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Two members of the University of Colorado committee reviewing Ward Churchill's work to determine if he should be fired, following statements that the victims of the 9-11 terrorist attacks were not innocent, have repeatedly praised the controversial professor and signed off on his pay increases, according to the Denver Post. According to documents released yesterday, the committee's head, acting chancellor Phil DiStefano, approved glowing evaluations of Churchill and OK'd raises that took his salary from $56,086 to $94,242 since 1998. Todd Gleason, also a member of the review committee, approved the raises and a 2003 retention package, and offered Churchill...

HUNTSVILLE -- Convicted killer James Allridge was executed Thursday night for the 1985 slaying of a store clerk in Fort Worth during a robbery. < snip > His work attracted the attention of actress and death penalty opponent Susan Sarandon, who visited Allridge last month.

Operation Enduring Support will be held Saturday May 15th at Flag Pole Hill, which is just off of 75 (Central Expressway) at Northwest Highway. It will run from 3 to 6PM and will feature patriotic music, special speakers, a children's area, video messages from those in attendance back to our men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as an solemn flag planting event that you WILL NOT want to miss! Many more details will be posted in the next few days so check back to this site soon. If the creep in the picture and audio below can...

There is new information about the events that led to the capture of double murder supsect Scott Eizember. Eizember is in a Texas hospital recovering from four gunshot wounds that came from a gun concealed by one of his alleged kidnapping victims. Authorities with the Angelina County Sheriff's Department say they received a 911 call at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday night. The caller said a man and woman, now identified as Dr. Samuel Peebles and his wife Suzanne, came to his residence bleeding and needing help. The couple told the man they had stopped to help a stranded motorist in...

Gun Ban Scheduled in the House for November 5 -- Ban would outlaw non-existing gun Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 http://www.gunowners.org ACTION: Please use the pre-written text below to help direct your comments to your Representative. The vote on the gun ban is scheduled in the House for Wednesday, November 5. Tuesday, November 4, 2003 It's outrageous. The Republicans in the House of Representatives tell us they don't have enough time to pass a concealed carry bill or the Citizen's Self-Defense Act. But they have time...