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D&C “Storychat” invaded by Freepers by Itchy on July 18, 2007 @ 3:03 pm · Filed under blog, D&C, "liberal" media, race Unfortunately for Rochester, many of the D&C storychats are being dominated by extreme-right zealots. It’s gotten so bad on a couple of articles that it’s starting to sound like the fever swamps of RochesterWatch.com…

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2007 – The partnership between Iraqi and U.S. soldiers is helping to tamp down insurgent violence northwest of Baghdad, a senior U.S. military officer assigned in Iraq said today. “The key to this counterpart relationship is our partnering of one U.S. company to each Iraqi army battalion,” Army Col. Paul E. Funk, commander of the 1st “Iron Horse” Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, told Pentagon reporters during a satellite-carried news conference from his headquarters in Iraq. Assigned to Multinational Division Baghdad, Funk and his 3,800 soldiers have teamed with Iraqi Army troops and police forces...

YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (July 18, 2006) -- After scouring more than 61,700 acres of arid desert, the flames of the Sawtooth Complex Fire have moved away from the High Desert as residents and local communities return to their lives. What began July 8 as a 700-acre fire from a lightning strike in the hills north of Yucca Valley, Calif., was whipped into a fast-moving inferno by strong easterly winds three days later. The Combat Center Fire Department received the call for assistance July 11 at 12:20 p.m., and by 12:40 four firefighters and one engine were dispatched to the scene,...

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2006 – Vice President Richard B. Cheney yesterday told members of the Iowa National Guard that he appreciates and admires their service around the world as he highlighted Guard contributions to the war on terror. "From homeland security to swift and effective action after the Gulf Coast hurricanes last fall, to service in the Middle East and the Balkans, you've made a tremendous difference for the nation," he said during a speech at Camp Dodge, Iowa. Cheney used the contributions of Iowans in the war to spotlight the contributions of National Guardsmen around the world. "As...

Molly Bowman-Styles doesn't have anything against libraries or after-school programs for kids. But Bowman, an official with the local chapter of the American Heart Association, thinks it might be nice if the city of San Diego spent at least some tobacco-settlement revenue on programs that stop kids from smoking. For several years now, she and other anti-smoking activists have been on a crusade to figure out exactly how the city of San Diego spends the millions it receives every year under a $206 billion 1998 legal settlement between 46 states and the major tobacco companies. And like their counterparts in...