| Immigration agency scraps self-deportation program Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:37 pm by Pale Rider Immigration agency scraps self-deportation program
By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press Writer
Fri Aug 22, 6:23 AM ET
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it is ending its "Scheduled Departure" program when the three-week trial concludes Friday. Only eight people participated in the program, officials said....
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Comments: 1 Homeowners Fighting Obtrusive Cable and Phone Boxes Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:39 pm by Pale Rider Homeowners Fighting Obtrusive Cable and Phone Boxes
Friday, August 22, 2008
PHILADELPHIA--The road to advanced video, Internet and phone services is bumpy -- and the bumps can be almost as big as refrigerators.
As cable and phone companies race to upgrade services or offer video for the first time, they're do...
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Comments: 0 Illegal in coma set to be returned to Mexico; Family Objects Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:35 pm by red states rule The family of the illegal has hired lawyers to prevent this man from being sent back home for continued treatment.
How far do we the taxpayers have to go? What do we owe this man except a free trip back home?
Of course the local paper does not use the word "illegal" in their headline
Undocumented immigrant in coma set to be returned to...
[ Full reading ] Comments: 1 San Francisco Prohibits Pharmacies From Selling Tobacco Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:39 am by Pale Rider san franhomoco at it again...
San Francisco Prohibits Pharmacies From Selling Tobacco
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that bans the sale of tobacco in pharmacies. He says the city is the first in the United States to take this step.
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[ Full reading ] Comments: 4 Hollywood Takes on the Left Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:16 am by red states rule The previews I have seen look great. There is so much to poke fun at when it comes the the left in Hollywood
David Zucker, the director who brought us 'Airplane!' and 'The Naked Gun,' turns his sights on anti-Americanism.
by Stephen F. Hayes
08/11/2008, Volume 013, Issue 45
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The set jumps to life. Two...
[ Full reading ] Comments: 9 Study Finds Minorities More Likely To Be Paddled Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:26 am by Pale Rider Study Finds Minorities More Likely To Be Paddled
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:59 AM EDT
The Associated Press
By LIBBY QUAID AP Education Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year — and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a di...
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Comments: 3 Gay marriage opponents seek to reverse new law Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:10 am by red states rule Oh well, the gay marriage debate is not over in MA after all

Gay marriage opponents seek to reverse new law
BOSTON - The gay marriage fight in Massachusetts might not be over after all.
Opponents of same-sex marriages are seeking a ballot question that wo...
[ Full reading ] Comments: 11 Bigfoot found in Georgia! Proof or hoax? Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:56 am by red states rule I would say these guys have had way to much to drink
Bigfoot found in Georgia! Proof or hoax?
Posted: August 15, 2008, 5:08 PM by Karen Hawthorne
World, News
UPDATE: I wanted to see the Bigfoot body just as much as everybody else, but the two Georgia Bigfoot hunters didn't impress reporters at their news conferenc...
[ Full reading ] Comments: 4 Texas school district to let teachers carry guns Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:00 pm by red states rule So goes Texas so goes the nation
I hope
Texas school district to let teachers carry guns
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States.
The board of the small rural Harrold I...
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