How Jesse Helms Made a Difference

Jul 05, 2008 - 06:04 - Wall Street Journal - online.wsj.com

By JOHN FUND If Ronald Reagan was the sunny and optimistic face of modern conservatism, the uncompromisingly defiant exemplar of it was Jesse Helms, who died yesterday at age 86.

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Wind is the wild card in Goleta fire

Jul 05, 2008 - 07:01 - Los Angeles Times - latimes.com

An air tanker drops fire retardant close to homes along a West Camino Cielo Road community in Goleta on Friday afternoon. More photos >>> 'Sundowners,' a quirk of the Santa Barbara coast, were expected overnight.

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Protests as Bush welcomes citizens Free

Jul 05, 2008 - 06:32 - Washington Post - sfgate.com

Pete Yost, AP (07-04) 04:00 PDT Charlottesville, Va. -- People lined up to be sworn in as new US citizens were unwitting witnesses Friday to a constitutional lesson at President Bush's expense on the grounds of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

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Barack Obama now wears his patriotism on his lapel

Jul 05, 2008 - 06:25 - Boston Globe - latimes.com

Jae C. Hong / AP FLAG-WAVER: Sen. Barack Obama and daughter Sasha are onlookers at an Independence Day parade in Butte, Mont. Tired of having his patriotism questioned, the Democratic candidate has made Old Glory a major visual element of his campaign.

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Storm Strengthens in Atlantic

Jul 05, 2008 - 02:57 - Caribbean Net News - nytimes.com

By BLOOMBERG NEWS Tropical Storm Bertha, the second named system of the Atlantic hurricane season, strengthened as it moved across the open ocean, officials at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

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Early Hitch for Ambitions of San Francisco’s Mayor

Jul 05, 2008 - 01:07 - The Associated Press - nytimes.com

By JESSE MCKINLEY SAN FRANCISCO - Gavin Newsom, the popular and telegenic mayor of San Francisco, declared this week that he was forming an exploratory committee to consider a run for governor in 2010.

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Skycaps too feel the effects of airline crunch

Jul 05, 2008 - 07:02 - Turkish Press - latimes.com

Henry Watts, 58, has been a skycap at Los Angeles International Airport for 20 years. An economic downturn in the airline industry has meant a cut in skycaps' earnings and work hours.

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Obama Sets Off a Debate on Ties Between Religion and Government

Jul 05, 2008 - 04:18 - Boston Globe - nytimes.com

By PETER STEINFELS On Tuesday, Senator Barack Obama did his best to reclaim for Democrats the idea of partnerships between government and grass-roots religious groups - and except for six little words he did a very smooth job.

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Offer of a Vote for Sale Draws Unwanted Attention

Jul 05, 2008 - 07:29 - eFluxMedia - nytimes.com

By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota college student looking to profit off his political indifference has been charged with a felony for trying to sell his vote on the auction Web site eBay.

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Detroit Faces Probe Over Sludge Contract

Jul 05, 2008 - 06:04 - Wall Street Journal - online.wsj.com

By MATTHEW DOLAN DETROIT -- In a new blow to this troubled city, a federal corruption probe is looking into the actions of city officials in connection with the awarding of a $47 million waste-disposal contract last year.

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Media attention on Crist inspires VP murmurs

Jul 05, 2008 - 07:05 - Politico - miamiherald.com

Is the Florida governor's headline-grabbing behavior typical or is he aligning himself for vice presidential consideration? BY MARY ELLEN KLAS In just the past two weeks, Gov.

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Statue of Liberty's crown may reopen

Jul 05, 2008 - 07:03 - Ninemsn - chicagotribune.com

NEW YORK—The National Park Service requested bids last month to study what it would take to safely reopen the Statue of Liberty's iconic crown, according to documents released Friday by Rep. Anthony Weiner (DN.

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Obama Considering Larger Denver Stage

Jul 05, 2008 - 02:59 - Boston Globe - blogs.abcnews.com

When Sen. Barack Obama makes history and accepts his party's presidential nomination in Denver, he may choose to leave the convention arena behind to do so.

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Missing girl case looked outward, turns to home

Jul 04, 2008 - 20:34 - ABC News - boston.com

AP Writer / July 4, 2008 MONTPELIER, Vt.—At first, the case of missing Brooke Bennett appeared to be a story of an abduction by an Internet predator who befriended the 12-year-old Braintree girl through her MySpace page.

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Court officer is lost in fall from boat

Jul 05, 2008 - 06:09 - Boston Globe - boston.com

A Middlesex County Sheriff's boat patrolled Winthrop Harbor yesterday as part of the effort to find court officer Anthony Tufo, 60, of Quincy, who reportedly fell out of his motorboat Thursday near Winthrop's Deer Island.

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Two Subplots in Guantánamo’s Long Legal Story

Jul 04, 2008 - 13:38 - AFP - nytimes.com

By WILLIAM GLABERSON The long legal story of the Bush administration’s effort to prosecute detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, now has two fast-moving subplots.

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Foundation of Washington's home lies in Fredericksburg, Virginia

Jul 04, 2008 - 12:56 - ABC News - cnn.com

FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- After nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington's boyhood home near the banks of the Rappahannock River in northeast Virginia.

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Chris Powell: 2nd Amendment rightly interpreted by court

Jul 05, 2008 - 07:25 - fairfieldweekly.com - norwichbulletin.com

By CHRIS POWELL Critics of the US Supreme Court’s decision in the case of the District of Columbia’s ordinance prohibiting the private possession of firearms stress the qualifying phrase of the Second Amendment.

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Deal With Pakistan Reportedly Allows US Drones to Strike Bin Laden

Jul 02, 2008 - 18:34 - ABC News - foxnews.com

CIA-operated Predator drones may launch strikes against Usama bin Laden without prior permission from Pakistan, according to people familiar with the standing agreement between the US and Islamabad.

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Immigration Charges for Meatpacking Managers

Jul 05, 2008 - 05:49 - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - washingtonpost.com

DES MOINES -- Two supervisors at an Iowa meatpacking plant that was raided by immigration agents in May were arrested and charged with encouraging people to live in the United States illegally.

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