2 Vidor students accused of plotting rampage Bag searches and police officers greeted high school students here Tuesday after two students were taken into custody and accused of plotting to shoot 24 classmates and administrators.

Brad's Ten-Foot Poll
RESULTS CPS is about to decide where to run giant 200-foot transmission towers across the northwest suburbs. Sen. Phil Gramm and other influential property owners say the lines should avoid their private property, and instead go across the Government Canyon Natural Preserve. Total votes 247
Private property should be protected. Use taxpayer owned property instead. (146)	59%
Government Canyon is by and for the people and should be protected. (101)	41%

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Good commentary this morning, Brad. I was one of the minority voters in the 10 Foot Poll. I have hiked in the Government Canyon State Conservation Area and it is a real jewel. We don't need no stinking power lines running through that area. Senator Gramm and the others need to pull their heads out ... and get on with life. As my Aggie son likes to say, "Sometimes you just have to suck it up and get on with life."
Pete

Zeta-Jones: Don't say I lost weight on the Atkins diet or I'll sue you!
Documents on The SmokingGun.com include lawyer letter

Senate will play its own Survivor, pull all-nighter In a legislative version of Survivor, Republicans and Democrats will square off today in an all-night Senate talkathon on who's to blame for some of President Bush's political nominees not making it to the federal appeals bench.
While both parties hope the debate will mobilize their political bases, the contestants already know the winner: the status quo.
For 30 straight hours -- through midnight Thursday -- senators will condemn each other and Bush for the impasse over four U.S. Appeals Court nominees.

Sanchez dismisses comparisons to Vietnam
    BAGHDAD, Iraq — America’s top soldier in Iraq said Tuesday a “blanket of fear” that Saddam Hussein will return prevents Iraqis from giving U.S. troops intelligence vital to curb the growing insurgency — stepped up attacks underlined by a late night barrage on the heart of Baghdad.

An act of ‘betrayal’
In the midst of war, key family benefits face cuts
Commissaries and the Defense Department’s stateside schools are in the crosshairs of Pentagon budget cutters, and military advocates, families and even base commanders are up in arms.