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Florida police have arrested a man after finding more than two dozen pipe bombs, including some that contained nails, screws and metal pellets. Police had been called after an explosion and found several bombs near a street and others in a trash bin. After officers identified Haasze as a suspect, he approached officers and surrendered. The 34-year-old told them he made the bombs for celebrations and to remove tree stumps and that he never intended to hurt anyone.

don’t know if its 2,000 years of Jewish guilt or something in our DNA but the Jewish people have a history of being our own worst enemies. Nowhere is that proven more clearly than in the Jewish press. For any anti-Semites that may be reading this article, I realize that you believe that all media is controlled by the Jews, but for the purpose of this article, we are talking about media specifically and targeted toward Jews, such as the JTA on the internet and the newspaper, The Jewish Week. The Jewish Week could be much more profitable if most...

Sherrod Story False By Jeffrey Lord It isn't true. Shirley Sherrod's story in her now famous speech about the lynching of a relative is not true. The veracity and credibility of the onetime Agriculture Department bureaucrat at the center of the explosive controversy between the NAACP and conservative media activist Andrew Breitbart is now directly under challenge. By nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court. All of them dead. But first, it's important to say this. After Shirley Sherrod's firing I wrote a column congratulating Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for removing her -- based on a viewing of the...

The poll is about halfway down the page, left-hand side and asks: Should Governor Spitzer resign or apologize and move on.Last time I checked, there was only a small majority on the side of resignation.

SACRAMENTO — Californians can expect to see a massive campaign for their signatures as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attempts to meet a narrow timetable for putting his government-overhaul initiatives on the ballot. The Republican governor has given the Democrat-led Legislature until next Tuesday to put his package of proposed constitutional amendments onto the ballot, or he plans to bypass lawmakers. Schwarzenegger's commitment to put his reforms before voters means he'll have just seven weeks to collect the 1.2 million signatures he needs — per initiative — to qualify for the ballot for a November election. If Schwarzenegger wants to call a...

Brazil tightens screws on drug flights By Raymond Colitt in Manaus Last Updated: October 30 2003 21:18 Brazil plans to step up the battle against drug flights crossing its airspace from Colombia en route to customers in North America, Europe and at home. The air force and federal police will in coming weeks be tracking incoming drug flights to their destination using aircraft and helicopters from the Tabatinga air base on the Colombian border. A ground crew will then confiscate the cargo and capture the pilot, a Brazilian police official said. "We hope to cut off one of the main...

LEBANON JUNCTION, Ky.- Scores of cars and trucks got flat tires Monday along a 15-mile stretch of highway after an estimated 50,000 screws spilled onto the pavement. Police said no accidents or injuries were reported. There were no witnesses to identify the source of the one-inch-long screws spilled along Interstate 65, said State Police spokesman Steve Pavey. "A box may have burst on a truck and they rolled out the back, but we don't know for sure," he said. "There was no box or anything." They were first noticed at 5:45 a.m. EST and tires were still going flat by...