https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:z28/ en-us Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:01:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066652/posts Government Begins Work on CO2 Storage Project at Teapot Dome By Sarah Cooke, Associated Press Writer Published: Jan 28, 2004 CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - The government is trying to bury something at its Teapot Dome oil field again. Not secret oil leases, as it did during an infamous scandal of the 1920s, but carbon dioxide - lots of it. In hopes of developing a process that could slow global warming, the Energy Department wants to inject the greenhouse gas underground into depleted oil reservoirs after converting it into a liquid form. The Teapot Dome project, now in the planning stages,... Tampa Bay Online; AP News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066652/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:01:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1006882/posts October 22, 2003 Veterans Refuse to Pay Parade Costs By Dana Rebik Eugene, OR Local veterans have come out victorious in a battle over an unpaid bill.  The outstanding debt goes back almost a year, to last November's Veterans' Day Parade. For years, veterans have paid the money themselves to cover the costs of parade security and police escorts, but they say they shouldn't have to do that anymore.   "We paid our debt to society by serving our country in foreign wars," says veteran Nick Urhausen.  "Now we work and pay taxes, and by paying to put on a... KVLA 13 News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1006882/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:30:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/922738/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - In what Democrats called an annual GOP rite of spring, the Republican-controlled House on Tuesday passed an amendment to the Constitution to criminalize flag burning for the fifth time in eight years. The one-line change to the Constitution - "The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States" - was approved by a 300-125 vote as a pair of holidays approach - Flag Day on June 14 and Independence Day in July. Senate passage is less likely. The constitutional amendment needs a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate... Associated Press Writer https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/922738/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2003 04:38:24 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/906820/posts SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to reconsider its ruling that Americans don't have the constitutional right to own firearms, setting up the possibility of a Supreme Court ruling on the Second Amendment. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld California's assault weapons ban in a 2-1 ruling last December. On Tuesday, a majority of the circuit's 25 active judges declined to rehear the case. The 9th Circuit's ruling conflicts with a 2001 decision from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that said individuals have a constitutional right to guns. The man who... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/906820/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2003 01:47:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/763153/posts RENO, Nev. (AP) - A battle over tribal treaty rights and livestock grazing moved into the international arena Thursday when a human rights commission asked the U.S. government to cancel an auction of cattle seized from two Western Shoshone sisters. The Organization of American States' human rights commission urged the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to cancel Friday's scheduled auction of 227 cattle confiscated from Carrie and Mary Dann. The sisters have been at odds with federal authorities for nearly three decades over grazing and land ownership. BLM officials in Nevada said they had not seen the OAS request and... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/763153/posts#comment Fri, 4 Oct 2002 20:36:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/585317/posts INS Seeks Law Enforcement Aid in Crackdown INS Seeks Law Enforcement Aid in Crackdown Move Targets 300,000 Foreign Nationals Living in U.S. Despite Deportation Orders By Mary Beth Sheridan Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, December 6, 2001; Page A25 U.S. immigration authorities announced yesterday that they have enlisted the help of law enforcement agencies in a crackdown on more than 300,000 foreign nationals who have remained in the country illegally after they were ordered deported. James W. Ziglar, commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, said the names of as many as 314,000 such foreigners would be entered in ... The Washington Post Company https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/585317/posts#comment Fri, 7 Dec 2001 00:41:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/579140/posts Results - News Release Generator RELEASE NUMBER: 01-11-07FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEMMACDILL AFB, FL - In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a command and control system in southern Iraq at approximately 3:15 a.m. EST. Target battle damage assessment is ongoing.Coalition strikes in the No-Fly-Zones are executed as self-defense measures in response to Iraqi hostile threats and acts against Coalition forces and their aircraft. If Iraq were to cease its threatening actions, Coalition strikes would ... U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/579140/posts#comment Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:46:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/574426/posts Homeland Security Director Praises Mexico's Anti-Terrorism Measures (Barf Alert!) Homeland Security Director Praises Mexico's Anti-Terrorism Measures (Barf Alert!) By George Gedda Associated Press Writer Published: Nov 19, 2001 WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration praised Mexico's counterterrorism efforts as the two countries held talks Monday on ways to further strengthen cooperation. Senior Mexican officials met with Tom Ridge, the director of homeland security, and also held talks with U.S. immigration, customs and aviation officials. Ridge thanked the Mexicans for taking steps to stem the flow of terrorist money and strengthening control of Mexican airspace, his spokeswoman, Susan Neely, said. ... AP News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/574426/posts#comment Tue, 20 Nov 2001 02:06:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/529634/posts <p>Kathy Rockel was amazed when her United Airlines flight last weekend began with an extraordinary message from the pilot: He informed passengers how to rise up and fend off hijackers.</p> <p>"If anybody stands up and is trying to take over the plane, stand up together, take whatever you have and throw it at their heads," she quoted the pilot as saying. "You have to aim for their faces so they have to defend themselves."</p> AP News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/529634/posts#comment Sat, 22 Sep 2001 01:28:50 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/523524/posts Airlines Bankruptcy Warning US airlines face tough new safety measures Losses are mounting for airlines around the world, and the bankruptcy of some carriers is looking increasingly likely, following the terrorist attacks on the US. And the European Union said on Friday that it feared the attacks could have serious consequences for the air transport sector, adding that it will monitor events to avoid a crisis in the sector. What has happened will almost certainly push us over the edge - Professor Rigas Doganis Share prices of airlines have fallen sharply since the attacks as brokerages and credit agencies have ... BBC News Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/523524/posts#comment Fri, 14 Sep 2001 22:55:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/523285/posts I'm Mad As Hell !!! Yesterday's deaths of thousands of people at the World Trade Center would never have happened without the gun laws that restrict and outlaw firearms. Yesterday deaths of thousands of people at the World Trade Center would never have happened if responsible citizens were allowed to carry concealed firearms. Yesterday deaths of thousands of people at the World Trade Center would never have happened if the U.S. Government had done its duty of prosecuting those primarily responsible after the first World Trade Center bombing. I will never fly again until I'm carrying. Or unless I'm ... Z-28 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/523285/posts#comment Fri, 14 Sep 2001 17:47:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3b8541de684d.htm A service of The Herald of Everett, Wash.   Published: Thursday, August 23, 2001   Police follow naked man to pot crop By Brian Kelly Herald Writer CAMANO ISLAND [Washington] -- A naked man found wandering around Stanwood Cinemas led police to his indoor marijuana garden after deputies asked the man what he did for a living, police said Wednesday. Deputies from the Island County Sheriff's Office said they removed more than 80 marijuana plants -- including 50 or so mature plants -- from a shed behind the 30-year-old man's home on Maple Tree Lane, a dead-end road on the ... Everett Washington Herald news https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3b8541de684d.htm#comment Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:48:14 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3b7a34e84b38.htm Heroin-Cocaine Mixture Linked to Three More Deaths; 18 Total Since Saturday The Associated Press Published: Aug 15, 2001 HOUSTON (AP) - A total of 18 people have died of drug overdoses in the past four days from a deadly mixture of heroin and cocaine, officials said. Three victims died Tuesday; 15 died over the weekend. Chief medical examiner Dr. Joye Carter said Harris County typically counts just two or three fatal overdoes of all kinds of drugs on an average weekend. Most of the victims, authorities said, lived in north Houston and ranged in age from 16 to 46. "We're ... AP News https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3b7a34e84b38.htm#comment Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:38:00 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3b57bd375f27.htm Mandatory Auto Helmets Save Lives   Legislative News Services P.O. Box 20067, Sacramento, California New Full-face SUV Protective Helmets Mandatory SUV Helmet Law Will Save Lives A California SUV Helmet Law Would Save Lives, UCSF Study Shows Sacramento, CA - A new California state law that would require Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) drivers and occupants to wear vehicle helmets in 2003 would save the state and its taxpayers a significant amount of money during its first two years, primarily by reducing the number of head injuries associated with SUV roll-over accidents. A similar law for motorcycles, in effect since ... Legislative News Services https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3b57bd375f27.htm#comment Fri, 20 Jul 2001 05:10:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3b3d23f61e27.htm Crossbow killing called murder must face trial in man's death By Greg Moran STAFF WRITER June 28, 2001 San Diego, CA - A South Bay man accused of killing an ex-convict with a lethal shot from a crossbow was ordered to stand trial on a murder charge Tuesday despite his lawyer's insistence that the man acted out of fear for his own life. Aaron Youngclaus, 24, is charged in the May 9 death of Michael Moreno Tapia, who had been released from state prison just days before after serving nine months for a parole violation, according to authorities. But ... San Diego Union-Tribune https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3b3d23f61e27.htm#comment Sat, 30 Jun 2001 00:57:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3b305f060a81.htm Amid cactuses, a park's war on smuggling TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2001 e-mail this story to a friend write a letter to the editor (oped@csps.com) USA NATION'S 'MOST DANGEROUS' PARK Amid cactuses, a park's war on smuggling By Tim Vanderpool Special to The Christian Science Monitor ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZ. Dale Thompson bounces along the desert terrain in his Dodge SUV, moving past the park's signature Roman-column cactuses. As he approaches the southern edge of the park, which borders Mexico, he suddenly stops and looks at a footprint in the sand. Later, he pulls over to inspect a freshly ... Christian Science Monitor https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3b305f060a81.htm#comment Wed, 20 Jun 2001 08:29:58 GMT