Friday, July 7, 2006
Thursday, July 6, 2006   (No news posted)
Wednesday, July 5, 2006   (No news posted)
Tuesday, July 4, 2006   (No news posted)
Monday, July 3, 2006  

Oregon News:

• Parental Notification May Return to Ballot.   OR one of 6 states with no such law about abortions.
• Oregonian Report (Harry Estave) On Effects of OR Supreme Court Ruling that Gov't Employees Can Be Sued.   Taxpayers should be worried about cost? [Unusual concern for the Oregonian].
• OR Vets First to Intimidate No-Show Of Protest Group at Soldier's Funeral.
• Feds Seize Thousands of Child Porn Images from Home of Longtime Reynolds School Counselor.
• Senators Smith, Wyden Join Behind Health Bill.
• Christian School Strikes Up a Band.
• Anti-Oil Co. Wyden:   Dependence Upon Foreign Oil Is "Terror Tax."   [So then, why not be in favor of opening ANWR?]
• DeFazio Proposes HR 5557:  Farm Animal Stewardship Purchasing Act.   Cattlemen MUST be kind to their cattle. Good news; the bill is going nowhere.
• OR Turns to Idaho for New ODFW Director.
• Register Guard Upset With Pombo Oil Drilling Bill.   Call on Smith/Wyden to oppose in spite of Walden and DeFazio's amendment to the bill for rural schools funding.
• Saxton Is "Public Enemy No. 1?"
• UO Jobs Program for Graduate Students Win. $3.2-M Grant.
• File Under "Know What Your Opposition Thinks."   NW Republican
• Salmon Fishermen May Soon Get Federal $$.   Sec'y of Commerce, Gutierrez, to declare economic emergency.
• Cat-Owner Suit Seeks $1.4-M In Pet Death from Roaming-Dog Attack.
• STATESMAN JOURNAL PUSHING FOR OPEN PRIMARY.   [Bad idea. CA tried it, changed it back.]
• Oregonian Hawks Senators' Wyden/Smith Health Care Proposal.   Let OR be a laboratory...

National News:

• NEA Approves Pro-Homosexual Resolution.
• Terror Plot to Blow Up New York's Holland Tunnel Foiled.   Arrest made, searching for others.
• MD:   Former Gov., Now Comptroller, Complains MX Border "Like a Sieve."
• NY High Court Rules Against Same-Sex Marriage.
• NY:   Court Decision on Same-Sex Marriage Gets Legislators Talking About Civil Unions As Compromise.
• Same-Sex Marriage Dealt Setbacks In NY, Georgia.
• Excepts From NY Same-Sex Marriage Decision.
• Ruling:   The Doctor Had a Right to Be Blunt.
• Lieberman Opponent Says He's Too Much Like Bush.   The founder of a cable television company, Lamont has dumped more than $1.5 million of his own money into the race. He has said he is prepared to invest up to $1 million more.
• Democratic Party Divided On Iraq.
• Delay Dispute Moves to Higher Court.
• Schwarzenegger Lead Over Opponent Growing.
• Immigration Hearings Brought to the Border.
• Do We Need Privacy Protection from Our Tax Preparers?   Some Senate law-writers think so.
• Pitching to the Homosexual Vote In Georgia Governor's Race.
• Potential House Bill Would Ban Internet Gambling.
• U.S. House Members Favor Blocking Homeland Security Funding to Cities Who Give Sanctuary to Illegals.   Mayor Bloomberg promises huge fight against the idea.
• White House To Ease Medicaid Rule On Proof of Citizenship.   (NY Times)
• Schwarzenegger Gets His Motorcycle License.
• Supreme Court Intervenes In 17-Year-Old Cross Battle.

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

The President's Iraq National Strategy

• Drones Reshaping Iraq's Battlefields.   Use of U.S. Pilotless spy planes soars.
• U.S. Says Leading Militant Captured In Iraq.
• CA:   Tonga Prince, Wife Die In Menlo Park Car Crash.   Hit by teenage driver going 100 mph.
• Canadian Editor Slams Lame Duck Visit By Bush.

International News:

• Japan Reports Korean Missile Intended for Hawaii.
• Like Predecessor, UN's New Human Rights Body Targets Israel.
• BBC Reports World Losing Patience With Iran.   Rhetoric still positive.
• MX:   As MX Conservative Wins, Leftist Refuses Results; Calls Supporters Out to Protest Results.   [Learning from U.S. liberals].
• 10 Million Females Illegally Aborted In India.
• S. Korea Suspends Food Aid to N. Korea Following Missile Launches.