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- cultureshock Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 21:27:53

Same-Sex Unions Divide Anglican Diocese

By JEREMY HAINSWORTH

Associated Press Writer

'VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Linda Taunton still worships at St. Martin's Anglican Church but her congregation has been torn apart: Her priest quit, and the parish has joined a conservative, dissident bloc that opposes the local diocese over blessing same-sex marriages.'

- cultureshock Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 21:22:09

Conservative Episcopalians ready showdown

WASHINGTON TIMES

'OXFORD, England — Conservative Episcopalians say the majority of the world's Anglican archbishops will support their efforts this week to punish the Episcopal Church for elevating a practicing homosexual to the post of bishop.'

- cultureshock Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 20:57:25

'Liberal TV is
dead on arrival'

Al Gore network hopes to avoid political label, shoots for the hip

WORLDNETDAILY

'If former vice president Al Gore's all-news channel comes off as he hopes, it will be the talk of the hip, under-25 set, not a liberal answer to Fox News.'

- cultureshock Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 12:03:23

Army probes soldier suicides

By Gregg Zoroya

USA TODAY

'Alarmed by the number of suicides among soldiers in Iraq, the Army has asked a team of doctors to determine whether the stress of combat and long deployments is contributing to the deaths.

"The number of suicides has caused the Army to be concerned," said Lt. Col. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, a psychiatrist at the Army's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. Ritchie is helping to investigate the suicides in Iraq. "Is there something different going on in Iraq that we really need to pay attention to?"'

- cultureshock Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 11:28:30

Davis Signs Calif. Domestic Partner Law

By ETHAN RARICK
Associated Press Writer

'SAN FRANCISCO - California has became the first state to require businesses with large state contracts to offer domestic partners the same benefits that spouses enjoy, although the law will not take effect until 2007.'

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CULTURE SHOCK: TOO MUCH PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS

'This is the first edition of Culture Shock released by DiGirolamo Productions, co-host Dr. Jeffrey Gardere and Dwight Bain's guest is William R. Coulson.

Dr. Coulson has a historical career with the biggest names in psychology. Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow, together were responsible for putting psychology in the public schools nationwide. Coulson said, "these men realized early on that it was a mistake."'

- cultureshock Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 11:55:11

Federal Judge Dismisses Parents' Lawsuit in Terri Schiavo Case

By Jeff Johnson
CNSNews.com Congressional Bureau Chief

'A federal judge in Florida has refused to take jurisdiction over the case of a disabled woman whose husband is seeking to allow her to die of starvation and dehydration.

U.S. District Judge Richard Lazzara also refused to enter an injunction to order tests to determine if Terri Schindler Schiavo can swallow food on her own prior to next Wednesday's scheduled removal of her feeding tube.'

- cultureshock Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 11:52:27

American Flags Stolen on Florida Campus

By Robert B. Bluey
CNSNews.com Staff Writer

'Campus police at the University of Central Florida are investigating the theft of nine American flags that were recently installed in classrooms.

The university is in the final stages of installing flags in 250 classrooms. But over the course of the last two weeks, some of the flags have disappeared. Campus police are treating the matter like any other vandalism case.'

- cultureshock Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 11:39:39

Federal Judge Blocks Abortion Law in Missouri

REUTERS

'KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - A federal judge in Missouri on Friday blocked the state's new abortion law that sets a waiting period for women wanting abortions and places additional restrictions on doctors who perform them.'

- cultureshock Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 11:31:47

Cross-dressing Wiccan official

sparks Christian mission probe
Shelter serving homeless since 1939 accused of discrimination because of religious 'imagery'

WORLDNETDAILY

'A Christian mission serving homeless people since 1939 is under investigation for discrimination because its walls are adorned with crosses and other religious imagery.

The probe was prompted by a city fair-housing investigator, who also happens to be a cross-dressing Wiccan openly contemptuous of mainstream religions, the Charleston, W. Va., Daily Mail reported. '

- cultureshock Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 11:26:38

Student Allegedly Tries To Poison Math Teacher

local6.com

'SAN DIEGO -- A Southern California high school student who had trouble with algebra was arrested for allegedly trying to poison his math teacher, according to a report.

The 16-year-old boy allegedly put eye drops in teacher's water bottle last Friday at El Camino Real High School in Placentia, Calif. ...'

- cultureshock Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 19:26:10

Plastic Surgery and Suicide

Summary: Women with breast implants are more likely to take their own life.

By Colin Allen

Pschology Today

'Women with breast implants are more likely to commit suicide than non-augmented women, according to a Finnish study. The results mirror similar findings from studies conducted in Sweden and the United States.'

- cultureshock Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 15:56:38

Pope offers hand to conservative Anglicans

Seen as rebuke of denomination leaders who approved 'gay' bishop

WORLDNETDAILY

'Amid increasing moves toward schism, a conference of conservative Episcopalians opposing their church hierarchy for approving a homosexual bishop received a letter of encouragement from Pope John Paul II.'

- cultureshock Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 15:43:05

Rush Limbaugh Statement on Prescription Pain Medication Stories

PRNEWSWIRE

'NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Rush Limbaugh today issued the following statement on his radio program:

"You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life. So I need to tell you today that part of what you have heard and read is correct. I am addicted to prescription pain medication.'

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REAL AXIS OF EVIL: CLINTON SEX ABUSE
ABORTION:AND HOW A COMIC HERO CAN DEFEAT THE AXIS

BY FRED MARTINEZ

5 STAR Praise for Real Axis:, October 9, 2003
Reviewer: A reader from San Jose, california [S]pelling out the problems and outlining their solution. This is a must read!"

W. J. Rayment, Conservative Monitor Editor

"Real Axis? ... exposes the "cancer", analyzes it and offers some practical solutions.

Ginny Hitchcock, Population Research Institute (PRI)

Backed by solid research, Fred Martinez presents a moral tour de force that is must reading.

Chuck Morse, WROL-Boston Talk Radio

"This book connects the dots waiting to be connected...draws conclusions others have avoided."

Jim Holman, San Diego News Notes Editor

"It's a fine and thorough piece of journalism...I hope it will turn some heads and change some minds."

Dale Ahlquist, American Chesterton Society President

Remarkable. Very well researched. A must read for our culture is undergoing a profound crisis.

Cathal Gallagher, Quo Vadis Theatre Founder

[T]he ?Archangel Program? alone is worth the price of admission to this extraordinary work!

Kelly Clark, The lady in the pew website

Fred Martinez is the religion editor of the Conservative Monitor, a former columnist with NewsMax and a reporter with the San Francisco Faith. He has been a pro-life activist, speaker and speaker for many years. In 1985 he founded the Juan Diego Society through which hundreds of babies under threat of abortion were saved.

- cultureshock Thu, Oct 9, 2003 at 13:13:59

Episcopal Church Faces Split on Gay Issue

NewsMax.com Wires

'DALLAS -- Angry Episcopalians urged fellow church members Wednesday to stop funding the denomination, along with the dioceses and congregations that back its liberal policies, while an insurgent bishop outlined how a split in the church might shape up.'

- cultureshock Thu, Oct 9, 2003 at 12:18:44

Times faces lingering feelings of bias

Schwarzenegger backers still angry over groping articles

sfgate.com

'Los Angeles -- The recall election is over, and the governor-elect, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has said conciliation will be the theme of his administration. But the anger at the Los Angeles Times for what some have charged was a liberal bias for its last-minute reports of sexual misconduct by Schwarzenegger appears to be continuing.'

- cultureshock Thu, Oct 9, 2003 at 12:04:29

O'Reilly cuts short radio interview, alleging NPR bias

By Michael Klein
Inquirer Staff Writer

'Author and political pundit Bill O'Reilly has no problem asking the tough questions on his television and radio shows.

But when he didn't like Terry Gross' line of questioning on Fresh Air, her Philadelphia-based National Public Radio show, the Fox News Channel personality abruptly signed off.'

- cultureshock Thu, Oct 9, 2003 at 11:36:09

Abortion waiting period to be blocked

U.S. judge plans to issue order stopping enforcement of state's 24-hour delay.

News-leader.com

'A federal judge will block Missouri's new informed-consent abortion law from taking effect, a ruling anti-abortion-rights activists fear could throw the fate of the new restriction into a litigious limbo for years.'

- cultureshock Thu, Oct 9, 2003 at 11:23:08

HILLARY’S HISTORY IS CONTRADICTED BY CHINA DISSIDENT

HARRY WU DISPUTES SENATOR

Daily.nysun.com

'When it was discovered that Chinese censors had fiddled with politically sensitive passages in the translation of Senator Clinton’s autobiographical book, “Living History,” the former first lady said she was “amazed” and “outraged.”
That’s exactly how a leading Chinese human rights activist — the same person who figures heavily in the deleted portions — says he felt after reading Mrs. Clinton’s book, which he says presents a misleading portrait of the circumstances behind his release from a Chinese prison in 1995.'

- cultureshock Thu, Oct 9, 2003 at 11:08:25

Appeals court rules reverend can't be rude to the nude

ASSOCIATED PRESS

'A state appeals court ruled a reverend can't be rude to the nude.

The 3rd District Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a $1,000 fine against a minister accused of taunting a woman in a parking lot near a nude beach in 2001.'

- cultureshock Thu, Oct 9, 2003 at 10:53:44

Gates answers cop’s plea for help

E-mail to Microsoft founder leads to new anti-porn software

REUTERS

'A “really rotten day” at work in late January prompted a just-about-had-it Toronto police officer to e-mail a spontaneous plea to the world’s richest man for help fighting child pornography. “To be real honest, I didn’t expect anything back. I didn’t even save the e-mail,” said Detective Sgt. Paul Gillespie, a 25-year veteran of the Toronto force.'

- cultureshock Thu, Oct 9, 2003 at 10:45:02

State court rejects
same-sex marriage

1st ruling since U.S. Supremes overturned Texas sodomy ban

WORLDNETDAILY

'An Arizona appeals court today rejected an attempt by two Phoenix men to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
The decision by the Arizona Court of Appeals was the first on homosexual marriage since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Lawrence v. Texas, which declared the state's prohibition of sodomy unconstitutional.'

- cultureshock Wed, Oct 8, 2003 at 23:22:13

School Cancels Play Because Of 'N-Word' In Dialogue

THEINDYCHANNEL.COM

'Columbus East High School has canceled its student production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" because of concerns over a racially sensitive word in the play's dialogue.

The school's drama teacher asked the play's publisher to let the students take the "N-word" out of the dialogue, but the publisher refused, Principal William Jensen said.'

- cultureshock Wed, Oct 8, 2003 at 14:52:33

Perdue's faith-based plan would clear impediments to school vouchers

By JIM GALLOWAY
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer

'Gov. Sonny Perdue on Tuesday proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution that would spell out the right of churches and other religious organizations to provide state-funded services.'

- cultureshock Wed, Oct 8, 2003 at 14:35:38

New York Times Ads Offer Designer Babies

NEWSMAX.COM

'Over the past few months, the New York Times has repeatedly printed advertisements for the Genetics and IVF Institute (GIVF), a Virginia-based clinic that promises parents the ability to choose the sex of their babies. This marks the first time that a eugenics procedure has been marketed openly in a mainstream American publication.'

- cultureshock Wed, Oct 8, 2003 at 14:27:34

FCC approves Bono's F-word on TV
Did not violate obscenity code because he used it as adjective

WORLDNETDAILY

'The Federal Communications Commission ruled U2 singer Bono did not violate decency rules when he uttered the F-word on a television program, because he used it as an adjective.'

- cultureshock Wed, Oct 8, 2003 at 14:21:57

It's Arnold in landslide

Californians flood polls to oust Davis, tap Austrian-born actor as new governor

WORLDNETDAILY

'Californians ousted Democratic Gov. Gray Davis just 11 months into his second term and gave Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger a landslide victory, ending the unprecedented recall election that has dominated national headlines for two months.'

- cultureshock Wed, Oct 8, 2003 at 11:33:25

Are the News Media Too Liberal?Forty-five percent of Americans say yes

by Frank Newport and Joseph CarrollGALLUP NEWS SERVICE

'PRINCETON, NJ -- Forty-five percent of Americans believe the news media in this country are too liberal, while only 14% say the news media are too conservative. These perceptions of liberal inclination have not changed over the last three years. A majority of Americans who describe their political views as conservative perceive liberal leanings in the media, while only about a third of self-described liberals perceive conservative leanings.'

- cultureshock Tue, Oct 7, 2003 at 21:29:51

Gaddafi announces his separation from the Arabs

SMH.COM

'Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, once a devoted and energetic champion of Arab unity, announced this weekend his definitive separation from the Arabs, whom he heavily criticised.

Standing before a group of women, in a Mediterranean villa in Syrte about 500 kilometres east of Tripoli, Gaddafi declared himself more than ever African, claiming to be "forever beyond nationalism and Arab unity."'

- cultureshock Tue, Oct 7, 2003 at 21:22:36

Wesley Clark's campaign manager quits

By RON FOURNIER

Associated Press

'WASHINGTON -- Wesley Clark's campaign manager quit Tuesday in a dispute over the direction of the Democratic presidential bid, exposing a rift between the former general's Washington-savvy advisers and his 3-week-old Arkansas campaign team.'

- cultureshock Tue, Oct 7, 2003 at 18:23:59

Investigators Interview Surviving Child

Young Victims Die In House Fire While Moms At Club, Police Say

Thejacksonchannel.com

'YAZOO CITY, Miss. -- The sole survivor of a house fire was interviewed by investigators Tuesday, one day after five children died in the single story, wood-frame home while their mothers allegedly partied at a nightclub.'

- cultureshock Tue, Oct 7, 2003 at 18:14:25

FBI Sent Hamas Money in Late 1990's

ASSOCIATED PRESS

'WASHINGTON (AP) - While President Clinton was trying to broker an elusive peace between Israelis and Palestinians, the FBI was secretly funneling money to suspected Hamas figures to see if the militant group would use it for terrorist attacks, according to interviews and court documents.'

- cultureshock Tue, Oct 7, 2003 at 18:10:16

Loyola Leader Quits After Sex Allegation

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Associated Press Writer

'NEW ORLEANS -- The president of Loyola University in New Orleans resigned Tuesday after he was accused of sexual misconduct while he was at a Jesuit prep school in Indianapolis in 1986.'

- cultureshock Tue, Oct 7, 2003 at 18:06:33

Conservative Episcopalians Meet on Gays

By RICHARD N. OSTLING
AP Religion Writer

'DALLAS -- Standing and singing together, 2,600 conservative Episcopalians began an emotional meeting Tuesday where they will discuss how to fight their denomination's liberal steps on homosexuality -- with the possibility of a church split in the air.'

- cultureshock Mon, Oct 6, 2003 at 17:36:15

FBI Sent Hamas Money in Clinton Days

JOHN SOLOMON
Associated Press

'WASHINGTON - While President Clinton was trying to broker an elusive peace between Israelis and Palestinians, the FBI was secretly funneling money to suspected Hamas figures to see if the militant group would use it for terrorist attacks, according to interviews and court documents.'

- cultureshock Mon, Oct 6, 2003 at 17:27:38

Three die in church shooting
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

'ATLANTA (AP) — A woman opened fire at an Atlanta church before services yesterday morning, killing her mother and the minister before committing suicide.

Congregants of Turner Monumental African Methodist Episcopal Church said Shelia W. Chaney Wilson, 43, was agitated when she came to the church.'

- cultureshock Mon, Oct 6, 2003 at 17:20:22

Jews in Schwarzenegger's hometown see him as supporter

By VANESSA GERA, Associated Press

'GRAZ, Austria (AP) - To members of the Jewish community in Arnold Schwarzenegger's hometown, allegations that the California gubernatorial hopeful ever professed admiration for Adolf Hitler are ludicrous.'

- cultureshock Mon, Oct 6, 2003 at 16:50:53

WE AT CULTURESHOCKTV.COM ARE STILL FEELING THE HORRORS OF HURRICANE ISABEL ... VERIZON HAS YET TO COMPLETE TELEPHONE LINES TO OUR FACILITY.
WE HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE DAILY AND THE ONLY ONE WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO IS, JAMES EARL JONES THE VOICE OF VERIZON.BUT WE WE'RE ... COME TO THINK OF IT HE'S THE VOICE AT CNN. I REST MY CASE.

- cultureshock Mon, Oct 6, 2003 at 16:40:45

A Democratic operative is behind part of the Times’ latest story

Laweekly.com

'The L.A. Times has a story Saturday about three more women who allege that gubernatorial front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger engaged in sexual misconduct over the years. Schwarzenegger, on his bus tour north of Fresno, said charges in the story "are absolutely untrue."'

- cultureshock Mon, Oct 6, 2003 at 16:35:14

Sex-ed programs designed
by prostitution advocates
Catholic parents balk when dioceses adopt controversial 'Talking About Touching'

WORLDNETDAQILY

'Although one result of the Catholic Church's traumatic clergy-sex scandal last year was the mandating of "personal safety training" sex-education programs to protect the next generation of youngsters in Catholic schools, one of the most popular such programs was designed by prostitution advocates, according to outraged parents in several dioceses using it.'

- cultureshock Sat, Oct 4, 2003 at 14:41:29

O'Malley calls gay marriage a threat

Archbishop opposes definition change

By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff

'WAYLAND -- Wading into the public debate over same-sex marriage, Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley yesterday told a group of religious leaders that "any redefinition of marriage must be seen as an attack on the common good" and a threat to the American family already under siege because of divorce.'

- cultureshock Sat, Oct 4, 2003 at 14:37:44

Gov. Davis signs controversial sex-ed bill

Opponents say it promotes promiscuity, circumvents parents

WorldNetDaily

'Embattled California Gov. Gray Davis, facing a recall vote next week, signed a controversial bill allowing public schools to teach and survey students on sexual topics without written parental permission.'

- cultureshock Sat, Oct 4, 2003 at 14:34:28

Limbaugh accuser has criminal record

David Cline served time for identify theft, cocaine trafficking
WORLDNETDAILY

'The man who claims, along with his wife, that he provided Rush Limbaugh with an illegal supply of painkilling drugs for four years has a criminal record.'

- cultureshock Sat, Oct 4, 2003 at 14:31:34

The Florida couple are at the heart of the drug scandal now enveloping radio superstar Rush Limbaugh
thesmokinggun.com

'OCTOBER 3--Meet Louis Beshara and his wife, Gloria Rodriguez. The Florida couple are at the heart of the drug scandal now enveloping radio superstar Rush Limbaugh. Investigators allege that the duo illegally sold hundreds of thousands of prescription painkillers from a Palm Beach-area pharmacy they owned. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's search warrant affidavit, Beshara provided Hydrocodone, the powerful and addictive painkiller, to middlemen drug dealers like Joseph Coppola who then resold the pills to users. It has been reported that Limbaugh scored some of the Beshara pills via Wilma Cline, a former maid at the radio star's West Palm Beach mansion. Beshara and Rodriguez, who each face two felony drug trafficking charges, are free on bail, though Beshara is under'

- cultureshock Thu, Oct 2, 2003 at 19:15:10

Sex-in-cathedral suspect
drops dead

Man awaiting trial in radio-stunt case suffers heart attack

WORLDNETDAILY

'The 38-year-old man alleged to have had sex in a public area of New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral has died of a heart attack while awaiting trial.'

- cultureshock Thu, Oct 2, 2003 at 19:10:42

National Enquirer accuses Rush of 'drug abuse'

N.Y. Daily News splashes supermarket tabloid's attacks on talk host

WORLDNETDAILY

'One day after the national press hammered Rush Limbaugh for his comment that a black star football player is overrated, the National Enquirer and New York Daily News splashed today's front pages with allegations radio's top talker has abused drugs.'

- cultureshock Wed, Oct 1, 2003 at 14:18:17

Court upholds school ban on student distributing religious items

The Associated Press

'PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a judge's decision that a New Jersey school system acted properly in prohibiting a 5-year-old student from distributing pencils and candy canes with religious messages to his classmates.'

- cultureshock Wed, Oct 1, 2003 at 14:10:46

Dr. Laura Tells Women: Just Do It

NEW YORK POST

'NEW YORK — Husbands need sex, and it's a wife's job to provide it - as much as he wants, whenever he wants it. So contends Laura Schlessinger (search) - better known as Dr. Laura, the ever-provocative radio-show shrink - in "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands."'

- cultureshock Wed, Oct 1, 2003 at 14:06:08

Texas Band Chief Apologizes for Nazi Flag

Associated Press

'DALLAS -- A high school band director has apologized for a halftime performance that included "Deutschland Uber Alles," the anthem closely associated with Adolf Hitler, and a student running across the field with a Nazi flag.'

- cultureshock Wed, Oct 1, 2003 at 12:35:15

Ex-Clinton staffer loses Top Secret clearance

Homeland Security official under investigation for fraudulent resume

WORLDNETDAILY

'WASHINGTON – Though the Homeland Security Department has not terminated a high-ranking department official accused of resume fraud, sources say she's been denied the security clearance she needs to perform her job.'

- cultureshock Wed, Oct 1, 2003 at 12:32:56

Partial-birth abortion ban ready for vote

WASHINGTON TIMES

'A ban on partial-birth abortions could be on President Bush's desk by as early as next week, after a conference committee yesterday finished with the bill and sent it to be cleared by both chambers.
President Clinton twice vetoed a similar ban — in April 1996 and October 1997.'

- cultureshock Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:34:41

New Jersey targets drowsy drivers

First state to make driving while tired
a crime in fatal accidents

ASSOCIATED PRESS

'BORDENTOWN, N.J., Sept. 29 — As if staying alive were not enough of an incentive, motorists in New Jersey have another reason to make sure they are well-rested when they get behind the wheel - a first-in-the-nation law against driving while drowsy.'

- cultureshock Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:34:40

- cultureshock Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:27:47

Moore petitions Supreme Court

'10 Commandments judge' seeks 'uniform rule' for church-state cases

WORLDNETDAILY

'Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has taken his Decalogue battle to a higher power, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow his Ten Commandments monument to be put back on display in the state's Judicial Building.'

- cultureshock Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:25:05

Iraq-al-Qaida link revealed

Saddam part of 'money-laundering operation' for Islamic terror group

WORLDNETDAILY

'Senior investigators and analysts in the U.S. government have concluded that Iraq acted as a state sponsor of terrorism against Americans and logistically supported the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States – confirming news reports that until now have emerged only in bits and pieces.'

- cultureshock Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:16:13

American Muslim leader arrested

The Washington Times

'A founding member of a U.S. Muslim group that endorsed an Army chaplain now accused of espionage has himself been arrested on criminal charges.

Abdul Rahman al-Amoudi, 51, who helped organize the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veteran Affairs Council and is a board member of the Washington, D.C.-based American Muslim Council, was taken into custody Sunday by agents from the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the FBI.'

- cultureshock Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:13:14

Novak: Administration didn't 'call me to leak this'

CNN

'WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Newspaper columnist Robert Novak said Monday that no one in the administration called him to identify the wife of Bush critic Joe Wilson as a CIA operative.

Wilson, who was acting U.S. ambassador to Iraq just before the Persian Gulf War of 1991, has said White House officials revealed his wife's identity to Novak in retaliation for his exposing flaws in prewar intelligence on Iraq.'

- cultureshock Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:09:53

Band Vows To Defy New St. Pete Law With Onstage Suicide

WFTV.COM

'TAMPA, Fla. -- The leader of the shock rock group Hell on Earth said an onstage suicide will happen during a private St. Petersburg concert this weekend in defiance of a new city law designed to stop it.'

- cultureshock Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 13:57:12

Columbine files to be destroyed

Victims' families want depositions made public

By Kieran Nicholson
Denver Post Staff Writer

'A special room under strict lock-and-key, filled with evidence from two settled Columbine cases, is being shut down and a federal magistrate has ordered some of the materials - including depositions of the killers' parents - destroyed.'

- cultureshock Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 13:43:17

Leaders rally for religion
State Capitol event to support Ten Commandments displays

By JIM THARPE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

'Today at the state Capitol, some of Georgia's most powerful political leaders will wade into the emotionally charged fight over the Ten Commandments.'

- cultureshock Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 13:40:26

High Court to consider appeal on California's pledge ruling

By DAVID G. SAVAGE
Los Angeles Times

'WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court meets behind closed doors today to consider nearly 2,000 appeals that arrived during the summer, none messier or potentially more significant than the case of the Pledge of Allegiance and the California father who wants the words "under God" removed from it.'

- cultureshock Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 13:24:31

China's biotech bonanza

CHINA DAILY

'Researchers in Shanghai have produced a promising new way of creating embryonic stem cells -- fusing human skill cells with rabbit eggs -- that may one day be used for treating disease. Elaine Kurtenbach reports Dr Sheng Huizhen has traveled far in her career as a medical researcher. But for her most advanced work, she returned home to China.'

- cultureshock Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 14:56:06

Senate panel probes
Muslim subversion

Investigation to look at recruitment of Islamic chaplains for military

WORLDNETDAILY

'With a Muslim army chaplain imprisoned in a Navy brig as an alleged terrorist spy, the military must rethink how it recruits and screens Islamic clergy, according to a key Senate ally of the administration's counterterrorism policies.'

- cultureshock Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 15:43:50

Senate GOP to revive Pickering nomination

The Washington Times

'Republican leaders, pressed by conservatives furious over the demise of Miguel Estrada's judicial nomination after a six-month Democratic filibuster, will resurrect the nomination of Mississippi federal Judge Charles W. Pickering Sr. tomorrow.'

- cultureshock Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 15:39:19

Kennedy fuels Senate furor over Iraq

Associated Press

'Republicans stepped up attacks on Sen. Edward Kennedy on Tuesday for his stinging criticism of President Bush's policy in Iraq, with one branding the senator's remarks "hate speech." Kennedy said he won't back down.'

- cultureshock Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 15:34:50

Dixie Chicks to Leave Country Music Over Reaction to Remarks

TALON NEWS

NASHVILLE (Talon News) -- Fresh off their "Top of the World" European tour, the Dixie Chicks announced Monday that they no longer want to be considered a country music band because of the backlash they endured from country music fans after members of the group made outspoken remarks on foreign soil against President George W. Bush as well as Republican California recall candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger.

- cultureshock Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 14:59:19

Marriage law eyed for GOP platform

The Washington Times

' Republicans are prepared to oppose homosexual "marriage" in their national platform, Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie said yesterday.

"There is a lot of energy out there, a lot of concern about gay marriage," Mr. Gillespie said. "So it wouldn't surprise me if it were addressed in some form or fashion in the platform."'