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• OPERATION ID!     Print & Mail In ASAP.   Demand proof of citizenship before voting.
• Sen. Wyden to Vote Against Judge Alito.
• DHS CHIEF WANT LEGISLATORS TO FIX PROBLEM OF $172 GAP WITH STILL MORE $$.   Gives list of excuses for budget gap. No mention of cost of illegal immigrants. They just underestimated the number of caseloads.
• Logging Study Sets Off Own Firestorm.   OSU professors angry over publication of one student's study as fact in science journal. They maintained the journal's process of peer review failed to detect the flaws. Their assertions emerge just a few weeks after Science faced criticism for failing to catch fraudulent South Korea-based stem cell research. The Oregonian claims, "But the journal's review process is among the most rigorous nationwide."
• Portland:   Sam Adams Red-Faced Following PR Announcing Tram Boss Resignation That Never Was.
• Sen. Coburn:   Supreme Court Wrong On Euthanasia.
• Vicki Walker Holding Off Saying If She'll Run for Gov.
• Nation's Top Health Officials Assure Oregonians Medicare Transition Improving.   Feb. 2 hearing schedule regarding transition to the Medicare prescription-drug program.
• Commission Approves Short-Term Hospital Fix.   E-Board legislators grant $9.2-M to move 95 patients & hire 35 workers.
• Arbitrator Lifts Officer's Suspension Over Killing of Kendra James.
• Chief Foxworth's Response to Lifting of Suspension.
• State Senators Act to Monitor Staff Salaries.    Rule Requires Preapproval of Legislators' Pay to Staff.
• Panel OKs Plant to Restore 18 State Troopers.   Highway-patrol staff is at its lowest level since early 1960s.
• Univ. Dr. Study Claims 117,000 OR Children Lack Health Insurance.
• Early Votes Show Little Support for Special Session.
• OR Police Database Helps Track Runaways.
• Nontribal Casino's Backers Tout Its Benefits.
• Oops, She Did It Again.   Dick Morris editorial on Hillary in the Statesman J.
• Schools Use Mentors to Aid New Teachers.
• Writer Breaks Out Tired Socialist Myths.   Letter to editor, SJ.
• Bicyclists Generating Car-Driver Backlash.
• Year Two:   Potter's Call to Arms.   Oregonian calls for cutting Tom Potters some clack.
• Multnomah:   Corbett Schools Put Levy On May Ballot.
• Cornelius:   Alternatives to Water Fee Gain Favor.
• Hillsboro:   Will It Be a Landfill or Pasture for Horse-Riding?   Believe the landowners or the neighbors?

National News:

• Lesbian Teacher Rapist Off Hook -- No Jail Time.
• WA:   Seven School Districts Offer Levies for Voter Approval.
• St. Petersburg, FL:   City Officials Say Porn Co. Tricked Way Into Using City Landmarks In Hard-Core Sex Movie.
• Google Defies U.S. Gov't Over Search Data for Porn.
• Gov. Jeb Bush Visits Peru; Pledges Easier Support for Peruvian Free Trade Pact.
• CO:   Minority Groups Seek Delay of School Reform Plan To Allow Cultural Diversity Committee Input.   No more blacks competing against Hispanics, minorities unite -- against ? And make sure women scientists are taught about in science class...
• Dad Says 'American Taliban' Should Get Clemency.   Do YOU think he should get clemency. Go vote.
• No. Laura Bush Will Not Run for U.S. Senate.
• Hillary Clinton Using Harsher Rhetoric.
• Controversy Swirls Over 'Gay' Playing Missionary In Movie.
• WND Poll:   What do you think of a 'gay' activist being cast as a martyred Christian missionary?
• Top Senate Democrat, Harry Reid, Apologizes for Critical Ethics Report.   Says a report entitled "Republican Abuse of Power" went too far when it named names.
• FL:   Girl Confesses to Bomb Threat At School.
• MI:   Youth Pastor/Wrestling Coach Faces Charges On Sex Assault.
• Vermont Officials Claim O'Reilly's Threat To Call for Boycott Doesn't Worry Them.
• Washington:   Judicial Motives Behind Timetable for Same-Sex Marriage Decision...   and playing the disingenuous 'civil unions' compromise game.

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

The President's Iraq National Strategy

• Japan Bans U.S. Beef Imports Again.
• U.S. Rejects Any Truce with Bin Laden.
• Deadline Nears for Kidnapped U.S. Reporter In Iraq.
• Bush to Visit NSA Spy Center Next Week.
• U.S. Allows CUBA Into Baseball Classic.

International News:

• Iraq Shi'ites Win, but Must Form Coalition.
• IRAN Says Moving Foreign Assets to Avoid UN Sanctions.   Has started withdrawing money from European banks.
• Nigeria:   Oil Workers' Unions Threaten Refusal to Work, Militants' Threats Too Severe.   Too much violence, kidnappings.
• Ecuador:   Rise in Bus Fares Last Straw, Students, Police Clash in Violence for Second Week.
• Japan Bill To Let Women On Throne.
• ISRAEL Attacks Iran/Syria 'Axis of Terror.'

• Kulongoski Says He Has a Plan to Insure All Youths In OR.   (Statesman J)
• Kulongoski Promising It All on Health Care.   (Oregonian)
• Sen. Ted Ferrioli In the Oregonian:   Gov Overstepped His Powers.
• Oregonian Warning Against a Special Session for Budget Hole.
• Judicial Upholding of Assisted Suicide Welcomed By Some...     Seen As Grim Continuing "Drift Toward Death."
• Gov. Says Court Decision Win for Terminally Ill.
• Court Decision the First Loss for Judge Roberts.
• VERMONT Suicide Advocates Thrilled Over OR Suicide Ruling.
• OR Suicide Paving the Way for More States.
• Salem:   Council OKs $$ to Renovate Anderson Building.
• OR Coastal Coho Won't Go Back On Threatened Species List.
• Jobless Rate Steady In Oregon.
• Kulongoski Says Dec. Unemployment Rate Shows State Economic Growth Outpacing National Trend.
• Military Family Remembers Son, Killed In Iraq, for His Caring Nature.
• Officials May Try New Tactics to Curb Cougar Population.   Present methods have failed to lower population in spite of allowing hunting (without dogs).
• Portland:   Officer Mack Faces Review Over Retort to Chief Foxworth's Speech.
• OR Supreme Court Considering Suit to Open Jury Lists.
• City Will Check Christian School Building Plans.
• Legislative Committee Considering Time Sheet Requirement for Legislative Aides.
• City Leaders Call On Wyden, Smith to Reject Asbestos Bill.
• Budget E-Board Shouldn't Fill Gap.
• Why Is a Democrat Insider Helping Jim Torrey's Election Campaign.
• U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Suicide Law.
• DHS Promises Action On Illegal Immigrants.   FLORES QUESTIONS AGENCY ON FUNDING SHORTAGE.    Statesman Journal Write-up On Flores Report.
• Minnis and Courtney Don't Yet Want Session about DHS Budget.
• Kitzhaber's Musing Second Cry of 'Wolf.'   Editorial, Corvallis Gazette-Times.
• Statesman Journal Publishes News Article In Spanish.
• Seattle PI Says Faith & Freedom Network Further Complicates Matters.
• Third Candidate Files for Assessor In Marion.
• Bust Nets Meth, Several Illegals Arrests.
• Marion County:   Soil & Water District Seeks Budget Volunteers.
• Oregonian Political Bally-Hoo for Left-Wing Political Activist Dreaming of Replacing Blumenauer.
• Cornelius Ask to Wall off Wal-Mart.
• Course Preps Those (Illegals?) Who Live In U.S. & Want to Be Citizens.
• Oregonian Doesn't Like Legislators Hiring Family Members for Staff.
• Eugene:   Anti-War Demonstrator Confront Wyden During Speech.   ...protest coordinator Peter Chabarek ascended the podium and attempted to grab Wyden’s microphone and deliver a speech of his own, prompting club officials to restrain him. Chabarek was showered with boos from the assembled crowd, consisting mostly of City Club members, after asking for Wyden’s signature on the pledge. Some exclaimed, “Don’t sign it!” and, “This is uncalled for!” Wyden declined to sign the pledge.

National News:

• U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Parental Notification Law.    Supreme Court Dodges Big Abortion Ruling.   Re:   NH abortion restrictions.
• Democrats Want Credit for Ethics Reform.   Have package of measures to bar members of Congress from accepting gifts, meals & travel from lobbyists.
• Republicans Unveiling Lobbying Curbs.
• 'PC' History at D.C. Holocaust Museum Challenged.   Why is all terrorism by Muslims left out?
• Nebraska Democrat, Nelson, Says He'll Back Alito.
• HELP Defund Planned Parenthood.
• Sen. Lott Will Seek a Fourth Term.
• N. Orleans Mayor Says He Regrets "God Angry" Comments.   Apologized for suggesting that the savage hurricanes of 2005 were divine retribution for the war in Iraq.
• Nagin Apologizes for 'Chocolate' Remarks.
• So-Called 'Human Rights' Group Claims Bush Has Deliberate Strategy of Abusing Terror Suspects.
• Tom Daschle Considers Bid for President.
• Same-Sex Advocacy Group Wants White House Easter Egg Roll To Feature Same-Sex Families.
• Clinton's Banishment from Practicing Law About to Expire.
• TANCREDO Begins Nationwide Tour On Immigration.
• NY TIMES CAUGHT IN PHOTO FAKERY.
• GOP Hits Back at Al Gore On Wiretapping.
• Man Robs Store With 'HIV-Infected' Syringe.
• Carville:   Don't Bet the Farm On Hillary.
• ALCU Files Suit to Block NSA Spying.

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

The President's Iraq National Strategy

• Boston:   Abducted Reporter's Family Asks for Mercy.
• U.S. Farmers Trace Immigrant Workers Lives Back to MX.
• Laura Bush Talking Women's Issues in Nigeria.
• Suspicious Driver, Package Cause Closure Of Canadian Border.
• U.S./MX Settle Tequila Dispute.

International News:

• Tokyo Stock Exchange Forced to Close Early.
• Tokyo Troubles Hit Europe Markets.
• ISRAEL:   Standoff Continues In Hebron.   Hundreds of Israeli soldiers prepare to evict defiant families from city.
• UN Troops Flee Ivory Coast Town, 4 Killed In Attack On Base.
• France Rejects Iran's Request for Talks.
• Two UN Soldiers Killed in Haiti.
• Iraq:   Nine Killed, Engineer Seized In Baghdad Ambush.
• $1.9-B Pledged By Donor Countries for Bird Flu Fight.
• S. Korea:   Kim Says He Wants to End Nuclear Standoff.
• N. Korea Confirms Kim's China Trip.
• Sharon Has Surgery for New Breathing Tube.
• Canada:   Fired Former Chretien Staff Member Suing PM Martin.   PM clearing out former Chretien people, but not all will go quietly.
• Malaysia:   Court Bars Tirade Against Car-Maker On Personal Web Site.
• Alleged Plot to Kidnap Tony Blair's Son.

Monday, January 16, 2005   (No news posted this day)

Monday, January 16, 2005   No news posted this day.)

                                              

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