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They are locally feared for their terrifying attacks on unsuspecting passers-by. But the situation in Elgin, Moray, has become so bad that residents are being asked to report if dive-bombing seagulls are affecting their mental health. Elgin Community Council intends to use the results to make a case to Holyrood for improved control measures, after disputing a NatureScot report that seagull populations are declining. Pest controllers say the town is faced with ‘epidemic’ numbers during the breeding season. Rob Teasdale, of Specialist Vermin Control, said: ‘They are like the Luftwaffe the way they come off the roof and everyone dives...

Political commentators -- both right and left -- who think the outrage over the immigration crisis is a conservative fringe phenomenon are sorely out of touch. That may have been true some time ago, but the sleeping giant of American goodwill and apathy has finally been jolted out of her sleep. It's hard to deny that the catalyzing events were the audacious protests of illegals throughout the country, waving Mexican flags, disrespecting the American flag and demanding, sometimes in Spanish, their "civil rights." Perhaps Sen. Ted Kennedy's pathetic pandering to this burgeoning new constituency contributed to the national wake-up call...

President Bush's push to give the military a bigger role in responding to major disasters like Hurricane Katrina could lead to a loosening of legal limits on the use of federal troops on U.S. soil. Pentagon officials are reviewing that possibility, and some in Congress agree it needs to be considered. Bush did not define the wider role he envisions for the military. But in his speech to the nation from New Orleans on Thursday, he alluded to the unmatched ability of federal troops to provide supplies, equipment, communications, transportation and other assets the military lumps under the label of...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - By giving pedophiles and at-risk offenders a phone-in resource center, Stop It Now! is trying to change the public perception and approach to dealing with child sexual abuse. It's a mission the group has been on since it was started 13 years ago — trying to shift the focus of child sexual abuse from solely a criminal justice matter to a public health problem. The group's tactics are gaining a growing audience. Stop It Now! will be part of a child abuse prevention advisory committee being organized by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, according...

I think some of you are going to be very angry to hear this. I hope you do something about it. A doctor who works at a hospital in Los Angeles was telling Al how illegal aliens are pouring into his hospital. The hospital loves it and encourages it because they get money from medical. Within 24 hours the patient has a medical card. He knows they are illegal because the forms have no social security numbers. And then he told Al another stunner. There are ads in Tijuana that say: COME AND HAVE YOUR BABY IN L.A.. He might...