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Man Accused of Exposing Himself to Female Postal Workers Reporter: Andy Cordan A Maury County man is accused of exposing himself to female letter carriers. Sheriff's investigators spent much of their day scouring the county for the wanted man. The man accused of the act is 40-year-old Kenneth Ray Pigg. Det. Sgt. Paul Westmoreland spent much of his day Thursday looking for the Maury County man. "Yes sir, the women at the postal service are very concerned. Yesterday when they came through, the individual came off the side of the road with no clothes on, showing his genitalia to...

Watching the Palestinian television broadcasts on Alan Keyes and Hannity & Colmes last week documenting the Palestinians' indoctrination of their children in the glories of death, murder, and martyrdom, I was reminded of the first time a death-obsessed culture went up against the Jewish people. The tale is recounted in Exodus - the Pharoh is envious of the economic might and talent of the descendants of Abraham living in his kingdom, and so he enslaves them, and a later pharoh attempts to destroy their culture and their ethnic distinctiveness by wiping out infant males. What became of the death-obsessed ancient...

UPDATE: 'O'REILLY' HOLDS OFF 'CHUNG' 3-TO-1... [WEDNESDAY CABLE RATINGS] O'REILLY 1.7 LARRY KING 1.6 HANNITY/COLMES 1.3 GRETA 1.2 AARON BROWN 1.1 CHUNG .6 CROSSFIRE .5 KEYES .3

Merchants training to spot meth purchases.... The attorney general's office is holding a series of workshops. The first one is in Bismarck today. It's meant to train store clerks to spot unusual purchases in their stores. It's possible to make meth out of ordinary items that can be bought in drug stores or supermarkets. One way is to buy a lot of cold medicine and use the medicine to cook a batch of meth. Stenehjem says the training will alert store workers about what signs to look for, and he says they can be told how to gather information...

The US Justice Department has charged three former British bankers with wire fraud in an alleged £5 million scheme involving Enron. The three former employees of National Westminster Bank - Gary Mulgrew, Giles Darby and David John Bermingham - have been charged in a criminal complaint filed in Houston. The complaint, filed by the Justice Department's Enron taskforce, alleges that the former bank officers secretly invested in an Enron entity, Southampton LP, through a series of financial transactions. With the secret investments, the bankers were able to siphon off £5 million in income that belonged to their employer, the Justice...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hostile countries or terrorist groups could use commercial ships to launch short-range missiles against the United States, the No. 2 official in the Pentagon told Congress Thursday.</p> <p>Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said that threat was one reason lawmakers should approve all of President Bush's requested $7.6 billion for missile defense research next year.</p>

Washington and Sarajevo case study - 1 By Sam Vaknin UPI Senior Business Correspondent From the Business & Economics Desk Published 6/12/2002 12:40 PM SKOPJE, Macedonia, June 12 (UPI) -- The international community has poured well over $5 billion into Bosnia-Herzegovina since the Dayton Accords were signed on November 21, 1995. The World Bank accounts for one-fifth of this inordinate amount. This is more than $1,000 for every citizen. What do donors and creditors have to show for it? The internecine war lasted three years, from 1992 to 1995. It displaced more than one-quarter of the population. Of 4.4 million...

If I can say just one thing to the folks from FR and FD who’ve rushed to our aid it would be: thanks. The pseudo-intellectual gangsters at GU had hoped to have strangled us by now. They were up for a quick mob attack, break a few cyber-windows and a bit of virtual lynching. They didn’t expect us to stand our ground, they didn’t expect to be stopped dead and they certainly didn’t expect to find the forces of the New World rolling over the hill. If our moderators did a fabulous job of breaking up the incoming attacks (and...

THE CAT'S IN THE KETTLE AT THE PEKING MOON...NOTE: Requires the Flash Plug-In.

DENVER -- The U.S. Forest Service employee accused of starting the largest wildfire in Colorado history was released Thursday on $600,000 bail. As a condition of her release, Terry Barton, 38, will be required to stay at a halfway house and get mental health counseling. She is also not allowed to leave the state or enter a forest. At a hearing, Barton quietly answered "yes" when asked if she understood the agreement. Barton has pleaded innocent to four federal charges, including arson, for allegedly starting a 137,000-acre blaze that has destroyed at least 133 homes and cost more than...

JERUSALEM, Jun 27, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Israeli helicopters fired missiles Thursday at wanted men holed up in a fortress-like Palestinian Authority compound in the West Bank city of Hebron, as Palestinian officials fumed at a string of threats and condemnations from President Bush. Palestinians called Bush's threat to deny future aid and his unwillingness to rule out military action against Yasser Arafat rash and dangerous. Holding up funds will jeopardize the reforms Bush demands, they said. "Delaying aid from the international community would also delay the reforms that we already have started within most of our...

Comment here on what Savage has to say. The following links are for stations carrying Savage on the internet from 4-7pm PST, 6-9pm CST, 7-10pm EST etc... KSCO - click here to listen onlyKAOK - click here to listen onlyKERN - click here to listen onlyWPHB - click here for Real Player G2 stream or click here for Windows Media Player stream WTMA - click here for the live MP3 streamKSDO - they tape delay the show on the internet, so after Savage's 3 "regular" hours, they begin his show. TRN - TRN has a live feed and they...

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - A crowd of more than 200 people identifying themselves only as "supporters" of the Pledge of Allegiance gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday at noon to recite the pledge. There were no speeches given, no press releases distributed, and seemingly no one in charge. The crowd began gathering at approximately 11:30 a.m. (Eastern) and grew steadily until just before noon when an unidentified person shouted, "Join me now in the Pledge of Allegiance." Jamie Hosek of Clutier, Iowa, said that, as a Christian, she felt the need to show her support for the phrase "under...

Miss Cleo repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination on Wednesday as government lawyers asked her about a birth certificate that indicates she was born in Los Angeles to American parents and threatens to shatter her image as a mystical Jamaican. She also hinted that her signature accent that was in place Wednesday might be adopted. After months of resisting requests from the state Attorney General’s Office to be interviewed, Miss Cleo, aka Youree Harris of Southwest Ranches, in Broward County, fielded questions for more than two hours. The state lawyers were joined by an attorney for her co-defendant...

A sad day for Rock N Roll. John Entwistle, bass player for THE WHO died today in his Vegas hotel room at the age of 57. 1 Day before their U.S. Tour was to begin. I havent seen on FOX or CNN yet. So I posted what I've heard. He was a Class act that set the bar very high for all bass players over 30 years ago. A true JEDI on the bass.

Al-Qaeda Threat in Philadelphia? Philadelphia, PA June 27, 2002 — David Henry reports from the Action Newsroom. An Action News investigation reveals that a chain of jewelry stores operating in the Delaware Valley is being investigated by the FBI for possible connections to the Al Qaeda terror network. A series of raids were carried out yesterday in Philadelphia and across the state of Pennsylvania. The stores are mostly kiosks in shopping malls operating under the name "Intrigue Jewelers." They are all owned by Pakistanis under franchise agreements with a company called Gold Concepts, based in Pennsacola, Florida. Intrigue operates stores...

NYC TO HOST FIRST ANNUAL I'M NOT GAY PRIDE MARCH Chance For Wrongfully Outed Celebs to Set Record Straight New York City will be the scene of the first annual I'm Not Gay Pride March, a unique opportunity for outed celebrities to "strut their straight stuff," march organizers said today. "Those participating in the march want the world to know that there's nothing wrong with being gay, as long as people don't think that they're gay," a march spokesman said today. Organizers expect a heavy turnout from celebrities claiming to be wrongfully outed, including actors John Travolta and Tom Cruise...

<p>Republican leaders reversed course Thursday and began trying to push a federal debt limit increase through the House in hopes of ending a political battle that had become increasingly difficult for the GOP.</p> <p>After a day of lobbying reluctant GOP lawmakers by House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and other party leaders, Republicans believed they had the votes to prevail, despite strong opposition by Democrats, GOP aides said. In a test vote, the rules governing debate on the measure were approved in a near party-line 219-211 roll call.</p>

Justice Department Says It Will Request Full Appeals Court Hearing on Ruling That Pledge of Allegiance Is Unconstitutional WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department will request a full hearing by the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on the decision that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday. Circuit Judge Alfred T. Goodwin had already decided to stay his ruling until fellow members of the appeals court decide whether to reconsider the case. Goodwin wrote the 2-1 opinion by a court panel that said the phrase "under God" violated the Constitution....

Falun Gong's New Campaign Sparks Beijing's Old Fears 27 June 2002 Summary Members of the Falun Gong spiritual group have hacked into Chinese TV broadcasts in six different cities over the past six months. This tactic attempts to counter the government's anti-Falun Gong propaganda, and it may signal the start of a new phase in the battle between the group and the government -- one that could pose a bigger threat to the Communist Party if the country's urban unemployed rise up in support of the group. Analysis Members of the Falun Gong spiritual group reportedly hacked into Chinese government...