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Oregon News:

• Gubernatorial Candidate Ron Saxton Opts Out of Oregon Republican Assembly Candidate Questionaire.   What questions did he prefer not to answer?
• Gov Calls Special Session to Fix Budgets for Schools, Services.
• GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Face Off.   Three try to state out differences at GOP Event.
• Democratic Challengers Put Kulongoski On Defensive at Gubernatorial Debate.
• Hill Campaign Pays Off Old Penalties.
• April Legislative Session to Focus On Funding.
• Wirth Gets Probation for Meth Possession.   80 Hours of community service.
• Portland:   Saltzman Vote Gives OHSU Tram Plan a Lift.
• E-Board Panel Narrows DHS Gap.   The subcommittee addresses shortfall of $140-M.
• Portland Police Chief Foxworthy Will Fight to Keep Job.
• Statement Issued By Foxworth Attorneys.
• Foxworth Attorney's Statement In PDF
• Immigration Marchers Erred with Symbols.   (Letter to editor, Statesman J)
• BEAVERTON MARINE MISSING IN IRAQ.
• Gresham City Council Pres. Will Run for Mayor.
• Senators' Hearing will Look at Forestry School-Industry Ties.   Will ask about the timber industry and scientific objectivity. [Would this include the political agenda behind the scientists as well?]
• Michael Riley, Guest Columnist:   Wants to Kick the Kicker.
• Portland Candidate Denied Taxpayer Money.
• Fish Board Acts to Limited Time, Range of Season.

National News:

• Bickering Delays Immigration Bill.   Pro-amnesty bill expected to pass any time. CALLS NEEDED TO YOUR LEGISLATORS!
• Both GOP and DNC Have Groups Aiming To Involve Homosexuals in the Political Process.   However, the leaders of those organizations have demonstrated more loyalty to the so-called "gay agenda" -- which includes same-sex marriage -- than they have to either party.
• a A Decade of JunkScience.com.
• CBS Accused of Giving Embryo Adoption Short Shrift.
• McKinney Security Guard Knocks Elbows with Reporter.
• FORMER IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL ALLEGES FRAUD.   Corruption plagues agency that determines legal status of immigrants. Employees OFTEN DON'T conduct proper background checks...
• GOP, Dems to Hold Back-to-Back Conventions In 2008.
• Abortion Practitioner Who Killed Girl In Failed Abortion Hits Pro-Lifer With Car.
• GOP OK Senator Says U.S. Agency Lobbied Illegally.   Accuses Bush administration.
• Military Families Seek Remembrance of "Iraqi Liberation Week."   You can help.
• Who Was the Only American President to Come Under Enemy Fire During the Prosecution of a War While Serving In Office?
• QUOTES OF THE WEEK.   One quote by MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann, explaining why executives of NBC & GE have not interfered with the Anti-Bush tile of his TV Show:   "If my reading Marx every night got them great ratings, they'd be happy with that."
• New "Today" Host An Anti-War Protester.   Meredith Vieira protested against the Iraq war just before the Republican convention in 2004.
• AZ:  Some 90 Smuggled Illegals Found at Phoenix Home.
• Yuma, AZ:   93 Illegal Immigrants Found Inside Yuma Home.
• Sheriff Arpaio Continues to Make Arrests of Immigrants Under Law to Curb Smuggling.
• Yuma, AZ:   65 Migrants Found Hiding In Grain Silo.
• Tucson, AZ Minutemen Border Report:   Nearly 600 Illegal Immigrant Sightings.
• AZ Gov. Napolitano Asks Congress to Pay for Jailing Immigrants.
• Mexican Insurgents Capture More High Schools In CA & CO.
• AZ:   Police Advise Taking No Routes Into Phoenix During Monday's Immigration Protests.
• Fairfield, AZ:   Residents Along Protest Route Give Opinions to Reporters.
• Counties Bordering MX Rank First In Federal Crime.

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• Canadian Hospital Ordered to Pay Damages In Botched Abortion Case.   Owes mother because baby lived.
• How Does Mexico Treat It's Illegals?   (Larry Elder)
• UN Still Hoping U.S. Will Back Human Rights Commission Despite Election Decision.   Cuba on of the countries vying for a seat on the committee.
• List of Countries That Have Applied to Be On the Human Rights Commission.
• UN Official:   Migration Between Rich and Poor Countries an Integral Part of International Economies.
• UN:   How Many Ways to Describe 'Open Borders' Policy and Make It Sound Harmless.   Kofi Annan's special rep. on migration can do it. It isn't open borders. It is 'an era of mobility.'
• UN WANTS UNIVERSAL ABOLITION OF SCHOOL FEES.   UNICEF backed initiative said to be well received.
• U.S. House Passes Palestinian Anti-Terror Act.

International News:

• Israel:   Al Qaida Strengthening In Gaza.
• Shalom Steps UP Campaign to Oust the Conservative Netanyahu.
• Iran Using Hizbullah As Proxy On N. Border.
• Palestinian Authority Penniless, Still Won't Recognize Israel.
• EU Announces:  Aid to Hamas-Led Gov't On Hold.
• Guatemala Congressman Shot Dead.
• Britain:   Judge Rapped Over Boy's Race Case.   Legal case against a 10-year-old boy over alleged racism "Political correctness gone mad?"
• UK:   MP Galloway Claims to Have Blown the Cover of the 'Fake Sheikh.'   Sheikh is a reporter who has had a series of 'reporter stings' on high-ups in society and politics.
• UK:   More Mothers Choose Not To Work.
• UK:   Blair & Brown In Show Of Unity.   [Helped on Condi Rice trip?]

Oregon News:

• China, Russia Worst Pirates.   "As one who voted for WTO for China, I feel burned," said Republican Senator Gordon Smith. "China had pledged to protect intellectual property. My own view on Russia is I'm not going to be burned twice." Sen. Biden described Putin as a "dunce" for failing to...
• Gubernatorial Candidate, Jason Atkinson, Announces Release of New Book.   What We All Wish Politicians Understood
• Foxworth Will Continue Duties During Investigation.
• Fox Mentor, Mayor Potter, Under Pressure As He Shows Support for Foxworthy.
• Oregonian Editorial Call for Foxworthy To Go.
• Former Rep. Wirth Pleads Guilty to Possession of Meth.
• Sorenson Says Debate Format May Favor Kulongoski.
• Portland:   Furrier Takes Complaint to City Council.
• Gotta Be a Strategy In There Somewhere...   Three of Diane Linn's colleagues...have endorsed her opponent, Ted Wheeler.
• Ex-Diplomat Continued Talk Against War at WU.
• Oregonian's Steve Duin On Joe Wilson:   And Wilson Harbors a Grudge.
• Hillsboro:   Aguilar Morales, 24, Gets 43 Years In Prison for Raping Two Teenagers.
• Influential Salem Youth Activist Cat Cavazo Dies.   53-years-old.
• Drug Gear Found at Site of Fatal Fire.
• State Legislators Pledge to Support Pay Raise for Disabled-Helpers.
• CA Legislator, Pombo, Approval Considered Crucial To Acceptance of Mt. Hood Wilderness Expansion.
• Neither Senators Smith or Wyden Have Made Commitments To Sign Mt. Hood Bill.   [They WILL vote for it.]
• Salem:   City Budget Looks to Add Four Officers.
• OR City:   Sheriff May Revise Drug Test Procedures of Deputies.   Debate over breaking fourth amendment.
• Hillsboro:   City Taxpayers No Longer Subsidize Rural Residents.
• Governments Sprouting In Rural Areas of Clackamas County.

National News:

• WA Republican Hopeful Backs Drilling, Alaskan Politicians Back Him.
• Schwarzenegger, States Ask for Money To Jail Illegal Immigrants.
• MA Passes Landmark Health Care Bill.   Those who can afford to get health insurance, but refuse to will face increasing tax penalties until they obtain coverage.
• Senators Seal Immigration Deal Making Illegals Legal.
• Papers:   Bush Aide Says Bush OK'd [perfectly legal] Leak [Public disclosure].
• High-School Coach Fired for Aiding Illegals' Cause.
• 16-Year-Old Illegal Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter In Death of Coach.   Suspect auto accident occurred because boy speed racing.
• Joseph Farah Urges American Citizens Have Their Own Day Without Illegal Aliens.
• Headlines Claim McKinney Apologizes for Incident with Cop.   [False. No apology. She merely said she "regrets" it happened. That is not an apology. At no time did she admit she did anything wrong nor did she acknowledge her lack of understanding of the cop.]
• Giuliani Tells Moussaoui Jury About 9/11.
• H. Clinton Praises Romney Health Care Plan.
• Republican House Passes Bill Capping Non-Profit Donations.
• Upsetting Secretive "Kill the President" Film Debuting In Kalamazoo.   Underground film produced anonymously.
• What's Hot In Politics? Just Ask a Blogger.
• CA SB 1437, Sexual Agenda Bomb.  Kindergartners will be taught to embrace transsexualtiy and homosexuality.

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• Cuba Declares Candidacy for UN Human Rights Body.
• Iran Seeks Seat On UN's New-Look Human Rights Body.
• Canada's New Conservative PM Calls U.S. 'Our Best Friend.'   [Liberal immigration promises help?]
• Scientists Claim to Have Found the Missing Link.

International News:

• UK Police Drop Ethnic Minority Recruitment Target.

Oregon News:

• Salem:   Dalto's Democratic Opponent Charges Him With Ethics Violations.
• Downtown Salem Pro-(Illegal)Immigration Rally Planned for Sunday.   [Expect lots of out-of-towners].
• Letter to Editor:   SJ   Latinos Shouldn't Protest If They Are Here Illegally.
• Foxworth Facing Investigation after Allegations of Misconduct. (Statesman J)
• Foxworth Charged with Inappropriate Relationship With Female Bureau Staffer.   (Oregonian)
• Oregonian Calls for Release of Foxworth Document.   [Don't jump to conclusions about this accusation.]
• Lesbian Couple Sue OR for Blank On Birth Certificate.   Women allege discrimination when the birth mother's partner is denied parental rights to their son.
• Broussard Refused the Offer, But Two Other Politicians Did Not.   Were rules broken?
• Former Multnomah Co. Prosecutor Won't Be Charged for Slapping Girlfriend.
• Silverton Paper:   Senator Wyden Agrees...Um, Not Exactly.   Re:   Removal of "non-interference" clause in Medicare bill.
• Portland:   Phillips' Plan for Schools:   Close 7, Convert 17.
• Where the Oregonian Says the $57-M Shortfall Went.
• Castillo:   Mediation Needed In OSAA Case.   Meanwhile, fall sports season is in limbo along with redistricting.
• Salem-Keizer:   Teachers Ask for Bigger Insurance Contributions.
• Letter to Editor:   SJ  S-K District Should Have Filled Top Job from Its Own Ranks.
• SJ Guest Columnist Isn't Thwarted By Lack Of "Separation" Clause in Constitution.
• Letter to Editor:   Statesman J.   Mannix Gets Things done, Won't Need Time to Learn.
• Letter to Editor:   SJ   Dalto Shows Leadership On State-Hospital Issue.
• Portland:   OHSU Serves City Notice On Tram.
• Beaverton School Board Considers Details of Charter Plan.
• Salmon, Trout Panel to Meet In Central Point.
• Salem Rally Focused on Child Abuse.
• U.S. Senate to Hold Hearings On Fish Farms Bill This Week.   Sen. Gordon Smith on committee.
• College Republicans to Meet In Newberg.   State GOP Chairman, Lars Larson to speak.

National News:

• Homeland Security Official Arrested On Internet Related Child Sex Charges.
• FL:   Walking Cane With Blade Leads to Arrest of 62-Year-Old.
• HARRY REID IMMIGRATION FLASHBACK:   Drudge Report.   'Our Federal Wallet Stretched To Limit By Illegal Aliens Getting Welfare'
• Hispanic Journalists Protests "Illegal" In Immigration Stories.
• CA:   9th Circuit Court Of Appeals Panel Appears Unmoved By Homosexual Case Presentation for Same-Sex Marriage.
• Republicans Tweak Immigration Alternative;   Guest Worker Program.
• Union Leaders Boo McCain On Immigration.
• House GOP Lacks Agenda, DeLay Says.
• MA May Make Health Insurance Mandatory.
• Porn Victim Gives Riveting Testimony:   U.S. Too Slow On Pedophiles.
• Concern Grows Over College Gender Gap.
• Feingold Says He Supports Gay Marriage.   Joins others who have already expressed support:   Lincoln Chafee (RR.I.), Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). ...
• NY:   Illegal Immigrant On Trial for Murder, Rape of Housewife.
• Non-Citizens Expected to Get Voting Rights In NYC.
• FL:   Repeat Theft Victim Posts "Dirty Harry" Sign.

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• Columnist Believe "New" Policies, at the Border, Will Pay Dividends.
• Report:   Internet Video Shows Burned U.S. Pilot Dragged By Enemy.
• Covering Saddam's Shenanigans, Not His Crimes.
• Ten Top Things Overheard During George W. Bush's Trip to Cancun.
• Rice Urges Congress to Approve Nuclear Deal with India.
• Guantanamo Judge Recesses Military Tribunal After Shouting Match.
• Google Map Used to Bolster Missile Claim.
• Son of Liberian Dictator Taylor Held On Passport Fraud In Miami.

International News:

• Muslims Urge End to Boycott of Danish Products.
• Vicente Fox Is a Lame Duck, But He's Running Hard.   [And with good reason.]
• Doctors Reattach Part of Sharon's Skull.

Oregon News:

• Audio News Report on Gubernatorial Candidate Jason Atkinson.
• Oregonian's Steve Duin On Ron Saxton:   Playing To a 'Conservative Base" Yet Only One Who Can Win Portland?   What's Duin's prediction for Saxton behavior if Saxton wins the primary? [It's the same as anyone else's who has always been on to Saxton.]
• OR Lawmaker To Patrol Border for Illegal Immigrants.
• New Mental Health Caucus Announced By Senator Smith With Senators Domenici, Kennedy and Harkin.
• Oregonian Plugs Three Senatorial Candidates.
• Kulongoski's Goal To Call Attention To 'Under the Radar Negotiations' of Internat'l Trade Agreement.   Called for opting out of trade agreement expansion.
• Portland:   School Superintendents Talk Class Size, Phillips' Plan Keeps Teachers.  
• Plan Ties Teachers' Pay to Performance.   Portland Tribune
• In My Opinion -- Bridging the Funding Gap. Oregonian opinion.
• Portland:   Tram's Fate Riding On Council Vote.
• PGE Makes Strong Debut On Stock Exchange.
• Tribe Tackles Governor's Race.   Ad attacks Kulongoski, praises Hill.
• Portland Christian School Fire Ruled Arson.
• Despite Medicaid's Growth, More Youths Now Lack Insurance.  
• School Districts Elect Northwest ESD Board.   NEW PROCEDURE MOVES THE CHOICE FROM VOTERS TO SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
• Monmouth:   Agreement Reached To Avert Faculty Walkout.
• Street Preacher Sues Hillsboro, Schools.
• Salem:   Teachers, District to Discuss Contract Today.
• Virginian Hired to Head OR Teachers Union.
• Sherwood May Unleash New $250 Fine Law On Loose Dogs.
• Dirty Dealings Mar Clean Money Law.   Portland Tribune
• Fan Works for Return of 'King of Roads'   A Columbia River Highway update shows seven projects to go and miles of funding to seek.

National News:

• McCain Lacks Votes for Immigration Amnesty Bill.
• GA:   McKinney Admits "Error" With Taxpayer Money.
• GA:   9/11 Film Trailer Stuns Local Moviegoers.
• Alabama Wants More Troopers To Arrest Illegal Aliens.   Gov. asking fed gov't for another training class for state troopers.
• Judge Who Ruled Against Judge Roy Moore, Says His Faith Helps Him Be a Better Judge.
• Ten Commandments Monument Dedicated at U. of the Cumberlands.
• CA Supreme Court Approves Live Broadcast of Oral Arguments in L.A.   One case involves liability over sexually transmitted diseases.
• AZ Congressman Kyle Urging Lawmakers to Ban Same-Sex Marriage In Constitutional Amendment.   Says only way to keeps courts from legalizing.
• NY Times Promoting Rosie O'Donnell's Gay Family Cruise.

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• Venezuela:   Hugo Chaves Takes Control of French Oil Field to Fund Anti-U.S. Campaign.

International News:

• Italy:   Gasp. Pres. Berlusconi Used the Word "Testicles" Regarding His Opponent.
• NY Times Doing All They Can To Kill Chances of Berlusconi Win.
• Netanyahu To Meet With Acting PM Olmert.
• Israel:   Attn'y Gen'l Cited for Condemning Chief Rabbi.
• EU Nations Accused Of Overstating Aid Figures.

Oregon News:

• Immigration Proposals Divide Oregon's Congressional Delegation.
• Statesman Journal Columnist Thinks Americans Should Give Immigrants a Second Chance at Having the West Return to Mexico.   "Spanish Territory receded into Mexico and we took the West Coast. The Native Americans who aided the Corps of Discovery lost their native language and were relocated to reservations. It was all according to U.S. law, but was it just? The first immigrant I met gave me a second chance. Perhaps we should do the same."   [Feel mean yet, you unchristian bigot! You who have the gall to be concerned with American sovereignty?!]
• Rep. Jeff Kropf Headed for the MX Border.   (video) Click "Minuteman volunteers plan to report illegal immigration"
• NW Minutemen Kick Off Month-Long Campaign In WA.
• Immigration Debate.   By Lars Larson, Oregonian
• Oregon's Governor Race Reflects National Debate On Illegal Immigration.   Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment of Oregon's public-school population, but the state is barred by federal law from asking whether the parents are here legally. MX Consulate makes excuses for underage sex among Mexicans. Some problems, he said, are culture clashes. "If a boy is 18 or 20 and he likes a girl who is maybe 14 or 15, he speaks to the parents and they go to a house together until they can save money for the kind of wedding they want," he said. "They may live together for a year or two, the kids do exactly as they did at home. But here there are accusations of abuse of a minor. We have many in jail for that. ...These are rural, indigenous people. The boy may be good, clean, working, decent. It's not abuse. But that's hard to understand here."
• Oregonian:   Immigration:   Dollars and Sense.
• Burned Before By Immigration Issue, OR Senators Lie Low.
• Salem:   FEMA Awards Fire Dept. $125,000 for Bilingual Program to Reach Hispanics.
• Immigrants Are Legal or Illegal, Not In-Between.   (Letter to editor, Statesman J.)
• 9th Circuit Court Ruling On Guatemalan Immigrant Accused of Statutory Rape.   May not have to go back to Guatemala. Is statutory rape enough of a real rape to lose citizenship?
• Claim:   Momentum Builds to Reduce or Repeal Corporate 'Kicker.'   [Yes, after months of newspaper-editorial bloviating of anti-corporation sentiment.]
• Leaders Balk at Simply Handing Over Kicker.   MSNBC reporting on OR.
• What Can Schools Trim? Date Offer Hints.   Portland Education -- An analysis shows that benefits & other expenses exceed those of other districts.
• Measure 1 Report Finds Schools Gap In Spending, Achievement.
• Kulongoski Asking Bush to Exclude Oregon from Proposed Internat'l Trade Agreement.   He also asks to remove the state from parts of the agreement that cover health care, land use and zoning, and gambling.
• PERS Changes May Save $.   Unions, employers upbeat about vote at Friday's meeting.
• DHS Forecasts, State Police Staffing On E-Board Agenda.
• Lake Oswego:   Dock Plans Don't Sit Well with Cross-River Neighbors.
• OR Bands:   The Noisiest, Most Vulgar Wins.
• Kitzhaber Has His Health Rally.
• Kitzhaber Enlists Internet Organizer to Push Plan.
• Oregonian Criticizes Direction of Measure 37.
• Salem Hospital Adds Valet Parking.
• Multnomah/Clark Counties:   Sheriff Gusto Working with Clark County Over Plan to House Clark County Prisoners at Wapato.
• Salem Forum Will Address Funding for Disabled.   11 legislators participating.
• Tualatin, April 7:   Democratic Candidates for Gov. Debate.   Submit questions.
• Chaos Reigns at Fairgrounds Concert.   Angel Sanchez, 16, traveled from...to Salem...with one goal in mind:   get crazy in a mosh pit. "I got my black eye,' he said, showing a mark on his eye..."It makes me look tough. This is an awesome concert..
• Portland:   Randy Leonard Says Bad Attitude Wasn't His.
• Salem:   Candidate Pete Sorenson To Speak Monday.
• Portland:   Campaign Financing Warrants a Look.
• Changes at PERS Will Pare Expenses.
• Portland:   Union OKs Portland Contract.
• John Day:   Catholic Priest's Move to OR Draws Protests.
• Gov. K. Strives for Two-Topic Agenda.
• OR FBI Informant Kept Low Profile.
• Decline of U.S. Education Could Be Disastrous.   (Guest columnist to Statesman J. 18-year-old student.)
• In Exchange for Teaching, Vets Can Get Aid for College.
• Letter to Editor:   Give Fishermen Subsidy Until Salmon Recover.   [Nice socialist. It's everybody's fault, everybody should pay. Help the gov't bailout-system grow.]
• Oregon Programs Rank High In Graduate School Ratings.
• Gov. K. Releases Updated Plan for Possible Outbreak of Pandemic Flu.

National News:

• Cesar Chavez; Minuteman.   VERY good article. It is dead-right on.
• Frist Wants Immigration Vote This Week.
• CA:   One County, 3 Weeks, 10 Gunshot Slayings -- As county's firearms violence & homicide rate rise, experts worry if this is a blip, or the start of an ugly trend?   "Jai Anton Westbrook. Hector Manuel Barrera. Michael Daly. John Johnson. Ralph Joseph Reynoso. German Mendoza. Jack Maurice Lawrence. Carlos Gene Morales. Gamaliel Ortega Torres. Phuong Van Le. All 10, six still teenagers, were shot and killed in Sacramento County within a three-week span last month."   [IT'S A TREND!]
• Oakland, CA:   Judge Orders Forest Service To Diversify Workforce.   Ruled the agency has failed to eliminate hiring & promotional barriers to Hispanics as required by a 2002 'court' agreement.
• In GA Immigration Is No Peach.
• Spanish Radio Tunes In To Immigration Quandaries.
• FL, Britain Launch Tourism Feud.   More chance of terrorist/crime attack in London or Lee County, FL?
• Supreme Court Rejects Pedilla War Powers Case Appeal.   In effect sidesteps a challenge to Bush wartime detention powers.
• FL:   Harris' Senate Campaign Loses Core Staff.
• Latino Voting Headed Toward Takeover In Some States.   "The immigrant community here is becoming politicized," she said. "If they're citizens, they're going to register to vote, and if they're not, they're going to get on the path to citizenship." (Rocky Mountain News)
• L.A., CA:   Publisher Won't Print Bibles with Porn Reference.
• Washington's McDermott On Secret Taping of Gingrich:   It Wasn't Personal.
• Celebrated Winchester Rifles Will No Longer Be Manufactured.
• CO:   Ban on U.S., MX Flags Spurs Protest at Skyline.   (Rocky Mountain News)
• CA:   Same-Sex Marriage Advocates Battle in Court.   This week two homosexuals go before appeals court for right to be married.
• RINOs vs. Conservative Republians On Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
• Senate About to Increase the Number of Legal Immigrants.   (Seattle Times)
• NY:   Thousands Protest NY Immigration Policies.
• Sen. Durbin Pushing for Cameras In Federal Court Proceedings.   Some Supreme Court Justices Agree.
• S.F., CA:   Two Paths Toward One Goal:   SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.   The case is Smelt v. Orange County, 05-56040.
• CA:   Latest Poll Shows Schwarzenegger Ahead of Both Democratic Challengers.
• Presidential War Prerogatives.  ...the Supreme Court allowed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to establish military courts to try German saboteurs. ...   (WA Times)
• Court Decision:   Former Judge Denied Free Speech Rights of Web Site Owner.
• April Fools Day, Notable Quotables.   (Media Research Center)
• SD:   Tribal Leader Proposes Abortion Clinic.   Tribes are exempt from new anti-abortion law. [Will tribes now make $ from abortion clinics that, like gambling, are illegal for whites?]
• SD:   Janklow to Defend Mayo Clinic, Pitting Him Against Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad.   Situation rife with political & adversarial overtones. Janklow was convicted of manslaughter & lost his law license. Now he has regained his license. The move also potentially renews a few fireworks between Janklow and Sen. John Thune, who secured changes in the 2005 federal transportation bill that allowed the DM&E to qualify for a $2.5 billion construction loan. Janklow was a supporter of Sen. Tom Daschle in the 2004 Senate election that Thune won. Daschle now sits on the Mayo Clinic's board.
• MA:   Tougher Laws Don't Work If Gentleman's Agree Is Not To Follow Them.   Despite Melanie's Law drivers' licenses being reinstated to drunk drivers.
• MC CAIN SOFTENS LANGUAGE ON JERRY FALWELL.

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• Fox News Video on Human Smuggling of Mexicans on CO Highways.   Mexicans not accustomed to driving in CO snow open the eyes of all when an unusual number of crashes occur.   (Left side of page, click under "Only on Fox")
• 'Transnationalists' Don't Take Immigration Reform Seriously.   [It's all just one big world, no borders. Hiel Annan.]

International News:

• UK:   Most Brits Want Immigration Limits.
• Israel's Labor Party Loses One Seat Due to Error.
• FORBES Reinforces Claim that Kadima Tool of Oligarchs.   Reports 12 business groups control Israel's economy making it among the most concentrated on the globe. The report echoes warnings by journalist Avi Shavit.
• ISRAEL:   Voting Irregularities In the Arab Sector.   First-hand testimony: Voting for several people at once, divvying up the votes of those who never voted, ballot-stuffing - all this and more occurs in the Israeli-Arab sector.
• Iran Claims to Have Test-Fired Missile That Can Destroy Warships.
• Police Deter Bombing In Israel.
• Japan May Delay Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq.