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May 1, 2007

KCI Airport installs foot basins to serve Muslim cabbies
Police worry that Kansas City is 'catering' to Islamic rituals
The Kansas City International Airport has added several foot-washing basins in restrooms to accommodate a growing number of Muslim taxicab drivers who requested the facilities to prepare for daily Islamic prayer.

Florida Abortion Law – Must wait 24 hours and see Ultrasound
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070428/LOCAL/704280365/-1/news
A woman seeking an abortion in Florida would have to wait 24 hours before going through with it under a bill passed Friday by the state House. The measure could also make it more likely that she would see an ultrasound image of the fetus before undergoing the procedure.

NYC mayor: TV station wrong to 'censor' anti-gun ad
Kansas director of programming nixed spot because claims could not be verified
Congressman Tiahrt, R – Kansas says it actually helps law enforcement because it keeps confidential information that could interfere with gun investigations, like the names of gun buyers, and he points to the fact that the Fraternal Order of Police sides with him. A spokesman for Tiahrt says the congressman supports some changes to the language and is working with the Bloomberg administration to accomplish that.

Ultra-violent gang found in 42 states
Central American members move to Los Angeles, then branch out
Cliques of the ultra-violent Latin American MS-13 gang have been identified in 42 U.S. states, according to the director of an FBI task force, speaking at a conference here.

Campus Gun Safety Myth
http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/87792.html
“Here’s the myth,” said Pisani, a retired KU biology instructor and gun-safety teacher. “You pass a policy saying you’re gun-free, you put up a sign, shake hands, pick flowers and say, ‘We’re all safer now.’ “The fact is you’ve just made yourself more vulnerable” to an armed madman.”

Ban on 'mom' and 'dad' considered – again
Education agenda would require K-12 'gay' indoctrination
A plan that has been launched in the California state Assembly – again – could be used to ban references to "mom" and "dad" in public schools statewide by prohibiting anything that would "reflect adversely" on the homosexual lifestyle choice.

U.S. troops seize gang 'smuggling bombs from Iran'
Intelligence reports indicate secret cell sent militants to Tehran for training
US forces on Friday detained four members of a gang suspected of smuggling armor-piercing bombs from Iran to Iraq and sending back militants for "terrorist training", the military said.

Canadian war amputee heads to U.S. for treatment
Needed therapy for lost limbs only available at Walter Reed hospital in U.S.
Master Cpl. Paul Franklin who was gravely wounded in Afghanistan in 2006 took his first tentative steps towards new independence this week at Walter Reed Army hospital in Washington.

Archbishop quits hospital board over Sheryl Crow
Says charity-concert singer 'promotes moral evils' by supporting stem-cell research
St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke was not interested in Crow's altruism. He was interested in her activism — specifically her support for embryonic stem cell research, which the Roman Catholic church believes is akin to abortion. On Wednesday, Burke said Crow "promotes moral evils."

'Cheese please': Latest heroin cocktail killing kids
Officials say deadly mix spreading, deaths rising
At least 18 Dallas County teenagers have died from using cheese, a mixture of black tar heroin and powderized Tylenol PM tablets.

DUI illegal kills pedestrian week after given probation
Hit-and-run follows suspension of sentence for conviction in 2006 drunk-driving arrest
Little caution, critics say, is being exercised when it comes to preventing mayhem on America's highways as the country witnesses record high numbers of unlicensed, unregistered, uninsured drivers – millions of whom are illegal aliens.

Fred Thompson - Rewriting History a Classroom at a Time
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FredThompson/2007/04/26/rewriting_history_a_classroom_at_a_tim
The educational system in Great Britain has gone politically correct and refused to educate their students about Islamic fascist history such as their relationship with the Axis Power in WWII and even the Crusades. “It’s time for people who believe they have a stake in Western Civilization and its traditions to get a little backbone---even if it offends someone,” indicated Thompson.

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