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A man who threatened to behead two women because they were Christians was attacked in self-defense early Saturday and injured so severely, police say, that his eye was to be removed. Russell Bowman, who called himself an atheist, showed up with a large knife at the women's apartment in the 700 block of Tia Juana Street about 3:15 a.m., police said. Another resident grabbed a shotgun and ordered him to put the knife down. When Bowman refused and began approaching, the person hit him with the butt end of the weapon, police said. Doctors at Memorial Hospital reportedly told police...

Yesterday we warned of the suicide squirrel menace. Today's exclusive followup report gives us something or other-but I'm not sure exactly what. ( Our star reporter is a bit ditzy .)

Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has warned the Bolivian babes of Santa Cruz that he’s coming after them. He declared them people of the ‘extreme rightwing‘ and warned that any refusal to support the oppressive greedy hand of the Evo Morales government, which is characterized by its confiscating hand, will be met by force - from him. As if the internal affair of this country were ever any of his business! “We will not remain with our arms crossed,” Chavez said from Montevideo. In short, Chavez is menacing the freedom-loving babes of Santa Cruz, Bolivia like a gangster. Chavez’s new use...

Swedish road menace caughtA Swede who delights in giving speeding cameras the finger while driving past at high velocity in a car without license plates has been caught. The Swede in action. The man, who has been recorded three times while giving the camera the finger at a speed high enough to qualify for automatic loss of license was taken by police on the E6 highway near Sarpsborg on Sunday night."Now his speeding days are over. The man is with us and awaiting questioning," Kay Wammer of the Østfold police told newspaper Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad.The Swede has been clocked at 123,...

Geopolitics: As the world dithers on Iran and North Korea, two new threats are surfacing on the U.S. intelligence radar that underscore why the West must get tougher on rogue states. Venezuela and Cuba, which seemed to campaign for it, finally won spots in the Axis of Evil when the U.S. Director of National Intelligence set up a mission manager to coordinate strategy on the two countries. Venezuela and Cuba weren't even on our intelligence radar until 2005 or 2006. Only the most recent National Security Strategy listed Venezuela as worth watching because "a demagogue awash in oil money is...

9/11 affected wages of Muslims in US: Study Press Trust of India Houston, August 24, 2006 Advertisement Wages and weekly earnings of Arab and Muslim men living in the United States fell by 10 per cent following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a new study shows. In addition, the adverse affects of September 11 on wages were greater in areas that reported high rates of hate crime related to religious, ethnic or country of origin bias, according to the upcoming study in the Journal of Human Resources. "I was surprised," Robert Kaestner, study co-author and University of Illinois at...

Rice: Iran a Menace Beyond Nuclear Issue Wednesday March 29, 2006 1:31 AM By ANNE GEARAN AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday that Iran was a menace for reasons other than its alleged drive to build a nuclear bomb and that the U.S. and its allies have ``a number of tools'' if Tehran does not change its ways. ``I think there's no doubt that Iran is the single biggest threat from a state that we face,'' Rice told a Senate panel. She claimed strong international backing for the U.S. position that Iran...

Book Description Old Europe’s new crisis. Europe, the charming continent of windmills and gondolas. But lately, Europe has become the continent of endless strikes and demonstrations, bombs on the trains and subways, radical Islamic cells in every city, and ghettos so hopeless and violent even the police won’t enter them. In Spain, a terrorist attack prompts instant capitulation to the terrorists’ demands. In France, the suburbs go up in flames every night. In Holland, politicians and artists are murdered for speaking frankly about Islamic immigration.

US helicopters in Iraq face menace of 'aerial bombs' By Francis Harris in Washington (Filed: 18/01/2006) American helicopters in Iraq are facing a new threat from so-called aerial bombs, which are fired into the air from the ground and explode close to passing aircraft. The new home-made weapons, known to the Americans as "aerial improvised explosive devices" have been used on numerous occasions. US troops clear up after an unexplained helicopter crash "The enemy is adaptive. They makes changes in the way they fight, they respond to new flying tactics," Brig Edward Sinclair, a US army aviation commander, told Defense...

Convicted murderer and Crips founder, Stanley "Tookie" Williams, set to be executed Dec. 13, has used his prison time to write books urging children to stay out of gangs, among other peace-preaching efforts. Should clemency be given to deathrow inmates who pursue such activities?

SAN DIEGO - The driver of an SUV packed with suspected illegal immigrants and nearly 700 pounds of marijuana sped from police the wrong way on Interstate 8 before crashing head-on into a California Highway Patrol car, officials said. Authorities say the incident late Wednesday was part of a pattern by smugglers who try to evade border checkpoints by veering into oncoming traffic, often at night, sometimes with their headlights off. The SUV involved had been modified to enable it to flee more easily. "This year for some reason they're becoming more frequent," said Brian Pennings, a CHP spokesman based...

Cohen believes that Gen. Musharraf has convinced many in Washington that he cannot act more quickly, but signs that this argument no longer has the same resonance have recently emerged in statements by CIA director Porter Goss, who, without naming countries, made US impatience evident. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was also reported to have conveyed a strong message on her last visit to Pakistan on the necessity for more progress on the democratic front, and there are indicators that M. Rice will not be as tolerant of Pakistan as her predecessor, Colin Powell. “Pakistan may be one of the...

Che Guevara is more than just a sleazy tee shirt on an aging leftwinger's food-dribbled chest. Che Guevara is a live emblem of hemispheric terror, kidnapping and murder. And not just in the 1960s but happening right now. Today! The news, still in only Spanish, has just come out this afternoon. Colombia's government just released a tape proving, without a shadow of a doubt, that filthy Marxist narcoterrorist FARC and ELN guerrillas are operating a string of working terrorist camps inside Venezuela. And not just inside Venezuela in the way we thought they were, as Hugo Chavez-hosted recreational guerrilla spas,...

Dayton- A shotgun, two rifles and a submachine gun were stolen from the pickup of a police SWAT team member. "We need those weapons back," said Lt. Bob Chabali, commander of the Dayton-Montgomery County Regional Special Weapons and Tactics Team. "Those weapons are used for the safety of the community. In the wrong hands, they're a menace." Authorities said Friday they did not have any suspects. Officer Gary Huber had parked his truck Thursday night under a light outside a restaurant where he had stopped to eat after SWAT team practice, Chabali said. Huber later discovered someone had broken into...

DENNIS KUCINICH: THE PROGRESSIVE CHOICE I began my career in public life in 1967. I’ve been a councilman, a mayor, a state senator and now a congressman. As a candidate for President, I offer a different vision for America, one which separates me from the other candidates. I am the only candidate for President who will take this country away from fear and war and tax giveaways, and use America’s peace dividend for guaranteed health care for all, ending health care for profit. I am the only candidate who will stop the privatization of social security and bring the retirement...

Rep. Ron Paul has reintroduced H.R. 1146, a measure that would end U.S. involvement in the United Nations. With anti-UN sentiment growing, the time may be right to Get US out! Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas), a medical doctor, represents the 14th district of Texas. He is one of the few steady voices for fiscal restraint and strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution. Recently, Dr. Paul reintroduced in the new Congress H.R. 1146, a measure that would end U.S. involvement in the United Nations and rescind diplomatic immunity for United Nations officials. Dr. Paul was interviewed on March 27th about H.R....

ANCHORAGE (AP) -- Campus police at the University of Alaska Anchorage shot and killed a cow moose Tuesday night after the animal had menaced students and charged the officers. At one point, a student got trapped behind a light pole near the UAA Commons when the moose forced him to take refuge, said Sgt. Annie Endecott of the University Police Department. "He kept dodging the moose," Endecott said. "Every time he moved, the moose got real aggressive." The moose had been aggressive while wandering around the Commons area, according to police and students. "Somebody warned us: 'Watch out! There's a...