Indian Government Pay Parents To Keep The "Girl-Child" Alive

"The government is India is unveiling yet another proposal to try to stem the tide of sex-selection abortions and female infanticides there. The Asian nation, where cultural values place more emphasis on boys, has had a hard time stopping the practices and the skewed...

Spitzer Goes Into Schools, Homes to Build 'Healthiest State'

"Spitzer Goes Into Schools, Homes to Build 'Healthiest State' ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Schools, homes and workplaces will become the site of new efforts to make New York the "the healthiest state,'' under proposals by Gov. Eliot Spitzer scheduled for release Monday. The efforts,...

Kill the Kyl Amendment!

"Kill the Kyl Amendment! Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) appears to be determined to criminalize the leaking -- and publishing -- of classified information. The Senate could vote as early as this week on what amounts to a backdoor approach to an official secrets act. Here's some brief...

Democrats Dilute Anti-War Plan

The Democrats have to stop acting like the party of placation and the party of "nonbinding resolutions" if they want respect. No way will Bush and his crew take this lot seriously if they don't act from the starting point of Bush's incompetence as Commander-in-Chief. In other...

Firefighters Unhappy With Proposal To Cut Airport Positions

" March 4, 2007 Iowa - The president of the city's firefighter union is decrying a budget proposal to remove professional firefighters from the Waterloo Regional Airport and replace them with airport maintenance staff. The Cedar Valley needs to know there's not going to be...

The Forever Stamp Announced (Along with US Rate Rise)

UPDATE: It's official, the US Postal Service has announced a "Forever Stamp" that can be used against future rate hikes."The USPS has approved a rate hike from $.39 to $.41 cents for a first class letter. They've also approved the "Forever Stamp" a stamp that does not lose...

EMI Says It Recieved An Approach From Warner Music (3rd Update)

"EMI Group Plc, the U.K. music company that cut its forecasts twice in the past month, received a takeover approach from Warner Music Group Corp. in the second attempt at a merger in a year. There is ``no proposal currently for the EMI board to consider,'' the company said...

House OKs Specialized Patent Judges

On the face of it, the ability to hand-ball patent cases to judges better versed in that particular facet of law is a good thing. In theory, it keeps often-technical decisions out of the hands of those who, for example, see the Internet as a series of tubes*. "The U.S. House...

Unpaid Taxes: Pot Calls Kettle Black

According to an article in Monday's New York Times, Democrats in Congress are "hoping to finance an ambitious agenda without raising taxes" by collecting part of the $300 billion estimated to be lost every year due to unreported...

Travel Weekly Article Quotes Coalition

"Travel Weekly Article Quotes Coalition http://www.travelweekly.com/articles.aspx?articleid=54702 Grassroots group argues for airline passenger bill of rights (01/23/2007) By Andrew Compart A group of air travelers, complaining they were stranded on an American Airlines...

Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes

"Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes By Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News January 25, 2007 State health regulators have discovered unsafe mercury levels in fish in five more Colorado water bodies, including popular Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort...

Schools look at ways to make reductions

Early projections show the St. Cloud school district needs to eliminate $1 million from its 2007-08 budget. Those projections use Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposal for state education funding. They project no changes to special-education funding and a slight drop in enrollment. It...

Temporary 'Enjoyment Marriages' In Vogue Again With Some Iraqis

"BAGHDAD -- Fatima Ali was a 24-year-old divorcee with no high school diploma and no job. Shawket al-Rubae was a 34-year-old Shiite sheik with a pregnant wife who, he said, could not have sex with him. Ali wanted someone to take care of her. Rubae wanted a companion. They met...