Tune into the Alex Jones Show today for a discussion of the occult, satanic history of halloween and other popular holidays.

"Halloween's pagan roots are real, as are those of Christmas and Easter. Santa Claus comes from an ancient woodland spirit honored by pagans, and Easter's non-Christian ancestry is derived from a Germanic fertility goddess, thus the Easter eggs and Easter bunny ... Halloween was called samhain in the pagan world-part harvest festival, partly a day to honor the dead" (Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, Oct. 28, 1993, "Conservative Christians Urge Halloween Alternative").

Don't Let Your Kids Celebrate a Religion of Evil

American Daily

Do you want your children and grandchildren involved in a celebration of demons and witchcraft? Halloween is not innocent fun with costumes and candy, as many believe. You may be surprised by the roots of this religious holiday.

Christians just saying 'no' to Halloween

Herald Tribune

Saying that scares and ghouls flirt with Satanism, more and more churches offer friendly alternatives.

Halloween: An ungodly import?

CNN

Saints instead of witches, pop songs instead of hooting owls, "Christian cake" instead of pumpkins -- France's Catholics are trying everything to fend off a Halloween celebration they say is an ungodly U.S. import

The sick mindset -- Wake Forest University Paper Runs Column: Satanism is so much fun!

Old Gold and Black

Commentator: "If someone knocked at my door on Halloween and handed me a pamphlet outlining the downfalls of Satan worship and telling me to let Jesus fill the hollow in my life, I would immediately vomit violently, spin my head around and curse God."

If anyone else did this, the secret service would be called. Barbara Bush threatens that, if you talk about her family, you're dead CNN Barbara Bush:" you can criticize me, but don't criticize my children and don't criticize my daughters-in-law and don't criticize my husband, or you're dead."

You might want to take her threat seriously -- check out the Bush body count -- click here

Blaze that started California inferno could have been stopped, but state officials stopped air tankers from taking off

San Francisco Chronicle

The helicopter with the dump bucket flew within five miles of the fire, before state officials told it to turn back, Weldon said. The air tankers never took off. Weldon was told crews would attack the fire in the morning.

Hysteria: Gun in Capitol Scare Plastic, Police Say

AP

A female worker brought a Halloween costume and a plastic gun into a congressional office building on Thursday, prompting an extraordinary shutdown of the House of Representatives

Analysis paints harsher picture of Mass. joblessness

Boston Globe

Massachusetts suffered a greater rate of permanent job losses in the recent recession and its workers are suffering longer periods of joblessness than the nation as a whole

Wal-Mart no stranger to illegal contract work

AP

the Honesdale case and three others in Florida, Illinois and Virginia, ll involving illegal workers employed to clean Wal-Marts and other businesses, point to the largely overlooked, but widespread, recruiting of eastern Europeans and other foreigners to scrub the floors and toilets of America's retail emporiums while most shoppers sleep.

New voting machines' security, reliability a concern to some

AP

With just over a year to go before the next presidential race, touch-screen voting machines don't seem like the cure-all some thought they would be. Skeptics fear they'll only produce more problems, from making recounts less reliable to giving computer hackers a chance to sabotage results.

Colorful $20 bill not a great change

Miami Herald

The new $20 bill was designed to fool counterfeiters. It's also fooling machines. Automated payment kiosks, coin-op laundry change machines and jai-alai operations are all affected.

Counterfeit versions of new 20's show up in Massachusetts

WFSB

New 20 dollar bills are supposed to cut down on counterfeiting but fake bills have already been found floating around New England.

Security services on high terrorist alert for Bush's British tour

London Independent

An unprecedented security operation is being put in place to protect George Bush and his entourage from mass protests and potential terrorist attacks when they arrive in London in 19 days' time.

Al-Qaida sought 'dirty bomb' materials in Canadian University

CNews

Adnan El Shukrijumah is being sought by the FBI and CIA in connection with a plot to detonate a dirty bomb - a conventional explosive laced with radioactive material.

Top al-Qaeda man 'held in Sudan'

BBC

A senior al-Qaeda member on President George W Bush's list of 22 most-wanted terrorists has reportedly been captured alive and is being held in Sudan.

Ridge: U.S. and E.U. Should Pioneer Biometrics

Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union should lead the world in setting international standards for biometrics such as facial recognition technology, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said on Wednesday.

14-Yr old Suspended for "Patriotic" Stick Figure

FOX News

A 14-year-old New Jersey schoolboy — whose dad and stepdad are in the military — was suspended for five days because he drew a "patriotic" stick figure of a U.S Marine blowing away a Taliban fighter, officials said yesterday.

Growing use of private police network raises concerns

USA Today

Some see it as an assault on personal privacy, a Big Brother of a network operating outside the bounds of state regulation.

Unmanned Aerial Drones Raise Specter of Big Brother

Richmond Times-Dispatch

When it flies overhead at 65,000 feet - or 12 miles high - an unmanned airplane called Global Hawk can spy a milk carton sitting on a picnic table, manufacturer Northrop Grumman Corp. says.

Now the telescreens talk to you: Talking eyes to target criminals

London Guardian

Just as Britain gets used to CCTV cameras, a new Big Brother system is to become part of everyday life.

If this technology is over 30 years old, imagine what they're using today: CIA Used Dragonfly, Catfish as Spy Gadget Models

Reuters

Charlie and the dragonfly were among spy gadgets displayed at CIA headquarters in an exhibit to mark the 40th anniversary of the Directorate of Science and Technology. It is not open to the public.

Camera stirs debate among neighbors

Evanstown Review

Residents from different neighborhood groups, as well as their aldermen, are disagreeing sharply over the necessity of a $21,000 security camera to deter crime in the Main-Dodge neighborhood.

Palm Beach County principal reassigned after allegedly pointing toy gun at student

Sun Sentinel

The principal of Okeeheelee Middle School has been reassigned while Palm Beach County school district officials investigate an allegation he pointed a toy gun at a student.

Official suggests Iraq hid weapons in Syria

IHT

The director of a top American spy agency said Tuesday that he believed that material from Iraq's illicit weapons program was transported into Syria and perhaps other countries as part of an effort by Iraqis to disperse and destroy evidence immediately before the recent war.

Bush warns Iraq neighbours

BBC

US President George W Bush has warned Iran and Syria not to let terrorists cross into Iraq from their territory.

Poll controversy as Israel and US labelled biggest threats to World peace

EU Observer

Over half of Europeans think that Israel now presents the biggest threat to world peace according to a controversial poll requested by the European Commission.

Why Did Diana Die?

ABC News

Crime Writer Patricia Cornwell Takes a Fresh Look at the Fatal Crash

UK reality show's dream girl was a man

London Telegraph

Six men who competed for the affection of an attractive brunette called Miriam for a reality television programme have threatened legal action after discovering that the object of their attention was a transsexual.

Navy's Top Officer Calls For A Global Naval Force

The Day

The Navy's top officer outlined on Monday a strategy for fighting terrorism that calls for an international naval collaboration to share intelligence and resources in an unprecedented show of maritime force.

Russia may join Nato to fight common enemy’

Jang Group

Outgoing NATO Secretary General George Robertson was quoted on Sunday as saying that former enemy Russia could one day join NATO to fight the new common enemy of "international terrorism".

O'Connor: U.S. must rely on foreign law

WND

American courts need to pay more attention to international legal decisions to help create a more favorable impression abroad, said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at an awards dinner in Atlanta.

EU delegates accused of treating human rights as side issue at China summit

Phayul

The two sides initialled an agreement on visas to make it easier for groups of Chinese tourists to travel to Europe. Approved Chinese travel agencies will be given preferential treatment for visas, provided their holidaymakers all return to China. The summit also agreed to set up an annual dialogue on industrial co-operation.

Two killed in Baghdad fire as bomb explosion hits U.S. military convoy

Al Bawaba

Two people died and seven others were injured when a fire broke out Thursday night in two central Baghdad buildings after a propane tank exploded, while, minutes later, a bomb hit a U.S. military convoy.

U.S. Deaths in Iraq Not Fully Reported

Editor and Publisher

USA Today's report is typical: "the 115 American troops killed in combat in Iraq since May 1 -- the day Bush declared major combat operations over -- exceeds the 114 killed by hostile fire during the war itself." But these reports continue to ignore the total death count.

US 'targets' journalists in Iraq

BBC

The Arabic TV network al-Jazeera has accused US-led forces in Iraq of harassment, after one of its journalists was detained this week.

Study links US reconstruction deals in Iraq, Afghanistan to Bush backers

ProLog

Firms doing US government-funded business in Iraq and Afghanistan donated more to President George W. Bush's 2000 election campaign than they gave any other poltician in the past 12 years, said a new study released Thursday.

U.S. warned of more suicide attacks in Iraq

Knight Ridder

Rumors are swirling around Baghdad that foreign terrorists are likely to initiate another massive wave of suicide bombings in the Iraqi capital within days and weeks as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan continues.

U.S. Officials See Hussein's Hand in Attacks on Americans in Iraq

New York Times

Saddam Hussein may be playing a significant role in coordinating and directing attacks by his loyalists against American forces in Iraq, senior American officials said Thursday.

New world order developing new lethal viruses

New Scientist

A scientist funded by the US government has deliberately created an extremely deadly form of mousepox, a relative of the smallpox virus, through genetic engineering.

Vaccine-Evading Mousepox Virus Created

AP

A research team backed by a federal grant has created a genetically engineered mousepox virus designed to evade vaccines, highlighting the deadly potential of biotechnology and bioterrorism.

Lethal Virus from 1918 Genetically Reconstructed

Sunshine Project

US Army scientists create "Spanish Flu" virus in laboratory - medical benefit questionable