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Excerpt: In 2004, George Soros attempted to crash the stock market with financial manipulation, media appearances, and op-eds aimed at scaring investors out of the market. He nearly succeeded but the market was too resilient and rebounded from his attempt. He even threatened to spend half of his fortune to defeat George W. Bush. This year saw gasoline prices peaking after Soros had moved his investment money from oil production to oil speculation. Now we have this mortgage crisis, and once again, it’s the Democrats who are behind it. Although the problem with Fannie and Freddie has been brewing since...

WELLSVILLE -- Despite having three places he was involved in searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday, Dr. Kenneth M. Berry, 46, of Wellsville, was arrested, but on a domestic violence charge in New Jersey. Point Pleasant Beach (N.J.) Police charged Dr. Berry with four counts of assault and a temporary restraining order was issued by Judge James A. Ligouri. Agents from the FBI executed a search warrant at two homes in Wellsville Thursday as part of an investigation into "the origin of the anthrax-laced letters mailed in September and October of 2001 which resulted in the deaths...

The Boston Fog ReportAn ongoing examination of John Kerry’s “nuances and shades of gray in both foreign and domestic policy.” (Editorial, “A Primary Endorsement,” The New York Times, 2/26/04)for·a·gainst adverb. 1. To be both for and against something at the same time: e.g. “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.” (Glen Johnson, “Kerry Blasts Bush On Protecting Troops,” The Boston Globe, 3/17/04) "We welcome John Kerry's newfound support of the Bush Doctrine, a measure designed to protect Americans from threats abroad by confronting dangerous terrorists where they live and train before they attack...

<p>SACRAMENTO(AP) - Regional water quality control boards are adding requirements for timber companies, pre-empting state regulators they say aren't doing enough to protect California's rivers and streams.</p> <p>Some water boards have approved and others are considering a policy that imposes additional protections for streams and stream banks, for logging roads and stream culverts that typically cause erosion, for erosion-prone steep slopes, for clear-cuts, for endangered and threatened species like salmon, and allow for additional inspections of logging sites.</p>