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Daschle's Green Lobby and WorldCom Executives Belong in the Same Jail CellBy J.J. Johnson - Sierra Times Editor & Chief Published 08. 1. 02 at 20:07 Sierra Time The Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society has felt the heat and decided to try a little spin control. They write: "Amid the current epidemic of forest fires burning across the West -- fires exacerbated by a combination of factors including severe drought and a century of aggressive fire suppression -- the Forest Service, some elected officials, and newspapers such as the Washington Times and Wall Street Journal have attempted to turn...

Calling All Convoy Freepers'Sawgrass Rebellion' launched "Private land owners are being forced off their land by a variety of coersive land-use policies, being imposed under the banner of Everglades Restoration," endangered species protection, open space, Heritage areas, and a host of other programs, all designed to displace people, or severely restrict the use of private property." Henry Lamb,  Executive vice president of the Environmental Conservation Organization."We predict that approximately 25,000 people will be forced to leave their homes." Don E. Lester, The 15,000 Coalition Naples, Florida "WE'VE HAD ENOUGH!!" "We are taking back America and our rights as free...

More crews arriving as flames keep spreading By JOHN ENDERS, The Associated Press, 7/18/02 4:08 AM SISTERS, Ore. (AP) -- Firefighters from several states are on their way to Oregon. And just in time: there are plenty of fires here for them to fight. Ten Oregon crews that were fighting fires in other Western states will be returning home by the weekend. Joining them will be firefighters from Alaska, California, Florida, Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee, fire officials said late Wednesday. And, on July 29, a battalion from an Army base in Kansas will be arriving in Oregon. Crews...

Hundreds Evacuated in Seattle Smoke Bombing Thursday July 11, 2002 4:04pm Seattle (AP) - Hundreds of office workers were evacuated after military-style smoke grenades were detonated at two buildings, and police said animal rights activists might be responsible.The smoke bombings Wednesday, set off two minutes apart at the Financial Center and another downtown building, have been tentatively classified as acts of domestic terrorism, Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske said. Police said the devices appeared to be aimed at two subsidiaries of Marsh & McLennan Cos., an insurance firm that does business with British-based Huntingdon Life Sciences, which has been targeted...