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Wednesday, December 18, 2013 UPDATE - BREAKING NEWS - Chicago FOP 7 President Mike Shields served with papers from the FOP State lodge at tonight's FOP Meeting New LogoFraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge #7 Current Update December 18, 2013 v.2 Lodge 7 President's Status As many of you are aware, this past Monday Lodge President Michael K. Shields publicly accused respected arbitrators, City and FOP labor lawyers, and present and former Lodge officials of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud during past contract negotiations. Due to the recent actions of President Shields, Illinois State FOP Lodge President Ted Street...

Call me a conspiratorialist, but there is an ad popping up in the header space on the main Drudge Report website for Dodge Ram and it has an ad that looks very Communisitic to me.... They are crossing a hammer and a wrench in a similiar fashion as that of a hammer and sickle. Probabaly just my warped mind, but was curious if anyone else was finding the same? I took a screen shot of what I saw, but can't figure out how to post it, as it's a Flash based ad. Anyway...I'm posting this in the Vanity section of...

A landmark transmedia project featuring a four-hour PBS primetime national and international broadcast event (check local listings), a Facebook-hosted social action game, mobile games, two websites, educational video modules with companion text, a social media campaign supporting over 30 partner NGOs, and an impact assessment plan all inspired by Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, the widely acclaimed book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide was filmed in 10 countries and follows Kristof, WuDunn, and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle...

UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development is implemented worldwide to inventory and control all land, all water, all minerals, all plants, all animals, all construction, all means of production, all information, and all human beings in the world.   INVENTORY AND CONTROL.

By: Faiza Patel Faiza Patel Earlier this month, responding to a question from the editor of this publication, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Janet Napolitano, categorically rejected the use of profiling in homeland security efforts.  Instead of focusing its resources on young, Muslim men, DHS paid the most attention to behavior indicating terrorist activity, such as travel patterns. The Secretary’s rejection of profiling is spot on, both as a matter of efficacy and as a matter of ethics. To begin with, commonly held assumptions about terrorism and stereotypes of terrorists are often incorrect and thus could...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A blast at Russia's largest airport Domodedovo on Monday killed about 20 people, news agency Itar-Tass reported, citing a law enforcement official.

By: Mark Rockwell Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) The minority leader of the House Committee on Homeland Security urged the committee’s new chairman to widen the scope of upcoming and potentially controversial hearings on radical Islam. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), ranking Democratic member of the committee, said on Jan. 21 the attempted bombing of a Martin Luther King Day parade in Spokane, WA on Jan. 17 was evidence that focusing on domestic Islamic was shortsighted and a wider inquiry was needed. Although the investigation into who left the pipe bomb in the backpack at the parade continues, given the event, there...

<p>#pollresults-content { width: 460px; float: left; } <p>#pollresults-boxad { width: 300px; float: left; } <p> Poll Results Do you think Derek Fenton deserved to be fired? Yes - What he did was despicable 53% No - He was expressing freedom of speech 27% I don't know 20%

By: Adrian Courtenay Thomas Perez U.S. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez warned attorneys for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) in Arizona, in a letter dated August 3, that unless Arpaio voluntarily cooperates by August 17 with an investigation by the Justice Department’s civil rights division into allegations that Arpaio’s office has engaged in “unlawful searches and seizures, discriminatory police conduct, and failure to provide basic services to individuals with limited English proficiency,” the Justice Dept. “will file a Title VI civil action to compel access to the requested documents, facilities and personnel.”GSN described Arpaio’s...

The French Quarter Fracas: Jindal Speaks, Says Nothing (Updated, 10:55 p.m) Posted on April 19th, 2010 by macaoidh UPDATE, 10:55 p.m.: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Allee Bautsch’s boss, gave WWL-TV in New Orleans a no-comment comment this evening… Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday he isn’t going to comment further on the investigation into the recent French Quarter attack that left his chief fundraiser and her boyfriend injured.Allee Bautsch, 25, suffered a broken leg, and her boyfriend suffered a broken jaw, nose and concussion.When asked about the incident on Monday, Jindal said the couple is now recovering at home after receiving...

Home | Contact Us | Site Map | Español Business with TxDOT | Careers | Drivers & Vehicles | Local Information | News | Projects | Public Involvement | Safety | Travel | TxDOT Library | About Us E-Mail Us Statewide Local Podcasts Statewide Media Contacts Local Media Contacts Contact: Karen Amacker Phone: (512) 463-8954   February 26, 2009   Highly Anticipated LBJ-635 Expansion Contract Conditionally Awarded Multi-billion dollar transportation project to support local economy and improve congestion, air qualityAUSTIN—The Texas Transportation Commission voted Thursday to conditionally award the New LBJ project to LBJ Development Partners, positioning the North...

The officer misinterpreted the sign as threatening, said Capt. Steve McCool, of the Oklahoma City Police Department, and took the sign, which read "Abort Obama, not the unborn." Chip Harrison said he was driving to work when a police car followed him for several miles and then signaled for him to pull over. ''I pulled over, knowing I hadn't done anything wrong," Harrison said in a recent phone interview. When the officer asked Harrison if he knew why he had been pulled over, Harrison said he did not. ''They said, 'It's because of the sign in your window,'" Harrison said....

I just heard Sen. Harry Reid say, while listening to C-Span's live coverage of the debate on H.R. 1 (Economic Stimulus Package), that there are no businesses who are against this bill. Can any of you business owners, who are against this bill, please contact his office and let him know how wrong he is??? http://reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm Office Contacts I maintain three Nevada offices, in Las Vegas, Reno, and Carson City. Please locate the office closest to you. If you need to contact me directly, please go here. Carson City 600 East William Street, #302 Carson City, NV 89701 Phone: 775-882-7343...

APTexas town's immigrant-renting rule is struck downThursday May 29, 8:38 am ETBy Anabelle Garay, Associated Press Writer Federal judge strikes down Dallas suburb's ban on renting homes to illegal immigrants FARMERS BRANCH, Texas (AP) -- A Dallas suburb's ban on apartment rentals to illegal immigrants, an ordinance passed by city leaders and later endorsed in a vote by its residents, is unconstitutional, a federal judge found Wednesday. Only the federal government can regulate immigration, U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay concluded in his decision.The city didn't defer to the federal government on the matter, violating the supremacy clause of the...

MEXICO CITY: The Mexican government vigorously denied this week the accusations of a Chinese-Mexican businessman who is wanted on drug charges here but who asserts that $150 million found hidden in his mansion came from members of President Felipe Calderón's party, including the secretary of labor.

Riot Police Break Up SoCal Immigration Rally POSTED: 7:47 pm PDT May 1, 2007 UPDATED: 8:13 pm PDT May 1, 2007 Email This Story | Print This Story Sign Up for Breaking News Alerts LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- There were tense moments at an immigration rally in Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Images: Riot Police Called To L.A. Rally -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riot police were called to a MacArthur Park near downtown and fired rubber bullets at a crowd, officials said. The incident was caught on tape by several media organizations. Numerous officers were deployed to the area at dusk. Police arrested...

Posted by Michelle PontoHelp arrives for tornado-stricken Dumas DUMAS, AR -- Help, courtesy of some generous Mid-southerners arrives in Dumas, Arkansas after a destructive tornado tore through the town three days ago. The F-3 tornado, packing winds up to 200 miles per hour, carved a 19-mile path of destruction destroying dozens of homes. There is still a lot of work to be done to get people on the road to recovery and today the residents are trying to get back to some sense of normalcy.Hundreds of volunteers have come from everywhere including the Mid-south. One of the groups is the Forrest City...

Man arrested in threat to recruiting center 06:16 AM CST on Thursday, March 1, 2007 By HOLLY YAN / The Dallas Morning News A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to destroy a Mesquite armed forces recruiting center. Abraham Ray Cole, also known as Tekku Wawatajusra, was taken into custody in Dallas on Wednesday. According to a grand jury indictment, Mr. Cole threatened by phone to destroy the Armed Forces Career Center in the 3600 block of Gus Thomasson Road in Mesquite. Mr. Cole is accused of making threats by means of explosives and could face up...

By DAYNA WORCHEL Sunday, February 18, 2007 The centuries-old question of whether to use spanking as a form of discipline continues to challenge American parents and educators. And as they have for centuries, the answers remain varied and divided.In Austin, a legislator has proposed a ban on corporal punishment in public schools. In California, a lawmaker has proposed a ban on spanking children younger than 4. Already in Texas, children in foster care cannot be disciplined using physical punishment, according to Shari Pulliam, a spokeswoman for Child Protective Services. She said physical discipline crosses the line into abuse when there...

Dallas Business Journal - Farmers Branch - Illegal Immigration Survey Dallas > Business Pulse Surveys Subscribe to Dallas Business Journal SURVEY QUESTION: Do you support the ordinance requiring property managers or owners to verify the immigration or citizenship status of apartment renters? The city of Farmers Branch is facing lawsuits over its recently passed immigration ordinance and now will allow its citizens to vote on the issue on May 12. Do you support the ordinance requiring property managers or owners to verify the immigration or citizenship status of apartment renters? Support Oppose Comments: This poll is not a scientific sampling,...