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U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 31, 2007 @ 2:13am neoform

USA Today -- Mexico called on the United States to alter a plan to expand border fences designed to stem illegal immigration, saying the barriers would threaten migratory species accustomed to roaming freely across the frontier. Ways of minimizing environmental dam.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Feb 25, 2007 @ 10:32am neoform

Reuters -- Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush, The New Yorker.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 2, 2007 @ 8:43am neoform

Washington Post -- The Bush administration yesterday proposed ending farm subsidies for an estimated 80,000 wealthy individuals as part of a broad plan that would close loopholes and cut traditional farm programs by $4.5 billion over the next 10 years... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 8, 2006 @ 11:18am mrmdc

MSNBC -- A plan to build a mosque in this Houston suburb has triggered a neighborhood dispute, with community members warning the place will become a terrorist hotbed and one man threatening to hold pig races on Fridays just to offend the Muslims... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sat Nov 4, 2006 @ 5:18pm neoform

Pacific News -- The Halliburton subsidiary KBR (formerly Brown and Root) announced on Jan. 24 that it had been awarded a $385 million contingency contract by the Department of Homeland Security to build detention camps. Two weeks later, on Feb. 6, Homeland Security Secre.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:05am neoform

SF Gate -- A federal appeals court threw a roadblock in the path of the government's restoration and development plans for Yosemite National Park on Thursday, ruling that the National Park Service has failed to take adequate steps to protect the Merced River. The.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- Berkeley is set to become the first city in the nation to help thousands of its residents generate solar power without having to put money up front - attempting to surmount one of the biggest hurdles for people who don't have enough cash to go green. T.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 22, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

MSNBC -- In that middle section, the mine was cut like a city block, leaving pillars of coal holding up the mountain above. MSHA approved a plan allowing the operators to pull out the pillars, a practice called “retreat mining,” which causes deliberate, contro.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 9:51am neoform

Washington Post -- Last June, U.S. immigration officials were presented a plan that supporters said could help slash waiting times for green cards from nearly three years to three months and save 1 million applicants more than a third of the 45 hours they could expect to sp.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

Washington Post -- Two hundred towering windmills, each so tall that its blades would loom over the U.S. Capitol Dome, could be built in the Atlantic Ocean near one of Washingtonians' favorite beach retreats, under a plan being considered in Delaware. The plan, which cou.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Apr 8, 2007 @ 10:43am neoform

Al Jazeera -- A draft plan by the White House, leaked last week, calls for a new "Z" category visa that would allow illegal immigrant workers to apply for three-year work permits that would be renewable indefinitely, but would cost $3,500 each time. "Charging that.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Apr 8, 2007 @ 12:44am neoform

BBC News -- Thousands of people have demonstrated in Los Angeles to demand citizenship rights for illegal immigrants. A 15,000-strong crowd carrying American flags and holding signs saying "Amnesty Now" paraded through the streets towards City Hall. Many people.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 12:29am neoform

Washington Post -- The nation's Episcopal bishops have rejected a key demand from the larger Anglican Communion, saying a plan to place discontented U.S. parishes under international leadership could do permanent harm to the American church. The rejection increases the l.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 6:53pm neoform

Forbes -- President Bush has kicked off Budget Monday by sending to Congress a pro-growth, low-tax document with some eye-popping numbers. Buried within it was a $784 billion item--for national defense. That's the figure everyone's focusing on, and that will be t.. Read More