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WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A group of Democratic state attorneys general are calling on the U.S. Senate to pass legislation to create a national consumer protection watchdog agency, but warning lawmakers not to limit AGs' powers in the process.

"We saw this area explode last year," says Mr. Fernandez. He estimates that consumers spent more than $80 million in 2008 on mental fitness. "You have an industry with tools and coaches. This is more real than people think." The industry pins its claims for brain exercise on a relatively new scientific discovery: neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to rewire itself throughout life by creating neural connections in response to mental activity. In a study published in 2006 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a clinical trial involving 2,832 older adults concluded that "cognitive training" -- such as identifying...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Legal Newsline)-Despite Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's lead in the national polls and expectations that Republicans will lose seats in Congress, strategists say chances are good for GOP candidates for state attorneys general. In all, 11 states are holding elections for attorneys general on Nov. 4. Of those contests, the Republican State Leadership Committee considers about half of them winnable or at least competitive for Republican candidates, a spokeswoman told Legal Newsline. The Republican State Leadership Committee, which aims to get GOP candidates elected to statewide offices, hopes to increase the number of Republican attorneys general from the...

... [S]tates' attorneys general garnered a huge windfall for their treasuries (and for the bank accounts of selected private lawyers) in tort suits against tobacco companies. The suits were invalid as a matter of law, but never mind -- they pressured Big Tobacco to agree, in exchange for shelter from competition, to split future profits with the states. (When private parties do this, it's racketeering.) ... [T]hey filed a new pseudo-tort intimidation suit against five large electric utilities. What civil wrong have these defendants committed? They dared to operate 174 power plants, in full compliance with state and federal regulations....

[The article is only provided in pdf format online, but AM-NY is a "free" "newspaper" that is handed out to communters in and around New York City. amNewYork is owned by Newsday which is, I believe covered under the FR settlement, so this is a transcribed excerpt] With guns that wind up in criminals’ hands, according to a report released today. The Americans for Gun Safety study found that 74% of guns used in crimes were trafficked over state lines from states that don’t require instant background checks for buyers at gun shows. The gun-safety advocates want to close the...

A Washington-based non-profit group called Americans for Gun Safety claims to take the middle ground on gun ownership. I question its neutrality. As a hunter, target-shooter and gun owner, I've been courted in the past by groups that claimed common-sense positions on firearms. These champions of "responsible use" recruit membership and money from both sides but typically lean hard to one side. At its Web site, AGS says it is "bringing a new voice to the debate over guns and gun safety, which for too long has been dominated by the far left and far right. Through legislative measures and...

Hi - Thus far, the only pieces I've written about my CERTEX embed focus more on the IBCT as an organization to train tomorrow's combat leaders than the interim vehicle they've been assigned to use. The pieces have run in ARMY, Battlespace, and JDW. Re: The M8 AGS, wait until next week when UD uses the AUSA show to unveil "Thunderbolt," a 120 mm version of the AGS featuring hybrid-electric drive. It's already been test fired (stationary and on the move) and should really open some eyes regarding the potentials of upgrading existing platforms... Best Regards, Thanks. I will send...

Did not take long, since the SUPREME's decision, to go on the offensive re: DIVERSITY and AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. Jobs at the exclusion of people and races we don't like. See Monster.com's new 'DIVERSITY' career section - http://diversity.monster.com/ - of course at the exclusion of white / straight people. For example: CAREER ADVISE FOR YOU: African Americans American Indians Asian Americans Gays/Lesbians Hispanics/Latinos Older Workers Veterans/Military Transition Women Workers with Disabilities And, of course, job postings /searches for companies wishing to exclude types of races, sexes at the alter of the Diversity Gods.

At a time when almost all of Maryland's gunowners are cowering in fear from police interrogations, gun grabbing raids... and while "politically correct" (PC) politicians avoided freedom debates, hide in their closets or "head for the hills" on the subject of gun control... once again, the DC and Maryland Tyranny Response Teams rise up to confront the anti-gun, anti-freedom, anti-RKBA, anti-American, gun CONTROL FREAKS that came out to "protest" Maryland gubernatorial candidate Bob Ehrlich's moderate "record" on gun control, right in front of the main Ehrlich/Steele campaign office in downtown Bethesda, Maryland. This gun control freak protest and the resulting...

NATIONAL GUN CONTROL FREAKS HAVE LAUNCHED THEIR FREE MEDIA BASED ATTACKS ON AMERICAN SEMI-AUTO RIFLE GUNOWNERS!! CSPAN2 LIve SIMULCAST now! Saying he is a former "Marine and U.S. Congressman from Montgomery County, Maryland", Michael Barnes of the Brady Campaign to ban guns just declared that M16-like semiautomatic .223 rifles similar to what the shooter used "have no place in civilian hands". Michael Barnes just claimed that semi-auto black rifles are mainly being sold to "criminals." Bushmaster, AR-15 owners especially should take note! Jon Cowan, "Americans for Gun Safety" Executive Director is now blabbing about "centrist, moderate positions" on "gun safety."...

Those of you familiar with the Pro Gun Control organization known as Americans for Gun Safety may be interested to know that Yahoo has inexplicably listed them as a Gun Rights organization along with such groups as the NRA, GOA, and JPFO: http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Cu.../Organizations/ Americans for Gun Safety - nonprofit that supports the rights of firearm owners and seeks stronger laws and tougher enforcement of current laws to keep guns from criminals and children. The truth is, AGS has never met a gun-confiscation scheme they didn't like, including McCain's crusade against gun shows. But judge for yourself: Americans for Gun Safety

This is an umbrella organization for liberal activist groups. They have been involved in the last two Colorado elections, and recently have been attacking Wayne Allard. Their mission is to target Republican Women, getting them to vote Democrat, particularly on gun-related issues. I need any information anyone has on this outfit, particularly WRT candidate and issue advocacy campaigns. I already know they are affiliated with AGS (Americans for "Gun Safety"), which is the group started by the billionaire who left Handgun Control, Inc because Sarah Brady wasn't making enough "progress". The money behind Tsunami Fund...and there appears to be a...

<p>At the same time that biker gangs were exchanging gunshots in a Nevada casino, the National Rifle Association's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, was shooting his mouth off at the NRA's convention in Reno.</p> <p>The most offensive portion of his speech was reserved for Americans for Gun Safety (AGS) and its billionaire founder, Andrew McKelvey. Mr. LaPierre called AGS members "extremist social guerrillas," and he said the AGS' "network kind of operates and sounds a lot like Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaida. A billionaire with an extremist political agenda ... funding an ongoing campaign to hijack your freedom and take a box-cutter to the Constitution. That's political terrorism, and it's a far greater threat to your freedom than any foreign force."</p>

An organization calling itself "Americans for Gun Safety" has financed a wave of radio ads, currently running in selected cities, that claim gun shows are a source of weapons for foreign terrorists. Listeners are urged to pressure Congress to fix this allegedly urgent problem. These radio spots are deceptive political attack ads, like those we complain about at election time. It takes only a moment's thought to recall that terrorists have numerous sources of armaments that are vastly superior in price, quality and selection to what can be obtained at American gun shows. Today's real terrorist threat does not...

CONGRESS ASKS RUMSFELD TO PREVENT DEMIL CONTROVERSY Two letters -- one carrying the signatures of 16 U.S. Senators, the other bearing the signatures of 24 U.S. Representatives -- have been sent to Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, asking the Secretary to ensure that budget language similar to Section 1062 of last year`s "National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2002" is not submitted this year. Section 1062 would have given the Secretary of Defense the authority to require "demilitarization" of any "significant military equipment" that has ever been owned by the DoD, which would include all firearms (such as...