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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (42751)	12/14/2005 12:07:44 PM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 116555

Revisions of Mining Law Put On Hold Critics say the proposals, purged from budget bill, could have led to selling parkland to developers. A Nevada congressman says he'll try again. By Janet Wilson and Bettina Boxall, Times Staff Writers latimes.com Republicans in Congress late Tuesday stripped proposed mining law revisions from a budget bill that critics said could have led to the sell-off of millions of acres of federal land, including portions of national parks and forests, such as Death Valley National Park and Mojave National Preserve. The package faced mounting bipartisan opposition from Western senators, whose support was crucial, after scores of groups, including a coalition of hunting and fishing interests, complained. A Senate spokesman said opposition to the mining law revisions could have jeopardized passage of the budget bill.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (42751)	12/14/2005 12:54:39 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

War Spending May Hit Half-Trillion Mark WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is in the early stages of drafting a wartime request for up to $100 billion more for Iraq and Afghanistan, lawmakers say, a figure that would push spending related to the wars toward a staggering half-trillion dollars.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (42751)	12/14/2005 1:14:47 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Text to vanish in 40 seconds LAHORE: Embarrassing, incriminating or just plain sensitive text messages that have a nasty habit of being forwarded on to friends, enemies and tabloid journalists could be a thing of the past with a new service that makes messages self-destruct after the recipient has read them. David Beckham and Shane Warne, who both faced newspaper allegations of affairs after they were exposed for sending raunchy text messages, will wish StealthText, apparently derived from military technology, had been invented a few years earlier. According to the Guardian, a British newspaper, mobile phone users with a Wap connection can download the service by texting “Stealth” to 80880. Self-destruction comes at a price: for 50p a text the technology enables the user to send the recipient a link to their message. Once opened, it disappears again after 40 seconds. To comply with legal requirements, when the message is deleted from the recipient’s phone the “paper trail” and log stay on a secure server for a period of time before it is completely deleted, but the recipient has no access to this server. “The ability to send a self-destruct message has massive benefits for people from all walks of life, from everyday mobile users through to celebrities and business people,” said Carole Barnum of the developers, Staellium UK. Those who find boyfriends and girlfriends cannot resist forwarding their intimate picture messages to their mates will also soon be able to take dodgy photos of themselves with impunity. Staellium is planning to launch similar self-destruct email, voice and picture message services next year. daily times monitor dailytimes.com.pk

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (42751)	12/14/2005 1:58:04 PM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 116555

U.S. import prices fall 1.7% in November Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:45:14 PM afxpress.com WASHINGTON (AFX) - Prices of goods imported into the United States fell 1.7% in November, led by an 8% drop in the price of imported petroleum, the Labor Department said Wednesday. It was the largest decline in import prices since April 2003. Petroleum prices fell the most in almost a year. Imported crude oil prices dropped 6.2%. The 1.7% drop in import prices exceeded the expectations of economists surveyed by MarketWatch. Analysts were predicting a 0.7% decline