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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Another man was arrested on suspicion of arson in California as authorities were investigating into some of the wildfires that have been devastating large areas in the state for five days, officials said Thursday. Los Angeles police said they have taken Catalino Pineda, 41, into custody Wednesday after local residents reported that he light a fire and walked away from a hillside in a suburb area. The arrest was made a day after law enforcement officers shot dead an arson suspect and detained another in San Bernardino, about 100 kilometers east of Los Angeles....

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Rasmussen Reports, Tuesday, October 23, 2007 The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday continues to show a muddled race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Rudy Giuliani is now supported by 23% of Likely Republican Primary Voters while Fred Thompson is the top choice for 19%. Mitt Romney is the favorite for 15% while John McCain is at 14% and Mike Huckabee has 9% support. (see recent daily numbers). No other candidates attracted more than 2% of the vote.

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(CNN) -- A sheriff's deputy who killed six young people at a house party in Crandon, Wisconsin, apparently died after shooting himself three times in the head with a .40-caliber pistol, the state attorney general said.

Jim Brossard is interviewed by Mike Gallagher after cutting down a mexican flag illegally flown above an American Flag on the same flagpole. LINK

Food shortages have become common in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is to start circulating a new 200,000 Zimbabwe dollar note, in a bid to tackle the country's inflation, the highest in the world. The new note, issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe from Wednesday, can buy 1kg (2.2lb) of sugar. Food and fuel shortages have become common as the government relies more heavily on imports, pushing prices to new heights. The official annual rate of inflation in Zimbabwe is nearing 5,000%. In practice, this means the price of a loaf of bread costs 50 times more in cash than it did...

Bigotry and intimidation defeated the immigration bill more than anything else. Right-wing media pundits and their ultraconservative followers spewed a systematic and steady stream of vitriol that was so extreme that even Senate Republicans complained. "There's racism in this debate," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., reacting to the tone used by the immigration bill's opponents. Ever since the immigration issue picked up steam last spring, an increasingly nasty tone of hatred and intolerance has been directed at Hispanics in America.

Tom Leppert's mayoral victory was less than a week old when the lobbying intensified from an unusual camp: immigrants. They wanted an office of immigrant affairs, dedicated to assimilating immigrants, legal and illegal, into the city of Dallas. There's urgency, they argued: Congress' decision not to revamp the nation's immigration system heightens the need for cities to take action. In Dallas, one of four people is foreign-born. At a victory reception held by Latino groups for the new mayor Thursday, Mr. Leppert said he is committed to opening an office of immigrant affairs. "All I want is to make sure...

President Robert Mugabe's government has published a bill to move majority control of "public companies and any other business" to black Zimbabweans. The goal is to ensure at least a 51% shareholding by indigenous black people in the majority of businesses. Critics say it could hurt investor confidence in Zimbabwe, suffering from the world's highest inflation and food, fuel and foreign currency shortages. Now the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Bill will go to parliament.

Texas Minuteman - Minuteman Project helicopter crashes while patroling border Written by Texas Minutemen - Minuteman Project Saturday, 30 September 2006 Latest update: At approximately 6:20 pm, September 29, 2006 while patrolling an area north of Laredo, west of Carrizo Springs and south of Eagle Pass the helicopter flying for Texas Minutemen – Minuteman Project attempted an emergency landing that resulted in the helicopter being destroyed. The pilot is reported to be in good condition with no serious injuries. All of the pilot’s immediate family has been notified that he is ok. Operations for the Texas Minutemen – Minuteman Project...

EDITORIAL - Discussion of illegal immigration and the invasion of illegal immigrants have given speculation how a second Mexican-American war would look. A former Army officer recently said to me, "It definitely wouldn't be a conventional war. Considering that already so many of the enemy are within the United States, it would be an unconventional war to say the least." Mexicans certainly have their allies. As was reported recently by various agencies, Arabic terrorists are sneaking into the United States disguised as Hispanics. They look just like Mexicans and they speak fluent Spanish too. The Mexican military and Mexican cartels...

By CRAIG KAPITAN Eagle Staff Writer The leader of a controversial group that that has garnered headlines in the past year for patrolling the Texas-Mexico border has been invited to by a Republican group to speak in Bryan next week. Texas Minutemen co-founder Shannon McGauley will speak at the Brazos County Republican Party headquarters Tuesday, according to an announcement made Friday by the Brazos County Young Republicans. McGauley's group, based out of Arlington, is modeled after the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - a national organization that first started attracting publicity last summer with patrols of the Arizona-Mexico border. The private...

More patrols planned for El Paso, Laredo El Paso Times Staff The Minutemen are planning another large operation in Texas in October, organizers said. The Dallas-based Texas Minutemen joined forces with Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, to cover El Paso and Laredo in their volunteer patrols. The organizers expect 325 to come to El Paso and 800 to Laredo. They call their operation "Eyes on Texas." Louie Gilot

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Our April Project in Texas to celebrate the first Anniversary of the 2005 Minuteman Project!  And like everything else in Texas it's big.  REAL BIG! Just a hair over 60 miles and we are going to be operational in ever last inch of it!  It requires 2 HQ's just to keep everyone in radio range! If you want to work on a project that is ON THE MEXICO BORDER, here it is. Just go to the "Contacts" or "Volunteer Form" page and "Git er done!" Texas Minutemen is managed by Original Minuteman Project Volunteers, primarily from the Communications Team that...

President Texas Minutemen on Wake Up America Foundation Thursday March 16, 2006 Written by Texas Minutemen National Spokesman Frank Jorge Tuesday, 14 March 2006 TOMORROW! . TOMORROW! . TOMORROW! Texas Minutemen President Shannon (N5KOU) McGauley will be on the Wake Up America Foundation http://thewakeupamericafoundation.com/ with Mark Edwards. They will discuss border issues as well as illegal immigration. Time will be 12am to 2am CST. Public call in number is: (702) 383-8255.

Under a plan coordinated by city officials, community leaders and the Mexican consul-general in Dallas, the statues of at least eight Mexican heroes would be on permanent display at Winnetka Park in West Dallas, the recreational center where the statue of former Mexican President Benito Juarez is displayed.

Citizen patrols try to shed vigilante image •Hundreds of volunteers from across the country wrapped up a monthlong patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border this week, hoping to show that adding agents there would solve the problem of illegal immigration. In the last six months, about 40 citizen border watch groups have sprung up in more than a dozen states, watchdog groups say. The Texas Minutemen, based in the Dallas-Arlington area, was among those formed after an April vigil on the Arizona border drew international attention. •Border states have requested federal funds to fight illegal immigration. A bill on Capitol Hill...

September 30, 2005 Section: A Section Page: 1A Awaiting the Minutemen While some worry, others welcome civilian patrols Louie Gilot El Paso Times El Paso Times FABENS -- The imminent arrival of the Minutemen to the Lower Valley has some locals curious, others annoyed and a few fearful. None are more divided than Senovia Vallejo and her husband, Eliseo Vallejo, of Fort Hancock. The Minutemen "are abusing a lot of people, immigrants. They say they don't, but I think they do," she said. "No, they don't," he answered over the table they shared last week at Margarita's Cafe in Fabens....

Community support and voter participation were some ideas LULAC members discussed Saturday in response to the U.S. Minuteman Project. "We need the support of the community. We as a community, we as Latinos can make a difference," said Rosa Rosales, national vice president for Southwest of LULAC. "But if we do not speak up, we're allowing people to do immigrant bashing." Rosales was one of several guest speakers who addressed a crowd of an estimated 50 at a community meeting held inside Our Lady of San Juan Church Parish Hall. The Minuteman Project is a national campaign to tighten laws...