of 3,500 NATO troops has poured into Macedonia to begin a 30-day mission to "disarm" ethnic Albanian guerrillas as part of Operation Essential Harvest. But Essential Harvest is just the latest move NATO has made that gets it wrong in the Balkans.</p>

Living in a material world Coming of Age story by KIM PETERSON Staff Writer September 9, 2001 School lets out for the day at Poway High, and out pours a wealth of eager, savvy consumers. Teens swarm out, many dressed like runway models in outfits worth more than many people earn in a day. Cell phones power on. Tricked-out Mustangs and Ford trucks roar from three student parking lots. In this school, and others, many students are copping a new attitude: You are what you own. Growing up in the lap of prosperity, adolescents today are perhaps the most materialistic ...

I received this from my grandson's public school second grade teacher. More than the content of the poem, its encouraging to know that there are thinking, rational teachers in the schools. There's hope yet for our kids!. Subj: BUT PURPLE HAIR IS O.K.? a must read... Date: 9/8/01 From: XXXXXXX Subject: But purple hair is okay? Since the Pledge of Allegiance and The Lord's Prayer are not allowed n most public schools anymore because the word "God" is mentioned.... a kid in Arizona wrote the attached NEW School prayer. I liked it.... Now I sit me down in school Where ...

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Back to school translates into terror &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; for some Southern Nevada youngsters. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For those with severe cases of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; school phobia, UNLV psychology &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; professor Christopher Kearney &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; runs a School Refusal Clinic. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; His clients are kindergartners and first-graders whose &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; aversion to school leads to regular morning temper &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tantrums, recurring stomach aches or frequent crying &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; about thoughts of school, even on weekends. They &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; are sixth-graders whose anxieties reduce their &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; chances for success during the transition from &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; easier-going elementary schools to middle schools &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; with multiple classes and teachers, new peers and ...

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<p>The Justice Department has abandoned its plan to dismember the world's leading software maker. Still, pundits who thought last Thursday's announcement was a concession to Microsoft should have been watching the stock market.</p> <p>The price of Microsoft stock dropped 3 percent -- even more than the dip in the overall averages. Investors never expected the government to renew its absurd demand to breakup the company. After all, the U.S. Court of Appeals had affirmed only one of Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's three main holdings. And the appellate judges had even warned the government, in no uncertain terms, that the "drastically altered scope" of Microsoft's liability would not support a divestiture remedy.</p>

Originally posted 8/02/2000 Conservatives and the GOP: A Dysfunctional Relationship by John BenderThe Republican convention should be a wake up call for conservatives. This isn't your party anymore. In fact, the convention is a slap across the face of conservatives. No conservative voices are being heard at this anointing of Boy George. The House managers are being hidden away. Steve Forbes is not invited to speak, nor is Dan Quayle. Just as this column was being written a rumor is circulating that Ambassador Keyes is going to be allowed to speak but we were unable to confirm that rumor with ...

Good morning! For your posting pleasure. As always, soliciting FReeper observations and comments. Sunday, September 9, 2001 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY: Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Don Nickles (R-Okla.), John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Phil Gramm (R-Tex.) and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.). MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), House Majority Leader Richard K. Armey (R-Tex.) and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice. THIS WEEK (ABC): Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) and Senate ...

<p>House and Senate Republican leaders, worried that an economic recovery is nowhere in sight, have joined forces to push for a major cut in the capital gains tax this fall, despite the president's opposition to such a move now.</p> <p>Speaker J. Dennis Hastert told House Republicans last week that he now intends to make a capital gains tax cut "a major priority" in this session of Congress. That proposal not only will set up a huge political confrontation with the Democrat-controlled Senate, where Majority Leader Tom Daschle and other Democrats oppose such a move, but it also would put Mr. Hastert at odds with President Bush, who wants to wait and see if his income tax cuts will get the economy growing again by year's end.</p>

Friday's jump in unemployment sent Wall Street into a tailspin, but it shouldn't have come as a big surprise. The U.S. economy may or may not be technically in recession, but it is certainly growing much more slowly than its potential. This "output gap" was bound to show up in higher unemployment. More significant was the fact that the bad news on jobs followed bad news about consumer spending. The much-ballyhooed tax rebate, it seems, isn't having much impact. So much for cheery forecasts of imminent recovery. Now what? First, don't give up on monetary policy. The slump during the ...

Sunday, September 9, 2001 COMING TO AMERICA Poll Finds Little Support For Amnesty Democrats, Republicans opposed in similar numbers By Jon Dougherty © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com Should President Bush grant general amnesty to illegal immigrants?your opinion! A new Zogby poll conducted on behalf of the Center for Immigration Studies shows that a majority of Americans from both ends of the political spectrum are against granting a general amnesty to illegal immigrants. "While overall the poll finds little support for an amnesty, it does show some significant differences among groups. The strongest opposition is found among conservatives, moderates and voters in union ...

   Powell: Israel's use of US arms not illegal By Janine Zacharia WASHINGTON (September 9) - Secretary of State Colin Powell, in a letter sent last month to Congressman John Conyers (D-Michigan), said Israel's use of American-made weapons in targeted killings of Palestinian militants does not constitute a violation of American law. While State Department spokesmen have been saying so for weeks, it was the first time a senior administration official made such an unequivocal statement on the issue. Powell, in a letter dated August 17, was responding to a letter sent by Conyers to President George W. Bush in ...

BNP woos non-Muslims Indians THE HEAD of the racist British National Party (BNP) has reportedly approached Sikh and Hindu leaders in the UK and urged the formation of a joint front against Muslims. BBC radio reported that Nick Griffin, head of the far-right BNP met the international secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Griffith was himself reported to have said he had met Sikh leaders. BBC's Radio 4 reported Griffin's meeting with VHP leader, Hashmukh Shah, last month. Shah said Griffin had come "unannounced and uninvited" to his office on July 12. "Griffin came to me possibly because he knew ...

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The ethnic Albanian commander of the Kosovo Protection Corps, Gen. Agim Ceku denied he is a war crimes suspect for involvement in conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. He also dismissed suggestions that the conflict in Macedonia might now spill over into Montenegro in his first interview with Serbian media published Saturday. The KPC was set up by the U.N. administration and the international peacekeeping force in Kosovo to replace the Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army at the end of the conflict with Yugoslavia in 1999. Ceku was promoted to the rank of general in the ...

KOPER, Slovenia, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Slovenian authorities said on Friday they had seized 48 tonnes of weapons in the port of Koper, shipped from Malaysia and probably intended for strifetorn Macedonia or Kosovo. "The customs authorities discovered on Monday four containers packed to the roof with all sorts of weapons, from very old museum pieces to relatively modern firearms," Milan Bogatic, director of Koper customs, told a news conference. He said the weapons were discovered during a routine check of the containers' contents and documents, which described the shipment as "machine parts" from Malaysia brought via Malta. "A ...