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It's Time to Dethrone "The King of Amnesty"(Give Congressman Cannon the Voters Pink Slip) By Jan Herron Jun 22, 2006, 11:44 Congressman Chris Cannon of Utah has shown absolutely no leadership whatever on the matter of immigration reform. During previous campaigns, we've heard "...if elected, I'll do it" or "...you are absolutely right about this issue and if elected, I will take a stand." Fast forward to his swearing-in day plus 6 months, and he has earned his failing grade, fair and square. For those who may not yet know, Cannon was an "honored guest" at the national conference of...

9/11 Families for a Secure America Endorse John Jacob NEWS RELEASE June 23, 2006 Orem, UT – June 23, 2006 – Today, the Committee to Elect John Jacob announced the endorsement of 9/11 Families for a Secure America for John Jacob. Peter Gadiel, President of 9/11 Families for a Secure America and father of James Gadiel, age 23, World Trade Center, North Tower, 103rd floor, authored the letter written to endorse John Jacob from the 9/11 Families for a Secure America organization, an organization which all lost family members in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. “We, who have...

He is not a criminal, says Adams Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams yesterday stood by alleged former IRA chief Thomas "Slab" Murphy. The businessman, whose farm is at the centre of a police probe into a multi-million pound smuggling operation, has been wrongly demonised, he claimed. Mr Adams said: "Tom Murphy is not a criminal. He is a good republican." Murphy's sprawling estate, straddling the Irish border, was among 15 properties searched yesterday during police raids planned in Belfast and Dublin. Around £200,000 in cash, 30,000 cigarettes, 8,000 litres of fuel and weapons were all seized in the offensive against...

PROVO — A Brigham Young University assistant professor has resigned after being arrested Thursday night for investigation into allegations that he taped and watched pornographic videos of a 14-year-old girl on his computer. The 63-year-old man is being investigated for sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony, and voyeurism, a class-A misdemeanor, after Provo police found a video clip of a girl undressing on a laptop computer belonging to BYU. The Deseret Morning News does not name arrested persons until charges are filed. Acting on a tip, Provo police approached the man at his home and took him to...

Detroit is the most liberal U.S. city while Provo, Utah, is the most conservative, a study of voting patterns indicates.The list was compiled by the Bay Area Center for Voting Research in California through an examination of voting in 237 U.S. cities with populations of more than 100,000."Detroit and Provo epitomize America's political, economic and racial polarization," BACVR Director Jason Alderman said in a release Thursday. "As the most conservative city in America, Provo is overwhelmingly white and solidly middle class. This is in stark contrast to Detroit, which is impoverished, black and the most liberal." Gary, Ind., was found...

PROVO - There is a new coffee shop in town, but it's no Starbucks. The entry is framed with little white Christmas lights, there are half-a-dozen couches to go along with a few tables, and the walls are yellow, red, green and purple. Opposite a faux-brick wall there is a wall dedicated to nonsense. "Girls are like ladders," one customer wrote. Another scribbled: "I love yellow people." It's all the same to owner Christin Johnson. She's just happy the people who jotted down the messages wanted to stick around in her Vermillion Skies De-cafe and Lounge long enough to pen...

Bullet through both hands is latest atrocity by IRA By David Lister THEY call it the “Padre Pio”, but even by the sinister standards of Belfast punishment beatings it is particularly grotesque. At least three teenagers are known to have fallen victim to the IRA’s latest mutilation technique: with their hands tied together as if in prayer, they are shot through both palms with a single bullet from point-blank range. Named after the stigmata of Christ’s wounds from the Cross, the punishment is designed to teach a lesson to youths who dare to stand up and challenge their local IRA...

Cannon glides to primary victory By Tad Walch Deseret Morning News PROVO — The irony of where their respective campaigns met on primary election night wasn't lost on either candidate in the 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday night. Incumbent Rep. Chris Cannon's supporters watched results pour in at the Hampton Inn in Provo while Matt Throckmorton's backers did the same from a Hampton Inn in Orem. A few miles on I-15 were all that separated the gatherings, and only a handful of key issues separated the candidates in the Republican primary. Otherwise, they were nearly identical ideological twins. Their differences...

PROVO -- Patriotism was on parade in downtown Provo Friday as thousands at America's Freedom Festival reaffirmed their faith in God and country. Organizers of the festival's July Fourth parade made good on their pledge to make the Guinness Book of World Records, as hundreds of Boy Scouts joined conservative commentator Sean Hannity at 9:11 a.m. -- symbolic of Sept. 11 -- to lead the estimated 300,000 paradegoers in the largest-ever mass Pledge of Allegiance. "We love you, Sean; we're glad you are here," Spanish Fork sister-in-laws Aimee and Jerilee Swenson screamed as Hannity was chauffeured down the parade route...

This is a call for anyone who is sick and tired of the Anti War protests going on in our country. It is time to show our support. This Saturday (3/29) there is going to be a support the troops rally in Provo, UT at ten o'clock in front of the City Center building. (Corner of Center street and Univeristy Avenue) Bring yellow ribbons, flags, and posters to show support. The bigger the better. I am trying to news coverage to aid in our cause.

Wildfire erupts in Provo foothills CALEB WARNOCK The Daily Herald on Monday, July 01 PROVO -- Nightfall over Utah Valley revealed a forest of glowing embers on the mountainside above the south end of Provo on Sunday, as Utah County's first major wildfire consumed more than 350 acres with no end in sight, said Mike Bledsoe, Provo area fire chief. "We received a call at approximately 7:20 this evening and we had a report of a fire off State Street (along the old Springville Highway)," he said. The blaze began within Provo city limits in the foothills just above State...