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new massacare
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--governorsrace0602jun02,0,493461.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
Spitzer vs Faso " no new taxes"
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--governorsrace0602jun02,0,493461.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who has been expected to cruise to re-election, told an audience of thousands at Queens College yesterday that U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer would "put a bullet between the president's eyes if he could get away with it."
Hevesi apologized at a news conference several hours later, saying he had chosen words that were "stupid and moronic" in an attempt to convey his admiration for fellow Democrat Schumer's unflinching criticism of President George W. Bush, a Republican. Hevesi said he called Schumer to express his regrets.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/am-hevesi0602,0,5529329.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines
HARLAN, Ky. -- In the coalfields of eastern Kentucky, it is known as the hoot-owl shift.
In those wee morning hours, when most people in this small eastern Kentucky town are sleeping, miners wearing hard hats, steel-toed boots, and layers of black dust are still at work, deep underground.
With coal prices at record highs, mining companies have been pushing to increase production, adding overnight and weekend shifts and generating more overtime hours for miners who have some of the most physically grueling jobs in the country.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/05/31/mine_deaths_rise_with_coal_price/
Two bombs struck in quick succession at a pet market Friday in Baghdad, killing at least five people and wounding 57, while the leader of al-Qaida urged Sunnis to confront Shiites and ignore calls for national reconciliation.
The explosives were left in bags at the entrance and the center of the al-Ghazil market, where Iraqis can go every Friday to buy dogs, birds, snakes and other animals, Lt. Ahmed Muhammad Ali said.
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/06/02/ap2789620.html
upreme Court limits free speech in workplace for public employees
By David G. Savage
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court restricted the free-speech rights of the nation's 21 million public employees Tuesday, ruling the First Amendment does not protect them from being punished for complaining to managers about possible wrongdoing.
Although government employees have the same rights as other citizens to speak out on controversies of the day, they do not have the right to speak freely inside their offices on matters related to "their official duties," the Supreme Court said in a 5-4 decision.
"When a citizen enters government service, the citizen by necessity must accept certain limitations on his or her freedom," said Justice Anthony Kennedy, rejecting a lawsuit by a Los Angeles County prosecutor.
Lawyers for government whistle-blowers denounced the ruling. They said it could threaten public health and safety.
"In an era of excessive government secrecy, the court has made it easier to engage in a government cover-up by discouraging internal whistle-blowing," said Steven Shapiro, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
However, lawyers for city and state agencies said the decision will prevent routine internal workplace disputes from becoming federal court cases.
Employment attorney Dan Westman said the ruling frees government managers to make necessary personnel actions, such as negative performance reviews or demotions, without fear of frivolous lawsuits.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003029639_scotus31.html
Ursprache' beats 'weltschmerz' to win American spelling bee
By Sam Knight
A 13-year-old girl won America's 79th national spelling competition last night, trotting out the letters of "ursprache"- a technical term for language - in front of millions of viewers on primetime television.
Katharine Close, of New Jersey, came out on top after seven rounds of sudden death spelling, competitively forming words like "tmesis" (putting a word in another one), "izzat" (honour) and "kundalini" (life force in your spine), while her last surviving rival, Finola Mei Hwa Hackett, of Alberta, in Canada, hit back with "poiesis" (the act of making), "koine" (common language) and "tutoyer" (using the "tu" form of address in French) .
The decisive moment, in a final that commentators thought was less emotionally fraught than recent years, came when Hackett stumbled over "weltschmerz" (world weariness), erroneously starting with a "v".
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2208361,00.html
Raid Controversy Has Roots in US Constitution
By Jim Malone
Washington
01 June 2006
Malone report - Download 480k
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A controversy over federal agents raiding the office of a congressman has its roots in the formation of the U.S. Constitution more than 200 years ago.
The controversy involves Congressman William Jefferson, a Democrat from Louisiana.
Jefferson is the subject of a federal bribery investigation that involves the promotion of business interests in West Africa. He denies any wrongdoing.
What has upset members of Congress from both parties is an FBI raid on Congressman Jefferson's Washington office on May 20.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-01-voa49.cfm
new massacare
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--governorsrace0602jun02,0,493461.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
Spitzer vs Faso " no new taxes"
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--governorsrace0602jun02,0,493461.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who has been expected to cruise to re-election, told an audience of thousands at Queens College yesterday that U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer would "put a bullet between the president's eyes if he could get away with it."
Hevesi apologized at a news conference several hours later, saying he had chosen words that were "stupid and moronic" in an attempt to convey his admiration for fellow Democrat Schumer's unflinching criticism of President George W. Bush, a Republican. Hevesi said he called Schumer to express his regrets.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/am-hevesi0602,0,5529329.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines
HARLAN, Ky. -- In the coalfields of eastern Kentucky, it is known as the hoot-owl shift.
In those wee morning hours, when most people in this small eastern Kentucky town are sleeping, miners wearing hard hats, steel-toed boots, and layers of black dust are still at work, deep underground.
With coal prices at record highs, mining companies have been pushing to increase production, adding overnight and weekend shifts and generating more overtime hours for miners who have some of the most physically grueling jobs in the country.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/05/31/mine_deaths_rise_with_coal_price/
Two bombs struck in quick succession at a pet market Friday in Baghdad, killing at least five people and wounding 57, while the leader of al-Qaida urged Sunnis to confront Shiites and ignore calls for national reconciliation.
The explosives were left in bags at the entrance and the center of the al-Ghazil market, where Iraqis can go every Friday to buy dogs, birds, snakes and other animals, Lt. Ahmed Muhammad Ali said.
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/06/02/ap2789620.html
upreme Court limits free speech in workplace for public employees
By David G. Savage
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court restricted the free-speech rights of the nation's 21 million public employees Tuesday, ruling the First Amendment does not protect them from being punished for complaining to managers about possible wrongdoing.
Although government employees have the same rights as other citizens to speak out on controversies of the day, they do not have the right to speak freely inside their offices on matters related to "their official duties," the Supreme Court said in a 5-4 decision.
"When a citizen enters government service, the citizen by necessity must accept certain limitations on his or her freedom," said Justice Anthony Kennedy, rejecting a lawsuit by a Los Angeles County prosecutor.
Lawyers for government whistle-blowers denounced the ruling. They said it could threaten public health and safety.
"In an era of excessive government secrecy, the court has made it easier to engage in a government cover-up by discouraging internal whistle-blowing," said Steven Shapiro, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
However, lawyers for city and state agencies said the decision will prevent routine internal workplace disputes from becoming federal court cases.
Employment attorney Dan Westman said the ruling frees government managers to make necessary personnel actions, such as negative performance reviews or demotions, without fear of frivolous lawsuits.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003029639_scotus31.html
Ursprache' beats 'weltschmerz' to win American spelling bee
By Sam Knight
A 13-year-old girl won America's 79th national spelling competition last night, trotting out the letters of "ursprache"- a technical term for language - in front of millions of viewers on primetime television.
Katharine Close, of New Jersey, came out on top after seven rounds of sudden death spelling, competitively forming words like "tmesis" (putting a word in another one), "izzat" (honour) and "kundalini" (life force in your spine), while her last surviving rival, Finola Mei Hwa Hackett, of Alberta, in Canada, hit back with "poiesis" (the act of making), "koine" (common language) and "tutoyer" (using the "tu" form of address in French) .
The decisive moment, in a final that commentators thought was less emotionally fraught than recent years, came when Hackett stumbled over "weltschmerz" (world weariness), erroneously starting with a "v".
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2208361,00.html
Raid Controversy Has Roots in US Constitution
By Jim Malone
Washington
01 June 2006
Malone report - Download 480k
Listen to Malone report
A controversy over federal agents raiding the office of a congressman has its roots in the formation of the U.S. Constitution more than 200 years ago.
The controversy involves Congressman William Jefferson, a Democrat from Louisiana.
Jefferson is the subject of a federal bribery investigation that involves the promotion of business interests in West Africa. He denies any wrongdoing.
What has upset members of Congress from both parties is an FBI raid on Congressman Jefferson's Washington office on May 20.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-01-voa49.cfm
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