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Report Also Reveals Arafat Suffers from Advanced Prostate Cancer and Cerebral Edema 25 June: Another of the report’s disclosures refers to the serious decline in Arafat’s health in recent months. He is said to suffer from prostate cancer requiring surgery, as well as cerebral edema from the blow he received some years ago when his plane made a forced landing. Aware that he needs hospital care, the Palestinian leader has not decided when or where to receive it. After the Bush speech, he dropped an earlier plan to get himself admitted to the American Mayo Clinic, fearing he would be...

Is this the same Bob Ricks from Waco flame...I mean fame? Homeland Security POC: Bob Ricks (405) 425-2001

With Worldcom news out, futures down and US Dollar going down hard tonight. Click INO Charts

Embattled auditor Andersen said on Tuesday its work for WorldCom Inc. (NasdaqNM:WCOM - News), which announced earlier that it had uncovered improper accounting of almost $4 billion in expenses, complied with professional and Securities and Exchange Commission standards. WorldCom said it uncovered accounting irregularities involving expenses misrecorded as capital expenditures that had inflated its cash flow and the company would have otherwise reported a net loss for 2001 and the first quarter of 2002. The telecommunications carrier also said it had fired its chief financial officer and accepted the resignation of David Myers as senior vice president and controller. "The...

Bush is getting blamed for the Worldcom mess on Yahoo's financial board. Thought Freepers might like to know. Here's the link. Note: The link will take you to the first message in the thread. To see other messages in the thread click on "view". To get to see a list of other messages and threads in the forum, click on "message list".

Houston FReep This Friday!   PROTEST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND OUR UNSECURED BORDERS - HOUSTON JUNE 28   WE WANT YOUR BODY!   J.C. Hernandez (Texans for Immigration Reform) is calling a press conference outside the Westin Galleria Hotel  - Site of The LULAC National Convention (5060 W. Alabama)5:30 PM on Friday, June 28, 2002 MAPMr. Hernandez wants FReepers to give them some added moral support. They're contacting ALL conservative activists in Houston and this should be BIG. THIS IS NETWORKING AT ITS FINEST! If you can attend, that would help several other Houston groups who are pushing for tighter immigration...

The Clatworthy Campaign just launched an extensive media campaign, both television and radio, this is airing statewide. The ads highlight Ray's top priorities: supporting President George W. Bush in America's war on terrorism, strengthening the military, protecting the homeland and promoting tax cuts to create jobs and stimulate the economy. "We are delighted that we are in the position to launch our ads at this time and take our message directly to the people of Delaware, in their living rooms and their cars," said Clatworthy. "I'm confident that when Delawareans discover the stark differences between my opponent and me on...

VATICAN CITY, JUN 25, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father: - Appointed Bishop Timothy Michael Dolan, auxiliary of the archdiocese of St. Louis, U.S.A., as metropolitan archbishop of Milwaukee (area 12,323, population 2,222,364, Catholics 685,004, priests 713, permanent deacons 164, religious 3,226), U.S.A

ORANGE COUNTY FREEPERS - AND ALL YOU LURKERS,,, TENCHUN!

Kubrick lives on.

Powell discusses Palestinian changeSecretary of state talks with Tom Brokaw about Mideast planNBC NEWS June 25 —  If President Bush wants Yasser Arafat to leave, his message isn’t getting through — to Yasser Arafat. Twenty-four hours after Bush’s toughest speech yet on the Middle East, in which he called on the Palestinian people to change their leadership so the peace process can move forward, Arafat said it wasn’t about him — and one other prominent Arab leader said he saw nothing in the statement indicating that Arafat should go. NBC’s Tom Brokaw spoke with Secretary of State Colin Powell on...

Washington, DC Remarks by President Bush to the 3rd Biennial Leon H. Sullivan Summit Dinner, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. I'm so honored to be with you all to pay tribute to an exceptional man and to further a great cause. Leon Sullivan understood an important principle: If we want to live in a world that is free, we must work for a world that is just. (Applause.) The free people of America have a duty to advance the cause of freedom in Africa. American interests and American morality lead in the same direction: We will work in partnership...

Roy Orbinson was always considered 36 years 2 months ahead of his time. The Stock Market peaked April 2000, and Roy Orbinson’s hit record “It’s Over” peaked on the charts exactly 36 years 2 months before.

I don't know if I should even mention this (being modest and all,) but I am now interning with Melissa Foxx on Real Radio 104.1. I do get to talk on the air, so you will hear me. The Melissa Foxx News Thang is on 104.1 FM Real Radio from 4 to 6 in the morning. You can also hear it here: listen live

<p>The Legislature will pass and Gov. Gray Davis will sign a new state budget sometime this year. But when it will be done and what it will contain are very much unsettled as the state enters the final week of its fiscal year.</p>

While the website is focused on Sun, useful information and perspectives on the subject.

IMF gives US cautious thumbs-up The IMF is as worried as anyone about US budget deficits The International Monetary Fund has given its blessing to continued rock-bottom interest rates in the US, saying the Federal Reserve still has time before it needs to making money more expensive. Strong consumer spending, the IMF says, should combine with business investment to keep the recovery ticking over - albeit nowhere near the 5.6% quarterly growth rate registered between January and March. But it has also cautioned that US spending needs to fall and tax receipts rise to minimise the risk of severe damage...

<p>Davis seeks elusive GOP votes while corralling his own party.</p> <p>With the start of the state's fiscal year a week away, Democratic lawmakers said Monday that they will seek passage of budget bills this week that tie tax increases, including one on the wealthiest taxpayers, to preserving an array of programs.</p>

He Salutes the Divided City as Front Line in World's Struggle for Freedom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looks Over The Wall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Says Berliners' Experience Shows Hazard in Trying to Work With Communists -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He Calls The City Freedom Symbol -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- President Moved by Warm Welcome--Visits Wall to Look Into East Zone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By ARTHUR J. OLSEN Special to The New York Times RELATED HEADLINES Berliners' Welcome Filled With Emotion Dublin Acclaims Kennedy As One Returning Home OTHER HEADLINES Robert Kennedy Offers To Modify Civil Rights Bill: Would Exempt Small Stores and Tourist Homes From Public Facilities Clause: House Hearing Opened: Attorney General...

THE joke in Indian diplomatic circles has been that General Musharraf is capable of eating his words for breakfast, lunch and dinner without developing indigestion. This remarkable capacity seems to have become known to the West also, after he claimed with a straight face that he had never given a pledge to US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage on June 6 to close down PoK terrorist camps. So, who is lying? If it is not him then it is Mr Armitage and Secretary of State Colin Powell, who publicly revealed the pledge on June 10. The spectacular U-turn that...