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11/19/2008
Perry demands immigration action by feds
After a Chronicle investigation, governor urges steps to ensure criminals here illegally don't avoid deportation
By SUSAN CARROLL Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
Nov. 19, 2008, 5:20AM
Gov. Rick Perry and members of the state's congressional delegation called on the federal government Tuesday to take steps to help state and local officials ensure that illegal immigrants who commit crimes in Texas remain in custody until they are deported.
In a strongly worded letter to Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff, Perry said he was outraged to learn that many convicted illegal immigrants in Texas jails were released after they completed their jail sentences instead of being deported.
In a series of stories this week, the Houston Chronicle outlined gaps in the screening of inmates in local jails that allowed scores of violent criminals, including some ordered deported decades ago, to walk away from Harris County Jail despite the inmates' admission to Harris County jailers that they were in the country illegally.
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11/19/2008
Study: Today's youth think quite highly of themselves
By Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY
Today's teenagers and young adults are far more likely than their parents to believe they're great people, destined for maximum success as workers, spouses and parents, suggests a report comparing three decades of national surveys.
And these so-called Millennials or Gen Y young people may be heading for a fall when their self-esteem is punctured by reality, says psychologist Jean Twenge of San Diego State University. She examined changes from 1975 to 2006 in yearly surveys, given to thousands of high school seniors by University of Michigan researchers.
Compared with the Baby Boomers who were seniors in 1975, 12th-graders surveyed in 2006 were much more confident they'd be "very good" employees, mates and parents, and they were more self-satisfied overall, say Twenge and co-author W. Keith Campbell of the University of Georgia. Between half and two-thirds of the Gen Y teens gave themselves top ratings, compared with less than half in their parents' generation. The report is in Psychological Science.
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11/19/2008
Indian Navy sinks pirate mothership during bold stand-off in Gulf of Aden
An Indian navy warship has sunk a Somali pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden, the world's most treacherous waterway, after the renegades threatened to attack the frigate.
The clash happened as pirates claimed to begin negotiations over a ransom for the Saudi super-tanker that was seized nearby on Saturday with two Britons aboard. The Sirius Star, which is carrying at least $100 million worth of oil, is the biggest ship ever to be hijacked.
INS Tabar, an Indian frigate dispatched last month to the area to protect the country's merchant fleet, sighted the pirate vessel late on Tuesday. Indian officers said they spotted pirates moving on the deck with rocket propelled grenade launchers and automatic weapons.
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11/19/2008
Lawmakers Blast Handling of Bailout
In House Hearing, Paulson Defends Response to Fast-Moving Crisis
By Neil Irwin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 19, 2008; Page A01
Lawmakers accused Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. yesterday of haphazardly managing the $700 billion financial rescue, as fault lines widened over what the government should try next to contain the fallout of the financial crisis.
The heated hearing before the House Financial Services Committee offered a preview of the pressures the Obama administration will face from Congress. Democrats, who are urgently pressing for aid to homeowners at risk of foreclosure as well as to the auto industry, said Paulson gave Congress a misleading sales job about how he would use the bailout.
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11/19/2008
Obama addresses global warming summit
Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor November 18, 2008 05:45 PM
Through the magic of video, President-elect Barack Obama will encourage governors and others today to tackle global warming -- an issue he highlighted during the campaign.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California is hosting a two-day summit, drawing several fellow governors plus more than 600 environmental officials and activists from around the world.
Obama is pledging to make America more energy independent and to also slash carbon emissions by focusing on alternative sources such as wind and solar. He is also vowing to work more cooperatively with other nations on climate change.
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11/19/2008
Vote on anti-bullying Chicago high school delayed
By KAREN HAWKINS – 14 hours ago
CHICAGO (AP) — Backers of a proposed high school touted as a haven for gay and bullied youth have pulled their proposal, saying they wanted to spend another year to finalize their plans.
Under mounting pressure from ministers and gay activists alike, Social Justice Solidarity High School planners had already changed the school's name and focus to create a school that would be one of the nation's largest to serve any students who've fallen victim to bullying and harassment.
The plan — pulled Tuesday night, hours before a scheduled Wednesday vote on its creation — also was a less explicitly gay version of a plan first presented to Chicago's board of education in October by schools chief Arne Duncan.
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11/19/2008
Let Detroit Go Bankrupt
By MITT ROMNEY
Published: November 18, 2008
Boston
IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won’t go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed.
Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority and never-ending job losses. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.
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11/19/2008
Democrats say no to drilling ban
Hoyer doubts reinstatement, but eyes limits
Sean Lengell
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
A top House Democrat on Tuesday said his party will not push to reinstate a ban on offshore oil and natural-gas drilling next year.
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland said there will be serious discussion as to the "parameters" to which offshore drilling will be pursued, but Democrats will not try to backtrack after grudgingly giving in to Republican demands to allow the 26-year ban to expire this fall.
"I don't think there is any intent at this point in time ... to return to the same position we were in" before the ban was lifted, Mr. Hoyer told a gathering of reporters Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington.
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11/18/2008
Proposal to restrict tattoos and piercings at Seton hospitals has some nurses crying foul
One nurse says her tattoos, piercings have nothing to do with the care she provides
By Mary Ann Roser
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Vickie Simpson calls herself "a child of the '80s" and takes pride in her tattoos and piercings.
"My tattoos have been rites of passage. Every time I got a tattoo I thought very hard about them," she said. "They mean something to me."
Simpson, whose e-mail address starts with "Gothgirl," has six tattoos, including her children's names on each wrist and the Sacred Heart emblazoned across her chest.
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11/18/2008
Paulson powerless; Pelosi punts
By DAVID ROGERS | 11/17/08 7:51 PM EST
The White House and Democrats pursued competing plans Monday to aid the ailing auto industry. But with Barack Obama on the sidelines, a newly minted $100.3 billion economic stimulus bill appeared doomed in the Senate, even as fresh layoffs and Wall Street losses testified to the continuing crisis.
The likely result will be a two-month delay before any major new action is initiated by Congress, a gamble for all sides but one that falls heavily on the shoulders of the Democratic majority. It may prove shrewd politics, creating more pressure for quick action when Obama takes office. But it is not without risks, sacrificing precious time and adding to the perception of a leadership void in Washington.
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