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July 17, 2003 Open records battle waged in court Randy Wyrick The towns of Eagle and Vail are shielding public information and they have no legal right to do it, an attorney for the Vail Daily said in a hearing Thursday before Judge Richard Hart. Attorney Rohn Robbins argued that Eagle and Vail are shielding records that should remain public, under state law. The Vail Daily asked for dispatch records to the address of the woman accusing Los Angeles Laker guard Kobe Bryant of sexual assault. Robbins asserted Eagle and Vail were overstepping their legal bounds by sealing the records,...

Top of the hour (1:00 pm EST 3/15/03) ABC Radio News is reporting that U.S. Troops in the Persian Gulf have been given the go date for hostilities against Iraq to start. It is reported that ground and air troops are to go to war at the same time. The ABC source said that G-day (Go Day) has been communicated to all allied troops in the area. I'm searching news wires for more confirmation......

Peebles man arrested before Bush visit Fake uniforms, flight manuals, ammunition found The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police found flight manuals, books on executive protection, ammunition and police uniforms inside the car of a Peebles man and arrested him in advance of President Bush's visit. Secret Service agents interviewed Charles Thatcher, 55, in jail to determine if he was a threat to Bush, according to police in suburban Worthington. Thatcher was being held in the Franklin County jail on $50,000 bond. Secret Service officials could not be reached to comment on the interview. A phone message was left. Thatcher...

U.S. , SAS's unreported casualties Sunday, 18 November 2001 11:30 (ET) U.S. , SAS's unreported casualties By RICHARD SALE, UPI Terrorism Analyst NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The Pentagon is not reporting battle casualties suffered by U.S. Special Forces fighting near the southern Taliban stronghold of Kandahar and some other one-time Taliban strong points, administration sources speculated. "Some fatalities could be involved," an administration source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. He said there are estimates reported that between 25 to 40 Americans had been killed so far in clashes, but acknowledged that these were figures contained in "hard ...

<p>WASHINGTON — Authorities have grown increasingly certain that a second wave of violence was planned by colloborators in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the United States and that Sept. 22 has emerged as an important date in the evidence.</p>

Clear Channel was going to have a nationwide contest this week to give away $100,000.00 dollars to one of their radio station listeners. They have instead decided to give the full $100,000.00 to the relief fund. They have made it easy to donate. Help if you can. Thankswww.ClearChannel.com Relief Fund All of us are deeply saddened by the tragic events which have befallen our country. We offer our sympathies and condolences to the victims and their families. Your monetary donation is greatly appreciated to help those who have suffered the greatest of all losses. Donations will benefit the following: New ...

Don't Let The Bastards Win! Updated 16:00 PDT Fri, Sep 14 2001 Whoever was behind Tuesday's terrorist attacks had a lot more on their agenda than simply bringing down the World Trade Center and damaging the Pentagon. Their true aim was to put fear in the hearts of every supporter of the Western way of life and the economies that support it. They want you to cower in your home in fear of what they might do next. They want you to stop spending money. They want you to sell off your stock holdings in a panic when the markets ...

THE EXPERT WITNESS by Michael Levine THE SPIES WHO SHAGGED US I saw the latest Austin Powers movie, "The Spy Who Shagged Me," the other day and throughout the movie could not get the CIA out of my mind. What exactly does a bumbling, goofy, inept spy with bad teeth, an overblown ego, and a missing "mojo" have in common with our own $30-billion-a-year real-life super-spies? Everything. Look, the fact is, I'm a court qualified Expert Witness and 25-year-veteran federal agent who never lost a federal case that I was charged with bringing to trial. Among my cases were some ...

Fire Sweeps Downtown Nassau, Bahamas By Tosheena Robinson Associated Press Writer Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001; 12:56 p.m. EDT NASSAU, Bahamas –– An arsonist is suspected of setting a fire that swept through downtown Nassau, destroying a popular market and charring the national museum, police said Wednesday. The fire began in a bazaar called the Straw Market shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday, said police Superintendent Marvin Dames. Hundreds of vendors sell straw hats, handbags and souvenirs from wooden stalls at the market. Witnesses told police that a man used a flammable liquid, possibly gasoline, to set fire to one of the ...

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Thursday Aug. 9, 2001; 9:04 p.m. EDT Lead Impeachment Prosecutor to Work with Judicial Watch David Schippers, former lead House Impeachment Counsel and one-time mob-busting prosecutor for late Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, has signed on as legal advisor to the Washington, D.C.-based public interest lawfirm Judicial Watch. Schippers will begin consulting on the case of Peter Paul, the Judicial Watch client and former Hollywood producer who filed suit in California state court last month claiming Bill and Hillary Clinton hid from the Federal Election Commission $2 million ...

Slain woman's mother still seeking body By Tom O'Neill The Cincinnati Enquirer Carrie Culberson Debbie Culberson was back in court Monday, hoping a search for police accountability will lead to the one thing still missing from the murder of her daughter: the body. In the latest chapter in a 1996 case, Mrs. Culberson filed a civil-rights lawsuit against the village of Blanchester, alleging its initial handling of the search deprived the family of its right to possession of 22-year-old Carrie Culberson's remains. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, began Monday in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati. Carrie Culberson's boyfriend, Vincent ...

CBS alone in a swirl of gossip Column by Nick Clooney There has been a lonely rear-guard action being fought in television news for the last several weeks. The beleaguered men and women standing at the gate don't look much like warriors. But look again. Ridiculed, pressured and undercut by ''colleagues'' and, worst of all, ignored by the rest of us, they are fighting what might be the final battle for what we once expected from our news. Except for one brief report, CBS Evening News has refused to cover the story which has most other news outlets salivating in ...

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Saturday July 14, 2001; 10:07 a.m. EDT Feds Probing Possible Chandra Threat Against Condit The FBI is investigating the possibility that missing 24-year-old intern Chandra Levy may have threatened to expose her affair with Rep. Gary Condit in a series of late April telephone conversations she had with the California Democrat before she vanished without a trace on May 1. "Both the FBI and the D.C. police have proof Chandra Levy made a series of lengthy phone calls to Condit's ultra private phone line just hours before she ...

Lots of folks have wondered about the cryptic mention of Condit having ties under his bed. Here is a link explaining what some folks are thinking. This is not for the faint at heart, but it is done in a very adult way. I hope this ain't out of line.Autoerotic AsphyxiationI submit this for educational purposes only.

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Sunday July 8, 2001; 11:05 a.m. EDT Armey: Condit May Face House Ethics Probe Over Levy Lies With the admission late Friday that he misled investigators and the public about the nature of his relationship with 24-year-old missing intern Chandra Levy, California Democrat Gary Condit may face a House Ethics Committee probe, a senior House Republican said Sunday. In an interview with "Fox News Sunday" host Tony Snow, House Majority Leader Dick Armey acknowledged that a congressional investigation would be appropriate based on Condit's previous false denials ...