Off-roaders back in driver's seat?
Reshaped commission a win for riders, say conservationists
Michael Gardner
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
SACRAMENTO – Off-road riders have scored a major victory in their quest to reshape a state commission they have said has grown hostile to their sport. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that will strip the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Commission of its authority over most funding and also hand the governor a majority of the appointments to the board.
Raid plans by Turkey get Iraq's attention
Al-Maliki government seeks diplomatic solution to crisis
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
and ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD – Tensions mounted along the Iraqi-Turkish border yesterday as the Turkish government sought parliamentary approval for military raids into northern Iraq. The vote in Parliament would permit Turkish armed forces to cross the border in pursuit of Kurdish rebels who launch attacks into Turkey from Iraqi Kurdistan.
Cuban immigrants take new route to U.S.
Thousands make longer, easier trip through Mexico
By Marc Lacey
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
CORTES, Cuba – Cubans are immigrating to the United States in the greatest numbers in more than a decade, and for most of them the new way to get north is first to head west – to Mexico – in a convoluted route that avoids the U.S. Coast Guard.
Verizon says it provided data without court order
Company discloses its work with government
By Ellen Nakashima
THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON – Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators it has provided customers' telephone records to federal authorities without court orders hundreds of times since 2005.
No joke: Mom prevails in quest to get Silly String to troops
Soldiers use sticky spray to detect bomb trip wires
By Rebecca Santana
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TRENTON, N.J. – After months of frustration, the mother of a soldier in Iraq has found someone to ship about 80,000 cans of Silly String to the troops, who use the foamy substance to detect trip wires on bombs.