"A prudent man forseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."   Proverbs 22:3 and Proverbs 27:12  KJV   Word study on this verse

 Abortion Advocate Was Lead Author of Disputed Depression Study lifenews.com 10/31/5 ["Russo participated with an American Psychological Association group in February 2003 in putting together a web site designed to "correct inaccurate information about" abortion put out by pro-life groups."]
 Trial Set to Begin on NYC Subway Searches abcnews.go.com 10/31/5 ["The city maintains that the mere presence of a random search program, regardless of how it is administered, is a valuable tool to thwart terrorists who prefer to target vulnerable areas with a low police presence."]
 Bush Picks Alito for Supreme Court cbsnews.com 10/31/5 ["Judge Alito has served with distinction on that court for 15 years, and now has more prior judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in more than 70 years," Bush said, drawing an unspoken contrast to his first choice, Harriet Miers."]
 Witches Work Their Magic in Hurricane Zone abcnews.go.com 10/31/5 ["Several witches turned to magic in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina, as well as in its aftermath."]
 Senate Backs $8 Billion For Bird-Flu Plan terradaily.com 10/31/5 ["Most of the plan's funding will support government stockpiles of vaccines and anti-viral drugs such as Roche's Tamiflu. The plan -- attached to a larger health spending bill expected to pass this week -- also will increase disease surveillance and enhance the infrastructure needed to respond to a pandemic."]
 Bird flu pandemic would 'wipe out' international travel smh.com.au 10/31/5 ["Mr Abbott last week said Australia would consider closing its borders in a pandemic."]
 

 Bewitched by Wicca washingtontimes.com 10/30/5 [" "The popularity of 'Harry Potter' absolutely fueled the growth of Wicca," particularly among teens, Ms. Sanders said.
The teen shelf of most bookstores is amply stocked with stories of young wizards, witches and other magical beings.  ...Wicca really grew because of the Internet," Ms. Sanders said. "Wicca used to be kind of underground, kind of hard to find." "]
 Record number of US unmarried women give birth medicalnewstoday.com 10/30/5 ["The age group that has seen the biggest rise in unmarried births is 25-29. Many of them are happily living with their partners - they just have not decided to get married. This is not the case with teens who give birth, more than four fifths of them do not live with a partner."]
 Suicide bomber lures 30 Iraqis to their death reuters.com 10/30/5 ["as Pentagon estimates showed that more than 60 Iraqis are killed or wounded every day by insurgent attacks."]
 Government's plan to house evacuees called misguided, too costly thestate.com 10/30/5 ["has spent almost $1.3 billion buying 95,151 travel trailers to shelter evacuees  ...Just to open the one park completed so far, the government had to run electric lines, sink telephone poles and build a sewage treatment plant. For the next 18 months - because the park was plopped down so far away from jobs and stores - the government will need to cook victims' meals and post security guards while they sleep."]
Prince Charles to plead Islam's cause to Bush telegraph.co.uk 10/30/5 ["will try to persuade George W Bush and Americans of the merits of Islam this week because he thinks the United States has been too intolerant of the religion since September 11.  The Prince, who leaves on Tuesday for an eight-day tour of the US, has voiced private concerns over America's "confrontational" approach to Muslim countries and its failure to appreciate Islam's strengths."]
 United Nations hails quake relief accord swissinfo.org 10/30/5 ["The United Nations welcomed India and Pakistan's agreement on Sunday to open their Kashmir border to earthquake survivors and relief supplies but said getting aid to millions remained a logistical nightmare."]
 

 Case goes deep, to the justification for Iraq war chron.com 10/29/5 ["With the U.S. military casualty rate in Iraq reaching the 2,000 mark this week and no weapons of mass destruction yet uncovered, the indictments against Lewis "Scooter" Libby could add fuel to the national debate about the wisdom of going to war.  Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said Friday the indictments were "not about the propriety of the war." Nonetheless, the dispute over whether Saddam Hussein had stockpiled dangerous weapons sparked the legal case."]
 Alaska high court favors benefits for gay partners usatoday.com 10/29/5 ["the unanimous decision sets the stage for Alaska to join 11 other states that already have laws, policies or union contracts providing employee benefits in all eligible same-sex unions."]
 Russia-China trade to double, diversify by 2010 - Russian Deputy Prime Minister interfax.ru 10/29/5 ["the Russian Industry and Energy Ministry, along with other federal agencies, is developing a program to set up a unified system for gas extraction, transportation, and supply, taking into account possible gas exports to the markets of China and other countries in the Asia-Pacific Region."]
 Gay Church Installs Second Leader in 37 Years wjla.com 10/29/5 [" at Washington National Cathedral.  ...Church officials say holding the ceremony at the cathedral is especially symbolic of the increasing acceptance of gay and lesbian people of faith."]
 

 FBI Dealt Setback on Cellular Surveillance washingtonpost.com 10/28/5 ["The FBI may not track the locations of cell phone users without showing evidence that a crime occurred or is in progress, two federal judges ruled, saying that to do so would violate long-established privacy protections.  In separate rulings over the past two weeks, judges in Texas and New York denied FBI requests for court orders that would have forced wireless carriers to continuously reveal the location of a suspect's cell phone as part of an ongoing investigation."]
 Polish far right calls for total ban on abortion alertnet.org 10/28/5 ["His plan to tighten what is already one of the European Union's strictest anti-abortion laws was frowned upon by Law and Justice, which backs the current law signed in 1993 as a compromise between the Catholic right and the ex-communist left."]
 Exhibit reveals Masons' influence indystar.com 10/28/5 ["Some of the most famous buildings in Washington, including the White House, are deeply marked by Freemasonry, the brotherhood that goes back to the cathedral builders of the Middle Ages, says a new exhibit.
The show is called "The Initiated Eye: Secrets, Symbols, Freemasonry and the Architecture of Washington, D.C." It opened to the public Wednesday."]
  US Iraq troops at highest level theaustralian.news.com.au 10/28/5 [" The increase was due to overlapping troop rotations, Lawrence DiRita, the chief Pentagon spokesman said today.  The previous high in US force levels was reached in January, when the number of US troops in the country rose to 159,000 during national elections."]
 Military bases all but certain to close news.google.com 10/28/5 ["Military facilities are all but certain to close, starting as early as November, because a congressional effort to kill the Pentagon's proposed base restructuring is expected to fail."]
 Russia, China looking to form 'NATO of the East'? csmonitor.com 10/28/5 ["Russia and China could take a step closer to forming a Eurasian military confederacy to rival NATO at a Moscow meeting of the six-member Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Wednesday, experts say.  The group, which started in 2001 with limited goals of promoting cooperation in former Soviet Central Asia, has evolved rapidly toward a regional security bloc and could soon induct new members such as India, Pakistan, and Iran."]
 Ex-homosexual to host 'Straight Talk Radio' worldnetdaily.com 10/28/5 ["Former 'gay' and wife, Stephen and Irene Bennett, launch daily show"]
 Tens of thousands protest against Israel in Iran, Lebanon and Bahrain jpost.com 10/28/5 ["and repeated calls by their ultraconservative president demanding the Jewish state's destruction.  World leaders have condemned remarks made Wednesday by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who repeated the words of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of Iran's Islamic revolution, by saying: "Israel must be wiped off the map." "]
 Will Success Spoil Rick Warren? fortune.com 10/28/5 ["He has gone before the Council on Foreign Relations to pitch his newest idea: a breathtakingly ambitious project to mobilize American Christians to fight poverty, illiteracy, and AIDS in Africa."]
 Star Reporter: Venus, Mars will glow brightly on Halloween pittsburghlive.com 10/28/5 ["Like Venus, Mars will appear yellow, perhaps with a touch of orange, and will outshine everything in its general vicinity. Because of its close approach this year, Mars will be almost as bright as Venus, which is a rare occurrence.  Mars will not always approach Earth so closely because of the slightly elliptical nature of both planets' orbits around the sun. This year, Mars' nearest point to the sun will more closely coincide to Earth's farthest point from the sun. The result will be an extremely bright appearance of Mars. "]
 

 Annan says quake shows need for global fund nzherald.co.nz 10/27/5 ["The Global Emergency Fund, already approved by world leaders at a UN summit in mid-September, will go before the 191-member General Assembly for final ratification in mid-November. The UN expects it to be operational by early 2006."]
 Global officials to meet on bird flu fund nzherald.co.nz 10/27/5 ["in Geneva in early November to discuss setting up a global fund to tackle the threat of the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus, a senior World Bank official said.  ...The World Bank said the most direct economic impact of an avian flu pandemic would be through a fall in labor productivity. Other long-term affects would play out as the increased costs of preventing and treating disease reduced savings and investments. "]
 Bush Faces Dueling Pressures on Next U.S. Supreme Court Choice bloomberg.com 10/27/5 [" Should Bush opt for a woman, his candidates include federal appeals court judges Priscilla Owen, 51, Edith Jones, 56, Diane Sykes, 47, and Alice Batchelder, 61, and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Maura D. Corrigan, 57. Each was on lists of names discussed by conservative activists in the weeks leading up to Miers's nomination earlier this month."]
 Prince's plea over climate change news.bbc.co.uk 10/27/5 ["Prince Charles says climate change should be seen as the "greatest challenge to face man" and treated as a much bigger priority in the UK.  ...The point here of course is that it is a global problem that can only be solved with global action. So, by putting it at the head of our G8 agenda alongside African poverty, I think that we [the government] did lead the way."]
 Senate votes against increased spending for heating aid program boston.com 10/27/5 ["The Senate decided Wednesday the money wasn't there for a substantial spending boost for the federal home heating program, deflecting arguments that soaring energy prices could force the poor to choose between heat and food this winter."]
 

 UK: Witches see an opportunity in new hate bill timesonline.co.uk 10/26/5 ["The government faces new embarrassment over the religious hatred bill with a warning that witches and satanists could use it to trigger police investigations of their critics."]
 Concerned Women for America Calls for Miers Withdrawal lifesite.net 10/26/5 ["Cite radical feminist worldview, penchant for judicial activism, liberal on abortion"]
 Bush Admin. Drops 'Bunker-Buster' Plan washingtonpost.com 10/26/5 ["Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said funding for the nuclear bunker-buster as part of the Energy Department's fiscal 2006 budget has been dropped at the department's request."]
 Iran leader calls for Israel's destruction seattlepi.nwsource.com 10/26/5 ["President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Wednesday that Israel is a "disgraceful blot" that should be "wiped off the map" - fiery words that Washington said underscores its concern over Iran's nuclear program."]
 

 Chinese Officials Assault Forced Abortion Activist for Second Time lifenews.com 10/25/5 ["a blind Chinese man who has left efforts to draw attention to thousands of forced abortions and sterilizations in one Chinese city. Chen Guangcheng has been kept under house arrest"]
 Nigerian Churches Tell West to Practice What It Preached on Gays washingtonpost.com 10/25/5 ["Little more than a century ago, legions of Christian missionaries arrived here from Europe with an imposing agenda for changing traditional African practices. Worshiping animistic gods, they told people, was sinful. So was keeping carved idols at home. And in a land where polygamy was common, the missionaries taught that marriage was a sacred union between one man and one woman, period.  Today, many devout Christian Nigerians adhere firmly to the view that homosexuality is ungodly, and they have been rankled by its growing acceptance among church leaders in the United States and Europe."]
 Recovery from Wilma begins for millions mercurynews.com 10/25/5 ["to restore electricity to up to 6 million people"]
 Tax crusader Irwin Schiff found guilty on all counts worldnetdaily.com 10/25/5 ["Faces possible 43 years in prison, $3.25 million in fines for evasion  ...In June of this year, as WorldNetDaily reported, a former IRS agent who believes citizens are not required to pay federal income taxes was acquitted on charges he attempted to defraud the government."]
  Police are given shoot-to-kill powers in domestic violence and stalking cases news.independent.co.uk 10/25/5 [""]
 Australia: Greens say sedition clause 'unconstitutional' abc.net.au 10/25/5 ["Senator Brown believes anti-sedition clauses that prohibit encouraging disaffection towards the government or the Crown, violate constitutional rights of free speech.  He also says setting jail terms of up to seven years for the offences is a case of politicians interfering in the judicial system."]
 U.S. military death toll in Iraq reaches 2,000 reuters.co.uk 10/25/5 ["More than 15,000 U.S. troops also have been wounded in action."]
 

 New Study: Abortion More Than Doubles the Risk of Child Abuse lifenews.com 10/24/5 ["Published in the medical journal Acta Paediatrica, the study found that women who have had abortions are 2.4 times more likely to physically abuse their children."]
 Missouri Abortion Business Closes After Fighting New Pro-Life Law lifenews.com 10/24/5 ["The measure, in part, calls on abortion facilities to make sure anyone performing abortions has admitting privileges at a local hospital, within 30 miles of the abortion center, in cases of botched abortions where the mother needs immediate medical attention or surgery.  The abortion practitioner at the Springfield abortion facility did not have admitting privileges at any hospital there, but did have them in St. Louis which is much further away."]
 Magnitude 3.1 - Greater Los Angeles Area, California usgs.gov 10/24/5 [""]
 Powerful Northeast Storm accuweather.com 10/24/5 ["Ingredients are coming together for a strong East Coast storm Tuesday and into Wednesday. A storm system tracking through the Ohio Valley will merge with Hurricane Wilma as she races up the Eastern Seaboard. Add in leftover energy from Alpha and we have quite the storm."]
 

 China to shut borders if bird flu mutates: paper washingtonpost.com 10/23/5 ["Saving lives would be Beijing's top priority in efforts to contain a possible outbreak of bird flu, even if it meant slowing the economy, Huang Jiefu, a vice minister of health, was quoted as saying by the South China Morning Post.  The World Bank said while prevention measures would cost a lot, the economic damage from a pandemic would be far worse."]
 Gulf Coast Suffers Record Hurricane Season washingtonpost.com 10/23/5 ["Not in the last century, since it was decided that the dead and detritus of every hurricane should be recorded, has there been such a disastrous barrage of wind and rain and saltwater on the Gulf Coast."]
 How Breweth Java With Jesus nytimes.com 10/23/5 ["Christianity seems to have done quite well by mixing worship and commerce.  ...Meanwhile, hipster havens like Urban Outfitters have made a mint selling T-shirts declaring "Jesus Is My Homeboy.""]
 

 U.S. hurricane review focuses on military use laws alertnet.org 10/22/5 ["The review was looking at the Stafford Act, which permits the president to declare a national emergency to mobilize federal resources to states, and the Insurrection Act under which the president may use the military to quell civil disturbances such as the looting that followed Hurricane Katrina."]
 Wilma's Rage Suggests New Hurricane Categories Needed livescience.com 10/22/5 ["...three Category 5 hurricanes  ...The scale didn't include a Category 6 for two reasons.  First, it was designed to measure the amount of damage inflicted by a hurricane's winds, and beyond 156 mph, the damage begins to look about the same" ]
 Walgreens' Wayward Wisdom -- Supporting Gay Games agapepress.org 10/22/5 ["Someone at Walgreens deserves a huge bonus for the idea to increase sales by helping drive events that result in the need for the company's drugs."]
 Author Urges Christians to Denounce Bush for Supporting Islam agapepress.org 10/22/5 ["Dave Hunt  ...For the fifth straight year, President Bush welcomed Muslims to the White House for the meal after their daytime fast during the month of Ramadan. He has consistently referred to that month-long Islamic holiday as a "holy" observance and to the Quran as "God's word." At this week's Ramadan dinner, Bush even noted that a Quran had been added to the White House library."]
 Love in Action files suit against state wmcstations.com 10/22/5 ["State law prohibits Love In Action from assisting more than one person with a diagnosed mental illness."]
 

 UK: Government plans bird flu jabs for all news.scotsman.com 10/20/5 ["Sir Liam conceded that the vaccine could not be created until the exact strain of flu in a future pandemic was known. This means that many people could already be struck down before the vaccine is available for use, which could take up to six months."]
 Operation Rescue to Miers: Give Us Reason to Trust You or Withdraw operationrescue.org 10/20/5 ["Five of the seven Justices who voted for Roe v. Wade were Republican appointees. Based on that track record, it is insulting, and frankly, irrational for President Bush to ask the pro-life community to simply trust him that Miers will be the kind of judge that will help end the national disgrace of abortion on demand  ...There is too much at stake. We will not gamble the lives of innocent children on a ‘hope so’ nominee.”"]
 National Guard readiness eroded by Iraq: report reuters.com 10/20/5 ["U.S. National Guard units are under-equipped and increasingly unready to help in domestic disaster relief because essential gear is left behind after service in Iraq and Afghanistan, a congressional report said on Thursday.  ...The report said the Guard could not account for more than half of those items and had no plans to replace them as Pentagon policy required.  ...the National Guard is our nation's first military responder, and I find it unfathomable that they are approaching equipment bankruptcy."]
 Strong Earthquake Shakes Turkish Port news.yahoo.com 10/20/5 ["magnitude-5.9"]
 China: 50 house church leaders arrested, some beaten worldnetdaily.com 10/20/5 ["According to an eyewitness report, the leaders, from independent house churches outside government control, planned to discuss how to help the poor, orphaned and the floating population in urban areas."]
 U.N.: Berlin-Type Airlift Needed in Asia abcnews.go.com 10/20/5 ["NATO was expected to approve on Friday the dispatch of medics and hundreds of military engineers to clear roads and help reconstruction. However, allied commanders said it would be hard to muster enough of the light helicopters needed for flying in remote mountain areas to mount the campaign envisioned by Egeland.  The quake has helped some leaders put aside long-standing enmity, with Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf saying he has accepted aid from India and Israel because of the desperate need. "]
 Kennedy tries another tack on 'hate crimes' worldnetdaily.com 10/20/5 ["After a failed attempt at passing "hate crimes" legislation, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., is trying to attach an amendment favored by homosexual-rights activists to another bill, an activist group warns."]
 VeriChip Corporation and Austco Communication Systems Introduce the Hugs(R) Infant Protection System in the United Kingdom businesswire.com 10/20/5 ["VeriChip's Hugs infant protection system is designed to prevent mismatching and deter abduction of newborn infants from hospitals, and is part of VeriChip's portfolio of RFID healthcare security products. "]
 Hurricane postpones another homosexual party worldnetdaily.com 10/20/5 ["The Miami New Times calls it a "time for parades, beads, wild costumes, and unthinkable debauchery ... packed with plenty of scary, silly, and downright naughty parties.""]
 Walgreens Gives $100,000 in Support of Gay Games afa.net 10/20/5 ["Walgreens says they agreed to sponsor the Gay Games under the guise of helping prevent AIDS. But the official Gay Games web site has the following promotional statement, which promotes the very type of activity Walgreens says they are trying to prevent."]
 

 Mass. father won't go to trial in gay book controversy houstonvoice.com 10/19/5 ["A Lexington, Mass., father arrested after a dispute over teaching same-sex marriage in the classroom will not go on trial, according to his lawyer."]
 Canadian Bishops Warn MPs over Euthanasia Bill - "Most Extreme Human Abuse Possible" lifesite.net 10/19/5 ["he Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has sent a letter to all Members of Parliament and the Senate opposing Bill C-407 which seeks to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia"]
 President, Muslims Share Ramadan Dinner at White House defenselink.mil 10/19/5 ["The month-long observance of Ramadan is the holiest time of year for the world's 1 billion Muslims."]
 Air Force Rule May Ban Christian Prayer newsmax.com 10/19/5 ["Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) is circulating a letter he sent to President George W. Bush, which alleges a new Air Force guideline urging "non-sectarian” prayer is "merely a euphemism declaring that prayers will be acceptable so long as they censor Christian beliefs.”"]
 Gay Royalty Shares Proud Moment nbc5.com 10/19/5 ["Jen Wohlner and Ryan Cooperman are popular leaders at the school. They're also openly gay, Davlantes said.  So, some people were surprised by what happened in their high school gym a little over a week ago, when the two were chosen as homecoming king and queen.  ...the number of gay clubs in high schools has exploded from 100 a few years ago to more than 3000 nationwide today."]
 America's pupils progress in math, falter in reading csmonitor.com 10/19/5 ["The national report card is in for No Child Left Behind, and the results are mixed: American fourth- and eighth-graders are continuing hard-won gains in mathematics, but are still struggling, or even losing ground, in reading."]
 

 Wilma Now Most Intense Atlantic Storm Ever abcnews.go.com 10/19/5 ["packing 175 mph winds  ...Forecasters said Wilma was stronger than the devastating Labor Day hurricane that hit the Florida Keys in 1935, the strongest Atlantic hurricane to make landfall on record.  But Wilma was not expected to keep its record strength for long  ...Wilma is the record-tying 12th hurricane of the season, the same number reached in 1969"]
 Pro-Life Advocates: New Embryonic Stem Cell Research No Alternative lifenews.com 10/19/5 ["Just because scientists have created a genetic time bomb in the embryo does not change its essential human nature..."]
 South Korea Launches National Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bank lifenews.com 10/19/5 ["With generous government support and without leading political figures trying to stop the research on moral grounds, South Korea has quickly become a home for maverick scientists who engage in the research that destroys human life as well as human cloning."]
 Chertoff Says FEMA Is Ready for Wilma abcnews.go.com 10/19/5 ["Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., suggested that Congress should authorize the president or other federal official to order evacuations ahead of storms, since Louisiana officials waited until Sunday to order a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans."]
 EU urges global co-operation on threat of bird flu news.independent.co.uk 10/19/5 ["In a statement, the foreign ministers said the EU could not tackle the threat alone, arguing that "avian and pandemic influenza are global threats and call for an international co-ordinated response"."]
 Many Iraqi projects may be dropped, says US official gulf-news.com 10/19/5 ["the Bush administration has not met its goal of restoring water, electricity and oil production to pre-war levels.  Major combat ended in Iraq more than two years ago.  Bowen heralded the completion of more than 2,000 reconstruction projects"]
 Death toll in Asian quake soars to 79,000 ap.org 10/19/5 ["making it one of the deadliest quakes in modern times."]
 Strong earthquake hits northeastern Japan boston.com 10/19/5 ["a preliminary magnitude of 6.5, was centered 30 miles below the sea off the coast of Ibaraki prefecture  ...Two people were reportedly injured."]
 

 Chertoff, Chao tout guest worker program seattlepi.nwsource.com 10/18/5 [""We're going to need more than just brute enforcement," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "We're going to need a temporary worker program as well."  ...there are now more illegal immigrants in the country, often estimated at around 11 million, than legal immigrants."]
 HALLOWEEN crossroad.to 10/18/5 ["A Seductive Bridge Between Two Worlds"]
 Australia:  Govt may offer bird-flu vaccine theaustralian.news.com.au 10/18/5 [" THE Federal Government will consider vaccinating every Australian against bird flu, if trials of a new vaccine are successful."]
 New Billboard on I-35 Warns of Abortion Cost: One Dead, One Wounded operationrescue.org 10/18/5 ["The board, which has been donated for one year, is positioned along the main route taken by Texas women who travel frequently to Wichita for abortions at George Tiller’s late-term mill"]
 New Anti-Gun[-]Control Law Set for Alaska newsday.com 10/18/5 ["A new state anti-gun control law that goes into effect will essentially bar municipalities from passing gun laws that are more restrictive than state law."]
 EFF Reveals Codes in Xerox Printers news.yahoo.com 10/18/5 [""Underground democracy movements ... will always need the anonymity of simple paper documents, but this technology makes it easier for governments to find dissenters," said Lee Tien, EFF senior staff attorney. "Even worse, it shows how the government and private industry make backroom deals to weaken our privacy by compromising everyday equipment like printers.""]
 Bible printing press confiscated in Cuba worldnetdaily.com 10/18/5 ["officials later called "subversive and dangerous." ...were printed Gospels of John and a small printing press."]
 Rumsfeld: China Sowing Suspicion Over Army washingtonpost.com 10/18/5 ["accused China of understating the scope of its defense spending, and he said this is sowing suspicion about how China intends to use its growing military might.  ...China may be spending $90 billion on defense this year _ three times the announced total."]
 

 Canada Abortion Advocates Launch New Coalition to Promote Abortions lifenews.com 10/17/5 ["The group also plans to put together a fundraising network that would help poor Canadian women pay for abortions who don't have them paid for under the Canada Health Act, the country's nationalized medical plan."]
 Bird flu fears spread in U.S. thestate.com 10/17/5 ["Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is getting an average of 447,000 hits a day on its avian flu information Web page."]
 Risk high for Ramadan mega-terror worldnetdaily.com 10/17/5 ["This year, Muslims will experience solar and lunar eclipses during the holy month  ...These great heavenly signs, according to Islamic visionary Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Sahib, foretell the coming of the 'Mahdi,' the mighty warrior of the Apocalypse"]
 Three earth tremors shake western Turkey reuters.co.uk 10/17/5 ["three quakes of 5.7, 5.9 and 5.6 magnitude"]
 Pakistani Officials Sharply Raise Estimates of Death Toll From Mammoth Quake ap.tbo.com 10/17/5 ["The latest estimate would raise the death toll from the magnitude-7.6 quake in the mountains of northern Pakistan and India to at least 54,000 - a jump of more than 13,000 from the official count of known dead."]
 No Jews on Temple Mount over Sukkot jnewswire.com 10/17/5 ["Unsurprisingly, Jews will be forbidden to ascend Jerusalem's Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site, over the week-long biblical Sukkot holiday amid fears the simple religious act would cause local Muslim Arabs to erupt in a frenzy of violence."]
 Miers' firm busted 3 times for aiding investment cheats worldnetdaily.com 10/17/5 ["While Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers presided over a major Texas law firm, the company was forced to pay more than $30 million to settle claims with investors cheated out of millions by two clients and came under federal scrutiny for its role in a tax-shelter case."]
 Oprah Winfrey Endorses Homosexuality Again With Upcoming Show lifesite.net 10/17/5 ["her endorsement of the homosexual lifestyle will continue when she interviews a man who took part in a reality television program entitled “30 days: Straight Man in a Gay World.”"]
 

 Hotel bills after storm: $11 million every night iht.com 10/16/5 ["The number of people in hotels, at an average cost of $59 a room each night, has grown by 60 percent in the past two weeks as some shelters closed, reaching nearly 600,000 as of Tuesday."]
 Russian-Indian-Chinese military exercises possible - Ivanov interfax.ru 10/16/5 ["under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)."]
 China prepares for return of space capsule iol.ie 10/16/5 ["China today prepared for the return of the Shenzhou 6 mission, saying that the capsule was operating smoothly and its two astronauts were doing well after five days in space."]
 UK: Huge Religious Opposition Revealed at Euthanasia Bill House of Lords Debate christiantoday.com 10/16/5 ["Lord Joffe unveiled his plans for doctors to legally prescribe lethal drugs to end the lives of terminally ill patients. However, his proposals will not allow doctors to actually administer the drugs themselves."]
 Moderate Earthquake Shakes Eastern Japan ap.tbo.com 10/16/5 ["A magnitude-5.1 earthquake shook eastern Japan on Sunday, swaying tall buildings in the capital Tokyo, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no risk of tsunamis, national broadcaster NHK said."]
 

 Romania quarantines region over bird flu fears ctv.ca 10/15/5 ["They are disinfecting all vehicles entering and leaving the Dobrogea region. No eggs or poultry meat can be shipped from there.  The region includes the counties of Tulcea and Constanta, home to 1.5 million people. Filled with lakes, the region is also an important area for migratory birds from Asia."]
 Undersea earthquake strikes off Taiwan seattlepi.nwsource.com 10/15/5 ["A magnitude-7.0  ...No injuries or damages were immediately reported on the island."]
 Amish Split on How to Face Polio Threat news.yahoo.com 10/15/5 ["after doctors diagnosed four cases of the polio virus in their children. Some have decided on vaccinations to ward off future polio cases, while others prefer leaving the matter in God's hands."]
 Romanians rush for flu vaccinations theaustralian.news.com.au 10/15/5 [""This year we produced more than 500,000 flu vaccines, which were bought by the Romanian Health Ministry," he said.  "Luckily, we kept several hundred doses to sell directly to the public. Today, we only have a few dozen left.""]
 Pakistan:  Quake 'more devastating' than tsunami theaustralian.news.com.au 10/15/5 ["in terms of the number of homeless and destruction to infrastructure, a UN official said today."]
 Colombia reports 'low-risk' bird flu outbreak ctv.ca 10/15/5 ["Authorities say they've detected suspected cases of bird flu at three farms in western Colombia, but insist the avian outbreak poses no threat to human health.  Colombian authorities said Monday they had identified a "low pathogenicity" strain of avian influenza in "just a few" and immediately quarantined all the affected flocks."]
 Kashmir quake toll nears 40,000; rain hits relief reuters.co.uk 10/15/5 ["The United Nations estimates that more than a million have been made homeless -- local authorities put the figure at up to 2.5 million -- and winter is approaching rapidly."]
 Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Pro-Life Medical Conscience Clause Bill lifenews.com 10/15/5 ["vetoed legislation on Friday that would help medical professionals from being forced to participate in anti-life practices such as abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research and human cloning. The Democrat claimed the bill would cut off needed medical services."]
 

 U.S. hate-crimes bill 'threatens free speech' worldnetdaily.com 10/14/5 ["While it's presented to the public as a way to stop physical attacks on gays, adding so-called sexual orientation to existing hate-crimes law could be used to crush dissent," said Carlson.  "After all, gay activists have told us repeatedly that objections to homosexuality spawn anti-gay violence," he continued. "It then becomes a short step from adding an extra punishment for physical acts to penalizing controversial views." "]
 Halloween, Harry Potter, prompt concern from occult experts christianexaminer.com 10/14/5 [" there is clear evidence teens are experimenting with the occult in increased numbers. Both cite a flood of non-fiction Wiccan, neo-pagan, paranormal, witchcraft and occult books targeting teens. Film and television have also increased the number of programs on the topic, they said. Many online cites attribute Wicca as the fastest growing religion in America."]
 Militant Attacks on Russian City Leave 108 Dead latimes.com 10/14/5 [""]
 Bush offers Salvador, Guatemala help after storm terradaily.com 10/14/5 ["including a 60-person team of military planners and logistics experts, as well as the loan of up to 15 US helicopters."]
 Mothers Concerned That Doctors Pressure Abortion for Disabled Babies lifenews.com 10/14/5 ["Some parents of disabled unborn children are concerned that doctors are increasingly pressuring women carrying babies with physical or mental handicaps to have abortions."]
 

 Israelis seek God's face jnewswire.com 10/13/5 ["Yom Kippur has been exploited before by enemies of this nation. In 1973, while most Israelis were at home or in their places of worship, Arab states lead by Syria and Egypt launched a surprise attack that took many Jewish lives and came close to destroying the Jewish homeland."]
 CIA acquires new US clandestine leadership role washingtonpost.com 10/13/5 ["will lead a new clandestine service designed to coordinate all traditional U.S. spying activities overseas, including those of the FBI and Pentagon, top intelligence officials said on Thursday."]
 Bush defends Miers nomination, noting her religion reuters.com 10/13/5 [Editor: Pandering to 'Christians']
 US mulls federal troops for bird flu quarantine reuters.myway.com 10/13/5 ["While not specifically referring to enforcing a quarantine, McHale said the Pentagon has active-duty federal military units on alert and deployable at the direction of the president "to deal with occurrences of massive civil disturbance." He did not identify the units.  On the topic of possible domestic attack involving biological, chemical or nuclear weapons, McHale said the government needs "a more robust civilian capability" to respond so the country is not exclusively dependent on the military."]
 Military Sees Limits to Role in U.S. Disasters newsday.com 10/13/5 ["But McHale stressed that active-duty troops would be used only for "catastrophic events" and would not be called to respond to the more than 50 storms, floods and hurricanes that require federal disaster assistance each year.  "A catastrophic event is the kind of event where the destruction is so severe that we anticipate such an event will occur once or twice in a generation," McHale said. "A Category 4 hurricane of the type experienced with Katrina is a pretty rare event.""]
 Bush approves notes for hurricane flood insurance reuters.com 10/13/5 ["gave the U.S. Treasury the authority to allow borrowing of up to $3.5 billion to pay claims ... Some analysts have expressed concern that the new borrowing authority was not enough and would have to be increased again"]
 

 Spain gets first tropical storm -- Vince terradaily.com 10/12/5 ["the first storm of its type to reach Spain in recorded history, the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday."]
 Rumsfeld Hosting Central American Defense Ministers voanews.com 10/12/5 ["In addition, the officials are to discuss the creation of two regional forces that would draw on the capabilities of all of the countries - a joint peacekeeping unit that could participate in operations around the world and a rapid response force for use in regional disasters."]
 Blair's U.K. Terror Measure May Breach Rights, Watchdog Says bloomberg.com 10/12/5 ["plan to allow U.K. police to hold terror suspects for up to three months without charge may breach European human-rights laws"]
While the world wasn't watching, Russia did it again. thegoldenreport.com 10/12/5 ["Iskander SS-26 missiles"]
 Missouri to Spy on Drivers Through Cell Phones allheadlinenews.com 10/12/5 ["the Missouri project is by far the most aggressive - tracking wireless phones across a whole state, including in rural areas with lower traffic counts, and doing so for the explicit purpose of relaying the information to other travelers."]
 Republican Congressman Slams Bush On Gun Confiscation infowars.com 10/12/5 ["Ron Paul says avian flu martial law provisions are designed to destroy 2nd Amendment, Posse Comitatus"]
 

 Military May Propose an Active-Duty Force for Relief Efforts nytimes.com 10/11/5 ["The military's Northern Command is developing a proposal to organize a specially trained and equipped active-duty force that could respond quickly to assist relief efforts in the event of overwhelming natural disasters, like major hurricanes, floods or earthquakes.  ...could include military communications technicians, logistics specialists, doctors and nurses, engineers and even infantry."]
 Unusual quake activity increasing worldnetdaily.com 10/11/5 ["In 2000, there were 22,256 recorded earthquakes worldwide. That number has steadily increased to 31,199 earthquakes in 2004."]
 Control of Internet Being Taken Away From US For Questionable Reasons lifesite.net 10/11/5 ["Hendon explained that as a result of the EU’s actions a new body would be put in place to run the Internet.  ...The proposal will be tabled at the UN next month and if there is international consensus then the US will have no choice but to acquiesce."]
 China's economy continues to boom thestate.com 10/11/5 ["China's planning agency reported Tuesday that gross domestic product grew by 9.4 percent in the first nine months of the year, and is forecast to grow by 9.2 percent for the full year - almost three times the growth seen in the U.S. and almost six times what is expected in Europe."]
 PG-13 Movies of Today Resemble R-Rated of 1992: Study lifesite.net 10/11/5 ["Since 1968, 60 percent of all movies made have been given an R-rating, whereas only 3 of the top 25 movies of all time were R-rated movies, according to a four-year study conducted by the Dove Foundation.  ...A separate study examining the top 200 movies of all time revealed that the consequences of so-called casual sex as depicted in movies, such as unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease, was never portrayed in the movies."]
 Hot Housing Market Crosses the Border news.yahoo.com 10/11/5 ["Some economists fear that if the U.S. economy hit a rough patch, heavily indebted Americans would be forced to sell their second homes or dump investment properties, triggering price drops in the U.S. as well as in places such as Baja that depend heavily on American money."]
 Failing Stealth opinionjournal.com 10/11/5 ["Anyone who suppresses all evidence of having conservative principles for decades in hopes of one day winning a seat on the Supreme Court probably isn't really a conservative."]
 Liberty Counsel Does Not Support Bush’s Selection For Supreme Court lc.org 10/11/5 ["also calls on President Bush to withdraw the nomination and to keep his campaign promise that he would appoint Justices like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Liberty Counsel is a nationwide public interest litigation, education and policy organization that specializes in constitutional law."]

 

 ICHABOD! swisswebworks.com 10/10/5 ["(The Glory Has Departed!)" by Tribworks]
 Knowledge of Health knowledgeofhealth.com 10/10/5 [Bill Sardi]
 There's a plan unfolding knowledgeofhealth.com 10/10/5 ["It's how to manage the world in the event of the spread of an infectious influenza virus." by Bill Sardi]
 Gold May Extend Longest Rally This Year on Inflation Concerns bloomberg.com 10/10/5 ["topping the highest prices since 1988, as investors stock up on bullion as a hedge against accelerating inflation  ...A lot of the hedge funds are selling crude oil and getting into gold."]
 Pakistan pleads for assistance detnews.com 10/10/5 ["Many countries quickly assembled aid and readied it for transport to the mountainous region, where landslides are reported to be making access extremely difficult.  Some teams had already reached Pakistan on Sunday, including a Russian rescue team, the first contingent of a British emergency rescue team and a U.N. team of disaster coordination officials who set up three emergency centers. "]
 Looting Breaks Out in Wake of Deadly Quake apnews.myway.com 10/10/5 ["The United Nations said more than 2.5 million people were left homeless by Saturday's monster 7.6-magnitude quake, and doctors warned of an outbreak of disease unless more relief arrives soon."]
 Analysis: Eyes to the north jnewswire.com 10/10/5 ["Damascus' ostensible aim is to strengthen what hold it still has over Lebanon through its terrorist allies, and to bolster forces massed in Israel's northern neighbor for future aggression against the Jewish state."]
 Pentagon Seeks Leeway to Approach Citizens news.yahoo.com 10/10/5 ["Attempting to loosen decades-old restrictions, the Pentagon is asking Congress to allow its intelligence agents to go undercover when they approach Americans who may have useful national-security information, rather than identifying themselves as intelligence operatives."]
 

 Death Toll Now 30,000 in South Asia Quake sfgate.com 10/9/5 ["Saturday's magnitude-7.6 quake also struck India and Afghanistan, which reported hundreds dead."  Editor:  How much more relief aid can America afford?]
 American Exceptionalsim Being Tested By Real-World Crises news.yahoo.com 10/9/5 ["Shall we now prepare for a plague of biblical proportions?  If we have a national religion, it is a faith in our exceptionalism, a belief that America, "shining city on a hill," is exempted from the tides of history. Rome may fall. Europe may decline. But America's good fortune has no limits.  ...If any of our ambitions for comfort and convenience creates problems, our technology will solve them."]
 South Korea Catholic Church offers $10 Million for Adult Stem Cell Research lifesite.net 10/9/5 ["The Catholic Church in South Korea announced that it would fund adult stem cell research with its own funds. The Archdiocese of Seoul said it would provide 10 billion won (US$9.6 million), with most of the money coming straight from diocesan coffers."]
 Iran:  Oil products pipelines ablaze theaustralian.news.com.au 10/9/5 ["Four oil product pipelines had caught fire"]
 UN disaster team despatched theaustralian.news.com.au 10/9/5 ["The eight-member United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team will arrive in Islamabad early Sunday (local time) and will assist with ongoing assessment and coordination work, in response to a request made by the government of Pakistan, the UN said."]
 Bush's God controversy stirs press fury news.bbc.co.uk 10/9/5 [Editor: Deliberate rumor?]
 Norman Dombey: Tell us who fabricated the Iraq evidence independent.co.uk 10/9/5 ["who was so keen to prove that Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat that they forged documents purporting to show that he was trying to buy 500 tons of uranium from Niger to develop nuclear weapons? The forgery was revealed to the Security Council by ElBaradei. That was not an intelligence error. It was a straightforward lie, an invention intended to mislead public opinion and help start a war."]
 Gasoline prices handcuff police patrols stltoday.com 10/9/5 ["The patrol asked troopers to cut their driving by 20 percent as the agency anticipates a $2 million overrun on fuel this year.  ...State officials expected to pay an average of about $1.60 per gallon for fuel this year. Instead, the department now pays more than $2"]
 Bork “Borks” Miers operationrescue.org 10/9/5 ["Operation Rescue renews its call for Miers’ withdrawal  ...Former Federal Judge Robert Bork, whose nomination to the Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate in an historically contentious battle in 1987, described the choice of Miers as “a disaster on every level.”"]
 

 Thousands feared dead as big quake hits subcontinent reuters.co.uk 10/8/5 ["Well over 1,000 people were killed in northern Pakistan and India on Saturday as a massive earthquake buried children under schools, felled two apartment blocks in Islamabad and reduced mountain villages to rubble.  The death toll from the 7.6 magnitude quake, the region's strongest in living memory, was expected to climb further."]
 Here Come the UN Army & Police thenewamerican.com 10/8/5 ["Bush's State Department signed a document on September 15 that would result in an unprecedented militarization of the United Nations.   The 2005 World Summit Outcomes document would (among other things) strengthen the military "stand-by arrangements" already in existence with 80 nations (for the United Nations to call up troops from national armies) and would initiate a new standing UN police force. World Summit Outcomes stipulates: "We endorse the creation of an initial operating capability for a standing police capacity to provide coherent, effective and responsible start-up capability for the policing component of the United Nations peacekeeping missions and to assist existing missions through the provision of advice and expertise.""]
 National Porn Sunday October 9 lifesite.net 10/8/5 ["Hundreds of churches across the US plan to participate in National Porn Sunday, a one-day event designed to start the conversation about the issues surrounding pornography, “America’s ‘dirty little secret,’” according to Porn Sunday creators, xxxchurch.com.  The focus of Porn Sunday is to get churches and pastors talking about the issue of pornography and sexual addictions"]
 Awaiting the Son of David jnewswire.com 10/8/5 ["On the evening of October 3, the nation of Israel welcomed in the Jewish New Year. Celebrating it, we joined with them, dipping apple slices in honey and wishing one another shana tovah u’metuka – a year that is good and sweet."]
 Ex-Homosexual Blasts Time's Teen Homosexuality Article as 'Pro-Gay Puff Piece' agapepress.org 10/8/5 ["Bennett asserts, "This article is filled with tons of misinformation, mocking of Bible-believing Christians, of people who have come out of homosexuality such as myself and who are happily married now.""]
 Troops may stay on in New Orleans usatoday.com 10/8/5 ["In a rousing address, Nagin warned that business owners should be prepared to pay a premium to secure workers in a new labor market where fast-food outlets are offering thousands of dollars in signing bonuses to employees who will work in the hurricane zone.  Nagin also expressed concern that local workers are being shut out of jobs by laborers from Mexico. "How do I ensure that New Orleans is not overrun by Mexican workers?" he said."]
 Guatemalan: 1,400 dead in mudslide news.com.au 10/8/5 [""]
 Bush Plan Shows U.S. Is Not Ready for Deadly Flu 10/8/5 [Editor: More beating of the drums]
 Panama Considers Broad-Sweeping Homosexual Hate Crimes, Legalization of Homosexuality lifesite.net 10/8/5 ["Panama’s lawmakers are considering broad-sweeping changes that would criminalize any criticism of homosexuality, and make homosexuality legal in the largely Catholic nation."]
 US increases troops to 152,000 for referendum gulf-news.com 10/8/5 ["about 14,000 above its usual level, to provide extra security for the October 15 constitutional referendum, the Pentagon said yesterday."]
 

 Honesty the key, US says at start of bird flu conference news.yahoo.com 10/7/5 ["The United States hopes to convince foreign governments that political will to prepare for an outbreak before it starts is vital, and is stressing that as disease does not recognize national borders, a threat against one country is a threat against everyone."]
 New Orleans Mayor Makes Pitch for Gambling news.yahoo.com 10/7/5 [""]
 Wal-Mart's Giant Sucking Sound businessweek.com 10/7/5 [" Using a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, Wal-Mart's (WMT ) executives are defiantly blasting back at opponents who have criticized the retail giant's shoddy labor practices. But most people and even Wal-Mart's critics are missing the real crisis, which is that the behemoth from Bentonville, Ark., with its nationally destabilizing business model, is a dangerous detriment to America's local and national economies and to the middle class."]
 A Voice That Carries news.yahoo.com 10/7/5 ["...James C. Dobson into a formidable political force.  The founder of the evangelical ministry Focus on the Family, Dobson, 69, is known in Washington as a warrior for the religious right — relentless, ruthless and dangerous to cross. He's so influential that White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove rushed to line up his support for the nomination of Harriet E. Miers to the Supreme Court by personally reassuring him of her conservatism.  ...Explaining that he still feels "fear and trepidation" about endorsing Miers, because she has no judicial record, Dobson has not asked listeners to campaign for her — yet."]
 China: Christian evangelist arrested worldnetdaily.com 10/7/5 ["Ma Shulei, a full time house-church evangelist, and his father, Ma Yinzhou, a house-church pastor"]
 London to Get Sexual 'Theme Park' news.yahoo.com 10/7/5 ["Several cities around the world — including New York, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Paris — are home to erotic museums."]
 

 Bush Presses Vaccine Makers on Bird Flu news.yahoo.com 10/6/5 ["Bush called together the heads of major vaccine companies "to press ahead to expand our manufacturing capacity for a vaccine to address this risk," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Thursday.  On the agenda for Friday's meeting is liability, McClellan said. If healthy people suffer side effects from a vaccine, manufacturers can face huge lawsuits, one reason many companies have left the business in the last two decades."]
 U.S. passport plan draws fire theglobeandmail.com 10/6/5 ["Prodded by the Canadian embassy, a growing informal coalition of U.S. border politicians, including Senator Hillary Clinton and New York Governor George Pataki, is pushing for the U.S. government to drop its plan to require passports to cross the Canadian border.  ...Mr. Pataki then held up a copy of his New York state driver's licence, saying that it included security safeguards that could be used in place of a passport."]
 Hurricane Jobless Claims Rise to 363,000 news.yahoo.com 10/6/5 ["The unemployment report could show as many as 400,000 job losses from Katrina  ...The reports showed that Americans struggling to cope with the surge in gasoline prices related to the shutdown of Gulf Coast refineries shopped for basics during the month but cut back on nonessentials.  ...higher energy costs from the hurricanes will prompt Americans to stop spending on other items, a development that, if serious enough, could threaten to push the economy into a recession."]
 Katrina work goes to officials who led Iraq effort reuters.com 10/6/5 ["Top officials from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Pentagon's inspector general office have also joined companies that are benefiting from Katrina contracts and subcontracts in what is expected to be one of the world's biggest reconstruction efforts, worth as much as $200 billion by some accounts."]
 Bush military bird flu role slammed cnn.com 10/6/5 ["The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 bans the military from participating in police-type activity on U.S. soil.  But Dr. Irwin Redlener, associate dean of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and director of its National Center for Disaster Preparedness, told The Associated Press the president's suggestion was dangerous.  Giving the military a law enforcement role would be an "extraordinarily Draconian measure" that would be unnecessary if the nation had built the capability for rapid vaccine production, ensured a large supply of anti-virals like Tamiflu and not allowed the degradation of the public health system."  Editor: Hegelian dialect and repetition]
 

 Much of US fighting gear stocked in S. Korea found in disrepair boston.com 10/5/5 ["at least half and as much as 80 percent of the heavy weapons and other fighting gear were not ''fully mission capable,"   ...The Defense Department ''faces some near-term operational risks should another large-scale conflict emerge because it has drawn heavily on its prepositioned stocks to support ongoing operations in Iraq," the report said."]
 Chinese Authorities Assault Forced Abortion Activist, His Attorneys lifenews.com 10/5/5 ["A Chinese activist who blew open a scandal involving population control staffers who forcibly aborted or sterilized thousands of people in Linyi, China"]
 Services sector hurt by spiraling prices reuters.com 10/5/5 ["New orders, exports orders and employment in the services sector all fell in September.  ...Services account for about 80 percent of the U.S. economy, encompassing sectors as diverse as restaurants and hotels, construction and financial services."]
 UFO-spotters tell tales of the extra-terrestrial reuters.com 10/5/5 ["group that believes a fleet of UFOs will fly to Earth at the end of the world and Christ could use one for his second coming"  Editor: propaganda to explain Christ's Return]
 Spanish Flu of 1918: Could It Happen Again? abcnews.go.com 10/5/5 ["Soldiers gathering in military bases were shipped out to Europe that year, bringing with them the deadly virus. Though the Spanish flu was spread aboard ships and in the trenches and military camps of Europe and America, Schaffner notes the avian flu might be dispersed even more quickly and easily today."]
 

 Bush wants right to use military if bird flu hits reuters.com 10/4/5 ["asked Congress on Tuesday to consider giving him powers to use the military to enforce quarantines in case of an avian influenza epidemic.  He said the military, and perhaps the National Guard, might be needed to take such a role if the feared H5N1 bird flu virus changes enough to cause widespread human infection.  ...He noted that some governors may object to the federal government commandeering the National Guard, which is under state command in most circumstances.  ...The active duty military is currently forbidden from undertaking law enforcement duties by the federal Posse Comitatus Act.  ...Bush said he was involved in planning for an influenza pandemic, which experts say will definitely come"]
 Miss. Lawmakers OK Casino Move to Dry Land washingtonpost.com 10/4/5 ["Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he'll sign a bill this week to let hurricane-battered coastal casinos move a short distance onto dry land."]
 Americans Plan Record Spending For Halloween kcra.com 10/4/5 ["consumers expect to spend nearly $3.33 billion for a scary holiday this year. That's an increase of nearly 5.5 percent from last year.  And a good chunk of the increase is expected to come from young adults."]
 NYC Unveils Hurricane Evacuation Plan news.yahoo.com 10/4/5 ["more than six times the population of New Orleans — could be forced to evacuate by the first major hurricane to hit the city since 1938."]
 Miers' record begins to fill in worldnetdaily.com 10/4/5 ["is on record as supporting the establishment of the International Criminal Court, homosexual adoptions, a major local tax increase and women in combat  ... never served as a judge at any level."]
 New Orleans lays off 3,000 in sign of struggle ahead reuters.com 10/4/5 ["New Orleans will lay off 40 percent of its workers and warned of more belt-tightening ahead, a bleak reminder of the challenges the city faces as it recovers from two hurricanes.  The elimination of 3,000 jobs, which Nagin described as "pretty permanent," is expected to save the hard-hit city $5 million to $8 million a month."]
 Fla. Tourists Warned on Deadly Force Law abcnews.go.com 10/4/5 ["Gun Control Group in Florida Warns Tourists About State's Law on Residents Using Deadly Force"]
 Earthquake shakes Israel jnewswire.com 10/4/5 ["Meanwhile, mystery surrounds another earthquake that was reportedly felt throughout the country last Tuesday evening shortly after 10 PM."]
 

 Operation Rescue: “Supreme Court Reform Does Not Come in a Brown Paper Bag” operationrescue.org 10/3/5 ["We must be given a nominee that will restore the protections of personhood to the pre-born. If your head was about to be crushed, would you want to trust you life to someone who will not state their position on your murder?"]
 Alabama: Roy Moore Running For Governor cbsnews.com 10/3/5 ["He announced today that he'll run for governor next year. "]
 Brazil Weighs a National Gun Ban washingtonpost.com 10/3/5 ["will be the first time any country has taken a proposed gun ban to the national ballot."]
 Strongest earthquake in 15 years hits Cascade ktvb.com 10/3/5 [""]
 Muslims turn eyes to sky to start Ramadan indystar.com 10/3/5 ["Crescent moon that signals beginning of holiday is expected Tuesday night"]
 Earthquake registering 4.3 shakes Israel; no injuries haaretz.com 10/3/5 ["originated in the Jordan Valley and was felt in cities including Nahariya, Haifa, Tel Aviv and Rehovot"]
 California: 20% of Seniors Flunk High School Graduation Exam latimes.com 10/3/5 ["The exit exam — which has come under criticism by some educators, legislators and civil rights advocates — is geared to an eighth-grade level in math and to ninth- and 10th-grade levels in English."]
 Clinton's Global Gabfest a "Shadow World Government" thenewamerican.com 10/3/5 ["Apparently, former President Bill Clinton has received Gorbachev’s mantle to continue building what the former Soviet dictator called a “global brain trust” that would provide “non-governmental commissions of ‘wise men’” and “Councils of Elders” to solve the world’s intractable problems and guide humanity into a new world order."]
 House says 'yes' to onshore casinos djournal.com 10/3/5 ["about 15,000 direct jobs in the gambling industry and 35,000 indirect jobs involving those who supply the casinos."]
 Hurricanes Not God's Wrath, Most Say in Poll news.aol.com 10/3/5 ["But one in three evangelical Protestants think they are, compared with 13 percent of non-evangelical Protestants, 15 percent of Catholics and 17 percent of non-religious people."]
 Gas prices may last six months usatoday.com 10/3/5 ["Only 2% of Gulf oil production had resumed by the weekend, MMS reported, and 21% of natural gas production. The Gulf supplies 29% of U.S.-produced oil and 19% of U.S.-sourced natural gas."]
 Typhoon, quake leave Taiwan shaken, stirred cnn.com 10/3/5 ["Nature's double-whammy left 36 people injured from the storm, according to local media reports, but no one was reported hurt by the quake, a magnitude 5.4 -- capable of moderate damage."]
 

 Chavez: Venezuela moves reserves to Europe businessweek.com 10/2/5 ["has moved its central bank foreign reserves out of U.S. banks, liquidated its investments in U.S. Treasury securities and placed the funds in Europe, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday."]
 Ministry Sues State to Keep "Gay Changing" 12-Step Program wreg.com 10/2/5 ["Despite its objections, Love in Action agreed to no longer accept depressed clients. In response, Love in Action is slapping Governor Phil Bredesen and other state officials with a lawsuit. "This is about freedom, fundamental freedom. For a faith based institution to act out on their faith," says Kellum."]
 Abortion protesters rally before law palmbeachpost.com 10/2/5 ["About two dozen abortion protesters stood outside the Women's Presidential Center today in a last-ditch effort before a new "buffer zone" law goes into effect next week."]
 China could become world's largest exporter by 2010 hindu.com 10/2/5 ["China's economy will continue to march ahead and the communist giant could overtake the US and Germany to become the largest exporter in the world in the next five years, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) forecast said.  By 2010, Chinese goods and services could represent as much as 10 per cent of global trade compared with six per cent at present"]
 Same-sex couples celebrate their civil unions; drawing cheers, protests wtnh.com 10/2/5 ["Opponents of the law say the people of Connecticut should have been given the chance to vote on civil unions before it became law."]
 Rare Eclipse to Appear Over Europe, Africa washingtonpost.com 10/2/5 ["During the event, called an annular eclipse, the moon will mask the sun like a black plate, leaving a bright, fiery rim."]
 

 Connecticut legalizes same-sex civil unions chron.com 10/1/5 [" the law is also creating confusion with some employers who will be required to extend health benefits to same-sex couples.  "I think employers are going to start getting requests (for benefits) as soon as Monday."]
 Uganda bans gay marriage news24.com 10/1/5 ["The amendment says "marriage is lawful only if entered into between a man and a woman" and specifies that "it is unlawful for same-sex couples to marry".  ... homosexual relations are already criminalised in Uganda under a sodomy law inherited from British colonial rule."]
 Momentous issues on the horizon for Roberts era buffalonews.com 10/1/5 [" This term alone, the Supreme Court will decide whether states are going too far in trying to restrict abortion and in trying to lure business across state lines. The justices also will determine whether the federal government went out of bounds when it attached strings to federal funding and tried to prevent physicians from assisting suicide.  Beyond this term, court-watchers see the high court delving into hot-button issues such as late-term, or what critics call "partial-birth," abortion, gay marriage and the narrowing of civil rights in the era of terrorism. "]
 American cancels some flights on fuel costs businessweek.com 10/1/5 ["citing high jet fuel prices that were also blamed for a new round of fare increases.  ...American's cutbacks were announced a day after Continental Airlines raised most fares on flights within the United States and between the U.S. and Canada, also blaming jet fuel costs.  ... Jet fuel costs have risen 39 percent in the past month."]
 Ramadan, Rosh Hashana to coincide cleveland.com 10/1/5 ["Rosh Hashana begins at sundown Monday, and Ramadan is expected to begin Tuesday.  ... Accordingly, Ramadan and Rosh Hashana coincide only once every 33 years."]