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It has not escaped our notice that in the United States, Eastern standard time is the same as Central daylight time and Mountain standard time is the same as Pacific Daylight Time. Thus, we propose that The Pacific and Central time zones remain on permanent daylight saving time, and that the Mountain and Eastern time zones remain on permanent standard time. In addition to releasing us from the burden of having to set our clocks every few months, this will also reduce the number of time zones in the United States from four to two. Thus, for example, New York,...

Snip: Indiana to observe daylight-saving time - effective April 2, 2006.

House passes daylight-saving time bill Updated 12:23a.m. Friday, April 29 By Mike Smith/Associated Press/IndianapolisThe Indiana House gave final legislative approval Thursday to make all of Indiana join 47 other states in observing daylight-saving time, capping three decades of contentious debate. Proponents of the clock change, who failed to win passage of the bill earlier in the day, cheered wildly after it passed 51-46 on a second tally taken shortly after 11:30 p.m. EST. It passed the Senate 28-22 on Wednesday and now heads to Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, who made it a top priority and is sure to sign it....

Senate OKs daylight-saving time Updated 12:00 a.m. Thursday, April 28 By Mike Smith/Associated Press € Indianapolis The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation that would put all of Indiana on daylight-saving time, but the revised bill must win a second vote in the House to reach the desk of its biggest backer this session - Gov. Mitch Daniels. It was possible that House vote would take place late Wednesday night, although lawmakers have until midnight Friday to end the regular session. The Senate voted 28-22 in favor of the bill, which would require the entire state to change its clocks twice...

Saturday, April 23, 2005 - Cranky schoolchildren, electronic chaos and increased sales of double espressos -- those are just some of the effects that would ripple through Americans' lives under a plan moving through Congress to extend daylight-saving time by two months a year. Under the plan that was approved by the House of Representatives and sent to the Senate, California and other states would "spring forward" in March rather than April and "fall back" in November rather than October. "It's gonna be chaos, man," said Viken Fermanian, owner of Salco Services, an electronics repair shop in Granada Hills, predicting...

If Congress passes an energy bill, Americans may see more daylight-saving time. Lawmakers crafting energy legislation approved an amendment Wednesday to extend daylight-saving time by two months, having it start on the first Sunday in March and end on the last Sunday in November.

HERE WE GO AGAIN.... Reminder to move clocks ahead one hour this weekend. Those of you in Hawaii, Arizona, and most of Indiana --- Never mind.

Daylight-saving bill clears House panel amid political charges Posted 4:35 p.m. Wednesday, February 16 Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS - A bill that would mandate that all of Indiana observe daylight-saving time advanced to the full House on a party-line committee vote today, but some Republican supporters said Democrats were making it a partisan issue and could kill its chances of clearing that chamber. Republicans control the House 52-48, but Republican Rep. Jerry Torr of Carmel, the bill's sponsor, said he doubted he could get 51 GOP votes to pass the bill and send it to the Senate. That means he would...

Algerian radical spills beans on bin Laden "terror network" An Algerian Islamic radical arrested in France has proved a goldmine for investigators probing Osama bin Laden's militant network in Europe in the wake of the September 11 attacks, magistrates told AFP. French investigators now believe that after key testimonies from a handful of well placed members of bin Laden's al-Qaeda network the exiled Saudi extremist's secret organisation in Europe is unravelling fast. Since his arrest in Paris last Monday 27-year-old Yacine Aknouche has revealed his links with several al-Qaeda suspects including "shoe-bomber" Richard Reid and Zacarias Moussaoui, the alleged "20th...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid nippy autumn air and a gathering of Halloween ghosts and goblins, most of the nation is preparing to set clocks back an hour with the return of standard time. The clocks change officially at 2 a.m. Sunday, but most people will do it before going to bed Saturday night. That shifts an hour of light from evening to morning as trick-or-treaters make their rounds Sunday night. Daylight-saving time returns the first Sunday in April 2005.

What can suck up an hour faster than an unexpected catnap? Daylight Savings Time (DST), of course. Daylight Savings officially started for Alabamians at 2 a.m. this morning, which means everyone should have advanced their clocks and hour, or at least do so right now. Typically, DST begins for most of the United States at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of April. Time reverts back to standard time at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. However, in the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time. The idea of manipulating the clock to our advantage has...

Just a FRiendly Reminder. This weekend, we turn our clock one hour ahead to take advantage of Daylight Savings time. Those of you in Arizona, Hawaii, and most of Indiana, never mind.

Al-Qaida terror plot foiled, say French police Jon Henley in Paris Monday January 12, 2004 The Guardian (UK) The French police are convinced that their country has escaped a planned chemical or biological attack by an Islamist cell linked to al-Qaida. An interior ministry official said evidence from Islamist militants arrested in the Lyon area last week made it "very plain" that an attack with the deadly botulism or ricin toxins was being actively prepared. The eight suspects arrested on Tuesday were mainly relatives of Menad Benchellali, the son of a radical imam in the Lyon suburb of Venisseux, who...

An Islamic terrorist cell was poised to launch biological or chemical attacks in France and possibly Britain last year, say French police. They were ready to use the deadly toxins ricin and botulism. French magistrates were expected last night to launch an official investigation into six suspects, five of whom were arrested last week in the Lyon area. Information from the group confirmed that an attack was "on the verge of being launched" last year. Investigators are examining if there is a link between the findings and a small amount of ricin seized in Britain last January, he said. France's...

Six suspected Islamic extremists including the imam of a Lyon area mosque were due to appear before anti-terrorist judges here amid allegations they knew about plans for a chemical attack in France in 2002. Chellali Benchellali, an imam in the Lyon suburb of Venissieux, his wife Hafsa, his son Hafed and two others were detained last week in a series of raids near the eastern city. The sixth suspect was detained southeast of Paris. They were taken into custody as part of a 2002 probe ordered by Paris anti-terrorist judges into a so-called "Chechen network" of Islamic radicals with links...

Father of Guantanamo Bay Detainee Held Tuesday January 6, 2004 11:46 PM By JEAN-BAPTISTE LABEUR Associated Press Writer LYON, France (AP) - An Islamic cleric whose son is being held at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was among seven people detained by French security agents Tuesday as part of an investigation into suspected terror networks. The imam, Chellali Benchellali, was arrested at his home in the tough Minguettes high-rise neighborhood of Venissieux, a suburb of the southeastern city of Lyon, said a lawyer for the family. Attorney Jacques Debray said the imam's wife and one of his sons,...

Terror suspect linked to Afghan assassination October 28, 2003 - 9:11AM A Frenchman under investigation in Australia and France for possible terrorist activities was also suspected of links to the assassination of an Afghan leader, authorities said. Willie Virgile Brigitte, 35, is in custody in a Paris area jail where he is being held on suspicion of association with a terror group, French police and justice officials said. Investigations are under way in France and Australia into Brigitte's alleged links to the al-Qaeda terror network, French officials said today. A judicial official said that Brigitte was also suspected of running...

PARIS, July 4: After many months of hesitation, France's DST (Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire, the French FBI) is proclaiming that Osama bin Laden is alive and well, and living on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan , at least according to a high-level intelligence operative. According to the high-level DST operative cited by Le Figaro, "Bin Laden has indeed been able to move about regularly, although in a highly-protected fashion, within networks or tribes which we know ourselves to be practically inpenetratable and where he is known to be in great security." "And, as these are the same tribes which...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq switches to daylight-saving time at midnight Thursday, moving clocks forward one hour. That will put Iraq nine hours ahead of New York and 12 hours ahead of Los Angeles -- but only until Sunday morning, when the United States switches to daylight-saving time. After that, Iraq will again be eight hours ahead of the eastern United States. Other Persian Gulf countries where coalition troops are based for the war on Iraq, including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar, do not change the time for summer. Elsewhere in the region, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iran...