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Barack Obama criticised over 'cult-like' rallies By William Lowther in Washington Last Updated: 4:24pm GMT 23/02/2008 For many it is simply a sign of his charisma. But for a growing number of Barack Obama sceptics, there is something disturbing about the adulation with which the senator and Democratic presidential frontrunner is greeted as he campaigns for the White House - unnervingly akin to the hysteria of a cult, or the fervour of a religious revival. Thousands wait in line to see him wherever he stops. Members of the audience have taken to rushing the stage during campaign rallies, forcing the...

3 HOURS ON QNS. STREET ALL IT TAKES TO GET FORGED PAPERS IN SECURITY SHOCKER CAUGHT IN ACT: Post reporter Douglas Montero (left) shakes hands with shady documents dealer "Flaco" Photo: Matthew McDermott NEW YORK POST INVESTIGATION For an illegal immigrant desperately seeking to work in NY City, getting a high-quality forged green card or Social Security card is almost as easy as buying a soft-shell taco....... this reporter arranged a face-to-face meeting in Queens with a 20-something Hispanic man known in the neighborhood as "Flaco" - the Spanish word for thin......Flaco didn't appear threatening at all - surprising, considering...

When the first U.S. case of mad-cow disease was discovered in December 2003, then-Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman pledged to hasten creation of a national identification system for tracing livestock quickly during a disease outbreak. She said she asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief information officer "to make it his top priority." Today, more than two years later, the U.S. still has no national ID system for most farm animals, including chickens and beef cattle. The USDA, which has been discussing a system for nearly a decade -- and has spent $84.7 million to develop it -- now...

With June 6, 2006, rapidly approaching, authorities in Colorado and elsewhere are carefully watching to see if that date - 6/6/06 - spurs demonstrations or violent activity. They are aware that 666 signifies the Mark of the Beast or the Antichrist to some organizations and believe June 6 is a date that could trigger problems. "It's been a conscious question among some of our folks, so they've been on the lookout for something," said Lance Clem, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Public Safety. "But they haven't seen anything." Even so, some local police are being vigilant. "The bottom line...

U.S. Reps. Sue Kelly (R-NY) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) led a Congressional Anti-Terrorist Financing Task Force forum in New York City on Monday to scrutinize the role of Saudi Arabian charities in financing terrorism and to assess ways to improve domestic and international initiatives to stop terror funding networks. The forum analyzed a wide range of topics related to terror finance and included input from panelists ranging from terror finance experts and Middle Eastern scholars to victims of terrorist attacks. House Majority Leader Roy Blunt also participated in the forum. "The United States must remain ever-vigilant in finding and freezing...

<p>But Clinton also said that flaws in federal homeland security programs mean too little money is being funneled to some communities, and none at all to others. “We still haven’t got the funding stream right,” said Clinton, a Democrat.</p> <p>Some of the basic homeland security grant money is divided evenly among all the states, meaning that smaller states get much more money per-capita than does New York, which is more populous and at greater risk of terrorist attack.</p>