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House Resolution 2265 would allow more Iraqis into the United States, including religious minorities suffering from persecution.

Mandaean Crisis International, an organization dedicated to ending persecution of the Mandaean community, on Friday announced that Professor Noam Chomsky has publicly lent his support to the passage of House Resolution 2265. Called the Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act of 2007, the bill would confer immigration status to the U.S. for many religious minorities, including the Mandaean community in Iraq. The Mandaeans, also known as Sabian Mandaeans, are an ethnic and religious group of great but uncertain antiquity who revere John the Baptist as their last great teacher, but are not Christian.

The CBS News "Sunday Morning" segment about sugar is reported by journalist Susan Spencer and produced by the thorough Jason Sacca.

Connie Bennett, author of Sugar Shock!, is one of several experts appearing this Sunday, June 17, 2007, on the national show, CBS News Sunday Morning, in an approximately 8-minute segment about sugar. It is the lead story, barring any breaking news.

Supernatural symposium aims to further paranormal research on a global scale by offering independent research groups a central repository of data.

Ghost World, LLC today announced that a Supernatural Symposium will be held at the Ghost World Conference in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 20-22, 2007. The objective of the symposium is to bring paranormal investigators and parapsychologists from around the world together to discuss the state of paranormal research and to develop a centralized repository of data and findings that the global community can examine in order to draw some conclusions about the ghost phenomenon.

New Mexico governor and surging Presidential candidate Bill Richardson will cement his reputation as the environmental candidate by publishing his plan to end America's dependence on foreign oil and adopt sensible energy policies in a new book.

New Mexico governor and surging Presidential candidate Bill Richardson will cement his reputation as the environmental candidate by publishing his plan to end America's dependence on foreign oil and adopt sensible energy policies in a new book to be published by Wiley. LEADING BY EXAMPLE: How We Can Inspire an Energy and Security Revolution will be published in November 2007 and it will be the centerpiece of Richardson's recently announced campaign for the White House.

Discovery of feathered dinosaur that weighed-in at over 3,000 pounds set current theory on dinosaur evolution on its ear.

Scientists in China have unearthed the fossilized remains of a bird like dinosaur in the Erlian Basin that was as big as the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

"The Vinegar Man" Lawrence Diggs heads the eighth annual International Vinegar Festival in Roslyn, South Dakota, a place that welcomes people worldwide to appreciate the vast virtues of vinegar.

Calendars are being marked because Saturday June 16 is Vinegar Day -- at least in South Dakota. "The Vinegar Man" Lawrence Diggs heads the eighth annual International Vinegar Festival in Roslyn, a place that welcomes people worldwide to appreciate the vast virtues of vinegar.

Computers fail that control the position, oxygen and water levels of the International Space Station and have not come back on line.

NASA has stated that they may extend the STS-117 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission by another two days to assist in the repair the computers that control the position, oxygen and water levels of the International Space Station (ISS) which failed and have not come back on. As a result of the computer's failure, the thrusters on the station and the shuttle have been stabilizing the stations orbit.

There are reports that Michael Moore's anticipated film is now available online through peer to peer networks.

A number of reports confirm that Michael Moore's forthcoming documentary has been leaked to peer-to-peer networks. The movie, Sicko, contrasts the U.S. healthcare system with that of several other countries and includes a trip to Cuba which Moore is being investigated for. He has, according to agency reports, stored a copy of the original film in Canada as a result of the investigation. His concern is that an attempt may be made to confiscate the section of the film shot in Cuba.

Although a sensor picked-up a hit to the shuttle's left wing, NASA suspects that the notification was only a glitch. However, the wing will be examined, just to be sure.

NASA has reported that a sensor aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis recorded a force of 1G on the shuttle's left wing. This could have been a small impact caused by a meteorite or space junk, or a sensor glitch. The anomaly was recorded on reinforced carbon panels 7 and 8 and reported during a mission briefing on Tuesday afternoon by NASA.

Coalition calls H.R. 811 "An election deception bill."

American elections are about to be further compromised by a legislative "solution" to electronic voting machine fraud, according to a coalition of election and computer experts and citizens.