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<p>Invisible man: Sen. Tom McClintock faces one of a candidate's worst nightmare, finding himself not included in the official state voters guide.</p> <p>A state appeals court ruled against McClintock's request for inclusion, saying the Northridge Republican didn't do his paperwork correctly.</p>

Ethical Monotheism By Dennis Prager -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethical monotheism means two things: 1. There is one God from whom emanates one morality for all humanity. 2. God's primary demand of people is that they act decently toward one another. If all people subscribed to this simple belief—which does not entail leaving, or joining, any specific religion, or giving up any national identity—the world would experience far less evil. Let me explain the components of ethical monotheism. God Monotheism means belief in "one God." Before discussing the importance of the "mono," or God's oneness, we need a basic understanding of the nature...

LAPD has arrested 200 terror-related suspects By Mariel Garza Staff Writer Los Angeles police have detained about 200 people believed to have connections to foreign terrorists, Police Chief William Bratton said Wednesday during a morning call-in radio program. Bratton characterized those arrested as a "variety of individuals we feel have some connection to issues of terrorism." He said the arrests were made in conjunction with federal agents and it is unclear whether they will face terrorism-related charges. "Our philosophy is get them before they get us," Bratton said. "So if I can get them on an immigration violation, anything, we're...

<p>Saturday, August 9, 2003 Author's daughter dies Star Parker's youngest girl, Rachel, goes into cardiac arrest outside Irvine club.</p> <p>IRVINE – The 14-year-old daughter of a widely known San Clemente author died early Friday of unknown causes in the parking lot of an Irvine nightclub, authorities reported.</p>

Sources: Possible Coverup at DOJ Thursday, January 4, 2001 By David Shuster WASHINGTON — Senior staff working for Attorney General Janet Reno have threatened to fire an independent counsel investigating a possible coverup at the Justice Department, Fox News has learned. AP/Wide World Henry Cisneros admitted lying to the FBI. Independent Counsel Dave Barrett led the investigation of former Clinton housing secretary Henry Cisneros, who admitted lying to the FBI. According to sources, for the last 10 months Barrett has been presenting his grand jury with new evidence alleging that officials at the Justice Department improperly tried to influence actions ...

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 Records Cite Illness of VP Nominee Foster By DOUG SMITH, Times Staff Writer Reform Party vice presidential candidate Ezola Foster was prescribed an antidepressant drug for most of 1997 and took breaks from her job as a Los Angeles schoolteacher several times during bouts of depression dating to the 1970s, according to records of the state workers' compensation appeals board. The records indicate Foster filed for workers' compensation benefits three times, twice claiming that she was mentally unable to return to a hostile work environment. The reports were released to The Times after a workers' compensation ...

Ezola Foster, Pat Buchanan's running mate on the Reform Party ticket, collected workers' compensation payments for nearly a year for a mental disorder she now says she did not have. The disability claim, which was contested by her employer, the Los Angeles Unified School District, capped a checkered career in which Foster struggled financially as a result of bad business deals and twice resigned as a teacher after becoming embroiled in controversy, according to court records and interviews. Foster applied for workers' compensation in 1996, shortly after refusing to return to her job as a typing teacher at Bell ...

July 6, 2000 By Jerry Seper THE WASHINGTON TIMES A top Justice Department official described as a Democratic Party loyalist twice recommended in 1998 that an independent counsel be named to investigate whether Vice President Al Gore lied about his campaign-finance activities. Robert S. Litt, who serves as the department's principal associate deputy attorney general, said in September and November 1998 memos that he was "not persuaded" that Mr. Gore had not lied to FBI agents in denying that he illegally solicited "hard money" donations for the Democratic National Committee. "One could infer that Gore knew what he claimed he ...

Bush says U.S. secrets would be safe under him Updated 5:42 PM ET June 17, 2000 By Patricia Wilson KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Vowing to end a "sorry chapter" of security lapses at U.S. nuclear laboratories, Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush said Saturday U.S. secrets would be safe in his administration. "America's national security should not be a matter of lost and found," the Texas governor told a veterans' conference in the central Florida city of Kissimmee. Bush criticized the administration of President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, his Democratic rival in the Nov. 7 White House election, ...

GAY DADS: WE FATHERED A TWIN EACH Sunday, June 11, 2000 00:55 Gay fathers Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow each fathered one of their surrogate twins, it was disclosed today. The Mail on Sunday reports the couple chose the gender of their children using advanced medical techniques illegal in Britain. Their son Aspen and daughter Saffron were conceived in an American laboratory using eggs from surrogate Tracie McCune and sperm from both men. Computerised sensors were used to separate "male" and "female" sperm – by identifying X and Y chromosomes – so that Barrie could father Saffron and Tony could father ...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUESDAY MAY 9 2000 19:23:51 ET XXXXX LA TIMES POLL: BUSH TAKES 'IMPOSING NATIONWIDE LEAD' OVER GORE According to publishing sources, the LOS ANGELES TIMES will publish a front page story Wednesday that shows George W. Bush has taken an overall 51% to 43% lead over Al Gore in the paper's latest nationwide poll. TIMES political scribe Ronald Brownstein points out that with less than 6 months to go before the election, "the Texas governor has virtually unified the Republican base, even as he is reaching successfully into centrist swing voter groups who proved crucial to ...

Perot May Not Address Reform Party By Laurie Kellman Associated Press Writer Monday, May 8, 2000; 7:42 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON –– Reform Party founder Ross Perot is not expected to address the party's August convention, where former Republican Pat Buchanan is likely to become the third party's nominee for president, officials close to the event said Monday. "He has a very tight travel schedule for business this summer and no definite plans have been made one way or the other with respect to appearing at the convention," Perot's top lieutenant, Russell Verney, said in a telephone interview. But senior party ...

Pat Buchanan: a political paradox May 2, 2000 One of the frustrating things about Pat Buchanan is that he can be quite right on some issues, such as ending American involvement in unconstitutional wars and reducing government, but quite wrong on others, such as his support for protectionism and over-reacting to immigration difficulties. Both sides of the candidate for the Reform Party's presidential nomination were on display at a campaign rally for about 70 supporters we attended in Laguna Hills Saturday. Speaking extemporaneously, Mr. Buchanan displayed his well-known sharp tongue and quick wit. *On his chances of victory in the ...

Bradley Has More Heart Trouble By Mike Glover Associated Press Writer Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000; 1:24 a.m. EST DUBLIN, N.H. –– Bill Bradley was again answering questions about his health after experiencing another episode of irregular heartbeats in recent days, the fifth in a month. Bradley said the episode, which he said occurred last Sunday or Monday, did not require a doctor's attention. The Democratic presidential candidate sought to downplay the episode, and hadn't told staff about it until Friday, when reporters inquired. The candidate has a non-life threatening heart condition that periodically causes his heart to go out of ...

Jewish World Review Jan. 28, 2000 /21 Shevat, 5760 Thomas Sowell Are GOPers suicidal? -- REPUBLICANS ARE the eighth wonder of the world. Consider the situation they are in and what they are doing about it. When Bill Clinton finishes his term in January 2001, it will be 8 years since a Republican was in the White House -- and it could eventually turn out to be 12, depending on the results of this year's presidential election. Not only have the Republicans been on the outside looking in, as far as the presidency is concerned, they have learned the ...

Death row haunts 'merciless' Bush FROM DAMIAN WHITWORTH IN WASHINGTON GEORGE W. BUSH'S merciless application of the death penalty threatens to dominate the presidential campaign as Texas prepares to execute three juvenile murderers in the next few weeks. As the leading Republican contender campaigns to see off a tougher than expected challenge in the key primary states, the American Bar Association has joined death penalty campaigners to condemn Mr Bush's ruthlessness in running his home state. The day after the Iowa primary, in which the selection of presidential candidates begins, Texas is scheduled to execute the first of three men ...

Over 500 Iranians have pledged to sell one of their kidneys to pay for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie, condemned to death 10 years ago by religious decree. Islamic militia in the holy Shi'ite city of Mashhad were behind the campaign, which was endorsed by officials in the elite Revolutionary Guards, the hardline Iranian daily Kayhan reports. A total of 508 people, including six Muslims from countries outside Iran, have signed up to sell a kidney, Kayhan said. Selling organs is legal in Iran, with transactions overseen by a state organs bank. The organisers, part of the Basiji ...

Going negative is just Gore's style December 23, 1999 BY ROBERT NOVAK SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST In Sunday's contentious Democratic presidential debate, Al Gore augmented his litany of Bill Bradley's sins by declaring: "He opposed our participation in Bosnia." Bradley protested: "I didn't oppose our participation in Bosnia." But this is a matter of fact, not opinion, and the facts are with Bradley. In 1995, Sen. Bradley voted against a narrowly defeated resolution opposing President Clinton's dispatch of troops in Bosnia. Why, then, did the vice president say something that was untrue? Partly because he was disgorging the negative research on Bradley ...