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Clinton to be Sued for Missed Restaurant Reservation? May 25, 2005 Bill Clinton’s legendary eating habits have long been the butt of jokes, but it was an allegedly skipped dinner at one of Rome’s most fashionable restaurants that now seems to be needling the ex-chief of state. Whatever the reason for Clinton’s no-show, the restaurant owner is apparently none too pleased. According to reports, the owner may sue the former president who, the owner claims, didn't bother to cancel his reservation. Just weeks after his surgery, the president said while hitting the campaign trail for John Kerry, "If this isn’t...

We’ve all been had. The bottom has long since fallen out of the key group that master-minded the Kyoto Protocol credit scheme, but nobody seemed to have joined the dots. It all began with the flight of Canadian Maurice Strong’s Earth Council from Costa Rica as noted by the National Post’s Peter Foster in May, 2004. With no fanfare, the Earth Council landed in CH2M Hill’s Consumer Road Toronto office towers. The Costa Rican government has been pursuing the Earth Council for payment of U.S.$1.65 million, for the wrongful sale of a tract of land it imprudently donated to the...

As many as four believed to have helped plot attack. Updated: 2:07 p.m. ET April 2, 2005 RED LAKE, Minn., As many as 20 teenagers may have known ahead of time about plans for the shooting spree that resulted in the deaths of 10 people on the Indian reservation here March 21, tribal and federal officials said Friday. Capt. Dewayne Dow of the tribal police told a group of parents, teachers and staff at a three-hour school board meeting that authorities believe as many as 20 students were involved. One law enforcement official said the FBI believes that as many...

Authorities Believes (sic) as Many as 20 Teen-Agers Were Involved in Red Lake Shooting... As many as 20 teen-agers may have known ahead of time about plans for the shooting spree that resulted in the deaths of 10 people on the Indian reservation... Developing...

RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) - The Indian reservation where 10 people died in a shooting spree Monday is located in a remote area of northern Minnesota, and is home to one of the poorest tribes in the state. About 5,000 people live on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, almost all of them American Indians. The Red Lake Chippewa Tribe itself has about 9,400 enrolled members. The reservation is about 240 miles northwest of the Twin Cities, and the town of Red Lake is about 75 miles south of the Canadian border. Nearly 39 percent of the families on the reservation...

SIOUX FALLS - A tribal judge has no authority to keep Republicans from watching Tuesday's voting on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney James McMahon said Saturday. McMahon said that anyone who tries to carry out the order would be subject to violating federal law. "It would be my interpretation of that order that it does not comply with the law, and I have let it be known to law enforcement that they should not be enforcing any order on the reservation which purports to keep the Republican Party away from the polls," he said. Also Saturday, a Republican poll...

ALFRED — AP — Supporters of a proposal to build a $650 million casino in southern Maine have enough signatures to put the matter on a statewide ballot, according to a lawyer for the two Indian tribes pursuing the project.  More than 50,000 signatures have been collected so far, and more than half already have been validated, said Erin Lehane, an attorney for the tribes and spokeswoman for the Think About It political action committee. The deadline for turning over signatures to the secretary of state’s office for consideration for the 2003 ballot is Jan. 23. Signatures must first be...

The Union Springs area has been in the heart of the 64,027-acre Cayuga Indian land claim in Cayuga and Seneca counties for nearly 22 years. A drive along Route 90 or Route 326 will find a host of roadside signs stating "no sovereignty" and "no reservation." Native American tribes with land claims against the state or localities get little sympathy here. Lunchtime patrons of Legends Tavern in downtown Union Springs reflect that sentiment when asked about Native American and land claim issues Thursday, five days before the election. Margaret Reister, of Union Springs, a server at the tavern, was quick...