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Ever since the 1992 election, books about President Clinton have become a virtual cottage industry in conservative circles. With titles like High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Slick Willie, and Legacy, conservative writers have made the case for President Clinton’s impeachment, thoroughly researched his background, and critiqued his Presidency. Indeed, many would conclude that there would be scarcely enough room on the shelf for another title about President Clinton. However, with the paperback version of President Clinton’s memoirs set to hit bookstores in early June, World Ahead Publishing has recently released Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine by Candice...

Message to the Republican base: Howard Dean, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, says he's coming after you. In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Dean said Democrats are "reaching out all over the place, speaking to all kinds of people - and he specifically mentioned evangelicals and Catholics. "I've been to 18 states. Of those, eight of them have been red states," Dean said. "We're trying to get our message out everywhere. We are going to go after the Republican -- what they think is the Republican base. We're going to go after red...

SACRAMENTO - State Sen. Jim Battin, R-La Quinta, said Tuesday that he is being investigated by the state Fair Political Practices Commission in connection with donations to his campaign committees. In a statement, Battin said he was cooperating with commission officials. He blamed the inquiry on "bogus complaints" filed by a Democratic colleague. Sen. Mike Machado, D-Linden, was angry at GOP criticism of Machado's fund-raising practices during a tough re-election fight, Battin said. Machado withdrew the complaint last July, Battin said. But that didn't stop the commission's investigation. "I did not attempt to conceal the source of any campaign funds....

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SAN FRANCISCO - Republican strategists who have been savoring the potential impact of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's involvement in several close legislative races must be puzzling over a number of his bill signings. The governor has endorsed and raised money for GOP candidates running for seats in marginal districts that are currently held by Democrats. And while no one believes that Republicans could wrest control of either the Assembly or Senate, even a switch of a few seats in either house could help boost the party's power in Sacramento. So why then did Schwarzenegger sign several bills authored by Democratic Sen....

Britain said on Friday that al Qaeda had targeted parliament and called for an urgent security shake-up after two embarrassing breaches in 24 hours."The security services briefed me some time ago about intelligence they had about al Qaeda operatives in Britain focusing on parliament," said the government's leader in the House of Commons, Peter Hain.

NEW YORK (AP) - The state may suspend driver's licenses for up to 300,000 people, including many illegal immigrants, because their Social Security numbers could not be verified, a top state official said Thursday. Motor Vehicles Department Commissioner Raymond Martinez called the program a matter of homeland security and traffic safety. "The rules must be applied to all, and we must be sure that no document is issued to any individual unless we are certain of that individual's identity," he said, testifying before the state Assembly's transportation committee. The move was condemned by immigrant advocates. "Immigrant workers are not terrorists,"...

A business lobbying group warned Thursday of ``unintended consequences'' if a package of anti-offshoring bills pending in the state Legislature is passed, saying proposed regulations aimed at protecting California jobs and privacy rights could raise the cost of state services to taxpayers and invite retaliation by trading partners. The group, led by the California Chamber of Commerce, did not introduce new data or raise new arguments in the contentious debate over offshoring, which has struck a popular chord in the politics of the 2004 presidential campaign. California is one of more than 30 states that have proposed legislation that would...

A RINO, a PAC, Trial Lawyers, & Bobby Kahn Democrats & Trial Lawyers Work To Unseat Bill Stephens Editor's Note:An anonymous reader submitted the information contained below but we have confirmed what we are told is true. --------------------------------Bubba McDonald's History Contributed $1,000 to Bill Clinton. Contributed $1,000 to Max Cleland in 2002. Ran (and won) PSC seat as a Democrat. Many contributors otherwise support Democrats only. Backed by Trial Lawyers. Only "Republican" included in "Democrat Fundraiser". Sang National Anthem at Democrat State Convention. Financial supporters support John Kerry & National Democrats. $100,000+ in Trial Lawyer money. Democrat Chairman an organizer...

Several yeshiva students, learning at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, found themselves targeted in what apparently was an attempted kidnapping by Arabs from the Galilee. Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Tzfat (Safed), told Arutz-7 that the incident proves the danger from local hostile Arabs to be greater than originally thought. The incident, as reported in the weekly B'sha'ah Tovah magazine, took place several days ago, when a group of yeshiva (seminary) students from America studying in Jerusalem made their way to the Galilee to visit the holy sites in the region. Upon returning very late at night to...

WASHINGTON - When President Bush (news - web sites) visits Cincinnati on Monday, a liberal interest group will air a radio commercial that says "Ohio's economy was humming along" before Bush took office. During former President Clinton (news - web sites)'s appearance Sunday on "60 Minutes," a conservative outfit aired a TV ad that implies support of Bush and says "winning the war on terror demands a president who is willing to fight it." Interest groups are taking a more targeted approach to political advertising than in the past, as they count on local media outlets to help spread their...

Iran Targets United States on Iraq Soil Made In Tehran: The Anti-United States Uprising In Iraq Defector Desribes Iran's Massive Intelligence Operation in Iraq Iranian intelligence has been operating at least 18 covert centers in Iraq, according to a former Iranian official in Tehran's intelligence community.The defector disclosed the first details on Iran's intelligence presence in Iraq and described efforts to target Shiites deemed as aligned with the United States in a nearly $1 Billion effort to prevent the spread of democracy in that Arab country.

Prominent Jews targeted by Muslims and the far Right By Rajeev Syal (Filed: 15/02/2004) Prominent Jews in Britain are being targeted in a wave of anti-Semitic harassment by far-Right and Islamic fundamentalist organisations. The home of Lord Triesman, the former general secretary of the Labour party, has been attacked by Combat 18, the neo-Nazi group. Uri Geller, the Israeli television personality, and Barbara Roche, the former Labour minister, have been the victims of graffiti and hate mail. Uri Geller with graffiti on a fence outside his home The incidents have emerged as police prepare to release figures this week showing...

Saudi intelligence chief targeted by terrorists By Robin Gedye (Filed: 01/01/2004) Three people have been arrested in connection with an attempt to kill a senior Saudi Arabian intelligence officer. The Brigade of the Two Holy Mosques, a radical Islamic group linked to al-Qa'eda, posted a statement on several Islamist websites giving warning that the attack was part of a plan to kill "the infidel imams and soldiers of tyranny". Lt Col Ibrahim al-Dhaleh, a senior member of the Mabahith, the Saudi equivalent of the FBI, escaped unharmed on Monday when a bomb was thrown from a moving car into his...

<p>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sent a jolt through the state's education community Tuesday by suggesting he might propose suspending the constitutional guarantee of minimum school spending to cope with the fiscal crisis.</p> <p>In an interview on CNN's "Inside Politics," Schwarzenegger said he was negotiating with school groups "to help us with this budget crisis ... to maybe have a suspension or to have some relief there so we can pull out of these next two years and pay it back, maybe."</p>

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Thursday ordered federal land managers across the Rockies to look for ways to remove or reduce environmental restrictions on federal lands in order to make way for oil and gas drilling. The new rules issued by Bureau of Land Management Director Kathleen Clarke represent a ramping up of the administration's push to develop several key natural gas fields in the Rocky Mountain West. They order BLM officials to review environmental restrictions, speed up energy projects, streamline environmental restoration and maintain ties with industry. "What it says is make sure the restrictions in place are...

<p>Assemblyman Dario Frommer was listening to debate on a farmworker bill last year when an advocate for the measure accosted him verbally in the back of the Assembly chambers.</p> <p>The Los Angeles Democrat is joining a chorus of legislators demanding a crackdown on increasingly aggressive advocacy.</p>

A UN human rights official said that Israel's "targeted killings" of Palestinian militants could be considered war crimes, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports. The opinion by Antonio Cassesse of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, is being referred to in a petition by Israeli human rights groups to temporarily ban the policy. According to the petition, Israel has killed more than 230 Palestinians in "targeted killings" since September 2000. Cassesse's opinion states that terrorists, who are not part of a formal army, must be treated as civilians unless they are caught in the act of perpetrating a terrorist...

<p>Democratic leaders in the Legislature have complained for years about being left out of key decisions by the state Board of Education. Now, the lawmakers are countering with a package of bills designed to make the board be more responsive to them.</p>

Source: Emory University Health Sciences Center Date: 11/15/2002 Targeted Smallpox Vaccinations Could Be Effective Intervention Against Deliberate Attack Targeted vaccination of the close contacts of infected individuals following a smallpox outbreak could rival the effectiveness of mass vaccination, given a sufficiently high level of immunity within the population, according to a new study by biostatisticians at Emory University. The research is published in the Nov. 15 issue of Science. Since targeted vaccinations would lead to fewer adverse vaccine reactions and would prevent more cases of smallpox per dose of vaccine, a targeted strategy would be desirable given an equally effective...