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US Supreme Court overturns ban on videos depicting animal cruelty

April 21, 2010 The US Supreme Court yesterday overturned an eleven-year-old law banning videos that depicted, ruling that such a law violated free speech rights under the.

The court's 8–1 ruling overturns a law enacted in 1999 that banned the trade of "depictions of animal cruelty," including "conduct in which a living animal is intentionally maimed, mutilated, tortured, wounded or killed." The case was prompted by the prosecution of Robert J. Stevens, who had filmed and sold videos of, and subsequently was sentenced in 2005 to 37 months in prison, although he has yet to begin his sentence; his case has remained on appeal.

According to Chief Justice John Roberts Jr, the law overturned by the court had been "a criminal prohibition of alarming breadth." The law had been defended by the US government, which had argued that videos of cruelty to animals had no value, and should therefore receive no protection by the First Amendment. Roberts argued the point in his written statement on the ruling, saying that "The First Amendment means that government has no power to restrict expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter or its content." According to Roberts, the law had been too broad, and the court was therefore unwilling to place it outside the protection of the First Amendment.

Reactions to the ruling were mixed. A group called the Media Coalition supported the ruling, saying that "If the court were to rewrite the First Amendment every time an unpopular or distasteful subject was at issue, we wouldn't have any free speech left." The called for a new law to be written by Congress, this one more narrow in scope. The society's president,, said that "Congress should act swiftly to make sure the First Amendment is not used as a shield for those committing barbaric acts of cruelty, and then peddling their videos on the Internet."


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Death toll from Chinese earthquake passes 2,000

April 21, 2010 The death toll from a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the province in western China has surpassed two thousand.

The official number of dead is now at 2039, with another 195 missing. 12,135 people were injured by the temblor, over 1400 of which were said to be in serious condition. The quake's epicentre was in the county. On Tuesday, rescuers were still searching for survivors buried beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings in and around the town of, one of the most badly affected places.

Officials have increased their relief efforts, bringing food, blankets, tents, and other assistance to the area.

Yesterday, an official remembrance day for those killed was held; public entertainment was limited and national Chinese flags flew at half-mast.


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Thread:Comments:US Supreme Court overturns ban on videos depicting animal cruelty/As trackers

This would actually make the sick bastards a bit easier to track down, yes? No? I'm specifically thinking of Dusty (for great justice), but no doubt there's other situations where it's happened.


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Comments:Jose Maria Aznar wants NATO to take in Australia and Israel

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Interesting and Funny! —24.143.242.145 (talk) 04:04, 21 April 2010 (UTC)


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User talk:Raynu.sharma

Copyright problems
I'm afraid I have had to delete Make Tamil the language of High Court: Karunanidhi which was marked as a copyright violation. All Wikinews articles should be either rewritten from at least two different sources without infringing upon copyright, or be original reporting. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 12:36, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

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Thread:Comments:Roadside bomb kills NATO soldier in Afghanistan/A question that deserves to be answered.

The Warsaw Pact disbanded at the end of the Cold War, why didn't the NATO follow suit? Why are they still active and engaged in the theater of war almost twenty years later? Is this not an anachronism? It seems this curious fact lends itself to an asymmetric balance of power that is ultimately destructive to world peace


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Though it sickens me, I agree that the film should be legal. The action of harming these animals should be what is criminalized and harshly penalized. However, it opens up an avenue that other things, such as child pornography, might be, in turn, given the okay. After all, if they say video of a criminal act is okay, that video might become legal.


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User talk:Juttavd

Questions in regards to flagged revisions
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Hi, I would like to ask some questions in regards to flagged revisions. Is it correct that unregistered users will only see articles and article updates once they have passed the review process? We are just setting up a wiki for our organisation and need some good quality control. It would be great if you could let me know how it works. I find the documentation on mediawiki hard to understand...

Thanks, Juttavd (talk)

 * Yeah thats pretty much the jist of it. The documentation is more written from a technical perspective then a user perspective. Basically you can set it up in a number of ways, but the most common way is you have a group of users who are 'editors' (on wikinews special:listusers/editor) which can approve stuff. Anything an editor edits is automatically approved. Unregistered users can only see the latest approved (often referred to as 'sighted') revision. Logged in users can usually chose if they see latest version or latest approved. You can also configure on a per page basis if the latest version or latest reviewed version is shown. Hope that helps. If you have any more questions feel free to ask. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:06, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

 * The comments namespace is more of a hack then anything else. It does not use any extensions (well recently we've started to use mw:extension:LiquidThreads, but thats separate from the comments themselves). Basically we made a new custom namespace (ns 102), and then used javascript to create a new tab called opinions (with ajax to determine if the page exists or not). However I would personally reccomend not going the js route unless you have a good reason. There is mw:Extension:CommentPages which puts all our js hacks in php where they should be which is probably much better. (However i have never tried that extension, so i can't personally vouch for it). mw:Extension:ArticleComments is also an extension that sort of related and has a good reputation, and might be what you're looking for.

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User talk:PAUL3466~enwikinews

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

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User talk:Steven~enwikinews

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Thread:Comments:United Nations: More people with access to cell phones than toilets in India/Neoliberalism is dead./reply (11)

Did you read what I wrote?

If I thought like you did, I would immediately think, "Opportunity!" And try to start up tolled-restrooms around India or start up a plumbing company.


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Thread:Comments:US Supreme Court overturns ban on videos depicting animal cruelty/Comments from feedback form - "Though it sickens me, I agree ..."/reply

I find it really unlikely that any legislation will ever be introduced regarding legalizing child pornography, despite the precedent set by this case - for one, the tenets of CYA prohibit it. Any public figure who attempts to do so will almost certainly find themselves lynched before the day is done (and well-done at that).

I'm staunchly anti-censorship; I applaud this ruling because it's a welcome change from the mental standpoint of sacrificing liberty for safety that seems to be common in post-9/11 years. I also believe that politicians making decisions about what I can and can not watch is another step on the path to tyranny - even though I'd never watch something like this in the first place, that decision is mine and not my government's.


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User:Scots Don/Zeus botnet

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On the 15nd of this month, a handful of antivirus vendors published new fingerprints to identify a new version of what is best-known as the Zeus botnet. This smart piece of malicious software has been a long-running, and persistent nuisance to a wide range of 'net users. It has, additionally, been a serious threat to those who choose to bank or shop online.

Wikinews reporter, Brian McNeil was alerted to a problem a few days later; on Saturday 17, a Windows-based PC in the house issued a cry for help, the Avira package running on the system had just detected a piece of malware; Full scans indicated several known pieces of malware, and numerous hidden files. Additional scans revealed that all but one of the USB memory sticks and portable hard drives in the house were infected with something. The Zeus botnet, as it turned out.

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Thread:Comments:United Nations: More people with access to cell phones than toilets in India/Neoliberalism is dead./reply (12)

Precisely, the concept of privitised lavatories is ludicrous (despite there being some, such as American free-market libertarian John Stossel who find it to be a splendid idea.) The private sector could however easily provide plumbing expertise and wastewater/sewage infrastructure development, but as business is solely motivated by the potential for profit, this essential public service has not been deemed worthwhile. The government, which has a responsibility to look after the welfare of all its citizens, has not stepped up to the challenge either, likely due to the fact that there is far less money invested in the Public sector than the private, due to regressive tax policies and privitisation of important industries which should be either nationalised, municipally owned or worker-owned for the public good.

Such are the obvious pitfalls of an economic system that rewards callous greed and discourages humanitarian generosity.


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Thread:Comments:US Supreme Court overturns ban on videos depicting animal cruelty/The intention of the author should count

I think that the intention of the author of a video should count. In my opinion, the dogfight videos should remain illegal by an other law that prohibits cruelty against animals, but on the other hand documentations about cruelty against animals, for example in factory farming, must be possible to be shown to the public.


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Former IOC President Samaranch dies at 89

April 21, 2010

Juan Antonio Samaranch, former head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has died in Barcelona at the age of 89.

A former diplomat and Spanish ambassador in Moscow elected to the IOC in 1980, Samaranch was largely credited with the renewal of the Olympic movement over two decades marked by boycotts, bribery and drug scandals. While appearing to be small in stature and uncomfortable speaking in public, he was viewed as an often ruthless operator who could forge consensus within an often fractious Olympic movement and bring IOC members to deliver what he wanted.

Samaranch was admitted to hospital on Sunday with heart trouble and died at approximately 11:25 UTC, marking one of a number of occasions he has fallen ill. Even in retirement, with advancing age and medical issues, Samaranch continued to travel and be active in Olympic circles, working to try and secure both the 2012 Olympics and 2016 Olympics for Madrid as well as attending various sport conferences.

"I cannot find the words to express the distress of the Olympic Family," current IOC president Jacques Rogge was quoted as saying, also making mention of the personal inspiration he drew from Samaranch.

During his time in office, Samaranch worked to help increase the number of participating countries at the Olympics, oversaw the creation of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the creation of the IOC Athletes Commission.

Prior to his election to the role of IOC president in 1980, he had a long background in sports, having held roles with the Spanish Skating Federation, Spanish National Olympic Committee and as Chef de Mission at the games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Rome and Tokyo.


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Ben Shephard announces departure from GMTV

April 23, 2010

has announced his departure from , the current television breakfast programme on ITV in the United Kingdom, having been a presenter on the programme for ten years. His current contract ends in April 2010, but he is expected to leave by the end of the Summer of 2010, according to the.

Initially, Shephard only presented an entertainment section of the television programme before being given a promotion to the sofa in 2005. He is the third presenter to leave GMTV within the last year, after the departures of and.

According to a statement released from Ben Shephard's agent: "Ben's two-year contract with GMTV is up at the end of April. Earlier this year, his management made it clear that he would not be renewing it, but would be happy to stay on temporarily during this transitional period. Ben is excited about moving on after 10 incredible years and will be focusing on a number of new projects with ITV and other channels."

, who recently announced his departure from the BBC after modifications were made to  — a show that he presented with — was recently reported to be appearing as a presenter on GMTV in the future.


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Train derails in South Africa; at least two dead

April 22, 2010A luxury train derailed in South Africa outside the capitol of Pretoria yesterday, killing at least two people and leaving 25 injured.

The train had been entering a station in Pretoria when seventeen cars derailed, apparently during a switch between steam and electric locomotives, although the exact cause is not known. The train had been coming from Cape Town, with 55 passengers and an unknown number of crew on board.

None of the dead were identified, and nationalities were not released. However, a spokesperson for the operator of the train,, said that passengers were from several different countries, and that most customers of the railroad were from the US or Europe.

Chris Botha, an emergency worker at the scene said that the derailment had produced "absolute carnage." According to him, "[s]ome of the railway coaches are lying on top of each other and absolute wreckages. They had to use hydraulic rescue equipment to cut some of the people free." The section of track where the incident occurred has been closed off.


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Ash-triggered flight disruptions cost airlines $1.7 billion

April 21, 2010The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said today that the flight disruptions triggered by the recent eruption of a volcano in Iceland cost the global airline industry a total of $1.7 billion dollars.

According to the IATA, airlines lost a total of $400 million daily for the first three days of the week that European airspace was closed. The closures also impacted an estimated 1.2 million passengers around the world each day, until airspace around Europe began reopening last night. IATA's chief executive officer, Giovanni Bisignani, said that "[f]or an industry that lost $9.4bn last year and was forecast to lose a further $2.8bn in 2010, this crisis is devastating." He also claimed that the airline industry would require three years to recover from the effects of the crisis, and called on governments to provide some form of compensation to airlines.

Bisignani also criticized the response of European governments to the ash threat, saying that they had over-reacted and the shutdown of all airspace was excessive. He said that "Airspace was being closed based on theoretical models, not on facts. Test flights by our members showed that the models were wrong. [The crisis] is an extraordinary situation exaggerated by a poor decision-making process by national governments." Individual airlines also criticized the airspace closures. Micheal O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, said that "It might have made sense to ground flights for a day or two...But by the time that that cloud has dispersed through 800 or 1,000 nautical miles of air space, a full ban should never have been imposed."

In defense of the European airspace controller, Eurocontrol, the CEO of the Irish Aviation Authority, Eamonn Brennan, said: "It's important to realize that we've never experienced in Europe something like this before. So it wasn't just a simple matter of saying: Yes, you could have operated on Saturday or Sunday or Monday. We needed the four days of test flights, the empirical data, to put this together and to understand the levels of ash that engines can absorb." Additionally, scientists in Switzerland said that studies of ash content in the atmosphere were high enough that the total closure of most European airspace was warranted.

Restrictions over air travel in Europe have been lifted in many parts of the continent today; three-quarters of the scheduled flights were operating, and most of the European airspace having been opened. Only parts of British, French and Irish airspace remain closed, and most of Europe's major airports are open, although not necessarily operating at full capacity; at London Heathrow Airport, about half the scheduled departing flights were canceled.


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Wikinews:Briefs/April 20, 2010

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From Wikinews, the free news source, this is the audio Wikinews brief for Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and here are today's top stories:

Senior al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq killed (0:18)
A joint military operation by Iraqi and American forces has killed two senior al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq, according to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Malaki and US officials.

The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and the leader of an affiliate group, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, were killed by Iraqi military forces with assistance from US troops in a night-time attack on a safe house in Thar-Thar, in the province of Salaheddin, 50 miles west of Iraq's capital, Baghdad.

Al-Masri, along with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in 2006, formed the first al-Qaeda cell in Baghdad, which have been responsible for many attacks since the US invasion of the country in 2003. Al-Baghdadi was the leader of an umbrella group, the Islamic State of Iraq, a group that is partly composed of radical Sunni militant groups.

The American commander of military forces in Iraq, General Raymond Odierno, said in a statement that "the death of these terrorists is potentially the most significant blow to al-Qaeda in Iraq since the beginning of the insurgency."

Suicide bomber kills 24 in Peshawar, Pakistan (1:32)
At least 24 people were killed in two separate suicide bombing attacks in Peshawar, the capital of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. In the more damaging of the two blasts, a suicide bomber attacked police officials who were guarding a protest rally against the frequent power cuts in the city. A schoolboy was the victim of the earlier and less damaging attack, which injured ten. These attacks take the death toll in the North-West Frontier Province to 73 in three days, after two blasts in the city of Kohat killed 49 people during the weekend.

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Kalgoorlie, Western Australia (2:09)
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the Western Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie-Boulder this morning.

It is the strongest earthquake in 50 years to hit the area. The Goldfields region of Western Australia is considered one of the more geologically stable regions of Australia, in comparison to the southwest corner of the state, which lies in a more geologically active zone.

Kalgoorlie is located 600 kilometres (370 miles) east of the capital — Perth — and is historically the largest gold producing centre of its type in Australia. Kalgoorlie is also the largest urban centre in the goldfields region, and has the largest number of buildings that would be vulnerable to such an earthquake.

Minor casualties and building damages have been reported, and the local miners and schoolchildren have been evacuated.

Long Island teen found guilty of hate crime (3:02)
A Long Island, New York teen has been found guilty of murdering Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero. The teen, 19-year-old Jeffrey Conroy, faces eight to 25 years in prison. The case exposed racial tensions in Long Island and received national media attention.

Lucero was attacked on the night of November 8, 2008 when he was approached by a group of people, beaten, then stabbed by Conroy.

Conroy was not convicted with murder, but rather manslaughter as a hate crime, however, he was also convicted of three other counts of gang assault for other racially charged beatings on Long Island.

Toyota to pay US government $16.4 million over recalls (3:44)
Toyota has agreed to pay a record $16.4 million fine to the US government over allegations that the automaker concealed defects in its vehicles.

US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made the announcement Monday, saying in an e-mailed statement that "Toyota has accepted responsibility for violating its legal obligations to report any defects promptly." Toyota has still not admitted any wrongdoing, and said that it disagreed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which levied the fine against Toyota.

Toyota is still at risk of lawsuits from those affected by cars that crashed due to a safety defect in the accelerator pedal. Numerous such lawsuits have been filed, and analysts said that the total cost of the lawsuits could be upwards of two billion dollars in 2010, and possibly as much as ten billion in total. While the government fine is largely symbolic, as the amount was limited by US law, it could provide support for lawyers who are filing legal charges against Toyota.

Roadside bomb kills NATO soldier in Afghanistan (4:50)
According to NATO, one of its service members has died from a bomb attack at an army base in southern Afghanistan. In addition, an Afghan soldier reportedly died and the blast left three others injured.

The International Security Assistance Force released a statement yesterday, saying that "[the soldier] died today following an explosion at an Afghan National Army facility in Kabul." An anonymous official said that the blast occurred when a mortar fuse exploded while a training exercise was underway. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, saying that an infiltrator had caused the explosion.

This latest death brings the total death toll of foreign soldiers in 2010 to 166 in Afghanistan.

Formula One: Jenson Button wins 2010 Chinese Grand Prix (5:40)
McLaren driver Jenson Button won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday and took a ten point lead in the driver's championship in the 2010 Formula One. Teammate Lewis Hamilton finished second in the race, followed by Nico Rosberg for Mercedes.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso initially took a lead in his Ferrari, but was later penalized for beginning before the race commenced. Rosberg's teammate, Michael Schumacher finished tenth in the race.

Admitting that his performance was disappointing, Schumacher said that the race was one of the "frustrating" ones.

Felipe Massa of Ferrari slipped to sixth from the top position in the driver's championship after a ninth-placed finish. Renault's Robert Kubica was fifth while his teammate Vitaly Petrov finished seventh.

After four races this season, Button is at the top of the driver's championship with 60 points, followed by Rosberg who has 50 points. Hamilton and Alonso are third with 49 points each.

McLaren now leads constructors' standings, with 109 points. They are followed by Ferrari with 90, Mercedes with 78, and Red Bull with 73.

On this day in history (6:51)
In 1653 Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament of the Commonwealth of England by force, eventually replacing it with the Barebone's Parliament.

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From Wikinews, the free news source, this is the audio Wikinews brief for Sunday, April 18th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and here are today's top stories:

Poland: Around 100,000 people attend public memorial for victims of plane crash (0:19)
A public memorial for the victims of the plane crash that occurred last Saturday where the Polish president, Lech Kaczynski along with several key members of the Polish government died, was attended by 100,000 citizens in Pilsudski Square of Warsaw. The accident was caused when their plane went down in heavy fog after hitting the tops of trees on approach to Smolensk, Russia while en route to attend a memorial for thousands of Polish army officers who were killed in 1940 by the Soviet Union.

A gigantic white platform having a giant cross across the centre was constructed in the area which had photos of the victims, including Maria Kaczynski, the first lady of Poland and many high ranking Polish officials. The names of the deceased were read, beginning with the president and his wife, as their only daughter Marta and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the twin brother of Lech Kaczynski and former prime minister of the country, looked on.

Former President Lech Walesa, Prime Minister Donald Tusk and interim president Bronislaw Komorowski were also present. The audience held Polish flags held together with black ribbons and observed a two minute silence before emergency sirens and church bells rang out.

A state funeral for the first couple is slated to be held on Sunday; however, some world leaders canceled their plans to attend. The principal cause for this was that several European airports remained closed, owing to volcanic ash that hovered in different parts of the continent. American President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were still expected to arrive. Czech President Vaclav Klaus had stated that he would come to Krakow via train while the presidents of Slovakia and Slovenia said they would arrive by car.

6.3 magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea (2:15)
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Papua New Guinea at 9:15 AM local time on Sunday morning (23:15 Saturday UTC). The epicentre was 30 kilometers east of Lae, and 300 kilometers north of Port Moresby the capital of Papua New Guinea. The quake had a depth of 66.2 kilometers (41.1 miles).

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has not issued any alerts related to the quake, and so far no injuries have been reported. Papua New Guinea National Disaster Centre officials in Lae told the Reuters news agency that while they were unaware of any buildings collapsing, the people of Lae did feel the quake.

Papua New Guinea is commonly hit by volcanic activity, earthquakes and tidal waves. Almost 3 years ago to this date, an earthquake with the same magnitude hit the area, however, no casualties were reported then either.

North Korea denies involvement in sinking of South Korean warship (3:11)
North Korea today denied any involvement in the sinking of a South Korean naval ship on March 26. In its first official statement on the disaster, in which 38 people were killed, North Korea denied any involvement in the incident.

North Korea's statement comes a day after South Korea blamed the sinking of the ship on an external explosion, which has served to increase speculation that North Korea was responsible for the incident. Although South Korean officials have not said specifically that North Korea is to blame, saying only that the possibility of North Korean involvement is being investigated, analysts and the media in South Korea have been speculating on a possible retaliation from South Korea, although a military response is not expected.

Earlier this week, the stern section of the ship was recovered from the site of the sinking, and investigators from several countries are examining the wreckage in an effort to determine the cause. Yesterday, a lead investigator said that "It was highly likely that it was an external, rather than internal, explosion" that caused the ship to sink.

Man shot after attempting to drive through US-Mexico border (4:21)
At 8:50 AM local time (15:50 UTC) a man attempting to enter the United States at the Tijuana – San Diego section of the US – Mexican border, tried to escape U.S. customs officers, after he could not provide official documentation. According to Lieutenant Kevin Rooney of the San Diego police department, "the agent referred the driver to a secondary inspection and he [the driver] quickly accelerated away."

The acceleration caused him to crash into a pickup truck. It is thought he was trying to force the other vehicle out of the way. When customs officers surrounded the vehicle, the driver went into reverse, which led to two officers opening fire on the vehicle. The man was shot only once and the wound was not life threatening.

Police officials believe the driver tried to flee because the vehicle was reported to have been stolen from Colorado.

On this day in history (5:12)
In 1942 during World War II, sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet carried out the famous Doolittle Raid, the first Allied attack on the Japanese home islands.

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From Wikinews, the free news source, this is the audio Wikinews brief for Saturday, April 17th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and here are today's top stories:

30 people die in bombing in northwestern Pakistan (0:19)
In Pakistan today, three separate regions experienced violence.

Two successive suicide bombings killed 30 people in a camp providing aid to displaced people in northwestern Pakistan. The two explosions hit the Kacha Pukha camp located near the city of Kohat. Nearly 50 people there were wounded.

Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder said from Islamabad that the bomber hit the camp when a food distribution programme was underway.

Pakistan: Eight killed in hospital blast
In southwest Pakistan a suicide bomber attacked an emergency room of a hospital in Quetta, killing eight people, including three policemen. Approximately 35 people were wounded in the attack. The explosion occurred in the Civil Hospital of the city.

The hospital was full of journalists who were reporting about the shooting of a bank manager belonging to the Shiite community. Police official Mohammad Sabir, claimed the room was full of the manager's friends and family when the suicide bomber attacked.

Officials: Seventeen insurgents killed in Orakzai, Pakistan
Finally, in the Orakzai region of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, seventeen insurgents were killed in clashes with security troops. Several rebels were injured in the attack according to officials and security personnel alleged that they had arrested a senior Taliban leader in the attack. None of the soldiers were injured during the fighting.

Meanwhile, elders of various tribes demanded the government to bar security forces from carring out operations affecting the people of the area. They said that the government should have allowed the people some time to shift from the area before launching these attacks, claiming the air strikes in the region also killed some civilians.

Europe's airline chaos: in depth (2:01)
In Europe today, aviation experts are warning that air traffic across western Europe may continue to be affected by an Icelandic volcano which has been billowing clouds of ash and spreading it throughout the region.

Already, thousands of passengers have been left stranded around the world, unable to travel to and from various points in Europe. The continent's air-traffic control center predicted 17,000 flights to have been canceled on Friday alone, and indicated there would be further disruption today. According to the International Air Transport Association, the cancellations are costing airlines about US$200 million daily.

US bank Goldman Sachs accused of fraud (2:41)
In financial news, US bank Goldman Sachs has been accused of fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission; an American financial regulator.

According to the SEC, Goldman Sachs failed to inform investors of a conflict of interest in the banks' marketing of sub-prime mortgage investments, which were being sold at a time of uncertainty in the US housing market. The SEC says that a Goldman subsidiary, Paulson & Co, had been involved in the selection of securities included in the mortgage investments. It had not been disclosed to investors that Paulson had bet that the value of the investments would fall, benefiting Paulson but not those who bought the investments.

The securities, which were combined into a package called Abacus that was sold to investors, lost over $1 billion during the collapse of the US housing industry. According to the SEC, Goldman, Paulson, and the creator of Abacus, a vice-president of Goldman Sachs named Fabrice Tourre, all knew that the housing market was going to collapse, but continued to sell Abacus despite the risks.

UN report says death of Benazir Bhutto preventable; fault of government (3:52)
A United Nations report released Thursday says that the death of Benazir Bhutto after a suicide bomber attacked her motorcade in 2007 was preventable and was caused by the failure of the government to live up to its obligations to protect her.

The report, released by a three-person UN commission, accused the Pakistani government of failing to take "the necessary measures to respond to the extraordinary, fresh and urgent security risks that they knew she faced." Additionally, Pakistani investigators were said to have deliberately avoided solving the case, as they were afraid that the evidence would indict the government.

According to the commission, "irreparable damage to the investigation" was caused by the actions taken directly after the assassination, including cleaning the area in which Bhutto was killed and failing to collect evidence pertaining to the crime. In an area that should have yielded thousands of pieces of evidence, UN investigators recovered only 23.

The report was unexpectedly harsh, and provided damning accounts of specific security failures around the assassination. It said that "The commission believes that the failure of the police to investigate effectively Ms Bhutto's assassination was deliberate."

Toyota to recall Sienna minivan in North America (5:14)
Embattled Japanese automaker Toyota, has issued a voluntary recall of 870,000 of its Sienna minivans in North America.

The models affected are the first and second generation vehicles, which were manufactured between 1998 and 2010. It has been discovered that salt, used to grit roads and melt snow in northern US states and Canada, could potentially cause corrosion in the spare tire carrier cable. In a worse case scenario, this corrosion could lead to the wheel becoming detached and becoming a hazard for following vehicles. The new 2011 version of the Sienna is not affected, nor are all wheel drive versions of the vehicle.

This is the latest blow to Toyota's reputation for safety and quality and the recall comes just days after the company announced the suspension of sales of the Lexus GX 460 SUV over fears that it was susceptible to rollovers.

Tobacco manufacturers and retailers fined over UK price fixing (6:16)
Finally, several tobacco manufacturers and retailers in the United Kingdom have been fined a total of £225 million for price fixing. The fines were imposed by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) following an investigation lasting seven years. It is the largest penalty ever issued by the OFT for breaches of the 1998 Competition Act, with the case involving two major tobacco makers and numerous British supermarkets.

Together the manufacturers involved, Imperial Tobacco (whose brands include Golden Virginia and Lambert & Butler) and Gallaher Group (who owns Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges among others) make almost 90% of all cigarettes and roll-ups sold in the UK. They were fined £112 million and £50 million respectively.

The supermarkets facing the largest penalties were Asda and The Co-operative Group, at £14 million each. Other stores fined were First Quench, Morrisons, Safeway, Shell garages, Somerfield, T&S Stores (now One Stop) and TM Retail. Also taking part in the price fixing were Sainsbury's, though they received immunity from being fined after alerting the OFT and co-operating with the investigation. Some of the other companies also earned reductions in their fines through co-operation with the OFT.

Similar allegations against Tesco were not pursued due to a lack of evidence.

Imperial Tobacco denied the charges, claiming in a statement that its dealings with the retailers were simply legitimate "promotional arrangements". They have said they are considering an appeal against the decision.

On this day in history (8:05)
In 1506 construction of the current St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, to replace the old St. Peter's Basilica built in the 4th century, began.

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From Wikinews, the free news source, this is the audio Wikinews brief for Friday, April 16th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and here are today's top stories:

European airspace closed by volcanic ash (0:20)
Tens of thousands of air travelers were stranded when all flights into and out of the United Kingdom were grounded due to the eruption of an Icelandic volcano located in the south of that nation. Eurocontrol released a statement saying that "...most air traffic in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden is suspended."

The grounding is due to the fact that the volcanic ash drawn into the jet stream is of a particle size which allows it to remain aloft in the atmosphere. Ingestion of this foreign matter, because of its distribution, would lead to flame outs in all aircraft engines. The composition of the ash also means that it would first melt into glass if it were to enter the engine of an aircraft before solidifying again as it cooled. This could lead to damage to the compressors and fan blades, which would make it impossible to restart the engines, even if the aircraft was to exit the cloud.

The current contingency is informed by the experience of British Airways Flight 9 which on June 24, 1982 suffered just such complete engine flame outs when it flew through the plume of an eruption in Indonesia. In that case the flight crew, after many efforts, were able to restart the engines and though one failed shortly there after the aircraft landed without casualties.

In addition to the thousands of stranded travelers are a selection of British musicians booked to play at this weekend's Coachella Festival in California. Amongst those stranded are Frightened Rabbit, Gary Numan, The Cribs and Bad Lieutenant.

Rescue efforts underway after China earthquake (2:02)
Humanitarian aid groups and Chinese military forces are beginning rescue operations in western China after a heavy 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the region on Wednesday, and reportedly killed over 600 people and injured almost ten thousand.

The quake, which was centered around the remote town of Yushu, was largely destroyed by the heavy temblor, which occurred early in the morning as residents were waking up. The official death toll stands at 617, while 9,980 more were injured and an additional 313 reported as missing. The Chinese ministry of civil affairs reports that 15,000 houses had collapsed and 100,000 people - almost the entire population in the area - remain without homes.

Rescue efforts are underway, but impeded due to the area's remoteness and landslides, which have blocked many roads in the area. Also a factor is the high altitude at which the area is located - about 4,000 metres above sea level (13,000 feet) - which could adversely affect rescue crews not used to being in such thin air. Sniffer dogs, for instance, who aren't accustomed to working at high sea levels, could have a harder time detecting living people buried beneath rubble.

Using shovels and their bare hands, residents and troops garrisoned in the Yushu county have managed to pull out more than 1,000 people alive, according to Chinese state media.

Further exacerbating the situation is the weather: temperatures are freezing, and meteorologists predict sleet and wind to come within the next few days. Many people were forced to sleep outdoors, protecting themselves from the cold in blankets, or spending the night in their vehicles.

Chinese president Hu Jintao, meanwhile, said that he would be dispatching over 5,000 rescuers and soldiers to the scene of the disaster. The government has also pledged over $29 million worth of aid. Hu described the quake as being a "huge calamity" and he is also shortening his visit to a summit in Brazil to return to his country. Premier Wen Jiabao has visited Yushu to oversee relief work and decided to delay a visit to southeastern Asia due to the disaster.

Meanwhile, some foreign countries have offered financial help; among them is Japan, which has pledged over one million dollars to disaster victims. The United States also said it is "ready to assist" if China requests international aid.

US unveils revived space exploration program (4:45)
US President Barack Obama unveiled on Thursday plans for the future of American space exploration, committing to sending American astronauts to Mars by the mid-2030s.

The president was speaking at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a speech to lay out his plans for the future of the American space agency NASA. His comments included assurances that America was not abandoning space exploration, contrary to claims he was doing so after he announced the US's budget for 2011, which would have ended most of NASA's current projects, including the development of new heavy-launch rockets called the Constellation Program.

Under Obama's latest program, NASA would receive US $6 billion as supplementary funding over the next five years to develop new projects, which Obama emphasized, saying NASA was in the unusual position of having an expanded budget while other government agencies must comply to financial restrictions or cuts in efforts to reduce the US public debt. With the additional funding, NASA would extend the life of the International Space Station (ISS) by four years further, to at least 2020, develop a new series of heavy-lift rockets by 2015, and continue development of the Orion crew capsule, a major part of the Constellation program.

The centerpiece of the plan would be manned missions to the moon and beyond, beginning with missions to asteroids around 2025, with missions to Mars following within a decade.

Obama said that under his new plan, NASA would be able to achieve more in a shorter amount of time than it would have under the Constellation Program. He also said that, contrary to fears that changes in NASA would result in job losses in the state of Florida, where most space missions are launched from, under his new plan, a total of 2,500 jobs would be created in the area.

Deposed Kyrgyz President flees to Kazakhstan (6:47)
Kurmanbek Bakiyev left Kyrgyzstan Thursday for Kazakhstan after a large scale protest in the country forced him to flee from the Kyrgyz capital to his home village of Teyit. Kazhakstan's secretary of state and Foreign Minister called this "an important step" to stabilize Kyrgyzstan, thereby preventing conflicts in the country.

Bakiyev fled from the capital on April 7 after a violent riot broke out and citizens attacked government building. At least 83 people died in this violence in the Kyrgyz capital. While there is no arrest warrant against Bakiyev, his brother Zhanybek has one against him, however, the Interfax news agency of Russia mentioned witnesses claimed the deposed president had boarded a plane without his brother.

Earlier on Thursday, gunshots were heard in southern Kyrgyzstan during a political rally held by the deposed Kyrgyz President. This attack caused no injuries, but Bakiyev took a car to leave the rally after the shots were heard.

Bakiyev has been holding political meetings in towns near Teyit. Thursday's rally was in Osh, the largest city in the south of Kyrgyzstan, where the former was addressing a crowd of 5,000 people. Bakiyev arrived in a convoy consisting of minivans at Osh, where another rally supporting the country's interim government was being held.

Bakiyev has claimed he would resign his post if the interim government assured security to him and his family members. The latter have agreed to make such security guarantees to Bakiyev, but have refused it for him family members. They also said Bakiyev would either have to leave the country or be prosecuted, blaming him for corruption and the violences which occurred earlier this month. On Wednesday, Roza Otunbayeva, interim President of the country, said she would consider a direct discussion with Bakiyev but refused to discuss what would happen to his relatives.

United Nations: More people with access to cell phones than toilets in India (8:45)
According to a United Nations survey, more people in India, the second most populous country in the world, have access to mobile phones than to a proper toilet. Over half a billion cell phones are active in India, but only 366 million people there have access to a toilet.

India's 545 million cell phones serve about 45 per cent of the population of more than one billion. Only 31 per cent (366 million) have access to modern hygienic amenities as of 2008. The United Nations University (UNU) recommends achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) which aims to cut in half the number of people lacking safe water and proper sanitary arrangements. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), there would be a deficit of one billion people from that target aimed for 2015.

Recommendations made by the UNU include changing the MDG target from 50 per cent by 2015 to 100 per cent coverage by 2025. Another suggested reform was to assign 0.002 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to improving sanitation. Approximately 358 billion dollars would be required to achieve that MDG target, considering that a toilet costs 300 dollars.

On this day in history (10:13)
In 1943 Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann discovered the psychedelic effects of the semisynthetic drug LSD.

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From Wikinews, the free news source, this is the audio Wikinews brief for Thursday, April 15th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and here are today's top stories:

Cyclone in eastern India kills 31 (0:18)
At least 31 people were killed by a cyclone in the North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India late Tuesday. The storm uprooted trees and destroyed several huts in the North Dinajpur district of the state. The storm snapped telephone and electric wires and 50,000 mud huts were destroyed by the storm.

Civil defense Minister Srikumar Mukherjee reported that hundreds of people suffered injuries in the district, which is nearly 315 miles northeast of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. P.K. Dutta, the additional district magistrate, commented that he expected the death toll to rise as information from all affected areas was not yet immediately available.

Volcanic eruption starts on top of Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland (1:02)
People in the area of the Eyjafjallajökull (Aevaloik) glacier in Iceland have been evacuated due to concerns of flooding from meltwater after a volcanic eruption created a large hole in the glacier, as well as a 2 kilometer (1 mi) long fissure that is forming under the glacier. Plumes of steam up to 5,000 feet in altitude could be seen rising over the glacier. The first evacuations began at about 02.00 local time (03.00 UTC) today because earthquakes in the area had pointed to an imminent eruption. Air traffic is prohibited in a large area around the eruption zone.

This is the second such event this year. On March 21th, a volcanic eruption occurred between two nearby glaciers, however, the current eruption appears to be much more powerful.

Over the past 1,100 years, Eyjafjallajökull has erupted three times: in 920, 1612, and between 1821–1823. Each of these incidents directly preceded a major eruption in the nearby subglacial volcano, Katla.

Burial site for Polish president Lech Kaczynski draws objections (2:07)
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Krakow objecting to plans to bury the Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, at Wawel Castle this Sunday. Burial spaces at Wawel castle are normally reserved for Polish kings and heroes.

Groups of protesters arrived in front of the Archbishop’s of Krakow’s house on Tuesday evening, many holding banners with slogans such as “Are you sure he is equal of the Kings?” and “Not Krakow, Not Wawel”. A further 26,000 people joined a Facebook group titled “No to the Kaczynski’s being buried in Wawel”.

Polish film director Andrzej Wajda voiced his opinion on the plans of the late president’s burial site, saying that "Lech Kaczynski was an ordinary and good man, but there is no reason for him to lie in the Wawel among the kings of Poland and Marshal Jozef Pilsudski [the founder of modern-day Poland]." He continued to comment, saying that the decision had been “misplaced”.

Officials commented on the criticism, saying that the plans were made by both church leaders and the Kaczynski family. The current plans have Kaczynski’s burial place close to Marshal Pilsudski’s crypt.

Several of the world’s leaders and dignitaries are to attend the president's funeral, including US president Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev.

Somali radio stations stopped from playing music by Islamist militants (3:31)
Somali Islamic militants issued an order 10 days ago to all of that nations radio stations to stop playing music because the programming is seen as un-Islamic. The only stations not in compliance with the ban are a government controlled station and a UN-funded station based in Kenya. Stations that have reported that they complied with the ban did so over fears for their lives.

Since 1991, Somalia has had no functioning government, with militants controlling large parts of the country. The government, which is backed by UN funds and troops from the African Union, only control a small part of the capital city, Mogadishu.

Pop music is popular in Somalia and the ban has been met with heavy criticism but this new ban adds to the militants orders in certain parts of the country banning the watching of films and football.

US Library of Congress plans archive of Twitter (4:28)
The United States Library of Congress plans to create an archive of every "tweet," or post made on Twitter. It announced the move today via Twitter.

Twitter's general counsel Alex MacGillivray told the BBC that he thinks it shows tweets are an interesting part of the historical record citing US President Barack Obama tweeting his election victory in 2008.

The library plans to highlight such historically significant tweets and although the library plans a Twitter archive, it does not indicate a change of the Library of Congress' focus. The library reportedly has 160 terabytes of data already taken from other Internet sources.

On this day in history (5:11)
In 1912 the passenger liner RMS Titanic sank about two hours and forty minutes after colliding with an iceberg, killing over 1,500 people.

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US Treasury unveils new $100 note

April 22, 2010 The United States 's unveiled a new  Wednesday morning. This is the first time that the one hundred dollar note has been redesigned since 1996.

Until now the one hundred dollar note, along with the and  dollar notes, was not part of the newest batch of dollar note redesigns. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing redesigned the series 2006 5, 10, 20, and 50 dollar notes previously.

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From Wikinews, the free news source, this is the audio Wikinews brief for Wednesday, April 21st, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and here are today's top stories:

US Supreme Court overturns ban on videos depicting animal cruelty (0:19)
Yesterday, the US Supreme Court overturned an eleven-year-old law banning videos that depicted animal cruelty, ruling that such a law violated free speech rights under the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

The court's 8-1 ruling overturns a law enacted in 1999 that banned the trade of "depictions of animal cruelty," including "conduct in which a living animal is intentionally maimed, mutilated, tortured, wounded or killed." The case was prompted by the prosecution of Robert J. Stevens, who had filmed and sold videos of dogfights, and subsequently was sentenced in 2005 to 37 months in prison, although he has yet to begin his sentence and his case is currently on appeal.

According to Chief Justice John Roberts Jr, the law overturned by the court had been "a criminal prohibition of alarming breadth." The law had been defended by the US government, which had argued that videos of cruelty to animals had no value, and should therefore receive no protection by the First Amendment. Roberts argued the point in his written statement on the ruling, saying that "The First Amendment means that government has no power to restrict expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter or its content." According to Roberts, the law had been too broad, and the court was therefore unwilling to place it outside the protection of the First Amendment.

The US Humane Society has called for a new law to be written by Congress, this one more narrow in scope.

Death toll from Chinese earthquake passes 2,000 (1:58)
The death toll from a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on April 14th in the Qinghai province in western China now stands at 2,039, with another 195 missing. 12,135 people were injured by the temblor and over 1,400 are said to still be in serious condition.

On Tuesday, rescuers were still searching for survivors buried beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings in and around the town of Jiegu, one of the hardest hit areas.

Officials have increased their relief efforts, bringing food, blankets, tents, and other assistance to the area.

Yesterday, an official remembrance day for those killed was held; public entertainment was limited and national Chinese flags flew at half-mast.

Former IOC President Samaranch dies at 89 (2:45)
Juan Antonio Samaranch, former head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) died today in Barcelona at the age of 89.

Samaranch was admitted to the hospital on Sunday with heart trouble marking one of a number of occasions he has fallen ill. He passed away at approximately 11:25 local time. Even in retirement, with advancing age and medical issues, Samaranch continued to travel and be active in Olympic circles, working to try and secure both the 2012 Olympics and 2016 Olympics for Madrid as well as attending various sport conferences.

A former diplomat and Spanish ambassador in Moscow, he was elected to the IOC in 1980 and is largely credited with the renewal of the Olympic movement over two decades marked by boycotts, bribery and drug scandals. While appearing to be small in stature and uncomfortable speaking in public, he was viewed as an often ruthless operator who could forge consensus within an often fractious Olympic movement and bring IOC members to deliver what he wanted.

During his time in office, Samaranch worked to help increase the number of participating countries at the Olympics, oversaw the creation of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the creation of the IOC Athletes Commission.

Prior to his election to the role of IOC president, he had a long background in sports, having held roles with the Spanish Skating Federation, Spanish National Olympic Committee and as Chef de Mission at the games in Rome and Tokyo.

Ash-triggered flight diversions cost airlines $1.7 billion (4:23)
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said today that the flight disruptions triggered by the recent eruption of a volcano in Iceland cost the global airline industry a total of $1.7 billion dollars.

According to the IATA, airlines lost a total of $400 million daily for the first three days of the week that European airspace was closed. The closures also impacted an estimated 1.2 million passengers around the world each day, until airspace around Europe began reopening last night.

The crisis compounds the financial troubles of an already troubled airline industry in Europe which, according to the IATA's chief executive officer, lost $9.4bn in 2009 and is forecasted to lose $2.8bn in 2010.

The IATA also criticized the response of European governments to the ash threat, saying that they had over-reacted and the shutdown of all airspace was excessive. However, Eamonn Brennan, CEO of the Irish Aviation Authority said in defense of Eurocontrol, who had ordered the 4 day long shut down of airspace, that the closure was necessary to carry tests and gather data to determine how much ash the engines of an airliner could withstand yet still operate safely.

Restrictions over air travel in Europe have been lifted in many parts of the continent today; three-quarters of the scheduled flights were operating, and most of the European airspace has been opened. Only parts of British, French and Irish airspace remain closed.

On this day in history (6:04)
In 1918, the German fighter pilot known as "The Red Baron", the most successful flying ace of World War I with 80 confirmed air combat victories, was shot down and killed.

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Illinois Fair Map Amendment could die before appearing on ballot

April 24, 2010

The Fair Map Amendment, a citizen-led initiative in Illinois to reform the state constitution's procedures on legislative redistricting, may not gather enough signatures to be presented before voters during the next election. As of last Friday, organizers have collected only 120,000 of the 279,000 votes needed to bypass the state legislature and have the issue decided on solely by the voters in the November 2 election.

The current process of redistricting, or redrawing district lines every ten years following the nationwide census, is in the hands of the state legislature, or the. The maps are often drawn by party leaders, allowing incumbent legislators to minimize and discourage opposition in their districts and perpetuate the leading party's dominance statewide.

Election statistics indicate that incumbents are successful in their reelection 98 percent of the time, and that Democrats have dominated legislative elections since they were able to draw the redistricting map in 2001. The Democratic Party has successfully reinforced their dominance through "spoking", which involves extending districts in Chicago — a Democratic stronghold — out into the more Republican-leaning suburbs. In addition to allowing more Chicago residents to become legislators, this method severely weakens the strong Republican presence in the suburbs. Republicans, if given the chance to draw the maps, could overturn this trend by keeping key Republican-leaning suburban and downstate communities intact within their districts.

The Fair Map Amendment, supported by Republicans and good-government groups such as the League of Women Voters of Illinois, would take the redistricting process out of legislators' hands and instead give that task to an independent, nine-member commission. The amendment would apply to the redistricting of only state legislative districts, not US congressional districts. The General Assembly would still have to approve the commission's suggested map, however.

Proponents initially aimed to collect the required signatures by April 1, but their inability to do so forced them to push their deadline to last Friday. Even then, organizers were still unable to meet their goal, and they now have until May 3 to send the necessary paperwork to the Illinois Secretary of State's office. "We're not having so much trouble; it's two weeks before we have to file," says Jan Czarnik, a member of the League of Women Voters.

Czarnik suggests that the petition low number of signatures is due in part to not having "enough people circulating petitions in such a short amount of time." As Kent Redfield of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois–Springfield commented, "If you've got basically volunteers circulating petitions rather than, say, political parties, people that are normally used to doing this, you're going to have to have a larger margin of error." Another possible setback is that public opinion may not carry as much fervor as for other previously proposed amendments.

Republicans, who hold the minority in the legislature, have proposed the amendment through more conventional means — via the General Assembly — but have been unsuccessful. Legislators also have considered other ways to reform the redistricting process. A few Republican party leaders' campaign funds have donated cash to the group organizing the petition, and House Minority Leader Tom Cross has asked the governor to call a special session on legislative redistricting. Some Democrats support the amendment, including Sheila Simon, her party's candidate for Lieutenant Governor.

Other Democrats, however, strongly oppose the proposal. Senator Martin Sandoval from Chicago warns that "Hispanics will not see a proportionate and fair increase in Hispanic-majority districts," and the Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund wants assurances that minority rights will not be curtailed.


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This is the best news I have ever heard. I'm glad that the government is pursuing space exploration once again.


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It was generally expected that the court would rule the law at issue unconstitutional, and I'm happy that they followed this expectation. The opinion, however, contains some unfortunate content. Most unfortunate, I think, is the affirmative citation of what should be a decrepit precedent: Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire. There is no reason for the category of "fighting words" established by that case to fall outside free speech protections. "Fighting words" are essentially just inflammatory statements made in the heat of the moment and intended to be confrontational. Chaplinsky seems to stand for the position that these words should be prohibited because the person hearing them might be prompted to a criminal act (assault upon the speaker). Freedom of speech should not be held hostage to some people's propensity for criminal behaviour, and it's insulting to the American people to assume that we have no facility for self-control, being prompted to violent acts as a mechanical consequence of the utterance of some verbal barbs. A human being is not like a magical door that takes some prescribed response to the utterance of "open sesame." Whatever reactions people choose to have to any given speech are just that — chosen. One person should not be subject to punishment by the government for actions freely elected by another individual. Those who do not refrain from aggressive violence are the ones rightfully to be punished.


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It's unlikely, because most of this sort of content is produced in other jurisdictions (or even times) where enforcement is more lax or laws do not prohibit the depicted acts. This was the case for the dogfights in the videos at the root of this case. I support the court's ruling, mind, but I think it's best defended on principled, ideological grounds. The thing about pragmatic benefits of upholding liberty is that, even where they do exist, circumstances are always subject to change. If we find that freedom no longer has an objective benefit in situation X, should we disregard the freedom or uphold it on principle? If it's to be upheld on principle, then it's more parsimonious to invoke that than to mire oneself in irrelevant minutiae.


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