http://www.alien-earth.org/news/index.php Updates on news and additions to alien-earth.org. en-us Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:15:40 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2571 SACRAMENTO, California - The county district attorney says Republican state Senator Roy Ashburn's blood-alcohol level was .14 percent when he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after leaving Faces, a gay bar and nightclub. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2571 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2570 National GOP leaders are doing damage control today after a Politico scoop lifted the curtain on the party's plan to tap voters' "fear" in the coming campaign season. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2570 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2569 A whale that killed its trainer at the SeaWorld tourist attraction should be stoned to death, according to an American religious group. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2569 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2568 Washington - The Senate adjourned Friday without approving extensions of cash and health insurance benefits for the unemployed after a lone senator blocked swift passage due to his insistence that Congress first pay for the $10 billion package. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2568 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2567 Chicago - A new film is gaining traction among tea-party followers for suggesting that the collapse of the US financial system has roots dating back 40 years to the Summer of Love. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2567 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2566 PHILADELPHIA - The FBI is investigating a Pennsylvania school district accused of secretly activating webcams inside students' homes, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press on Friday. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2566 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2565 WASHINGTON - Paul Akers was in his oncologist's office last summer when his adult daughter handed him a magazine. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2565 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2564 PORT ST LUCIE, Florida - A Port St Lucie first-grade student was handcuffed and committed to a mental health facility because of her classroom behavior, and her parents are furious that the school took such extreme measures. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2564 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2563 WASHINGTON - Federal agents handcuffed, detained and "abusively" interrogated a US student at Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying Arabic flashcards, a lawsuit claimed Wednesday. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2563 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2562 WASHINGTON - The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child pornography and other serious crimes. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2562 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2561 WASHINGTON - People who drink at least two sugary sodas a week have an increased risk of developing cancer of the pancreas, and researchers suspect the culprit is sugar, a new study shows. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2561 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2560 NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama and the Democrats, telling a gathering of "tea party" activists that America is ripe for another revolution. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2560 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2559 A US soldier has been accused of 'waterboarding' his four-year-old daughter because she couldn't recite the alphabet. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2559 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2558 PHOENIX, Arizona - The picture of Bob and Janice Numkena's wedding day is old and faded, but Bob's memory of the day is clear. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2558 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2557 A 12-year-old Queens girl was hauled out of school in handcuffs for an artless offense - doodling her name on her desk in erasable marker, the Daily News has learned. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2557 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2556 NEW YORK/ORLANDO, Florida - New York's attorney general charged Bank of America Corp former Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis and former Chief Financial Officer Joe Price with fraud for allegedly misleading shareholders about the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2556 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2555 PORT-AU-PRINCE - Ten detained US missionaries in Haiti were charged on Thursday with child kidnapping and criminal association for allegedly trying to take children illegally out of the earthquake-hit country. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2555 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2554 PERRY TOWNSHIP, Ohio - Complaints from across the United States have been directed at one northeast Ohio high school because internship application forms for a Democratic group were distributed to students, but no Republican equivalent was offered. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2554 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2553 A strange jellyfish-shaped object spotted hanging in the sky over Norway, may have been caused by light from the aurora being bounced off a space satellite, experts say. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2553 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2552 NEW ORLEANS - Four men accused of trying to tamper with Democratic US Senator Mary Landrieu's office phones shared a common experience as young ideologues writing for conservative publications. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2552