POLICE STATE HEADLINES

	THE PATRIOT ACT II: TERRORIZING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Rather than toughening our ability to capture and kill Osama bin Laden and his ilk, this bill would instead rely on cosmetic "solutions" which threaten the constitutional rights of Americans, without increasing our national security. In fact, this placebo will probably make our country considerably less secure.

Cashless Society Propaganda Piece: Biometric technology may eliminate passwords and codes

	World court elects first prosecutor
An Argentine lawyer, who helped to put his country's former military rulers on trial, has been unanimously elected the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

AMERICA'S NEW WORLD ORDER LEAVES MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED

Dog and Pony Show:

Pentagon adviser berates Moscow and Paris

Moscow to defy US
At the same time, Richard Perle, a leading adviser to the Pentagon, told a Russian newspaper the country's multi-billion-dollar oil deals with Iraq would probably be annulled. Russia has an estimated $US52 billion ($85 billion) tied up in deals with Iraq under the sanctions regime and is owed at least $US8 billion.

Hospitals may go without doctors to comply with EU

	Milking the Nightmare He Created as an Election Ploy
Bush election drive to tap September 11 memories

When does a snapshot of a mother breast-feeding her child become kiddie porn?
Ask the Richardson police.

Staph skin infection spreading in LA County jail
A drug-resistant bacteria continues to infect county jail inmates, spreading a non-deadly staphylococcus skin infection to 325 people so far this year, with 125 infections reported just last month.

	California Could Be Out of Money in Weeks
It would be a worse case scenario, but the state could begin writing IOU's to pay the bills if lawmakers don't nail down a fiscal budget and the state technically runs out of money in a few weeks

SF Bay area likely to face destructive earthquake by 2032
The San Francisco Bay area has a 62 percent chance of being struck by a major earthquake in the next 30 years, and the populous Interstate 880 corridor in the East Bay is particularly vulnerable to a catastrophe

Boy, 7, charged in attempted robbery

IN: Inmates May Be Released To Relieve Overcrowding
Officials released about 3,500 inmates last year to avoid violating the order. Two of the prisoners were charged with murders after their release and were later convicted.