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Aparently nothing today... Anyone know if they might release more today or is that it?

As Texas officials sort evidence that could lead to new criminal charges against polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs, charges against him in another state are shrinking. Just two of five cases originally brought against the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leader in Arizona are still in play, and a significant portion of those two cases have been dismissed. Now, a judge has set a July 11 hearing on whether the remaining charges, based on Jeffs' alleged role conducting marriages for underage girls, came out of a tainted grand jury proceeding. Defense attorney Michael Piccarreta argues...

A week after 440 children from a polygamist sect were reunited with their parents, a majority still haven’t returned to the Yearning for Zion Ranch in West Texas. Child Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins said 178 children are living in 33 households in the San Antonio area and 143 children are living in 30 households at the YFZ Ranch near Eldorado. The remaining 19 children are scattered across Texas, but Crimmins said CPS officials are not providing more details about their whereabouts to protect their privacy. Under the court order signed last week by District Judge Barbara Walther, families cannot...

More than 50 percent of Irish voters rejected the European Union Treaty meant to streamline decision-making for the 27-member union. Tendai Maphosa has this report from London. Results of Thursday's referendum trickled in throughout the day Friday and it was not looking good for supporters of the EU treaty. The official announcement was met with jubilation by opponents of the document. OFFICIAL: "Votes in favor of the proposal 752,451, votes against the proposal 862,415." Ireland was the only EU member that required a popular vote on the treaty, because it would have needed to make constitutional changes before it could...

COLORADO SPRINGS — A court hearing was delayed at the last-minute for the woman considered a "person of interest" in the phone call that sparked the massive raid on the Fundamentalist LDS Church's YFZ Ranch. Rozita Swinton, 33, was scheduled to appear in an El Paso County courtroom on Friday for a pre-trial hearing on a misdemeanor charge of making a false report to police. The hearing was postponed at the request of her defense attorney. "He asked for a continuance due to the amount of discovery in this case," said prosecutor Frederick Stein. "I did not object to...

Texas Gov. takes blame if FLDS raid 'stepped across some legal line' The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 06/06/2008 02:15:33 PM MDT Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he accepts personal blame if Texas "stepped across some legal line" in its raid on a polygamous ranch, while at the same time defending the removal of more than 400 children from the FLDS' Yearning for Zion Ranch in April. In a report today in the Dallas Morning News, Perry said, "I still think that the state of Texas has an obligation to young women who are forced into marriage and underage...

In a one hour interview with UNIVISION, Obama GUARANTEED "comprehensive immigration reform" in the first year of his presidency. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=d94L6v2mBD4 Clip is only 2:36.

NEW DELHI: Reiterating their total opposition to the India-U.S. civilian nuclear cooperation, the Left parties on Friday said their discussions with the government were still going on. “At the last meeting of the UPA-Left joint committee on the nuclear deal, we were told that there is a shortage of uranium and reactors were working at 50 per cent of their level of production,” Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat told reporters here. The next meeting of the committee on the nuclear deal is scheduled for May 28. “We have not yet completed our discussions with the government...

Authorities acknowledge that if the appellate court decision is not thrown out, the state may have to return more than 400 children. A judge allows 12 children to reunite with their parents.

As Senate Republicans today completely abandoned him on the issue of suspending deposits to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, President Bush reversed himself and said he will consider a suspension, which he only recently outright rejected.

Other than Time Warner's single-city foray into monthly data caps, consumption-based billing has mostly been little ISPs with little monopolies, and given the market, we thought it'd stay that way. Broadband Reports is, uh, reporting that now Comcast is mulling monthly caps (which Comcast's PR guy confirms, though not the details)—something like 250GB, and then $1.50 for every GB over that. According to their source, the idea has "a lot of momentum" and it'll start rolling out in the next two months. The other part is that they're going to start ramping up DMCA notices to pirate assholes, with a...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The much-ballyhooed movie, "Iron Man," opens in theaters worldwide today (May 2), but the real "iron man" is already under construction at Raytheon Company (Salt Lake City, Utah). Raytheon's Exoskeleton project is the brainchild of project leader Stephen Jacobsen and is being funded by the U.S. Army. The project, according to the company, permits soldiers to don an Exoskeleton suit that amplifies their strength--enabling them to lift 200-pound payloads without tiring. The "Iron Man" exoskeleton being worked on by Robert Downey Jr. in the movie (left) is eerily similar to the real Exoskeleton (right) being developed at...

It appears as if the illegal’s support is running out of steam here in Dallas. The link is to video I shot of the "protest march" staged by criminal illegal alien Border and immigration law violators. They marched and nobody cared. VIDEO

MAYDAY MARCH On May 1, 2008, the open borders crowd and countless illegal aliens will again march in the streets of this Nation. In Houston U.S. Border Watch will be there to counter their protest. They will march in our streets to protest the S.A.V.E Act and to again push amnesty. Come out and show you support for the rule of law. Place: Antioch Park 1400 Smith Houston, Tx Time:1:30pm March begins at 2:00PM) Don’t let your voice go unheard! Curtis Collier U.S. Border Watch Texas Director of The Firecoalition www.usborderwatch.com 6046 F.M. 2920 suite 401 Spring, TX 77379 1-800-759-0948...

Police in Colorado Springs have arrested a woman for investigation of making a false report to authorities that may be connected to the Fundamentalist LDS Church's raid on the YFZ Ranch in Texas. The woman allegedly has a history of making calls while pretending to be a young girl. Rozita Swinton, 33, was arrested on a warrant charging her with false reporting to authorities, a misdemeanor, the Colorado Springs Police Department confirmed in a brief statement issued late Thursday. Swinton was arrested at her home on Wednesday in connection with an incident that occurred in Colorado Springs in February, police...

There Is No Gas Shortage But Washington, Wall Street, and ethanol and oil and gas companies want you to think there is, says automotive expert Ed Wallace Demand Is DOWN, Yet Prices Are UP Just so we can all get on the same page, here are the verifiable facts on oil supplies, production, and gasoline demand. In January of this year, the U.S. used 4% less petroleum than we did a year ago. (Oil demand was down 3.2% in February.) Furthermore, demand has been falling slowly since July of last year. Ronald Bailey of Reason Online has pointed out...

John McCain in Richardson Texas Tomorrow? I heard that John McCain will be in Richardson Texas tomorrow, Feb 28. I could not locate any info, finally on the Channel 11 website there is one obscure reference… John McCain Thursday, February 28: Texas Instruments Employee Town Hall Meeting Richardson Fabrication Plant 300 West Renner Road Richardson, TX 75080 Program Begins at 2:15pm Sounds like a controlled environment to me! If any of the DFW area FReepers are TI’ers you might consider going. Heck, if you are feeling brave you might even try and ask him about his intentions regarding signing...

FOX News Live, Steve Kink Endorses Fred for IOWA.

Date Dec 5, 2007 Giuliani 17% Huckabee 20% Thompson 10% Romney 13% McCain 13%

Monday, November 19, 2007 The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Rudy Giuliani with a ten-point lead in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Giuliani attracts 24% support from Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide while Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson are tied for second at 14% each. Mike Huckabee earns 12% of the vote while John McCain is close behind at 10%. Ron Paul's is the top choice for 5% and no other Republican candidate reaches 2% (see recent daily numbers).