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PEARLAND, Texas (CBS Local) — Muscovy ducks are taking over a town in Texas and residents are now being encouraged to trap or even shoot them in some cases. The City of Pearland is allowing landowners and homeowner’s associations (HOAs) to “address the ducks as seen fit, and within legal parameters, by the HOA or the landowner.” Pearland is designated as a bird sanctuary city but the Muscovy duck is considered an invasive species from Central and South America and are therefore not protected. “From the reports that we’ve heard, (the ducks) tend to be aggressive on properties and they...

The casual visitor, stopping in Zamboanga or Jolo (holo) between boats, sees the Moro as a slightly grimy individual with a bad reputation. Faintly disturbing stories of the prowess of this villain with the razor-edged kris (creese), sometimes reach the tourist's ears. Most of the stories are true. The visitor may also hear something of the enmity which exists between the Filipinos and the Moros. This is also true, as the Filipinos may discover when America leaves the islands.

guess it’s not just the Islamic terrorists who hate free speech. Apparently, it’s also the governments of free Western nations. Eric Brazau has long been an opponent of Islam – but he has never committed any physical act of violence against anyone. In fact, he hasn’t ever even suggested that violence be done to anyone else… ever. But the Canadian government recently arrested Brazau for a “hate crime.” What crime did he commit? He was arrested and then denied bail for saying that he hated Islam. Things got even worse when Brazau went before a judge… The judge told him,...

A camel broke free from its farm in Saudi Arabia and ran amok through the streets, damaging cars and sending frightened people into their homes. The camel chased passers by and smashed car windows as it kept running astray through the streets of the western town of Taif. Its owner chased and tried to stop the animal but could not and the situation was quickly reversed when the owner was himself chased by the camel. “Car started to honk and this made the camel more mad…after wreaking havoc, the camel ran out of the streets and disappeared,” the Arabic language...

The elimination of useless, wasteful bureaucracy needs to start somewhere.

The Endangered Species Act has run amok. The latest example is the longfin smelt. Another species nearing extinction? That's what a handful of very rich lawyers disguised as environmentalists and some so-called "expert" from Arizona say. Connect them to a bonehead judge and you, too, could strip away 33 percent of the water that serves 25 million people. They want us to believe that a couple of large pumps are sucking in and killing off a single species of fish from more than 1,000 miles of waterways. I don't buy it. Maybe that's because in their own case they noted...

Friday, November 4, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST Apart from Scooter Libby, the biggest loser by far in the Patrick Fitzgerald probe has been the press. The "leak" investigation that every liberal editorial board demanded has already sent one reporter to jail, and the damage is only going to get worse. Thanks to the disastrous New York Times legal strategy, the D.C. Circuit of Appeals dealt a major blow to a reporter's ability to protect his sources. Prosecutors everywhere will now be more inclined to call reporters to testify, under threat of prison time. And if Mr. Libby's case goes to...

Miss Run Amok stirs up a storm at America's most famous paper By Francis Harris in Washington (Filed: 24/10/2005) Civil war erupted at America's most famous newspaper yesterday, with senior staff exchanging public recriminations over the actions of a controversial reporter nicknamed "Miss Run Amok". The reader representative of The New York Times, a senior figure in the paper's hierarchy, roundly criticised both its editor and its publisher for their "deference" to the reporter, Judith Miller. ‘Misleading’: Judith Miller Ms Miller recently spent 85 days in jail for refusing to reveal sources in the affair of the leaked name of...

HAYWARD, Calif. — Two men who had sex with a transgender (search) teen were convicted of murdering her after they discovered she was biologically male, but a third defendant's case ended in a mistrial. In their verdict Monday, the jury rejected defense arguments that the killing of 17-year-old Gwen Araujo amounted to no more than manslaughter (search). "It's murder," said Gwen Smith, who maintains a Web site memorializing people believed to have been killed because they were transgender. "And a murder conviction shows that transgender lives are valuable." Michael Magidson and Jose Merel, both 25, face mandatory sentences of 15...

(CNSNews.com) - The independent agency charged with promoting equal treatment for all Americans regardless of race, sex, ethnicity or disability and with investigating related violations of federal law is under new management for the first time in more than a decade. The incoming leadership inherits what the General Accounting Office once characterized as "an agency in disarray." For the first time since Jimmy Carter was president, Mary Frances Berry was not an official participant in a meeting of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR). It was also the first USCCR meeting under new leadership since 1993 when...

WASHINGTON — Redistricting in Texas has left some Democrats with the odds stacked against them as they search for a political home. In Democrat Rep. Nick Lampson’s (search) case, his hometown of Beaumont is still in his district, but so are over 300,000 new voters, leaving him with the task of selling himself for the first time since he was elected in 1996. "It’s not that I have no connection at all — I’ve been a Houston-area member of Congress for these four terms," Lampson told FOXNews.com. "I think I have proved my independence and have shown that I am...

The meeting in Beantown was listed as the Democratic party convention. However, the number of media and gunslingers far exceeded the amount of convention delegates attending. The gunslingers could be pacified with a doughnut or two a day. Not so with the scribbling set. Reporters tend to get a little testy if they are not provided comfort, free food, booze, and bathrooms -- usually in that order. But, the DNC didn't deliver. First, most media people had to go through security lines. Then, to save a few bucks, the DNC skimped on toilets for the media. On top of that,...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... repine verb Pronunciation:rih-PYNE 1 : to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain 2 : to long for something

Those of us in California enjoy wonderful weather and other amenities. From Upland, I can get to both the beach and the ski slopes within an hour. Unfortunately, we have to accept the good with the bad. No, it's worse than bad. It is horrific. California is completely controlled by RATS --- every statewide elected office and both houses of the legislature. And even worse, the RAT party is controlled by the far leftist whackjobs of their party. John Campbell is one of the good guys in California. He is a Republican assemblyman who represents the 70th district, which includes...

Looters run amok in Basra as British hunt militiamen By Terri Judd near Basra 08 April 2003 Basra appeared to fall finally into British hands yesterday. Emerging from their tanks, parked besides a Saddam Hussein mural, the British soldiers accepted yellow and pink carnations from a crowd of people who cheered and gave them the thumbs-up. It was a reaction mistakenly expected at the start from a city that had swiftly revolted against the Iraqi regime 12 years ago only to be crushed. For the British – responsible for the southern city as the Americans forged north to Baghdad –...

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<p>Coman and Debbie Garvin stand on a fire line they built and talk about their efforts to help maintain fire lines around Clay Springs to save homes during the "Rodeo-Chediski" fire.</p> <p>CLAY SPRINGS - This is a story about a town that felt it had to break the law to save itself.</p>