National News:

• In March Arguments To Be Made Before U.S. Supreme Court On Gun Rights In WA. D.C.   (AP)
• CA Congressman's Three Grandchildren Are Missing.   Investigators looking into whether the children were taken by their "non-custodial mother."
• Romney Camp Denies Role In Anti-Mitt Push Polls.   (Boston Herald)
• BAD NEW PLANS TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION.   (Eagle Forum)
• FEC Fines Group Allied with Democrats.   (AP)
• Clinton Hawks Experience On Economy.   Says the nation can't afford to break in a newcomer. (AP) [Take that, you little squirt, Obama.]
• [Another] Sex Scandal Hits Atlanta-Area Megachurch.   "It was a necessary evil to bring us back to a God-consciousness," said the younger Paulk, explaining that the church had become too personality-driven and prone to pastor worship.
• McCain Avoids Personal Criticism of Clinton.   (Nashua Telegraph)
• FL:   Mom Finds 43 Sex Offenders, Predators Living Around Elem. School.   (Local 6)
• Stem Cell Breakthough Uses No Embryos.   (AP) [That's a downer for the pro-abortionists who have desperately been looking to stem cells as a last hope excuse to kill the pre-born.]
• NY:   Stonewall Gov. Spitzer Mum On Lawyer...   to help him prepare to testify before a state commission and, possibly, an Albany grand jury on the Dirty Tricks Scandal. (NY Post)
• Florida DCF Abuse Scandal.   Claim that child abuse cases were routinely closed without investigation to make dept. look better. (WJHG)
• Brain Differences Detected In Migraine Sufferers.   (AP)

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

• U.S. Ambassador To Pakistan Meets Pakistani Hardline Islamist Party Leader:   Embassy.   (AP)
• NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER IN IRAQ ACCUSED OF INSURGENT TIES.   (CNN)

International News:

• France:   Sarkozy Stands Firm In Drive for Reform.   (Times UK) [Despite attempts of workers'union to keep socialist policies.]
• Australia:   Opposition Lead Narrows As Australian Election Nears.   (AP) [Will the U.S. still have its' good friend in office after the election?]
• Chavez, Ahmadinejad:   U.S. Power On Decline.   (AP) [Evil salivating.]
• Kosovo President Sees Early Independence Move for Serb Province.   (AP)
• Sudanese Respond to Militia Call-up from Pres.   Believed to be furthering tension after a north-south civil war. (AP)
• Report:   Dalai Lama May Break Tradition & Appoint Successor.   (AP)
• Pakistan Frees Jailed Opposition Backers.   (AP)
• Lebanese Parlisment Likely To Delay Vote On President.   (AP)
• Conservative Anglicans Shun Canada for S. America.   As more sections of the Anglican Church of Canada move toward blessing gay marriages, a group of conservative Anglicans has started pulling out of the Canadian organization and putting themselves under the authority of the main Anglican branch in South America. (AP)
• Environmental Group Vows To Block Japan Whaling Fleet.   (AP)
• A Churchill Great-Grandson Pleads Guilty In Drug Case.   (AP)

Oregon News:

• SJ Editorial:   Junk Alternative Minimum Tax, Congress.  Even households with incomes around $75,000 could be affected by AMT "creep" this year. These folks are hardly the super-rich. They shouldn't be treated like Bill Gates when it comes to filing their federal tax forms.
• Salem Seeks Extra $$ for Bridge Project.   (SJ)
• Oregonian's Jeff Mapes Blog:   "OR Moves Closer to the E-initiative."
• Dad Of Son Sent Home for Drawing Expects Apology from OR School.   (KTVZ)
Oregonian editorial:   "Make Sec'y of State Nonpartisan."   [There is no such thing as a "non-partisan" position. The very idea has always been a bogus misrepresenation of reality. Calling it non-partisan will only mask the truth. Anyone in such a powerful position should have to reveal their political agenda to voters, less much for city positions.]
• Gordon Smith, 3 Other Republicans Vote with Democrats To End Debate On Farm Bill.   (Oregonian)
• Peter DeFazio to Offer Bill for Registry of Drug Firm Gifts to Doctors.   DeFazio hopes to get some Republicans to join them. A House vote by the end of 2007 is probably too optimistic, Hill said, but the lawmaker plans to promote the legislation next year. (American Medical Asso.)
• Smith Weighs In On Sending Little Boy To MX.   (Oregonian)
• Gordon Smiths
• Counties Grapple With M-49 Issues.   (News Register)
• Democrats Just Wild About Wins In West.   "It's easy to draw broad conclusions that appear to be profound that have a shelf life of all of two years," said Dan Lavey, a key political adviser to Smith and a partner in the Gallatin Group, a lobbying and public affairs firm with a large presence in the Northwest. Lavey concedes that the West has changed, but says the region's core values align well with Republicans, especially moderate Republicans such as Smith. (Oregonian)
• Oregon's 2007 Vote:   Allies Parted, Adversaries Partnered.   (Julia Silverman, Oregonian)
• Emissions Goals Set; Now Comes Hard Part.   To reach environmental targets, OR face the prospect of cutting cheap, reliable coal energy at a time when power demand is surging. " The challenge will be even greater if salmon protections further limit operations of hydroelectric dams, the largest source of energy not produced by fossil fuel -- and therefore free of greenhouse gas emissions. That sets up a troubling Catch-22, in which salmon suffer as global warming raises river temperatures, forcing extra protections that reduce the amount of electricity from dams." (Michael Milstein, Oregonian)  
• Property Rights Supporters Feel Left In the Lurch.   (Curry Counter Reporter)
• Proxy for President.   Portland Dems hold a campaign Q&A minus the candidates. (Willamette Week)
• What Happens When a School District Spends Millions On Integration But Gives Parents Right To Choose Schools?   (Willamette Week)
• DeFazio Wants Stiffer Penalties for Killing Protected Raptors.   (KOIN)
• Smith Slams Dems On Tax Bill.   Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., works hard to cultivate an image as a lawmaker who will work with the enemy to get things done. His affiliation with liberal Sen. Ted Kennedy recently on several issues only reinforced the image. (Jeff Mapes, Oregonian)
• OR Christmas Tree Growers Compete with Artificial Trees.   (SJ)
• TriWest Contributes $30,000 to OR Nat'l Guard.

National News:

• Virginia:   Gov. Gilmore Announces He'll Run for Warner's Senate Seat,   (AP)
• Congressmen Urge Bush to Pardon Border Patrol Agents.   Letter deliver to White House by presidential candidate Duncan Hunter. (WA Times)
• Will the Republican Nominee Respect Us in the Morning?   Who is REALLY and consistently pro-life? (RNClife)
• Watchdogs Pressure Pelosi Over Ethics Office.   (The Hill)
• Nancy Pelosi Tries To Force Salvation Army to Hire Non-English Speaking.   (John Fund, WSJ)
• Obama:   Foreign Family Experience Helps.   his childhood experience in Asia and his family in Kenya give him a greater foreign policy understanding than politicians who merely take junkets to other countries. In addition, Obama said he would streamline a student aid program that he argued is so complex that as many as 1.5 million eligible students a year don't bother applying. "That's why I'll simplify the process by eliminating the applications for student loans altogether," said Obama. "Instead, families will just check a box on their tax form to determine eligibility." (AP) [Don't forget the chicken in every pot, Obama. Pathetic try to cover for no foreign policy plan or experience.]
• Global Warming's Bottom Line.   (Steven Milloy, Fox News)
• Young People Reading a Lot Less.   (Boston Globe)
• Former Newscaster, Professor Takes Heat for Nod to Clinton.   (Boston Globe)
• Denver, Colorado Have Trouble Getting Congress to Come Through with Funds for DNC Convention.   City says they aren't prepared to pay the costs of providing security for the nat'l conventions in a post-9/11 environment. (Denver Post) [Ironically it is Democrats in Congress holding up loosening the funds.]
• When Handouts Keep Coming, the Food Line Never Ends.   (WA Post)
• Chicago:   Lesbian Minister Puts Lutheran Celibacy Rule to Test.   (Houston Chronicle)
• Philadelphia Mayor Will Preside Over Same-Sex Marriage.   (Philadelphia Enquirer)
• Philadelphia, PA:   City Solicitor Tells Branch to Renounce Its Ban On Gays Or Lose Rent Subsidy.   (WA Post)
• Ohio GOP, Christian Group Demand Apology from State Attn'y Gen'l for Good Friday Comments.   (Fox)
• Obama Slams Clinton On NAFTA, Calls Novak Column "Slime Politics."   (Fox)
• Louisiana Rep. Jefferson Accused Anew.   (Las Vegas Sun)
• Reid to Convene Senate to Prevent "Recess Appointments." (Boston Globe)
• Huckabee Double Talk On Global Climate Change.   (Youtube video)
• The Last Time Republicans Elected a Moderate In Presidential Primary.   (Youtube video)
• Guts and Glory:   The Legacy of Wm J. Casey.  (Oliver North)
• Movie "The Golden Compass" Anti-Christian.   (Snopes.com)
• Maryland:   Parental Rights Prevail In Charles Carroll County.   Parents didn't accept school district's new re-districting system. (Examiner)
• Fred Thompson Speaking On Dr. James Dobson.   With Hannity; Youtube.
• Huckabee On States Rights and Abortion.   "You can't have 50 versions of what's right and what's wrong." (USA Today)
• Mike Huckabee On Glenn Beck Show; Part I.
• Huckabee Interview On Glenn Beck; Part 2.
• Mike Huckabee On Glenn Beck; Part 3.
• Mike Huckabee On Glenn Beck Show; Part 4
• Huckabee On Glenn Beck, Parts 5 & 6.   Against the NAFTA Superhighway.
• Huckabee Speech:   Separation of Church and State a Myth.   (Best Syndication)

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

• U.S. Hopes to Use Pakistani Tribes Against Al Qaida.   (NY Times)
• New U.S.-Canada Cattle Trade Upsets Some.   (Las Vegas Sun)
• Secret Poll Shows Cubans Want to Select Next Leader.   79% say Castro's gov't can't fix country's problems. (USA Today)

International News:

• Israel Setting Tone for Talks.   (WA Post)
• Britain:   PM Brown Outlines Climate Action Plan.  Says will be a "green hotline" to advise people. (BBC)
• Pakistan's Supreme Court Dismisses Challenges to Musharraf's Presidential Re-election.   Decision helped by having anti-Musharraf justices removed first. (Fox News)
• Dutch Justice Ministry to Block 30,000 Workers from Using Wikipedia.   (Fox)