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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The Navy must follow environmental laws placing strict limits on sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, despite President Bush's decision to exempt it, a federal judge ruled Monday. A federal judge ruled that the Navy must limit sonar training that some say hurts whales. The Navy is not "exempted from compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act" and a court injunction creating a 12 nautical-mile no-sonar zone off Southern California, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper wrote in a 36-page decision. "We disagree with the (exemption) judge's decision," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said. "We...

Survey http://www.chicano.org Should President Bush Be Impeached? YESNO  

Ahead lies Saddam Hussein's trial. In preparing for it, the president's men should keep several incidents in mind. One is the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby as Dallas police paraded him before the cameras. No matter the demand of the Iraqi Governing Council for custody of Saddam, U.S. forces should detain him. For, should something happen to Saddam, the Arab world will never believe we did not murder him to keep him from testifying.

Missile Technology Sent to China An important U.S. high-tech manufacturer is shutting down its American operations, laying off hundreds of workers and moving sophisticated equipment now being used to make critical parts for smart bombs to the People's Republic of China (PRC), Insight has learned. Indianapolis-based Magnequench Inc. has not yet publically announced the closing of its Valparaiso, Ind., factory, but Insight has confirmed that the company will shut down this year and relocate at least some of its high-tech machine tools to Tianjin, China. Word of the shutdown comes as the company is producing critical parts for the U.S....