As Senate Immigration Bill Stalls, ACLU Calls for Much-Needed Fixes (Calls to turkey)

As Senate Immigration Bill Stalls, ACLU Calls for Much-Needed Fixes
American Civil Liberties Union - WASHINGTON - As legislation to reform the nation s immigration laws stalled in the Senate today, the American Civil Liberties Union urged lawmakers to modify that legislation to better protect privacy, judicial review and due process rights

Legal Battle Delays Wireless 911
WKOW TV - After years of planning, Dane County finally has Wireless 911 in place. It's technology that lets police pinpoint exactly where you are the instant you call 911 from your cell phone. But the service has hit a snag. The hold-up has to do with the

Activist Calls for AIDS Research Sharing
Harvard Crimson - South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat urged Harvard Friday to make its HIV research and intellectual property more available for public use. For too long we have allowed our science to remain within the walls of academic institutions, he

Detroit shuts schools, seeks $1.5B bond
Detroit News - DETROIT -- The city's schools are losing thousands of students and have closed dozens of buildings, but administrators may soon pitch a construction bond for close to $1.5 billion. With a newly elected board in place and a $1.57 billion bond approved

Treasure Island
Nation - Foreign in much more than language, alien in far more than setting, the Iranian production Iron Island interrupts the assumptions of Euro-American cinema much as a rock interrupts a window. See the effect on my categories of thought: I cannot tell

Today's Editorial
Salina Journal - Oh, great. The U.S. Congress is considering new demands on local law enforcement but without reimbursing local taxpayers for the expense. These unfunded mandates, as they are called, are nothing new. Consider Congress No Child Left Behind

Long-lost gospel of Judas recasts 'traitor'
USA Today - Lost for centuries and bound for controversy, the so-called gospel of Judas was unveiled by scholars Thursday. With a plot twist worthy of The Da Vinci Code , the gospel 13 papyrus sheets bound in leather and found in a cave in Egypt purports

GM's Feisty CEO Fights Back Against Critics
MSNBC - Wagoner: Completely. Because I know in the end all of us are going to be judged on accomplishments, whether we address is sues and take advantage of opportunities. And I think we re moving on both fronts frankly pretty well. So I feel very

Alec Baldwin Calls Bush/Cheney a Trust Fund Puppet and his
News Busters - In my last post about outspoken and unbelievably liberal actor Alec Baldwin, I kindly asked him to e-mail me when he wrote anything at Huff-n-Puff. Sadly, he hasn t yet heeded my request. Regardless, his post on Sunday, once again and true to form

Brady calls for ambulance referendum
Pantagraph - McLean County voters should be asked in a referendum whether they would support a small property tax increase to create a countywide ambulance district, State Rep. Dan Brady said. Brady, R-Bloomington, said he has no idea whether the idea would fly