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Nader off ballot in Pennsylvania, Missouri Aug. 30, 2004. 05:01 PM Pennsylvania court tosses out independent presidential hopeful's nominating petitions ASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — Ralph Nader's bid to be listed as an independent candidate on Pennsylvania's presidential ballot was rejected today by a judicial panel that said he had forfeited the right by accepting the nomination of the national Reform Party. Pennsylvania law prohibits a person who is affiliated with a political party from running as an independent. The three-judge Commonwealth Court panel dismissed Nader's argument that the ban applied only to Pennsylvania residents. The ruling strikes a fresh...

You know Bush must go but which protest is right for you? Some protesters are angrier than others. Some will be closer to the GOP Zone. And, some are sending signals that a law or two may be broken. We've laid out your ten best options and rated them on how hot we expect them to get. A31 August 31, all day, concluding with a 7 p.m. swarming of Madison Square Garden An ad-hoc collective of anarchist groups has called for a day of direct action, which kicks off at 9:30 a.m. outside Tavern on the Green and culminates in...

Exploratory Oil Drilling Done Off Cuba Sunday July 25, 2:15 pm ET By Marc Frank and Anthony Boadle HAVANA (Reuters) - Drilling of an exploratory well in Cuba's virgin Gulf of Mexico waters that could make the Communist nation an oil exporter and undermine the U.S. embargo has been completed, a senior official said. Work on the well by Spain's Repsol YPF (Madrid:REP.MC - News) began in June and captured the attention of the industry and governments due to its potential economic and political consequences. "The drilling has ended and the Spanish company is assessing the results. We don't know...

Cinnamon oil is an environmentally friendly way to kill mosquito hatchlings, a Taiwanese study shows. It might even make bug repelling better smelling -- although whether cinnamon oil keeps adult mosquitoes from biting has yet to be tested. The findings, from Sen-Sung Cheng, a natural products chemist at National Taiwan University, and colleagues, appear in the July 14 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Current mosquito-control efforts often rely on organophosphate insecticides. Use of these agents has raised health and environmental concerns, Cheng and colleagues note, so they looked for a different approach. They noted that cinnamon...

Israeli pressure 'is paying off against terrorists' By Inigo Gilmore in Jerusalem (Filed: 23/06/2004) Israel has turned the corner in the fight against Palestinian terrorist attacks, the defence minister, Shaul Mofaz, claimed yesterday. He said the marked drop in attacks was due not to lack of motivation among the militants but because their capabilities to carry out operations had been significantly reduced. Mr Mofaz told senior officers at a briefing: "We are seeing a new trend. The level of terror is slowly declining. We must keep up the offensive operations. The pressure is working." This year 19 people have died...

Rumsfeld has prisoner held 'off the books' June 17 2004 at 07:12AM Washington - United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld late last year ordered a member of the Ansar al-Islam militant group captured in Iraq be held in secret, in possible violation of international law, NBC News reported on Wednesday. The prisoner was captured in Iraq in July and flown by the Central Intelligence Agency to an undisclosed location outside the country for interrogation, NBC reported, citing unnamed Pentagon officials. The prisoner was returned to Iraq four months later after the US justice department suggested it might be illegal to...

This weekend has started the grilling season. It's all about family, BBQ, and mosquitoes. The challenge is to create the official Freeper grill menu. Have a red, white, and blue cake recipe that you want to share? A Freeper burger that would cause the average liberal to shake in their boots? How about some great "W" T-Bone recipes? Share them and have your recipe rated by other Freepers. I would like to have a panel of Freepers sign up for the judging....lets decide who gets the "Patriot" creative menu. May the best Freeper win.

Bush official: Bald eagle will be off threatened list this year Last modified: May 15, 2004 6:28PM By DON THOMPSON Associated Press Writer SACRAMENTO -- The American bald eagle - the national symbol whose decline helped spur the Endangered Species Act and a ban on the pesticide DDT - will be off the threatened species list this year, a top Bush administration official promised Saturday. Craig Manson, the administration's point man on the Endangered Species Act, agreed with a leading environmental group which said it's time to concentrate recovery efforts on other, more needy species. The Interior Department will outline...

DEXTER, Mich. (May 7) - Russell Tanner better stay inside during a thunderstorm, because if somebody has a chance of being struck by lightning, it's him. The 78-year-old Dexter resident won his second $1 million scratch-off lottery game last week - the only known two-time winner of the game in Michigan. The retired custodian and factory worker who still lived in a manufactured home following his June 2002 winning ticket, said he was stunned to win again. "I couldn't believe that I could be so blessed. It just feels great to win," he said. The odds to win the game...

(WSBT) The City of South has made a move to get stun guns off the streets. Monday night, the Common Council passed an ordinance that bans selling or owning the weapons with-in city limits. Police also support the measure. They say in un-trained hands, a stun-gun can be a powerful force Officer's can't fight. "Now they're becoming more refined, a lot smaller, a lot lighter, and a lot more powerful," says South Bend Police Sergeant Scott Ruszkowski. "You know them being out there and being allowed to be out there, from a police officers perspective, there's no way to defeat...

Gloves off as Bush comes out fighting By Alec Russell in Washington (Filed: 24/02/2004) President George W Bush effectively launched his campaign for re-election last night, saying that voters faced a stark choice between an America "that leads the world with strength and confidence" or one that is "uncertain in the face of danger". After a month of falling ratings and heated Democratic attacks, Mr Bush abandoned his recent claims that he was too busy being president to get involved in electoral politics and launched a vigorous counter-attack, portraying the Democrats as weak in fighting terrorism and hell-bent on raising...

Press Release Source: Office Depot ADVISORY/Senator Hillary Clinton, D-NY, Kicks off Sold-out Office Depot Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference on Sunday, February 22 Wednesday February 18, 3:59 pm ET (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Katie Couric, Mary Matalin, Dawn Hudson, Iyanla Vanzant and Other Notables Will Address More Than 700 Professional Women From Across the Country WHO: The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton will open Office Depot's Fourth Annual Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference on Sunday, February 22, delivering a keynote address from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Dawn Hudson, President of Pepsi-Cola North America, will provide a keynote address on Monday, February 23 from 8:15-9:15 a.m....

The new security fence runs 3,034 miles along a contorted path that lurches east, then west, and then doubles back - the antithesis of a straight line as it contrives to include this village and exclude that one. Many in the international community charge that in addition to being a grievous breach of human rights, the fence is part of a scheme to monopolize water resources, stealing the flow of rivers and further depriving people who already have little access to water. The course of the security fence divides families, separates herdsmen from their traditional grazing land and it can...

Europe's first mission to the Moon is set for blast off from Kourou in French Guiana just after midnight, local time, on Sunday. SMART 1 will be launched from the European spaceport between 2302 and 2321 GMT. It will be taken into space by European's Ariane 5 rocket, along with an Indian science probe and a commercial satellite. It will take 15 months for SMART 1 to reach the Moon. On arrival it will enter into polar orbit enabling it to view the Moon's surface from every angle. The probe will then spend six months combing the lunar landscape for...

Anyone believing that the state process of eminent domain is fair for citizens has not gone through it. It is a traumatic and trying experience and one which is calculated to force average citizens to accept what is offered by the state to avoid going through their eminent domain proceedings. Below are listed some of the experiences you will encounter on the way if you choose to fight the state and proceed to an eminent domain hearing. On October 2, 2003 we must move from our home and property at 6230 Golden Gate Parkway Naples Florida by court ordered dictate...

County residents to hold a 'Take Back Your Community' rally Tuesday, September 9, 2003By MIREIDY FERNANDEZ, mmfernandez@naplesnews.com Collier County leaders are public servants and need to be reminded of who they work for — the people. Behind that premise stand dozens of county residents who plan to voice their grievances against county government at a rally today, the same day the five-member County Commission is scheduled to meet. AT A GLANCE A "Take Back Your Community" rally is planned today at the following locations: 4 p.m. — A "Freedom Drive" will take place at Max Hasse Park, 3990 Golden Gate...

***** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***** Dateline: Wednesday, September 03, 2003Subject: “Take Back Your Community” kicks off with rally at commissioners meeting.From: The Citizens Action Team (cataction.com) 304-7535 The “Take Back Our Community” movement begins Tuesday Sept. 9th with freedom drive and kickoff rally at Collier government complex. NAPLES, FLORIDA - In a show of unity, a coalition of high profile citizen groups will be conducting a “freedom drive”, originating from 2 Collier staging locations and culminating with a rally at the Government complex to coincide with the scheduled Collier Commission meeting. The purpose of the rally and freedom drive is...

A man accused of stabbing two people and decapitating one of the victims at a group home in Taylor was ordered Wednesday to undergo a competency hearing before the case can resume. Brandon Lee Taylor, 22, is charged with first-degree murder, felony murder and assault with a deadly weapon, Local 4 reported. Prosecutors said Taylor killed the 48-year-old caretaker of the home and then sawed off her head. Taylor is also accused of attacking a 50-year-old resident at the home. The attacks occurred in the early hours of Aug. 18. Police received a call to the home on the 26000...

Southwest Florida residents who used to air their grievances against local government on the radio airwaves have moved their forum to the Internet. Local talk radio used to be the forum of choice, but former listeners and some civic activists say Web sites provide a more democratic forum to express their frustrations and exchange ideas. Two Web sites launched this summer with the intent to provide local residents that forum with even greater anonymity than radio. SpeakOutSWFLA.com launched three weeks ago. (The Web address was incorrect in a story in Saturday’s paper.) FloridaSOUNDOFF.com launched in June. The online forums have...