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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The FBI is searching the office of California state Sen. Ron Calderon but is not disclosing the reason for the investigation. Laura Eimiller, the spokeswoman for the FBI office in Los Angeles, said the warrants were served about 3 p.m. Tuesday and that agents were still inside the Capitol in the evening. She would not disclose the target of the search warrants, but Senate Chief Sergeant-at-Arms Tony Beard told The Associated Press it was Calderon.

Sorry about the vanity, but I’ve been thinking about this for several days. I have mostly democrat family members. The problem is that they are not liberal. Things they say and post prove that they are conservative in thought, but (unlike me who saw the light) still believe they are democrats. They only pay attention during election cycles and get all their political information from the LSM and late night comedians. Here is a list of what I came up with. You might be a conservative (or republican) if…..You believe that a “woman’s right to choose” ends after she chooses...

Sorry for the vanity, but I know there has to be some Freepers with the knowledge I need. What happened is that I was informed on Wednesday that my position with my bank branch was being eliminated (I've been there 4 years). I was given the option to transfer to another branch with (for now) the same days/hours. HR admitted that just because right now they were willing to give me the same hours, doesn't mean that they will be in the future. My problem is that even with the same hours, I do not want to transfer to this...

Earthquake in southern California. Felt it pretty good in Fullerton

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco is launching a new campaign tonight to tell illegal immigrants they're welcome in the city. San Francisco is a so-called sanctuary city. What that means exactly-- and how officials are getting the word out. The city's message will appear on TV, radio, posters and brochures in five languages. The extensive outreach campaign will be directed at undocumented workers and their families in San Francisco. "We're going to spend resources, time and energy to do PSA's, to do campaign outreach into community clinics, into public schools, into our police stations to let people know what...

DANA POINT - A suspected bank robber led police on a freeway car chase Friday afternoon from Anaheim 35 miles south to the Dana Point Harbor before shooting himself in the head while horrified witnesses watched from a distance.The suspect, believed to be the man police had dubbed the “Armada Bandit,” was wanted in connection with at least a dozen bank robberies in Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego counties, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.The FBI’s Los Angeles office listed him among the area’s top eight “most wanted” bandits. He earned the “Armada Bandit” nickname because he was known to...

LAS VEGAS — A co-defendant in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery case told a judge Monday he would plead guilty to a felony and testify against Simpson and four others in the hotel room theft of sports collectibles from two memorabilia dealers.The plea agreement with Charles Cashmore, 40, of Las Vegas, ups the ante in the prosecution of Simpson. Cashmore can testify that guns were involved in the Sept. 13 confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas casino hotel room, his lawyer said.

A lunchtime pro-America demonstration by Vintage High students turned into a tense verbal clash Monday, as Anglo and Latino students taunted each other. In one case, two female students got into a fight. The demonstration in Vintage High's back parking lot was organized by Anglo students. About 30 teens came together around several pick-up trucks, proudly waving American flags and blasting country music. The demonstration angered some Latino students, who banded together and confronted the others. According to Vintage Principal Eric Schneider, about 50 students were involved, and there were many spectators. "It's unfortunate, this was supposed to be a...

"Don't Close Your Blinds!" The other day, my nine year old son wanted to know why we were at war. My husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My husband and I were in the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to serve and defend our Country again today. I knew that my husband would give him a good explanation. My husband thought for a few minutes and then told my son to go stand in our front living room window. He told him: "Son, stand there and tell me what you see?"...

First of all let me say I am sorry if this letter will offend any of you but it is heavy on my heart and has been for quite a while so please forgive me if my opinion offends any of you. As the Mother of a Marine now fighting DAILY in Iraq I have to tell you how I feel and why the thought of Kerry getting elected frightens me beyond anyone's imagination. I am a Mother, and President Bush is our son's Commander in Chief. Some of you may disagree but I for one believe President Bush is...

Please note that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union (please refer to the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of 1848). We Texans love y'all, but we'll have to take action if Kerry wins as president over Bush. We'll miss you too. Texas has given all those complainers plenty of time to get used to the results. After seeing the whiners along the campaign route, the folks from Texas are considering taking matters into our own hands. Here is our solution: #1: Let John Kerry become President of the United tates. (all 49 states.) #2:...

Sept. 5, 2003 -- The FDA has given its blessing to Seasonale, the first extended-cyle birth control pill. For women who dread their monthly period, there's no better news - the pill promises to cut the number of women's periods to four times a year. Seasonale, produced by Barr Laboratories, has 84 "active" birth control pills followed by seven days of placebo. Voila! A seasonal period -- four times a year. Seasonale will hit the market at the end of October, according to its manufacturer. Actually, women have been doing this for decades, says Paul Norris, MD, a professor of...

Until it was invaded by the United States for refusing to disarm, Iraq was slated to co-chair a United Nations conference – on disarmament. Meanwhile, Muammar Qaddafi’s Libya has taken its seat as the new head of the UN Commission on Human Rights.Sound like the setup to a particularly ironic joke? It’s not. It’s true. At the UN, the irony is always unintended.Other members of the UN Commission on Human Rights, for instance, include Zimbabwe, Algeria, Sudan, China and Vietnam. Brutal despotisms all, these are countries with no authority to criticize anyone else’s human rights record. And that may be...

Traditionally, bells have tolled as a warning of danger. On January 1st this year, millions of Australians participated in the "ringing of the bells", marking the beginning of Centenary of Federation celebrations. Bells in halls, churches, towns and suburbs chimed in unison. Few realised the ironic significance of this event. The bells that chimed in celebration might just have easily been ringing out a chilling warning – that freedom in Australia is coming to an end.1 This article examines how rights and freedoms that were once the cornerstone of Australian nationhood have been stripped away by creeping and insidious bureaucratic ...

Only here. Where our Founding Fathers tried so hard to protect and defend us from every conceivable danger to the Constitution, every conceivable danger to our freedom and every conceivable hazard to our then unique way of life. They failed. Under our present system of governance, we elect people to represent our interests. We have the right to vote them out of office in the event they do not protect those interests. We don't. Instead, we allow them, our elected officials, to walk all over us, all over our liberty, all over our rights and our freedom. We do that. ...

Dear Friends, It would cost about $800,000 to place the following full-page ad in every newspaper in America next Sunday. If only all Americans would read this information, what a different world it would be... Share a copy with your daughters, nieces, sisters, cousins, mothers, aunts, grandmothers, friends, teachers, school administrators, school nurses, physicians... Bruce Friedrich of PETA gets credit for having written this column. The original appears on their award-winning website: http://milksucks.com/osteo.html "The myth that osteoporosis is caused by calcium deficiency was created to sell dairy products and calcium supplements. There's no truth to it. American women are among ...

The 'prisoner of Chappaqua' wanders alone through the empty rooms of his suburban estate. Abandoned by his so-called friends, deserted by his wife, the man who was once the leader of the most powerful country in the world now has only his dog and a faithful retainer for company. So emerges a portrait of Bill Clinton in political exile. Barely six weeks after leaving the White House, the former President of the United States of America struggles to escape the scandals that continue to haunt him. Reports suggest that he struggles even to make a telephone call. After eight years ...

The Internet hangs in the balance - Gore's policies would lay waste to cyberspace. A few weeks back, Al Gore, mocking his own penchant for hyperbole, bantered with David Letterman's "Late Show" audience: "I gave you the Internet--and I can take it away." This is no joke. While Republicans waste time with captious critiques of the straight-arrow Gore's credibility and character, the real threat posed by the Democratic candidate is utterly ignored. Mr. Gore's policies would impose an energy, tax and regulatory garrote on the Internet. The Kyoto Treaty alone would be devastating to the Net. At a time when ...

My sources tell me that high ranking IDF officers are seriously considering the overthrow of Barak. The scenario described to me is the following: When the PLO first ordered its police and peasants to attack IDF soldiers, Barak issued a command unheard of in any army: soldiers were to wait until fired on to retaliate. Despite years of politically obedient appointments, many in the IDF's high command were highly unhappy with Barak's policy, believing it would lead to Israeli casualties and a prolonging of the conflict. These officers became increasingly frustrated when forbidden to use force to save a soldier ...

President Clinton Released 30 Million Gallons Of Crude To Lower Prices But As Little As One-Third Of The Oil May Actually Get To The U.S. Big Oil Companies May Divert It To The European Market NEW YORK (CBS) - President Bill Clinton said he released oil from the country's strategic reserve to help Americans get through the winter months, but most of the newly-released oil may never heat American homes, CBS Crude oil prices did drop, two weeks ago, when President Clinton released 30 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Now, though, the Energy Department admits that ...