October 11, 2005
I only include this because it is where Karen grew up…
W.Va. Police Seek Clues in Casket Find
Oct 10 FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. Fayette County law enforcement officials are asking the public for help solving the mystery of why a casket containing a body was dug up and moved to a wooded area near a gas well.
A squirrel hunter reported finding the casket Saturday morning near Ames Heights, an unincorporated community off U.S. Route 19 not far from Fayetteville, Fayette County Sheriff Bill Laird said Monday… The body inside was taken to the state Medical Examiner's office to be identified. Laird said a preliminary investigation indicates the casket and body had been buried for several years and recently dug up. The casket had been damaged by someone trying to open it. It's not clear if the body inside was disturbed (I guess he was pretty laidback), Laird said. ..Deputies do not know where the casket was originally buried, and they are asking people who might know of any cemetery that has been disturbed to call the sheriff's department.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/10/D8D5GK502.html
Forest Service, bowing to court, embraces Scrooge
October 11, 2005 A federal court ruling in favor of environmentalists is forcing the Forest Service to suspend more than 1,500 permits for activities ranging from fire prevention to Boy Scout meetings and also is threatening to delay cutting of the Capitol's Christmas tree until after the new year.
A Forest Service regulation that allowed projects determined as having minimal environmental impact to be exempt from environmental studies and reviews was challenged by the Earth Island Institute... Judge James K. Singleton of the Eastern District Court of California ruled in July against a project to remove charred and damaged trees, which could kindle a future fire, in the Sequoia National Forest.
...Court documents and Forest Service memos show that the permits immediately suspended include hundreds of projects nationwide for fire prevention on tens of thousands of acres; nearly 100 guide permits for hunting, fishing, horseback riding and fishing; 150 wildlife habitat projects; 165 permits to maintain camp grounds and trails; 15 ski area projects that may shut down the upcoming ski season in some areas; and 40 permits for family reunions and Boy Scout and Girl Scout activities.
Under the new requirement of public notices, comment periods and appeals, the tree selected from a New Mexico forest for this year's Christmas display on the Capitol lawn would arrive around Valentine's Day…The September court decision ordered that all Forest Service projects and decisions since July 7 be suspended, and the federal agency must add a 105-day notice, comment and appeal period to the decision-making process.http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20051011-122700-6387r.htm
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so much for college being about tolerance and exploring different viewpoints...
Self-Labeled 'Proud Homophobe' in Campus Hot Water
October 11, 2005 (AgapePress) - A conservative professor at Washington University in St. Louis is under fire from students for declaring on his faculty website that homosexuality is sinful.
...Jeff Stepp wrote an article in the student newspaper Student Life, arguing that Professor Jonathan Katz's views on homosexuality should be removed from the faculty website...he is most disturbed by the fact that Katz's essays...are hosted on web space that is owned by the school and funded by student tuition...Now some homosexual students are saying the school should remove Katz's remarks from the website.
...Along with his essays, Katz issues a disclaimer that his opinion pieces "represent his personal views alone," and that "Washington University would never take an official position which might deviate from the 'politically correct' line."
...Katz claims his opponents have a double standard...The physics professor says that reaction caused him to wonder. "I said to myself, 'Hey, these people call themselves liberals and their reaction to something they disagree with is censorship?' That's weird, isn't it?" he asks.
...he adds that even though the university is supposed to be a place for open discussion of controversial issues, there is something seriously wrong on campus when people privately tell him they fear being shunned for publicly supporting him.http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/112005d.asp
Police: Man Takes Train With Bow and Arrow
Oct 11 MONTCLAIR, Calif. In a confrontation reminiscent of the Wild West, police shot and wounded a man who allegedly took over a freight train with a bow and arrow.
Juventino Vallejo-Camerena boarded the Union Pacific train Sunday night as it was stopped for a signal and threatened the engineer and conductor, the only people on board, police Capt. Keith Jones said.
The crew members escaped and disabled the train by turning off fuel switches, then used a cell phone to call police, Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said.
Vallejo-Camerena was aboard the train in western San Bernardino County when officers arrived. The man cocked the bow and pointed the arrow at officers, who opened fire, Jones said… suffered gunshot wounds to the left wrist and forearm that were not life-threatening, Jones said… http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/11/D8D5L6TG0.html
Just the Facts, Ma'am
Oct 10, 2005 Thanks to a long report in the new Orleans Times-Picayune, we now know that most of the incredible tales of savagery in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina were simply made up by panicky residents and passed along by the media.
… So why was so much of the reporting so wrong? ...Mayor Ray Nagin and Superintendent Compass, issued hysterical statements that reinforced some of the worst rumors…Compass went on Oprah, saying, “Little babies [are] getting raped.”
…Another factor is the debate within the news media about whether reporters should stick to dry facts or report with heart and emotion. New Orleans was a grand opportunity for emotional reporting. The nation was indeed outraged, though we now know that much of that outrage was the result of wild rumors and bad reporting. The New York Times did at least two pieces praising emotionalism. One hailed CNN's Anderson Cooper under the headline “An Anchor Who Reports Disaster News With a Heart on His Sleeve.” Another praised the crisis reportage for being “buoyed by a rare sense of righteous indignation by a news media that is usually on the defensive.” Personally, I don’t need reporters to supply righteous indignation. I can handle that on my own. What I need is reporters who separate rumor from fact and just tell me what they know for sure actually happened.
http://www.townhall.com/print/print_story.php?sid=170688&loc=/opinion/columns/johnleo/2005/10/10/170688.html
Pupils' Persistence Pays Off in PA; Principal Permits Prayer
October 10, 2005 (AgapePress) - A group of Christian students at a Pennsylvania high school are rejoicing after finding out they are no longer barred from praying together in their school...
Terry Miller, a youth leader at Erie Christian Fellowship Church, where the group of teens attends, believes the principal initially displayed an anti-Christian bias and ignorance of the Constitution. "For about a week and a half, there was a group of kids that went down every day, asking if they could just get together and pray -- not during a class period or anything, [but] just before homeroom, corporately as a group," Miller explains. "And everyday he would send them away [saying] he didn't think they could do that." ...The group of students had been seeking permission to gather in a locker bay before homeroom and pray corporately.
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/102005a.asp
W.Va. Police Seek Clues in Casket Find
Oct 10 FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. Fayette County law enforcement officials are asking the public for help solving the mystery of why a casket containing a body was dug up and moved to a wooded area near a gas well.
A squirrel hunter reported finding the casket Saturday morning near Ames Heights, an unincorporated community off U.S. Route 19 not far from Fayetteville, Fayette County Sheriff Bill Laird said Monday… The body inside was taken to the state Medical Examiner's office to be identified. Laird said a preliminary investigation indicates the casket and body had been buried for several years and recently dug up. The casket had been damaged by someone trying to open it. It's not clear if the body inside was disturbed (I guess he was pretty laidback), Laird said. ..Deputies do not know where the casket was originally buried, and they are asking people who might know of any cemetery that has been disturbed to call the sheriff's department.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/10/D8D5GK502.html
Forest Service, bowing to court, embraces Scrooge
October 11, 2005 A federal court ruling in favor of environmentalists is forcing the Forest Service to suspend more than 1,500 permits for activities ranging from fire prevention to Boy Scout meetings and also is threatening to delay cutting of the Capitol's Christmas tree until after the new year.
A Forest Service regulation that allowed projects determined as having minimal environmental impact to be exempt from environmental studies and reviews was challenged by the Earth Island Institute... Judge James K. Singleton of the Eastern District Court of California ruled in July against a project to remove charred and damaged trees, which could kindle a future fire, in the Sequoia National Forest.
...Court documents and Forest Service memos show that the permits immediately suspended include hundreds of projects nationwide for fire prevention on tens of thousands of acres; nearly 100 guide permits for hunting, fishing, horseback riding and fishing; 150 wildlife habitat projects; 165 permits to maintain camp grounds and trails; 15 ski area projects that may shut down the upcoming ski season in some areas; and 40 permits for family reunions and Boy Scout and Girl Scout activities.
Under the new requirement of public notices, comment periods and appeals, the tree selected from a New Mexico forest for this year's Christmas display on the Capitol lawn would arrive around Valentine's Day…The September court decision ordered that all Forest Service projects and decisions since July 7 be suspended, and the federal agency must add a 105-day notice, comment and appeal period to the decision-making process.http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20051011-122700-6387r.htm
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If you decide that you don’t want to receive prescreened offers of credit and insurance, you have two choices: You can opt out of receiving them for five years or opt out of receiving them permanently. Call toll-free 1-888-5-OPTOUT (1-888-567-8688) or visit www.optoutprescreen.com for details.
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so much for college being about tolerance and exploring different viewpoints...
Self-Labeled 'Proud Homophobe' in Campus Hot Water
October 11, 2005 (AgapePress) - A conservative professor at Washington University in St. Louis is under fire from students for declaring on his faculty website that homosexuality is sinful.
...Jeff Stepp wrote an article in the student newspaper Student Life, arguing that Professor Jonathan Katz's views on homosexuality should be removed from the faculty website...he is most disturbed by the fact that Katz's essays...are hosted on web space that is owned by the school and funded by student tuition...Now some homosexual students are saying the school should remove Katz's remarks from the website.
...Along with his essays, Katz issues a disclaimer that his opinion pieces "represent his personal views alone," and that "Washington University would never take an official position which might deviate from the 'politically correct' line."
...Katz claims his opponents have a double standard...The physics professor says that reaction caused him to wonder. "I said to myself, 'Hey, these people call themselves liberals and their reaction to something they disagree with is censorship?' That's weird, isn't it?" he asks.
...he adds that even though the university is supposed to be a place for open discussion of controversial issues, there is something seriously wrong on campus when people privately tell him they fear being shunned for publicly supporting him.http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/112005d.asp
Police: Man Takes Train With Bow and Arrow
Oct 11 MONTCLAIR, Calif. In a confrontation reminiscent of the Wild West, police shot and wounded a man who allegedly took over a freight train with a bow and arrow.
Juventino Vallejo-Camerena boarded the Union Pacific train Sunday night as it was stopped for a signal and threatened the engineer and conductor, the only people on board, police Capt. Keith Jones said.
The crew members escaped and disabled the train by turning off fuel switches, then used a cell phone to call police, Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said.
Vallejo-Camerena was aboard the train in western San Bernardino County when officers arrived. The man cocked the bow and pointed the arrow at officers, who opened fire, Jones said… suffered gunshot wounds to the left wrist and forearm that were not life-threatening, Jones said… http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/11/D8D5L6TG0.html
Just the Facts, Ma'am
Oct 10, 2005 Thanks to a long report in the new Orleans Times-Picayune, we now know that most of the incredible tales of savagery in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina were simply made up by panicky residents and passed along by the media.
… So why was so much of the reporting so wrong? ...Mayor Ray Nagin and Superintendent Compass, issued hysterical statements that reinforced some of the worst rumors…Compass went on Oprah, saying, “Little babies [are] getting raped.”
…Another factor is the debate within the news media about whether reporters should stick to dry facts or report with heart and emotion. New Orleans was a grand opportunity for emotional reporting. The nation was indeed outraged, though we now know that much of that outrage was the result of wild rumors and bad reporting. The New York Times did at least two pieces praising emotionalism. One hailed CNN's Anderson Cooper under the headline “An Anchor Who Reports Disaster News With a Heart on His Sleeve.” Another praised the crisis reportage for being “buoyed by a rare sense of righteous indignation by a news media that is usually on the defensive.” Personally, I don’t need reporters to supply righteous indignation. I can handle that on my own. What I need is reporters who separate rumor from fact and just tell me what they know for sure actually happened.
http://www.townhall.com/print/print_story.php?sid=170688&loc=/opinion/columns/johnleo/2005/10/10/170688.html
Pupils' Persistence Pays Off in PA; Principal Permits Prayer
October 10, 2005 (AgapePress) - A group of Christian students at a Pennsylvania high school are rejoicing after finding out they are no longer barred from praying together in their school...
Terry Miller, a youth leader at Erie Christian Fellowship Church, where the group of teens attends, believes the principal initially displayed an anti-Christian bias and ignorance of the Constitution. "For about a week and a half, there was a group of kids that went down every day, asking if they could just get together and pray -- not during a class period or anything, [but] just before homeroom, corporately as a group," Miller explains. "And everyday he would send them away [saying] he didn't think they could do that." ...The group of students had been seeking permission to gather in a locker bay before homeroom and pray corporately.
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/102005a.asp
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