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A mother who shocked America by drowning her five children in the bathtub may be freed by the end of the year, according to her lawyer. Andrea Yates systematically murdered her children, aged between six months and seven years, at her suburban Clear Lake, Texas, home ten years ago today. She then dialled 911 and told the first police officer who arrived at the house: 'I just killed my kids.'

New development in California needs to be designed from the start to conserve electricity and water, decrease driving time, improve air quality and promote a sustainable lifestyle, according to a landmark study of the state's future growth. Vision California, the state's first major planning document in almost 30 years, was released Wednesday. Growth should focus not on increasing suburban sprawl but instead on creating compact development in already established cities, the report says. Bringing commuters closer to their jobs, its authors argue, can help Californians drive 3.7 trillion fewer miles and save 140 billion gallons of gasoline by 2050. "The...

The American Suburbia is identified as the main battleground for the 2010 elections. The GOP strategists feel they have a chance to steal the heart of the folks living in metropolitan areas but outside central cities. There are few factors that make the recession hit the suburban voters pretty hard. The census migration analysis shows that the suburban residents are less likely to move comparing to the central city crowd that is generally younger and with lower home ownership rates. So in time of recession when the mobility is often the key to finding a job the suburban voters...

It's a big name for a big truck... deservedly celebrating its impressive lineage. Chevrolet rolled out the 2010 Suburban 75th Anniversary Diamond Edition model at the Chicago Auto Show specially commemorating 75 years of family hauling (making it the longest running nameplate in the industry). The decked-out SUV, limited to just 2,570 units (apparently, GM is limited by the amount of White Diamond paint it can procure), is identified by its White Diamond Tricoat exterior paint and Cashmere interior.

In June we got peek at Obama’s plans to destroy America’s white middle class suburbs. Now we have new evidence Obama is using race to turn America into the socialist gulag in his dreams for America. The first plan unveiled the idea of the federal government demolishing large sections of Flint Michigan and Detroit and relocating their residents to middle class suburbs. Today comes another plan to flood traditional Republican suburbs with exactly the people these middle class Americans moved away from. No place to run The Department of Housing and Urban Development has been changed into the Department of...

Republican presidential nominee John McCain has a slight edge over Democratic rival Barack Obama among suburban voters, drawing his strongest support from men and affluent married couples with children, according to a new poll released yesterday. Overall, 48 percent of suburban voters said they supported McCain, compared with 42 percent for Obama, according to the poll conducted for Hofstra's National Center for Suburban Studies. The spiraling economic decline ranked as their chief concern in the presidential election and their personal lives: 46 percent said it is the issue they most want to hear the candidates discuss, while 49 percent reported...

Ancient petroglyphs lie amidst suburban sprawl By BRANDON LOOMIS Salt Lake Tribune 2007-12-24 00:00:00 ST. GEORGE, Utah -- An ancient 40-ton jungle gym of sorts, the massive burnt umber boulder anchors a neighborhood park and beckons suburban kids to clamber over its mysterious Anasazi etchings. And climb aboard they do, sometimes even attempting to scratch their own marks before the adults run them off, neighbors say. Archaeologists typically warn against even smudging natural skin oils on the chiseled drawings or the rock's natural mineral glaze so they won't slowly melt away. "I've climbed on it," acknowledged Melissa Cornwall, whose in-laws...

(Sept. 19) - Adopted two days after her first birthday, Sarah Culberson grew up the youngest daughter in a close-knit family from Morgantown, W.Va. She was surrounded by love in her home, but always wondered about her roots. Searching to unlock the secrets of her past, at age 22, Culberson began searching for her birth parents. She quickly learned that her mom had died a dozen years earlier from cancer. Culberson was crushed. A few years later, a private investigator helped her locate her birth father, along with an unbelievable surprise. Culberson wasn't an average suburban girl -- she was...

Doug From Upland's siting Arianna Huggington and Al Gore exiting large vehicles at a conference on the environment in San Francisco has set the blogs afire. But there are legitimate uses for large vehicles. Really there are. The I just don't think one person driving the LA freeways in one because the want to win a collision contest at the expense of the unfortunate person they might collide with isn't one. Neither is having bigger, always spinning wheels than your neighbor. Neither is because you get a tax writeoff for a vehicle you use only for commuting and driving to...

She walked right by me. I ran to borrow a camera. From across the street, I caught Arianna Huffington in the Chevy Suburban that brought her to and from the airport. She was keynote speaker last Sunday at the Sierra Club Summit at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. It's a dark photo, but there is no doubt that it is her. It has been admitted by the editor of the Huffington Post. Arianna, of course, blames the Sierra Club for providing this ride for her. Gee, Arianna, if you were upset, you didn't have to get in the vehicle....

Previous posts in the continuing soap opera -- ARIANNA SUBURBAN STORY PROVEN TRUE For Arianna - DRIVING MISS DAISY For Algore - BEEP BEEP ORIGINAL REPORT ARIANNA FOLLOW UP PHOTO THREAD ALGORE DECIDED ON THE CADILLAC ESCALADE ================================================================== You know you are in trouble when someone on the left and someone on the right are tag teaming to bust your chops. Poor Arianna Huffington. If only a spy hadn't been at the Sierra Club Summit. The person on the left is Mr. KABC, who has a 9pm to midnight show in KABC in Los Angeles -- www.kabc.com. You know how...

ORIGINAL REPORT PHOTO COMMENT THREAD Arianna's environmentally friendly ride parked across the street waiting for her. MIDI - DRIVING MISS DAISY We must save the planet, Arianna says She spoke to the Greenies and beat up the prez SUVs are awful, that is what she writes She will be conserving with all of her might She's green...Arianna's green She's green...the enviro queen San Franciscans got a big surprise They could not believe what they saw with their eyes A Suburban had whisked her away People never thought that they'd see that day Ha, ha...that hypocrite Hey, Arianna, you are...

Suburban streets in the grip of feral youths, says police chief By Nigel Bunyan (Filed: 18/05/2005) Feral youths are running wild in suburban streets with no fear of either the police or the criminal justice system, a senior police officer said yesterday. Chief Supt David Baines, of Greater Manchester police, spoke out as Phil Carroll, 48, continued to fight for his life after being attacked by a gang of youths he had confronted in an alleyway behind his home.Mr Carroll, from Lower Broughton, Salford, gave chase to the gang when one of them threw a stone that hit his car....

My wife and I are looking to move to the South, where should we go? We were born and raised in the streets of NYC, but have come to apprecaite the kind of living the South affords. We love the South's history, culture, and way of life. We're thinking about LA, AL, MS, FL and/or TX. We want to be in a coastal area where we can enjoy the water. We want to live near a city that has good eating, fun, and lots of things to do. We don't want to get caught up in too much backwoods mentality...

WHEN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, businessman Howard Dahl boards a plane for the East Coast or flies to Europe and beyond, he is often struck by the views of the people he encounters, especially their preconceptions about his part of the country. "There's a lot of condescension. You'd think no one here ever read a book," Dahl says, "or ever had a thought about anything. They think we're religious fanatics."To Dahl, a successful international exporter of agricultural technology, this contempt is sometimes hard to understand. A devout Christian who spent three years at a Lutheran seminary, he comes from an increasingly...

WASHINGTON — The center of the Republican presidential coalition is moving toward the distant edges of suburbia. In last month’s election, President Bush carried 97 of the nation’s 100 fastest-growing counties, most of them ‘‘exurban" communities that are rapidly transforming farmland into subdivisions and shopping malls on the periphery of major metropolitan areas. Together, these fast-growing communities provided Bush a punishing 1.72 million-vote advantage over Democrat John F. Kerry, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis of election results. That was almost half the president’s total margin of victory. ‘‘These exurban counties are the new Republican areas, and they will...

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The Boston Fog ReportAn ongoing examination of John Kerry’s “nuances and shades of gray in both foreign and domestic policy.” (Editorial, “A Primary Endorsement,” The New York Times, 2/26/04)for·a·gainst adverb. 1. To be both for and against something at the same time: e.g. “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.” (Glen Johnson, “Kerry Blasts Bush On Protecting Troops,” The Boston Globe, 3/17/04) "When John Kerry was in Michigan, he said he owned a 'big' Suburban. When he was at an Earth Day rally, he said he didn't own any SUVs. Yesterday, he reverted...

Suburban wives arm themselves against terror By David Rennie in Chantilly (Filed: 31/05/2003) It is midweek night at the Blue Ridge Arsenal and Ginger Wright, passionate gun owner and professional shooting coach, cannot seem to hit the centre of the target. Ginger Wright takes aim on the shooting range "I'm shooting in heels," she says with a laugh. "I don't usually shoot in heels." She steadies her .45 calibre Sig Sauer once more and the spent cartridges fly. Mrs Wright is shooting in a smart blue business suit, a pink blouse and heels. At her feet sits a canvas holdall...

'What would Jesus drive?' gas-guzzling Americans are asked Oliver Burkeman in New York Thursday November 14, 2002 The Guardian The midwestern United States, equally devout in its worship of God as in its worship of gas-guzzling four-wheel-drive vehicles, is about to be asked to choose between the two. "What Would Jesus Drive?" is the slogan dominating a television advertising campaign about to blanket cities in Iowa, Indiana and Missouri, along with the southern state of North Carolina. The question presumably did not arise in first-century Galilee, but the Christian group behind the ads believes the answer would not include...