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CAMPAIGN TO INVITE FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH TO BECOME A MEMBER OF MMM IS LAUNCHED! "First Lady joins MMM" The MMM has launched a new Campaign this Mother's Day to invite First Lady Laura Bush to join the Million Mom March to help us work for sensible gun laws and safe kids! Help make this headline a reality by inviting your family and friends to sign the online invitation to the First Lady at http://www.millionmommarch.org/whitehouse/. A free subscription to MMM E-News will be offered to all signers. The Campaign is expected to bring in a flood of community supporters to...

Help a conservative candidate Cianchette for governor vs RINO Libby. He's are only hope to clean up this mess called Maine.

Cuba Trip Attracts Federal Attention By Sherwood Olin A research trip to Cuba organized by a Maine grass roots organization drew the attention of the federal government on the eve of the group’s departure last week. According to a press release issued by Let Cuba Live, an official from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) contacted the group’s travel agency April 10 with the news the trip did not fall within federal guidelines for a legal visit to the Caribbean island. OFAC is the arm of the U. S. Treasury Dept. that administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions...

<p>AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Cigarette taxes are expected to become the No. 3 revenue generator for the state this year and bring in even more than corporate income taxes.</p> <p>The state's latest revenue forecast shows that taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products are expected to generate about $95 million this fiscal year. Corporate income taxes are projected to be about $90 million.</p>

Time for a humor break, click on the above and print out the face, cut it out and put ole Senator BooBoo all over the place. Great fun at work Scare the kids trick or treating. Put it in the car window and magically you're car pooling. It fits in the toilet. My dog Belvedere the beagle just barks at it. Good boy.

Time for some fun, the rats petition is at (http://www.petitiononline.com/senate/petition.html)

Man attacks mother after marijuana raid By Associated Press, 5/25/2001 10:19 WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) A Winslow man attacked his mother because he thought she had tipped police off about a marijuana crop, police said. Steve Graf, 25, threatened, pushed and spit on his mother, Carlene Cram, after police raided Graf's home for marijuana. Drug enforcement agents on Tuesday seized dozens of young marijuana plants growing on land across from Graf's home. The investigation is continuing, police said, but Graf has not been charged in connection with the raid. Police said the raid was launched after police received a tip from ...

Jeffords' switch could cost Maine senators clout By Associated Press, 5/24/2001 17:49 U.S. Sen. James Jeffords' decision to leave the GOP is expected to hurt the clout of his Republican colleagues from Maine. Jeffords' announcement to become an independent gives the Democrats a 50-49 majority in the Senate. U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both moderates, stand to lose committee chairmanships because they are no longer in the majority party. Snowe will lose two subcommittee chairmanships: Ocean and Fisheries and the Health Subcommittee. Collins will lose the chairmanship of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Snowe said in a statement ...

Tuesday April 3 1:37 AM ET First Lady Influencing White House By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Laura Bush says she expects her influence will be felt as the new administration tackles matters dear to her, like education. And while she and her husband disagree on ``a lot of issues,'' she's keeping their differences private. ``I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view,'' she said in an interview with The Associated Press. Mrs. Bush is a confidant for the president on the events of the day, and she makes her views ...

Thursday, March 15, 2001 Legislator says toilet tax can help fight sprawl By GARY J. REMAL, Staff Writer Copyright &copy; 2001 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.&nbsp; E-mail this story to a friend &nbsp; Related Story: Name of related story or sidebar --> Also on this page: Title of nugget Related links --> &nbsp; AUGUSTA &#151; There are few places Mainers can sit without incurring a tax.  Now, an Old Orchard Beach legislator wants to take another bite from one of the last holdouts &#151; he wants the state to tax toilets that dump into rural septic systems.  The ...

The Hilympia watch has started. The goal is to compare our distinguished Senior senator's voting record with Hillary's i.e. "what per cent of Hillary is representing Maine in the U.S. Senate." Current Count: 12/19 or 63% Hilympia has also co-sponsored 3 of Hillary's 7 bills (43%). Our Junior senator (Susan Collins, who is up for re-election) is doing worse. Current Count: 13/19 or 68%

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Anyone have suggestions for avantgo settings so I can read FR on my palm? I currently am linked to www.freerepublic.com/perl/latest but the larger posts don't show up. I'm up to 1 mb download with a thread of 2 It links to a lot of extraneous stuff ie authors home page etc. I've tried just new articles and new posts, but I get file too large to down load errors.

Settlement between Ex-BC theologian and school in jeopardy By Jay Lindsay, Associated Press, 2/7/2001 17:25 BOSTON (AP) A politically charged lawsuit by a Boston College professor who lost her job after refusing to allow men in her classes appeared resolved last weekend, following an out-of-court settlement. But one news release changed everything. Boston College officials are considering dissolving the deal after a lawyer for radical feminist theologian Mary Daly declared victory in the release. Boston College spokesman Jack Dunn said Wednesday that the statement by attorney Gretchen Van Ness not only violated a confidentiality agreement, it was just plain false. ...

Study say UV rays may be hurting cod By Jay Lindsay, Associated Press, 2/2/2001 17:55 BOSTON (AP) Add ultraviolet light to the list of possible hazards in the already precarious existence of the codfish. A new study indicates that cod eggs may be damaged by the same ultraviolet rays scientists say are flooding the earth through a depleted ozone layer. It's another potential problem for an overfished species that sees less than 1 percent of all embryos survive. Study author Michael Lesser, a zoologist at the University of New Hampshire, emphasized that overfishing and bycatch not UV rays are ...

Lieberman settles lawsuit filed by woman evicted from estate By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press, 2/2/2001 15:36 STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) A woman who sued U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman in a personal injury and eviction dispute has settled her lawsuit for an undisclosed amount of money. Monica E. Beach sued Lieberman and Harold F. Bernstein co-executors of the $48 million estate of Lieberman's uncle, Bernard L. Manger the same month they tried to evict her from a building owned by the estate. She alleged that she fell on a staircase leading from her second-floor apartment in March 1996, suffering back and ...

Friday January 19 11:02 PM ET Clinton Discloses Gifts He'll Keep WASHINGTON (AP) - An $800 photo of jazz musician Duke Ellington, a $2,500 bust of President Truman, $300 boxing gloves from Sylvester Stallone and a painting of Buddy are among the $190,000 worth of gifts that outgoing President Clinton is keeping.Clinton's final financial disclosure report released Friday night listed more than 50 gifts he's decided to take with him as he leaves office.He might be able to use some of the gifts at his two residences - a house near Embassy Row in Washington and another in Chappaqua, N.Y.On ...

&nbsp; | top news | u.s. | world | business | sports | sci | tech | arts | weather | politics | search &nbsp; JANUARY 13, 01:02 EST Preliminary Schedule of Inaugural &nbsp; A tentative calendar listing of official and unofficial events during the four-day inaugural celebration: Thursday, Jan. 18: —11:30 a.m., California State Society inaugural luncheon featuring Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising's debut show. Grand Ballroom of Mayflower Hotel. —Noon, Armed Forces Inauguration Committee holds a media day highlighting three military horse unit participants in the iaugural parade. 3rd U.S. Infantry Caisson Platoon, Fort Myer, Va. ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine Senate President Michael Michaud wants the state to immediately stop charging sales taxes on bottled water, and he is introducing a bill to clarify the tax shouldn't be charged. ''This attempt by state government to tax bottled water is absolutely outrageous,'' said Michaud, D-East Millinocket. But a Maine Revenue Services official said Wednesday that the law is clear that bottled water should be taxed. Michaud said state tax officials directed stores to collect the tax as the sales tax on dozens of packaged munchies was about to be lifted as of Jan. 1. The ''snack tax'' ...

Portland Press Herald 12/8/00 Complaint filed in leak of Bush arrest From staff and wire reports Copyright © 2000 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. A Chicago law student has filed a misconduct complaint against a Portland probate judge who was linked to the release of information about George W. Bush's 1976 drunken driving arrest in Kennebunkport. The complaint alleges that William H.Childs,Cumberland County's elected register of probate, violated rules of the Maine bar by using his judicial office to obtain archived court records in hopes of maliciously injuring Bush's presidential campaign. Eugene Koprowski filed the complaint with the Maine Committee on ...