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Why the emotional breakdown? Did I mention he's a democrat?

Some trails and campgrounds are still under several feet of snow, keeping them closed, in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Officials said of the 34 campgrounds normally open for Memorial Day, 24 will be open for the holiday weekend. Snow covers the other 10 and most of the trails. "We had unprecedented snowpack this year and above 2,000 feet elevation you will encounter continuous snowfields, or lower, if the area is shaded," said Rodney Mace, a forest recreation staff officer. Campground openings that have been postponed include Silver Springs until May 30, and the following until June 13: Denny Creek,...

VIDEO of Street of Dream homes after the arson. Interview with builder, Steve Pack.

A jury has found Briana Waters guilty of two counts of arson in the 2001 burning of the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture by members of the Earth Liberation Front.....Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Bartlett says the case was a success now that more than a dozen people involved have been brought to justice. "I think it sends an incredibly strong message, and that is, when you choose to become involved in these types of eco-terrorist activities, you may get away for awhile, but eventually...we'll track you down and you will be held accountable," said Bartlett, The 32-year-old from...

The son of Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels was sentenced to three months in federal prison Friday for his role in conspiring to cheat the Nooksack River Casino out of more than $90,000. Jacob Nickels was one of 24 people charged in May in connection with a multistate casino-cheating scheme in which bribed employees dealt pre-recorded, unshuffled playing cards. Teams of swindlers, led by members of a San Diego-area family, fanned out to 18 casinos around the country to execute the "false shuffle" scam in games of blackjack and mini-baccarat. Prosecutors say the ring cheated casinos out of millions of dollars....

.....an estimated 40,000 people turned out for a GOP rally featuring gubernatorial candidate John Carlson and radio host Rush Limbaugh, making his first political endorsement in eight years. The cheering, foot-stomping crowd was so big that the overflow had to watch it on jumbo TV screens mounted behind the stage. When Mr. Limbaugh came out from behind a huge American flag, the crowd roared. They roared again when they were told that they were attending the largest political rally in the state's history, eclipsing the 25,000 who greeted Bill Clinton in Tacoma four years ago. The crowd was not only...

Seattle - In an open letter to Santa last week and a speech to children at Seattle’s Annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Westlake Center, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels last week offered a Grinch-like tone, grumbling about climate change threatening Santa, telling kids “I hope the reindeer can swim,” and blaming them and their energy-sucking video games for melting Arctic ice. As Nickels spoke, his assistants handed out stickers admonishing the crowd to “Save Santa.”

As you may recall Zahrra's journey here started more than a year ago when a Northwoods man (SFC Kempen) who was stationed in Iraq was throwing candy to children and he noticed that Zahrra wasn't able to see the treats falling right in front of her. Today at Aspirus Wausau Zahrra had her second corneal transplant.

Yahoo Video. Click to watch. You won't be dissapointed. Jenna Bush appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show. Ellen asked Jenna how easy it was to call her dad, so they did. George W Bush shows what a great father he is and Jenna shows how much she respects her parents.

A U.S. Senate aide was arrested Friday after allegedly arranging a lunchtime sexual encounter with a teenage boy, according to federal court records. James McHaney, 28, was nabbed by FBI agents after he arranged the afternoon liaison via a "cooperating witness" working with investigators. According to the below felony complaint and an accompanying statement of facts filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Until his arrest Friday, McHaney had worked as the D.C. scheduler for Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell. A caller to Cantwell's office was told late today that, as of last Friday, McHaney no longer worked for the...

Al Gore buddy owner of sunken ship that left huge carbon footprint on Antarctic Ocean floor. You’d never read this in the mainstream media: The owner of MS Explorer that sank, leaving a huge carbon footprint at the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean Friday is an acolyte of teensy-weensy carbon footprint crusader Al Gore. The legendary polar expedition ship…”had at least five faults at its last inspection,” according to Greenpeace spokeswoman Bunny McDiarmid. “Maritime records show the MV Explorer has completed more than 40 cruises to the ice, but has lately been suffering maintenance and safety problems.”

I don't think things can get more screwed up with airport security. This isn't about how investigators were able to smuggle liquid explosives and detonators past TSA screeners earlier this year. It's about the atrocious treatment endured by some Fort Lewis soldiers who were escorting the remains of a colleague home to Virginia earlier this month. Brief background: On the tarmac, an honor guard had been formed by Port of Seattle Police, airport fire and rescue and military personnel as the soldier's body was placed on the plane. A police officer then took the escort soldiers up to security. The...

http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/04/jon_voight_1.php Was the Iraq war part of the war on terror before we got there? I'm interested in talking about this, but it's been so politicized, it's very disturbing, very dangerous. My view of it is this: they say our president lied to us. Well, he didn't lie to us, everybody else had the information he had, and they voted for that tactic. And the idea of weapons of mass destruction, whether they were in fact removed to other places, to Lebanon, to Syria, that's still in play, we don't know the full answer of where all that stuff went,...