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Should the motto "In God We Trust" be removed from U.S. currency?

SKIATOOK, Okla. (June 15, 2005) - The owners of the Super H grocery store here have filed suit against Wal-Mart Stores, saying the Bentonville, Ark.-based mass merchant sent employees from a neighboring Wal-Mart store into Super H to scan its shelf bar codes. Greg McNeil, general manager of Super H, told SN he confiscated a bar code scanner from a Wal-Mart employee — “wearing a blue smock and name tag,” he said — and turned it over to local police, who, under the order of a District Court judge, are withholding the device from Wal-Mart. According to Steve Peters, a...

LONDON - Amnesty International branded the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay a human rights failure Wednesday, calling it "the gulag of our time" as it released a report that offers stinging criticism of the United States and its detention centers around the world. The 308-page report accused the United States of shirking its responsibility to set the bar for human rights protections and said Washington has instead created a new lexicon for abuse and torture. Amnesty International called for the camp to be closed. "Attempts to dilute the absolute ban on torture through new policies and quasi-management speak, such...

During the 2004 Democratic primary, new online site Meetup.com gained media notoriety as it propelled the Howard Dean campaign to the forefront of the Democratic ticket. Thousands of liberals were meeting monthly to send Dean to the White House. The liberal media bias had spawned a liberal online virus. In response, Townhall.com decided to counter the liberal invasion and co-opt Meetup for its own purposes: to further the conservative agenda. Using Townhall’s resources, we promoted the Meetup groups to you - our valued Townhall.com readers. With great success, our Meetup force grew to over 25,000 people strong. Townhall enthusiasts all...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The U.S. government agreed to pay $87,500 to settle a lawsuit brought by a Kenyan refugee who was denied political asylum in the United States. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, which handled the woman's case, said it it is the first time an arriving refugee has received a settlement in a lawsuit accusing the government of negligence. Rosebell Munyua, 35, claimed the government was negligent because it sent her back to Kenya, even though she said she told immigration officials she would be killed. The U.S. Attorney's Office said the settlement, filed Wednesday in federal...

Europe – Thy Name is Cowardice Matthias Döpfner, Chief Executive of German publisher Axel Springer AG, has written a blistering attack in the daily WELT against the cowardice of Europe in the face of the Islamic threat. Hartmut Lau translated the article for us. Europe – Thy Name is Cowardice Commentary by Mathias Döpfner A few days ago Henryk M. Broder wrote in Welt am Sonntag, "Europe – your family name is appeasement." It’s a phrase you can’t get out of your head because it’s so terribly true. Appeasement cost millions of Jews and non-Jews their lives as England and...

Tompkinsville artist Scott LoBaido is rolling out the welcome mat for next week's Republican National Convention, with a patriotic art show entitled "Hail to the Chief," opening tomorrow at a Manhattan gallery. And the unapologetically Republican LoBaido has a message for GOP convention delegates, who will spend four days in Democratic New York City beginning on Monday.

Aug 12, 3:55 PM (ET) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - John Sayles plans to screen his new movie - a political satire that takes aim at President Bush - in cities in Colorado next month. Sayles filmed "Silver City," about a man running for governor of Colorado and a disgraced investigative reporter, in Denver and Leadville last year. The movie will be shown Sept. 9 at the Kimball's Twin Peak Theater in Colorado Springs. Screenings also are scheduled for Denver, as well as Santa Fe, N.M., to benefit local and national nonprofit groups. "That will be incredible," said Kimball Bayles,...

Today's Question: Which presidential candidate makes you feel safer? President Bush or John Kerry?

Costco, Wal-Mart duel in political arena Warehouse-store giants give money to opposing parties By MICHAEL FORSYTHE AND RACHEL KATZ BLOOMBERG NEWS Executives at Costco Wholesale Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., competitors in the $76 billion U.S. warehouse-club market, have taken their rivalry to a new level: national politics. Costco Chief Executive Officer Jim Sinegal, 68, is a Democrat who says President Bush's $1.7 trillion in tax cuts unfairly benefit the wealthy. He opposed the Iraq war and supports Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts for president. And he's the only chief executive of a company in the Standard & Poor's 500...

***USA Today can't be linked due to copyright issues*** Minorities haven't felt economic growth By Sue Kirchhoff, USA TODAY The economic expansion has not been equal. Minorities lag behind whites in employment and earnings more than two years after the 2001 recession officially ended. African-Americans in particular have taken a big hit: suffering higher and longer unemployment than whites and dropping out of the labor force more rapidly. Black teen unemployment rose to 32.5% in May. Even in such areas as Washington, D.C., where unemployment is low and construction is surging, willing workers far exceed steady jobs. "There are too...

Here’s a way to get young people registered to vote: Give them free beer. That’s the plan at today’s East End Festival. Monroe County Democrats have teamed up with High Falls Brewery to offer two free 2-ounce beers to those who register to vote at the festival. Then the new voter can go into a real voting booth and pick the brew they liked the most. The promotion is called “Register Your Taste.” The goal is to encourage people older than 21 to register to vote and to simulate the experience of voting. But alcohol treatment counselors fizzled on the...

A Statement of our Mission At Conservative punk, our mission is threefold: 1. To inform today's youth that identify themselves with the punk scene with the facts, rather than rumor and conspiracy theory. 2. To encourage today's youth to register to vote and become engaged in politics. 3. To encourage youth voters to draw there own conclusions rather than indoctrinate them into a certain way of thinking. Punk music has been, and still is, one of the most heavy-handed genres of music there is. Unfortunately the topics of such heavy-handed songs are almost always seeped in left wing propaganda, bumper...

Some background: In a collection of hundreds of so-far-unreleased photographs and short digital videos obtained by The Washington Post, U.S. soldiers are shown physically and emotionally abusing detainees last fall in the Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad.

Tillman Family Grieves in Silence PHOENIX (AP) - Pat Tillman's grieving family maintained its public silence, and intends to do so for some time. Tillman, who gave up his NFL career to join the Army Rangers, was killed in combat Thursday in Afghanistan. In Tillman's hometown of San Jose, Calif., his father was asked if the family planned to issue a statement soon. "No, we won't be saying anything for quite awhile," Patrick Tillman, a Bay area attorney, told The Arizona Republic. "I hope you understand." Funeral arrangements were pending for the 27-year-old former safety for the Arizona Cardinals who...