present problems for both parties

one-quarter of Americans, or 26 percent, believe the country is headed in the right direction

pay $200 for three years

Critics have again charged that the polls were deluged by Ron Paul internet spammers.

suggested their own polls have been fixed simply because Ron Paul won them.

CNBC even removed its own poll

when they realized Ron Paul was winning

Neo-Con blog sites do not even include Ron Paul in their polls

not as a result of one person voting multiple times, as in all the online polls only one vote per IP address is allowed

only allowed Paul a total of 5:44 minutes

6.5% of the time allotted in total to all candidates

Giuliani and Fred Thompson were both asked over double that amount.

slammed the candidates who willingly accepted the idea of striking Iran from the air without the authorization of Congress

calling for massive cuts in spending

captures light from all directions

will not block views as some conventional flat solar cell panels

little or no waste product

production costs in producing Sphelar are halved

younger Bush has not said.

said Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is well-suited for another office and would make “a great president.”

Jeb Bush has repeatedly said he is not going to run in 2008

it wouldn't be a good idea.

latly rejected the idea in an interview with Chris Matthews

highest levels in nearly two decades

cost of cocaine increasing 24%, from $95.89 to $118.70

six-month period ending in June

Bush administration prepares to ask Congress for an aid package of nearly $1 billion

director of the White House drug policy office, said at a news conference in San Diego that the multibillion-dollar anti-drug effort appears to be causing major disruptions in trafficking routes from Colombia to the U.S.-Mexico border.

thousands of troops and federal agents have failed to quell drug violence

U.S. government's war on cocaine

intercepting the drugs

eradicating coca cultivation

production has increased in recent years

seizures have gone up

growing demand in Europe

cash seizures in Mexico and Colombia have been turning up larger amounts of Euros

crackdowns and cartel wars in the past have produced similar price spikes, only to be followed by increased drug supplies as new groups take over

"My fear is even if Mexico is quite successful at taking down the Sinaloa, Gulf and Tijuana cartels, something is going to replace them. That's been the history of the drug war," Isacson said.

always claims a victory before they ask for money

All the money that went to fighting drugs in Colombia, an equal amount should be spent fighting usage in America," Farr said

produces geothermal energy, mainly for new housing developments. Pipes just five feet underground can pump 55-degree air

cutting utility bills and saving energy.

First Solar (FSLR). The company will "soon produce electricity in many parts of the country that is no more expensive that traditional power,"

doesn't employ costly silicon

Fuel Tech (FTEK) is another favorite

boilers burn cleaner, but the utilities don't have to shut them down for cleaning so they save money,"

Should oil prices plunge, these stocks will likely fall much further and faster than traditional energy stocks because most alternative-energy companies trade at lofty prices

approved by Congress with unusual bipartisan support

Bush and his backers argue that the bill would be a step toward federalization of health care, and that it would steer the program away from its core purpose of providing insurance for poor children and toward covering children from middle-class families

one lawmaker who is usually allied with the president promised to try to corral votes to defeat his veto

“It is estimated that if this program were to become law, one out of every three persons that would subscribe to the new expanded Schip would leave private insurance,” the president said

an irresponsible use of the veto pen

“absolutely confident” that there was strong enough opposition in the House to sustain a veto

president who is willing to throw away a half trillion dollars in Iraq is unwilling to spend a small fraction of that amount to bring health care to American children

“heartless veto” showed how “detached President Bush is from the priorities of the American people.”

“Today the president showed the nation his true priorities: $700 billion for a war in Iraq, but no health care for low-income kids.”

he has resorted to political and ideological gamesmanship rather than seek a bipartisan solution that would protect this nation’s most vulnerable children.”

vote their conscience or join the president in putting ideology above kids.”

“It won’t even cover kids on the program today, much less reach out to cover more kids.”

send me the bill, I will veto it, and then we will get about the business of trying to find some common ground

President George W. Bush

DPRK agreed to disable its existing nuclear facilities and provide a declaration of all its nuclear programs by the end of this year.

common commitment of the participants in the six party talks to realize a Korean Peninsula that is free of nuclear weapons

agreed to step up trade, travel and political exchanges, including starting a freight train between the impoverished communist North and prosperous South and flights for the growing number of South Korean tourists.

remain technically at war

joint declaration, North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il and South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun called

declare a formal end to the Korean War.

United States and China also fought in the war on opposite sides, meaning their signatures are necessary to finish it.

Will scientists and technologists soon live in fear of someone point a finger at them in a public place?

holding a lump of what looked like putty

surrounded by police holding machine guns.

quickly determined that the device was harmless.

charged with possessing a hoax device

shocked and appalled that somebody would wear this type of device to an airport."

blocked for use by private cars.

Other cities will join Shanghai in banning cars from some downtown areas

more public transit vehicles will be sent onto the roads to help commuters cope

10 percent to 15 percent more buses

Government officials have been asked to set an example by abandoning their cars for the day

Leaders of state-owned enterprises were also urged to take a lead role

don't know this either: the names of the true inheritors of the Civil Rights Movement, the brave students who sat under the "white tree".

asked, and received, permission to do so.

no march last week, no year of unrelenting "Afro-sphere" agitation, had the school refused them permission and no black took it on himself to kill whitey in revenge.

same oppression to which the black community continues to apply anachronistic, gotcha!, 60s-style tactics.

through its high visibility and outside agitation, has pushed the issue into public consciousness and influenced public policy.

more, well, middle of the road

Valet bicycle parking is now commonplace at major events in town

Superior Court judge last year blocked implementation of San Francisco's official bike plan.

creation of more bike lanes, even if that means removing traffic lanes and on-street parking spaces to accommodate cyclists at the expense of the more numerous members of the public who drive.

rebuke of both the administration and Congress

U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero

FBI potentially violated privacy laws or bureau rules more than a thousand times

would bar the use of national security letters to demand data

untouched the FBI's ability to demand bank records, credit reports and other financial data related to counterterror and other probes because those authorities are covered by other statutes

government appeal was pending