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Public officials in Minnesota had been warned that increasing truck traffic from international trade was placing an undue stress on the state's transportation infrastructure, including specific warnings concerning the now-collapsed bridge over the Mississippi on Interstate 35W in Minneapolis. As WND reported, a Federal Highway Administration study begun in 1998 warned increased NAFTA truck traffic would endanger Minnesota bridges along I-35.

Evidence of increasing international trade truck traffic on Interstate 35 through Minnesota raises concerns that NAFTA Superhighway traffic contributed to last week's collapse of the freeway bridge in Minneapolis.

I am very saddened by the loss of Bella Abzug. She contributed a great deal to New York City through her life and career. I know all New Yorkers will join with me to offer condolences, support and prayers to her family."

Pro-Life Groups Say President Bush's Record Strong, Deserves Re-Electionby Maria GallagherLifeNews.com Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2004 Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- While the Democratic presidential candidates compete to gain the title of "most pro-abortion," pro-life groups say President Bush has built a solid record on life issues and deserves to be re-elected to another four years.A number of pro-life leaders believe that voters are largely unaware of the Presidential record on life issues. In fact, some argue that, in terms of his accomplishments, George W. Bush may be the most pro-life president of the post-Roe era."President Bush has stood firm in his...

“Pro-choice” Catholic politicians support abortion mostly for political reasons. The U.S. bishops say this is unacceptable. So why do they accept it? “Do you know what the Negro is?” Leander H. Perez once asked in 1965. “Animals right out [of] the jungle. Passion. Welfare. Easy life. That’s the Negro.” As a state judge and political boss of Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana, Perez was able to enforce his racist views on the county’s 3,000 to 4,000 African-American residents. Because of him, black people essentially couldn’t vote, get decent housing, or even mix with whites. Yet for decades Perez was in full...

  29 April 2003Volume 5/ Number 13 Dear Colleague: In Africa, nearly 6 out of 10 victims of HIV/AIDS are women. Why does the disease disproportionately strike African women? Because, say the gender feminists at the United Nations, they are powerless to refuse sex with HIV-positive men. We disagree with this ideologically-motivated assessment. We believe that the targeting of women and girls for invasive contraceptive, sterilization and abortion procedures by so-called Sexual and Reproductive Health programs is largely responsible. Steven W. MosherPresident African Women and AIDS An examination of HIV/AIDS statistics by region and by gender reveals a curious anomaly....

Dolly is dead, and the reasons why should be a death blow to human cloning. The world's first cloned sheep was put out of her misery Feb. 14, after premature aging and disease marred her short existence and raised questions about the practicality of copying life. As the 277th attempt to clone a sheep, Dolly lived just six years -- only half her breed's life expectancy -- before a progressive lung disease forced her to be mercifully killed. She suffered from arthritis at an unusually young age, and research pointed to premature ageing, leading scientists to say cloning techniques were...

Some object to UWT graduation speaker David Wickert; The News Tribune Some University of Washington Tacoma students are upset that the lawyer who successfully argued Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court will be this year's commencement speaker. Sarah Weddington is a former Texas legislator, a former Carter administration official and an author who speaks frequently on effective leadership. But to concerned UW students, she will always be associated with the controversial 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion. And they worry her speech will politicize a ceremony meant to honor their hard work and accomplishments. "We're faced with...

Washington News Physician criticized by women's groups named to FDA panel The Associated Press12/25/02 7:09 PM WASHINGTON (AP) -- A physician who has been criticized for his views on birth control was named to a Food and Drug Administration panel on women's health policy. Dr. W. David Hager, a University of Kentucky obstetrician-gynecologist, was among 11 physicians appointed Tuesday to the FDA's Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs. Hager has questioned the safety of the abortion pill, RU-486, and acknowledges he is anti-abortion. Abortion-rights activists are concerned about Hager's appointment because he participated in a Christian Medical Association campaign this...

<p>SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- The chairman of President Bush's bioethics council demanded a public apology from Stanford University, accusing the school of trying to conceal the nature of its stem cell research and mischaracterizing the bioethics council's views.</p> <p>Stanford has said its new cancer institute will conduct stem cell research using nuclear transfer techniques -- work that many consider to be cloning of human cells. However, Stanford said the characterization of its work as cloning is wrong because the institute won't create human embryos, just cells.</p>

Meet Bill Frist –heir to Lott throneSenator championed confirmationof pro-abortion Satcher, fights fat Posted: December 19, 20029:30 p.m. Eastern By Joseph Farah© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON – Everyone knows Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., is the upper house's only physician. But who is this man who appears likely to become the next Senate majority leader? Opponents of abortion on demand are likely to be deeply disappointed. While Trent Lott, R-Miss., had promised to bring to the floor for a quick, early vote a bill restricting partial-birth abortion, Frist championed the nomination by President Clinton of former Surgeon General David Satcher, a fervent supporter of...

LifeSite Daily News Monday December 16, 2002 KISSINGER WITHDRAWS FROM 9/11 PROBE Pro-abortion Kean named instead WASHINGTON, December 16, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Henry Kissinger withdrew as head of the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks this weekend after it became clear that his multimillion-dollar consulting business, Kissinger Associates, includes Middle Eastern clients who might have come under commission scrutiny. According to a Dec. 17 Newsmax story "critics said Kissinger was stepping aside because he was not prepared to make public the list of his lucrative contracts, including many with foreign governments and other overseas entities". There has been...

PRESIDENT BUSH SURPRISES PRO-LIFE LEADERS BY SELECTING KISSINGER FOR 9-11 POST Kissinger Strongly Implicated in Population Control and Abortion WASHINGTON, November 29, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) - U.S. President George W. Bush announced Wednesday that he had selected former secretary of state Henry Kissinger as chairman of a new independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks. Pro-life leaders were surprised by the selection given the President's aversion to coercive abortion and Kissinger's close association with it. President Bush was praised by the pro-life community internationally for his defunding of the United Nations Population Fund due to their association with the forced...