The Washington Post
Santorum Urges DeLay to Answer Critics
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), one of Capitol Hill's leading conservatives, warned House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) yesterday that he needs to "lay out what he did and why he did it" if he is going to put an end to questions about his travel and dealings with lobbyists.
Another weekend critic was Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), a frequent DeLay antagonist, who said DeLay should step down. Shays told about 50 people at a town hall meeting in Greenwich on Saturday that he considers DeLay "an absolute embarrassment to me and to the Republican Party."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42422-2005Apr10.html
It's about time The Republicans start policing their own in a real way. The question is does DeLay, Cheney and Bush give a 'hoot' what anyone else thinks. What the rest of the party will find out is what the Democrats have known for years now in that these men feel they are above it all and they are in places of worship rather than in a place THAT SERVES THE PEOPLE of this nation. I am surprised Santorum and Shays haven't been sabotaged into towing the "New Party" line of corruption with the terrible three.
A Master Reappears At Augusta
Woods Wins His First Golf Major in 21/2 Years
By Leonard Shapiro
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 11, 2005; Page A01
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 10 -- With a final 15-foot birdie putt in the waning daylight Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club, Tiger Woods ended his 2 1/2-year drought in the major championships of golf by winning the 69th Masters on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against Chris DiMarco.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42795-2005Apr10.html
D.C. Board Rarely Punishes Physicians
By Cheryl W. Thompson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 11, 2005; Page A01
Second of three articles
For more than seven years, the D.C. Board of Medicine knew that something was amiss with Jewel A. Quinn's medical practice.
In 1997, a board investigator, acting on a patient complaint, visited Quinn's office in Northeast Washington and found an "examination table so cluttered and hidden by items that it was not visible" and a "filthy" restroom with no hot water, according to D.C. records.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42456-2005Apr10.html
Forget the Heart. Listen To Your Caudate Nucleus.
By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 11, 2005; Page C01
No doubt about it, there's a lot of good that can come from studying the brain.
It was good, for example, when scientists found the brain cells involved in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's. It was even neat when speculative studies purported to find the neurological seats of anger, religiosity and homosexuality. It's fascinating to watch science trying to chip away at the ineffable stuff that makes us human.
But this time, They've Gone Too Far.
In the first experiment of its kind, scientists in California and Texas seem to have discovered the part of the human brain at the heart of feelings of trust.
Nothing good can come of this.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42769-2005Apr10.html
Bolton's Tough Style, Record Face Scrutiny
Hearings Begin Today For U.N. Nominee
By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 11, 2005; Page A01
During a meeting on North Korea in late 2001, John R. Bolton's repeated talk of overthrowing Kim Jong Il frustrated the State Department's specialist on the country. "Regime change" is not President Bush's declared objective in North Korea, Charles L. Pritchard recalled telling Bolton, the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42539-2005Apr10.html
Kerry Alleges Intimidation of Voters in 2004
Associated Press
Monday, April 11, 2005; Page A05
BOSTON, April 10 -- Many would-be voters in last year's presidential election were denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry told the Massachusetts League of Women Voters on Sunday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42424-2005Apr10.html
Landlords Accused of Rejecting Vouchers
Test Calls Sought District Housing
By Debbi Wilgoren
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 11, 2005; Page B01
Nearly two out of three people who try to rent apartments in the District using federal housing vouchers meet significant resistance from landlords or get turned down flat, according to a report released today by an advocacy group.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42568-2005Apr10.html
Disparities Found in Sub-Prime Lending
Data Show African Americans, Hispanics Pay More to Borrow for Home, Refinance
By Kirstin Downey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 11, 2005; Page A02
About 29 percent of African Americans who bought or refinanced homes last year ended up with high-cost loans, compared with only about 10 percent of white Americans, according to an a consumer advocacy group's analysis of new data from 15 large national lenders.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42432-2005Apr10.html
Thousands Riot In Chinese Village
Reuters
Monday, April 11, 2005; Page A16
BEIJING, April 11 -- Thousands of villagers rioted in eastern China after two women among about 200 elderly anti-pollution protesters were killed during efforts by police to disperse them, villagers and officials said on Monday. More than 50 policemen and about four villagers were injured in the clashes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42880-2005Apr11.html
Of interest…
Jailbreak Shows Weakness of Haiti's Gov't
By MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press Writer
(03-02) 14:01 PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) --
Haiti's latest jailbreak has highlighted the growing fragility of the U.S.-backed government, raising questions over whether it can keep power long enough to hold elections in a power vacuum created by the rebellion that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Guards unlocked the doors and detainees fled, including some who went unwillingly, according to escapees and human rights activists. One of the most popular inmates, former Premier Yvon Neptune, enjoyed a dinner in freedom — before asking to be locked up again.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/03/02/international/i140156S00.DTL
Bono Nominated for World Bank Presidency
By Anadolu News Agency (aa)
Published: Monday 07, 2005
zaman.com
Irish rock star Bono (Paul Hewson) is one of several people who have been nominated for the president of the World Bank.
US Secretary of Treasury John Snow said Bono's candidacy would not be considered lightly because he is known for his work in the fight against AIDS and
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20050307&hn=17207
Under a Green Banner
The story of the San Patricios, a battalion--fighting for Mexico against the United States--that history nearly forgot
By MARGARET REGAN
Tricia McInroy
Scott Egan's mural "Spirit of Sacrifice," honoring Irish soldiers who fought for Mexico, pictures the brown hand of a Mexican clutching the white hand of an Irishman.
An Irish San Patricio, branded with the letter "D," dies near a Celtic cross marking the battle of Churubusco. Egan gave the soldier the face of Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands.
In the Bicentennial year of 1976, in the blazing deserts of the Southwest, a Chicano theater troupe unexpectedly put on a play about the Irish.
Staged in community centers and churches all over dust-dry Tucson, the drama began in misty-green Ireland, County Tipperary to be exact, in the dark days of English rule. The play proceeded to the bloody battlefields of the Mexican-American War, and ended with the hanging of Irish soldiers on the outskirts of Mexico City.
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:66768
Michael Moore Today
Resignation Demanded;
"Tom's conduct is hurting the Republican Party, is hurting this Republican majority and it is hurting any Republican who is up for re-election." Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
DeLay Draws Fire From Fellow Republicans
By LOU KESTEN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is drawing heat from some fellow Republicans who say his continuing ethics problems are harming the GOP.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=3&u=/ap/20050411/ap_on_go_co/delay&sid=84439559
How U.S. failed GIs
By Joseph Tanfani, Tom Infield, Carrie Budoff and Edward Colimore / Philadelphia Inquirer
When roadside bombs began killing American soldiers in Iraq, the Pentagon promised to run factories around the clock until they had enough armored vehicles.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2167
Marines cobbled armor together more quickly
By Tom Infield and Michael Matza / Philadelphia Inquirer
When the Marines went to Iraq a year ago to help quell the insurgency, they got a nasty surprise.
They needed to shield their vehicles. But the only armor available was too thin, and designed primarily for stopping bullets, not roadside bombs.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2168
Truck drivers 'beg and scrounge' for armor
By Carrie Budoff, Tom Infield and Joseph Tanfani / Philadelphia Inquirer
After Sgt. Nick Pulliam got to Kuwait and saw how the Army had armored his unit's cargo trucks, he did what other troops in Iraq have done: He went dumpster-diving.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2169
US 'smuggles wounded troops home' under cover of darkness
By Andrew Buncombe / The Independent
The Pentagon has been accused of smuggling wounded soldiers into the US under cover of darkness to avoid bad publicity about the number of troops being injured and maimed in Iraq. The media have also been prevented from photographing wounded soldiers when they arrive at hospital.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2166
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