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5/2/2006 - POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. (AFPN) -- Five Airmen have joined aviation pioneers Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, Gen. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle and Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager in a select group -- all are recipients of the Clarence Mackay Trophy. To the five-person crew, the flight over northern Iraq that put them in the record books was much like any other mission they would fly. To the Iraqi Air Force and those connected with them, it represented much more. The crewmembers are: -- Maj. Michael Frame, aircraft commander and instructor pilot. He is assigned to the...

LOS ANGELES, May 2 (UPI) -- ABC TV has put an abrupt term limit on its freshman drama, "Commander in Chief." The network Tuesday announced it was pulling the Geena Davis series for the rest of May sweeps and running the newsmagazine "Primetime" in its 10 p.m. Thursday slot for the final three weeks of the season, Zap2it.com reported. The series started as one of the most-watched in the fall and Davis won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of the first female U.S. president. However, two extended breaks and behind-the-scenes changes as well as a schedule move from Tuesday...

WASHINGTON - Majority Republicans have reached agreement in principle on legislation to extend tax cuts on capital gains and dividends for two years and keep 15 million middle income taxpayers from getting hit with a tax designed for the wealthy, GOP aides said late Tuesday. However, final passage of the measure is being linked by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley to achieving an agreement with House Republicans over the outlines of a second package of tax breaks, according to Republican staffers who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not yet been announced by their bosses. The...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president will approve a law that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and other drugs to concentrate on fighting violent narco gangs, the government said on Tuesday. President Vicente Fox will not oppose the bill, passed by senators last week, presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar told reporters, despite likely tensions with the United States. "The president is going to sign that law, there would be no objection," he said. "It appears to be a good law and an advance in combating narcotics trafficking." The approval of the legislation, passed earlier by the lower house...

Politics wasn't first on list of NY Sen. Clinton's career picks May 1, 2006 PURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) _ She's a former first lady, but to hear Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton tell it, all of that pales in comparison to her real childhood dreams. "I wanted desperately to be an Olympic athlete," Clinton said Monday at a Purchase College symposium on Title IX, the 1972 law outlawing sex discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding. "I tried everything. I ran every race, and if I was really lucky I finished second to last...I couldn't jump, I couldn't run, I couldn't...

House Republicans called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prosecute businesses shut down yesterday by their illegal alien employees who took the day off to participate in protests of immigration legislation. "Too often, we presume that fault lies with the illegal migrant worker, but we need to recognize that the employer broke the law by hiring the illegal alien," wrote Republican Reps. Jack Kingston of Georgia and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. "We believe the federal government has an obligation to enforce the nation's immigration laws and must actively investigate any and all instances where it is apparent industries have...

A passenger airplane flying from Armenia's capital, Yerevan, to the city of Sochi in southern Russia has crashed over the Black Sea, officials say. The Airbus 320 plane from Armenian Airlines was carrying about 100 people, when it disappeared from radar screens about 0215 (2215GMT Tuesday). Debris has been seen in the sea, about 6km (four miles) from the coast, says Russia's Emergencies Ministry.

"Ford Sales Hit by Gay Ad Protest: Pastors are Preaching Against Ford in Their Sunday Sermons" I can only give a link to the article because of copywrite complaints. It is also linked from the Alliance Defense Fund website.