Free Republic

Go HERE. The poll is on the left side, scroll down. Vote early, vote often. U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe, who represents Cochise County, announced last week that he was not going to seek a 12th term in office. How would you rate his work in Congress over the past 21 years? Effective. Somewhat effective. Not very effective. Ineffective. This poll needs to be FReeped. This is a newspaper in Kolbe's home district. Kolbe lost Cochise County to conservative Republican challenger Randy Graf in last year's primary election. Tucson easily nullified our votes. This newspaper is in the heart of Cochise...

<p>Federal officials have filed an arrest warrant for a 25-year-old Sonoma man in connection with pre-dawn bombings at two Bay Area companies in August and September.</p> <p>The FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have asked the public to be on the lookout for Daniel Andreas San Diego, who they say is armed and dangerous.</p>

<p>A militant animal rights group that claimed it bombed an Emeryville biotechnology firm in August is taking responsibility for Friday's explosion at Shaklee Inc.'s offices in Pleasanton -- warning that next time the bombs will be bigger and more damaging.</p>

<p>SAN FRANCISCO -- A naked woman painted like a tiger spent the today's lunch hour turning heads in San Francisco's Financial District in an effort to make people think twice before going to the circus, according to Lisa Franzetta, spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.</p>

<p>PHOENIX (AP) --  The Flagstaff City Council approved a proposal to sell Arizona Snowbowl treated wastewater to cover bare ski slopes, despite protests from environmentalists and American Indians, who consider the San Francisco Peaks sacred.</p> <p>Snowbowl wants to pump 1.5 million gallons of the water to its ski area midway up Agassiz Peak, in what general manager J.R. Murray said is an estimated $9 million project.</p>