] President Bush called on Congress Tuesday to pass a $15
] billion initiative to fight the spread of AIDS in Africa

Why why why why why why why why why why why etc.

Bush pushes $15 billion for AIDS fight

] The 11,000 poets whose work is published on this site
] were part of the largest outcry of poets in history
] against the war. After the fall of Baghdad and other
] Iraqi cities, and as the fighting winds down, it is
] important for us to celebrate this eloquent demand for
] peace, and to pledge ourselves to continue this work for
] peace. We'd like to invite you to join us in a special
] event on the first of May -- a celebration of the voices
] of the many poets worldwide who contributed this spring
] to the poetsagainstthewar.org web site.

Poets Against the War

"-Tell me, Samantha... how did you and Holly get into the craft?

-Through the Harry Potter books! We wanted his powers... so we called for spirit guides. Then they came into us."

Ahh, yes.. the homepage of Chick Publications.

For Kathy, with all my love...

] A Greenbrier County man hoping to collect damages for
] being served a burger allegedly topped with filth, lost
] his lawsuit.

Man loses lawsuit over poopburger

] An American citizen detained for more than a month as a
] material witness in a terrorism case in Oregon was
] charged today with plotting to fight against American
] soldiers in Afghanistan.
]
] The American, Maher Hawash, a 38-year-old software
] designer in Portland, was accused of conspiring with a
] group of six others who had already been charged with
] trying to provide material support to Al Qaeda and the
] Taliban.

Hawash Charged With Plotting to Fight U.S. in Afghanistan

] The carcasses of 250 cattle that apparently had been
] poisoned were found at a feedlot in eastern Nebraska,
] authorities said Monday.

:(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

250 cattle poisoned in Nebraska

] The Navy's current plan is to purchase one submarine per
] year through 2006, then two per year after that. EB and
] Newport News (Va.) Shipbuilding each produce half of each
] submarine, and then alternate the final assembly. Some
] top defense officials, including Navy acquisition chief
] John Young, have said the Pentagon might have to look at
] restoring competition to submarine contracts, or giving
] all the submarine work to one yard, to bring down the
] cost.

That's not good. Labor is cheaper at NNS.

Navy Watches Cost Hikes In Sub Program

] Liars, all of them, according to Jo Hamlett, the mayor of
] this tiny Fox River town just north of the Missouri
] border, who fills many a day soaking up the stories spun
] around the long table here at A.J.'s. Tired of the
] extra-tall tales, and always on the lookout for cash to
] pave the town's roads, Mr. Hamlett has proposed an
] ordinance to ban lying here.
]
] "I just feel like it would put a little more Midwestern
] honesty back in these people," Mr. Hamlett, 69, said,
] adding that the hunting and fishing here are so good, no
] exaggeration is necessary. "I'm for God, motherhood,
] apple pie and honesty. That is my agenda."

Shh... can you hear that??? It's very faint, but it sounds like the beginning of "Dueling Banjos"....

Hear the One About the Mayor Who Wanted to Ban Lying?

] Large-screen theater operator IMAX said Wednesday that
] Warner Bros. Pictures and producer Village Roadshow's
] upcoming "Matrix" films, "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The
] Matrix Revolutions," will be released on IMAX's 15
] frames-per-second/70mm screen format to accompany the
] standard theatrical releases debuting this year.

COOOOL...

New 'Matrix' to hit IMAX theaters

] LACEY -- Two civilian security guards at the Oyster Creek
] nuclear power plant have been placed on administrative
] leave after one drew his weapon on the other for "one or
] two" seconds during a "verbal joust," company officials
] said.
]
] The guard admitted to company officials that he used poor
] judgment when he removed the gun from his holster after
] joking around at 11 p.m. Tuesday, said Hugh McNally,
] manager of nuclear security for Exelon, which operates
] the plant.
]
] The incident occurred less than a week after two other
] guards at the plant were fired after falling asleep at a
] security checkpoint at its parking lot.

More reasons to move away from Oyster Creek...