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June 2008

June 30, 2008 - McCain Calls Comprehensive Immigration Reform 'Top Priority'  Click here ; Feds probe S.F.'s migrant-offender shield  Click here ; Oil prices pass $143 a barrel; US gas hits high  Click here ; Iraq throws open door to foreign oil firms   Click here ; Repeal the Second Amendment?   Click here ; Boy, 8, accused of invitation discrimination in Sweden  Click here  

June 27, 2008 - Lawsuits Follow Landmark Gun Ruling  Click here ; Oil price still near record $142  Click here ; Wall Street pares losses in volatile trading  Click here ; George Clooney calls for unity among actors   Click here ; Grim proving ground for Obama's housing policy  Click here ; European airlines angered by EU 'CO2 tax'   Click here  

June 26, 2008 - Supreme Court Strikes Down DC Handgun Ban   Click here ; Reactions to Supreme Court Striking Down DC Gun Ban  Click here ; Tolerance of torture rising, poll shows  Click here ; California air board announces plan for carbon-credit trading   Click here ; ACLU Might File Suit To End Lunch Prayer  Click here ; Fragile economy improves but not out of woods yet  Click here  

June 25, 2008 - Pelosi supports silencing talk radio with Fairness Doctrine     Click here ; EPA Urged to Reduce US Ethanol Mandate  Click here; Nader: Obama 'talking white'  Click here ; Senate may pass mortgage aid plan as soon as today  Click here ; Heinz pulls ad for mayonnaise showing 2 men kissing  Click here ; Angry Kids Protest Gas Prices After Mom Cancels Cable TV  Click here  

June 24, 2008 - McCain Goes Green in Early Campaign Ads    Click here ; Pro-drilling lobby makes new friends  Click here ; Department of Obama Image drops pseudo presidential seal  Click here ; Improvement in Iraq May Allow Reinforcement of Afghanistan  Click here ; N.J. Senator Seeks Safety Panel Probe Of Gun Replicas  Click here ; Abandoned coins add up for TSA  Click here

June 23, 2008 - Put oil firm chiefs on trial, says leading climate change scientist    Click here ; Democrat Steps Back From Call to 'Socialize' Oil Refineries   Click here ; Court rejects challenge to Arizona border fence  Click here ; Fuel Costs May Force Some Kids To Walk  Click here ; Brain Study Shows Differences Between Gays, Straights  Click here ; Rhode Island bills target cyberbullying  Click here  

June 20, 2008 - Group Taps Anger Over Gas Prices to Promote Government Regulation     Click here ; Three mayors fight immigration raids  Click here ; McCain meets with Hispanic leaders  Click here ; Dems Challenge Bush on Executive Ban on Offshore Drilling   Click here ; Spike Lee backs Obama, sees "Chocolate City"  Click here ; Report: Ohio teacher burned cross on kids' arms   Click here  

June 19, 2008 - IED-Caused Casualties in Iraq Down 89 Percent Since Surge     Click here ; Inmate wins case vs. state over diet  Click here ; English-only laws gathering steam   Click here ; McCain calls for more nuclear reactors   Click here ; Drivers cut back by 30B miles  Click here ; At-work text messages are private, court rules  Click here

June 18, 2008 - Consumer Anxiety Outstrips the Data    Click here ; Muslims barred from picture at Obama event   Click here ; Senate to Take Up Measures to Aid Homeowners   Click here ; Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month  Click here ; Judge OKs $11M Settlement in Va. Tech Massacre   Click here ; Group fights for school nickname  Click here  

June 17, 2008 - McCain touts energy conservation and oil exploration    Click here ; U.S. gas now a big bargain in Mexico  Click here ; Report Questions Pentagon Accounts   Click here ; Poll Finds Independent Voters Split Between McCain, Obama  Click here ; Radio Merger Under Fire From Black Lawmakers   Click here ; Bumper stickers signal hostility  Click here  

June 16, 2008 - Oil hits record near $140 a barrel    Click here ; Saudi oil output to rise in July  Click here ; Honda makes first hydrogen cars   Click here ; Escalating gas prices weighing down Postal Service  Click here ; Gingrich: McCain Won't Win On Experience   Click here ; Shopper sues Home Depot, claims he was cemented to store toilet  Click here

June 13, 2008 - Cheney Mistaken on China Drilling Oil in USA's Backyard     Click here ; US foreclosure filings surge 48 percent in May   Click here ; Attorney General Says Detainees' Military Trials Will Proceed  Click here ; Earmark Spending Makes a Comeback  Click here ; Alaska Spending Millions to Relocate Villages Affected by Climate Change   Click here ; More churchgoers are carrying guns  Click here

June 12, 2008 - Foreign Terrorists Have Constitutional Rights    Click here ; Capitol Hill computers hacked into by Chinese  Click here ; Conservatives Say 'Fairness Doctrine' Is Unfair  Click here ; Retail sales jump by largest amount in 6 months  Click here ; Polls: Obama gains among female voters   Click here ; Tornado hits university's research reactor in Kansas  Click here  

June 11, 2008 - China's Drilling for Oil in America's Backyard, Republicans Say    Click here ; Americans 'Have To' Move Away From Oil, McCain Says  Click here ; Feds predict $4.15 per gallon gas   Click here ; Corn prices surge to record high   Click here ; Bush regrets his legacy   Click here ; Life Expectancy Reaches New Record  Click here  

June 10, 2008 - Risk of US downturn 'diminishes'    Click here ; McCain wants low corporate taxes, regulated CEO pay  Click here ; Senate Republicans Defeat Oil Windfall Tax Measure   Click here; Tomatoes pulled off shelves amid salmonella scare  Click here ; Lab drives car to 100 mpg   Click here ; College Displaying Crucifix in Rectum Got Millions in Tax Dollars   Click here

June 9, 2008 - McCain and Obama face off after Clinton's exit    Click here ; McCain Campaign Declines to Meet with Billy Graham  Click here ; Obama's challenge: Wooing Hillary's base in the contest   Click here ; Bush to Congress: Get Going on Domestic Oil Drilling  Click here ; Drivers Say U.S. Should Drill for Oil on Federal Lands   Click here ; World Health Organization Admits Threat of Global AIDS Epidemic Is Over  Click here  

June 6, 2008 - U.S. Policies Put Most U.S. Oil Off-Limits to Drilling     Click here ; Investors' Growing Appetite for Oil Evades Market Limits   Click here ; Senate climate bill dies   Click here ; Congress Passes $3 Trillion Budget  Click here ; Senate panel says White House exaggerated Iraq threat  Click here ; 10 airports install body scanners  Click here  

June 5, 2008 - Ahmadinejad Invites Japan to Prepare for a World Without the US    Click here ; Foreign investors' rail bid examined  Click here ; Flag flap: confederate flag controversy keeps students from attending commencement  Click here ; Retailers Report Higher-Than-Expected Sales in May   Click here ; Water crisis to be biggest world risk  Click here ; Fairfax May Junk Study on Behavior  Click here

June 4, 2008 - Our Own Oil Cartel    Click here ; Obama clinches nomination; Clinton not conceding defeat   Click here ; Dems' Climate Change Tax Will Hurt Poor, Says GOP   Click here ; Amendment on Nov. Ballot Gives Californians 'Final Say' on Marriage  Click here ; South Dakota approves zoning ordinance for oil refinery   Click here ; McMahon fighting foreclosure on Beverly Hills home   Click here

June 3, 2008 - Clinton set to concede delegate race to Obama    Click here ; November sit-out threats worry GOP  Click here ; PG&E to offset state Dems emissions   Click here ; 4th-graders take field trip to meet day laborers   Click here ; White House, State, DOJ: No Further Data on Americans Killed in Mexico  Click here ; Cheney Apologizes for West Virginia Incest Joke  Click here

June 2, 2008 - Senate Takes Up Climate Bill     Click here ; Bill Clinton Fights Back Against Brutal Vanity Fair Article   Click here ; Hillary Clinton "It is not over 'til it's over"  Click here ; Iraq hits milestones on U.S. troop deaths and oil   Click here ; Ahmadinejad says Israel will soon disappear   Click here ; Eating insects is good for us and for the environment, scientists claim  Click here  

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