NEWS ARCHIVE CONTENTS: November 20 to November 24, 2006 Back to News Archive Index Back to Homepage

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Monday, November 20, 2006

Oregon News:

• Russians Grab OR Steel.   Global giant Evraz Group agrees to pay $2.3-B for the turnaround success. (Oregonian)
• Barbara Bush To Speak In Salem Event.   MedAssist fundraiser. (SJ)
• Gov K. Mum On Trip to Troops In Afghanistan.   (Oregonian)
• State Sen. Courtney Urges Steroid Testing for Teens.   (SJ)
• Deschutes County:   Commissioners Deny M-37 Claim To Dig a Mine, Extract Steam Energy, Build Homes In National Monument Park.   Possibility court could reverse the decision. (Oregonian)
• Marion County:   Election-Night Confusion at Drop Site Draws Complaint.   Traffic jam near deadline may have made ballots "late." (SJ)
• Fed. Grant to Salvation Army Intended to Benefit Homeless Veterans.   (Oregonian)
• OR Expected to Gain 12,000 Holiday-Season Jobs.   (SJ)
• Uh, Oh. Prostitute Seen Getting In Off-Duty Cop's Car.   Officer on paid leave under investigation. (Oregonian)
• Nike Pulls Work from Pakistani Factory.   (Oregonian)
• Flagship State Universities Get Blasted In Report.   Access - The education Trust says schools, including the UO, give more $$ based on merit -- not need. [This is automatically bad? Those who excel, & have proven themselves should be put aside for those who have not because of their financial status? If one is poor, they don't have to be as smart? Is this how liberals think we encourage creating good scientists who can compete against the rest of the world? Oh, yes. Perhaps, that's the point. We are not supposed to be any better than any other country, are we?]  

National News:

• Charlie Rangel Again Pushing Re-instating the Draft.   (Front Page Mag.)
• Charlie Rangel's Dilemma Over the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)   (Human Events)
• Tancredo Says Bush Believes Nation Should Be Merely "Idea" Without Borders.   Will become so without legislators. Presidents of MX, CA and USA will do it. (WND)
• Republican Finally Wins FL House Race.   Loser suing. [If ends up like Washington she will sue until the count goes her way and the counting will then cease.]
• Passion Actor, Jim Caviesel, Now In Deja Vu.
• GOP's Hunter Pushes Iraqi Forces Improvement.   (MSNBC)
• What Charlie Rangel Really Wants.   (Rush Limbaugh)
• GOP Must Teach Conservatism Again.   (Rush Limbaugh)
• Bill Would Ban Hunting Preserves In N.D.   (Oregonian)
• Wisc. Sen. Herb Kohl To Assume Sen. Gordon's Smith Chairmanship of Senate Special Committee On Aging.   (Senior Journal)
• Romney vs. McCain:   Romney Says HE Is the Real Conservative Republican.   (Examiner.com)
• Gov. Romney Wedding Vow:   Get Same-Sex Marriage on Ballot.   (Boston Herald)
• What We're Up Against -- The Lying Pennsylvania Press.   (David Horowitz, Frontpage Mag.)
• Rep. Waxman Will Try To Snuff Out Smoking In the Speaker's Lobby.   (The Hill)
• Pelosi Seeks to Avoid Label of the Grinch.  (The Hill)
• Dems Ready to Restore Habeas Corpus Rights to Guantanamo Bay Detainees.   Civil rights group applauding. (The Hill)
• CO:   City Goes Light On Being Religious.   Jesus & Muhammad are out. But, God, in a general sense, is OK. New guidelines on what can be said during invocations at city council meetings. (Denver Post)
• UT:   Polygamists Fight to Be Seen As Part of Mainstream Society.   (WA Post)
• Hispanics Anticipate Leadership Positions.   (WA Times)
• Kansas Republican Eyes Presidential Bid.   (WA Post)
• Parents of Missing Boy's Mom Suing Nancy Grace.   Mom committed suicide following pointed questions from Grace. (Local 6)

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

The President's Iraq National Strategy

• Makeshift Submarine Seized Carrying 3 Tons of Cocaine En Route From Colombia To U.S.   (MSNBC)
• Six Muslim Imams Removed from U.S. Airliner.   Passenger raised concern; police questioned scholars before releasing them. Three of them stood and said their normal evening prayers together on the plane, as 1.7 billion Muslims around the world do every day, Shahin said. He attributed any concerns by passengers or crew to ignorance about Islam. “CAIR (terrorists related) will be filing a complaint with relevant authorities. (MSNBC)

International News:

• Mexico's Presidential Election Loser Starts Parallel Gov't.   Leftist challenger, Lopez Obrador, swears himself in as "legitimate" president. (Fox News)
• HIV Infection On Rise In All Regions:   UN Report.   (Reuters)
• Iraq Restores Diplomatic Ties With Syria.   (Fox News)
• Beirut:   Lebanese Christian Cabinet Minister Assassinated.   Prominent anti-Syrian Christian Politician, Pierre Gemayel, was assassinated in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday, his Phalange Party Voice of Lebanon radio station reported. (Oregonian)
• Soaring Muslim Birthrate Worries Russia.   (WA Times)