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Man reluctant to leave tree is shot, reportedly says, ‘Ow, that hurt’ BREMERTON, Wash. - A sheriff's deputy who was trying to get a man down from a tree shot and wounded him after mistakenly pulling a gun instead of a Taser, authorities say. The deputy, a five-year veteran of the force whose name was not released, was placed on leave while Thursday's shooting is investigated. Deputies carry both a Taser and a gun on their utility belts. The Taser, or stun gun, is similar in shape to the compact .40-caliber gun the deputy carried, sheriff's spokesman Scott Wilson said.

Three Children Have Been Placed With Other Families LEVITTOWN, Pa. -- Middletown Township police say a Levittown foster mother is under arrest for child endangerment after police received pictures of her foster children tied up with duct tape. A 2-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl were allegedly taped up over the course of several months by Colleen Broe in order to keep them from taking their diapers off and crawling out of their cribs, police said. One picture released by police shows rings of tape restraining the 2-year-old's ankles, legs and upper body as he lay in a crib. The...

<p>CENTRAL IRAQ (CNN) -- U.S. Marine Cpl. Jim Tomlin has gotten to know the subtle signs that might indicate if an Iraqi man dressed as a civilian might be a soldier or Fedayeen Saddam member. But the sign he saw Friday was anything but subtle.</p>

As the US Army's tank columns approach Baghdad it is starting to engage the first units of the Republican Guard, who are positioned to defend the southern approaches to the Iraqi capital. This battle is the first serious contact between major US and Iraqi army units and it will decide the outcome of the war. Up to now, the advance to Baghdad has gone relatively smoothly - despite the skirmishes with by-passed Iraqi units. Huge US tank columns of the V Corps have crossed more more than 200 miles of desert from Kuwait largely un-opposed. A major effort is now...

Last week, the U.S.-led assault on Iraq began with a false start. Acting on information from intelligence sources, President George W. Bush ordered an improvised surprise attack on Baghdad in an attempt to knock out the Iraqi leadership, including Saddam Hussein. It was assumed that such a decapitating attack, if successful, could win the war in a single stroke. At the time of writing, we do not know whether the dawn raid on Thursday actually killed or maimed any of Hussein's top brass. We do know, however, that the strategic objective was not achieved and the Iraqi military did not...

Reported on Korean site. so if anyone can translate? Sorry if this false alarm. Embassy will be closed on Saturday March 22, 2003. That is from the embassy site.

<p>DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- Southwest Airlines is seeking the government's approval to bring back its popular SeaWorld penguin tours, in which two of the tuxedoed waddlers are put on jets to promote the amusement park as a summer destination.</p> <p>The promotion was shut down after the September 11 terrorist attacks, and some security concerns must be addressed before the promotion can restart.</p>

<p>LEXINGTON, Kentucky (AP) -- A woman is accusing her doctor of branding her uterus with his alma mater's initials before removing the organ during a hysterectomy.</p> <p>Stephanie Means and her husband sued Dr. James Guiler on Wednesday, seeking unspecified damages for emotional distress.</p>

From: Samaritan's Purse Date: September 12, 2002 Site of Samaritan's Purse Hospital Bombed Today (September 12, 2002) the south Sudan town of Lui was bombed by the Government of Sudan (GOS). Lui is the home of the hospital operated by Samaritan's Purse, the Christian relief organization headed by the Reverend Franklin Graham. It was five years ago today that the hospital officially opened. In the year 2000 the GOS bombed the town 7 times. Previously, the last bombing had been on December 29, 2000. These bombings come from Antonovs flying at high altitude estimated to be 14,000 feet above ground...

They just had news clip few minutes ago. This is connected to earlier thread where a woman reported overhearing some arab looking guys. They just pulled over a couple cars and the dogs picked up explosive scent.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Thousands of Afghans rallied in the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar on Tuesday, the day before the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, and denounced the former regime and Osama bin Laden for defaming Islam. "Down with Osama! Down with Osama's stooges!" the Pashto-speaking Afghans chanted at the rally staged to condemn Thursday's attempt to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai outside the governor's residence in the city. Until late last year, Kandahar was a stronghold of Pashto-speaking Taliban who ruled Afghanistan and sheltered bin Laden and members of his al Qaeda network. The United States accuses...

The Arab world risks trapping its growing and youthful population in poverty if it does not start modernising fast, a report suggests. In its Arab Competitiveness report, the World Economic Forum - best known for its annual summit of the global great and good each January in Davos, Switzerland - says Arab countries have squandered their mineral wealth. Rock-bottom educational standards, high tariffs, closed economies, rampant corruption - are all contributing to the stagnation of the 16 countries the 400-page report identifies as making up the Arab World. Combined with "exploding population growth" (as the report puts it), urgent change...

CHELAN, Wash. - The Deer Point wildfire on the north shore of Lake Chelan continued to grow on Friday as it jumped a couple of drainages and defied firefighters in their attempt to contain it. No injuries have been reported, but evacuations were being ordered. The areas under a Level 3 evacuation, which means they are closed to the public, are: Antilon Lake campgrounds, Emerson Acres, the Upper Joe Creek Road area and Mitchell Creek campground. This affects approximately 6 square miles of residential area. According to firefighters, 75 homes are in danger. People who are being evacuated are asked...

In Islam, one thing is very puzzling indeed! Muslims love to take credit for anything and everything that is good in this wide world. And desperately it deny and wash their hands of anything and everything that is embarrassing to them. Islamists very often claims that they acknowledge many things in USA which are Islamic in origin. Some of them even go one step further and say, "America is more Islamic then many Muslim country." When asked, "How come?" They will cite some good things among the peoples and in the American administration. As if, anything good is the product...

U.S. Special Forces soldier killed in firefight while on patrol in eastern Afghanistan.

Responses to Islamic Awareness MUHAMMAD AND THE SATANIC VERSES Muhammad Spoke the Satanic Verses - The Evidence and Proof INTRODUCTION MUHAMMAD SPOKE THE SATANIC VERSES - THE EVIDENCE AND PROOFTHE EVIDENCE: THE EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES DISCUSSION / REVIEW OF THE SIRA MATERIAL ON THE SATANIC VERSES.EVIDENCE FROM SAHIH HADITH THAT MUHAMMAD SPOKE THE SATANIC VERSESFROM THE QURANAN ISLAMIC SCHOLAR'S COMMENTARY (TAFSIR)OTHER COMMENTSFUNDAMENTALIST MUSLIM'S COMPLAINTS AND DENIALSCONCLUSIONSBIBLIOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION One of the most embarrassing events in Muhammad's life occurred when Satan put his words in Muhammad's mouth. Muhammad spoke Satan's words as the word of God. This event is documented by several...

Sometime this afternoon AOL Time Warner Inc. probably will earn the dubious honor of spilling more red ink than any company in U.S. corporate history.

GENESEO -- How much is freedom worth? According to a 73-year-old Geneseo woman, employees at the Geneseo Wal-Mart store apparently felt that 50 cents was too high a price to pay after she became stuck in a Dispatch/Argus vending machine Wednesday evening in front of their store. However, officials at Wal-Mart's corporate office in Bentonville, Ark., say store employees were merely following company policy by not tampering with the machine. The woman, who has asked that her name not be used, said she stopped at the local store around 5:30 Wednesday evening to pick up some prescriptions from the store...