least thirty five thousand people are descended on roswell this weekend two thousand and seven the missing roswell you have all first of all to commemorate a purported flying saucer crashed in a nearby ranch in july and i think forty seven participants have filled the hotel rooms and nearly doubled the southeastern new mexico town's population for a few days the festival which began thursday is a mixed bag that includes live concerts one headlined by a band with a computer generated alien drummer costume contest a main street parade and of lectures that powder everything from body snatchers to what does nasa really know first of all emerged in one thousand nine hundred to spark debate about purported flying saucer crashes which the government says was a top secret weather balloon believers in roswell incident say the government is conspiring to hide the truth about the events of that day and more broadly the existence of extraterrestrial life al dooley fifty nine years of age of seattle so he wasn't sure what happened wife nancy said nearby visibly less interested she was waiting for the festival to be over so the couple could move on to the next leg of their vacation instead arizona i didn't come for the carnival atmosphere i came to listen to the speakers i'll do it said i wanted to hear what serious and educated discussion there is although it's not certain whether an alien craft craft cared he might have seen one himself in one nine hundred sixty eight or sixty nine he said michael who plays guitar in a rock band called element one fifteen and doesn't use his last name said he doesn't really believe the crash happened i know it he said as he headed out of business card michael said he hoped element one fifteen one day be the house band for a huge theme park we debated here featuring amusement rides a concert hall and a three hundred room hotel that looks like a flying saucer i want to help them with that i see millions and millions of dollars in this place they just need to know how to market it right the cit convention center was swarmed with vendors hawking trinkets and dolls photo ops with costumed aliens psychic readings and a kick to test whether your neighbor or boss is from outer space maybe peddled their books d v d s and artwork of all things otherworldly chase masterson is singer an actress was signing autographs for fans who remembered her role as leader on several episodes of star trek deep space nine i am having a very interesting and interesting time exploring the theories that are set forth here she said some are completely outrageous but some are very intriguing the festival has been organized for the first time by the city of roswell after the local o museum hosted it for more than a decade where sam was grown said that he was happily surprised by the turnout and the economic boost it would give the city i've never seen so many cars in town he said and now another story out of washington d c dick cheney who thrives on secrecy while pulling the levers of power is getting caught in the glare of an unwelcome bought by once as a sage and mentor to president bush cheney has approved prove already in now that is low or lower than the president's recent national polls have put both of them in the high twenty's bush's decision to spare former cheney aide lewis scooter libby from two and a half year prison sentence has focused new attention on the vice president and his possible role in the community cheney's relentless advocacy of the iraq war his push to expand presidential authority and his hard line retorts towards north korea and iran has raised concerns even among former loyalist now worried about g o p s chances in two thousand and eight it seems to need for to get is settling in on some republican circles republican strategist rich galen who worked for both bush and bush's father said he is finding less interest just republicans have in essence moved on and focused on who to get beyond two thousand and eight galen said cheney has drawn criticism and ridicule from democrats for his close ties to libby and his contention later modified that his joseph wilson was a prominent critic of the administration's case for invading iraq over weapons of mass destruction which said their sentence was excessive the president kept the issue alive by saying he would not rule out the eventual full pardon libby wilson said he would not be surprised if cheney were pulling the strings here too and sparing libby prison time right house officials said they did not know exactly what role cheney may have played in bush's decision shilpi strategist mary matalin once top political and public affairs assistant suggested detractors are d's score settling or agenda seeking as the effectiveness of bush bashing winds down as a vision for their future cheney bashing is their last breath as a substitute for principles upon which to forge an agenda to lead the country she said things have not gone well of late for the vice president courts have ruled against efforts he campaigned to broaden presidential authority and accord special treatment to suspected terrorists cheney's position on iran and north korea has been tempered partly apart by bush who recently authorized tentative diplomatic overtures to both countries  also borrowed to mounting bipartisan pressure and agreed to put the national security agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program under the auspices of a special court in addition the white house confirmed it is considering closing the u s prison camp at guantanamo bay cuba cheney long has said the film syllabi is needed on top of that the supreme court has reversed its own able decision and agreed hear challenges by guantanamo detainees and their fall term the vice president shuffled alone and in silence out of a luncheon of republican senators last week amid defections on iraq by g o p senators and as the administration immigrants over went down in defeat senator arlen specter of pennsylvania the senior republican on the senate judiciary committee branded as unfounded chaney's of claim to extra protection for his office because of his constitutional powers to preside over the senate and break ties i don't think he handles too many documents in that capacity he handles the gavel that's about all he handled specter said in an interview added senator orrin hatch republican from utah i don't know what you meant by that i think he understands what his role is still hatch said cheney continues to be valuable to the president everybody know he's a straight shooter i know that he and the president work very closely together and i think there's a good reason for it democrats have not passed many opportunities to bash cheney who died and left him boss said sen joe biden democrat from delaware cheney has seen his influence wane with rank and file republicans and even conservatives once his most ardent supporters there an easy about cheney signing into bush's attempt to liberalize immigration law spreading democracy in the middle east which they do ride as nation building the massing of record budget deficits and even cheney support for certain gay rights a daughter mary is openly lesbian we don't feel we're invested in cheney because he wasn't hasn't in any way we're aware of carried any of our water in six and a half years conservative activists richard viguerie said most of kenya's hard line colleagues are gone defense secretary donald rumsfeld the world bank president paul wolfowitz in united nations ambassador john bolton more moderate players now command bush's attention and oversee the nation's agenda robert gat of rice at the state department stephen hadley as national security adviser clearly still values cheney's advice and the vice president is that bush's side in major policy meetings he must be awful bruised guy at this point i think his star has set said thomas he cronan his political science professor of colorado college or cheney's wife lynne and their daughter elizabeth and mary went to college people who knew cheney whether they speak on or off the record feel something changed with them and they don't know when obviously post watergate reforms of congress and weakening the executive branch have affected him he speaks a lot about that h probably changed him maybe his four heart attacks changed him cronin said cheney sixty six was chief of staff to ford represented wyoming in congress in one nine hundred eighty s was defense secretary under the first president bush and chief executive officer of halliburton the oil services company in the one nine hundred ninety s he has a history of heart problems including four heart attacks quadruple bypass surgery two artery clearing angioplasties and an operation to implant it pacemaker d fil a breeder onboard to act express how gore tries to rein in his adrenaline as a train turned toward the two north american venues of his live earth concert saturday gore the former vice president and environmental activists rattled off the latest details of companion concerts on six other continents before catching himself i'm so just so filled with enthusiasm and energy i'm not letting you ask questions gore said in an interview with the associated press gore kicked off the u s leg of the worldwide concerts earlier saturday in washington and was keeping track of the giant stadium venue on his laptop as an amtrak train headed for new jersey well clearly one of the main attractions for worldwide concerts tried to keep too much attention from being paid to his role that's nice but it's not about me it's about the message i think everybody understands that gore turned back criticism that the concert ties series lacked immediate goals beyond generally raising awareness about climate change to conscience or just a first step in the three year public relations campaign i've been trying to deliver this message for thirty years and i know that it doesn't take in just one delivery you've got to keep going the concerts will be followed by a global advertising campaign with particular focus on the united states the planet doesn't have r agent but it will because the alliance for climate protection is going to use the modern techniques of messaging to get scientific evidence in front of people all over the world gore said he plans to return to giving his slideshows and training others to give a presentation about global warming after the concert series is complete and if i can't figure out some other way to get this message to more people more persuasively and more quickly then i'll do that too gore laughed off a question about whether that he could include a presidential bid and repeated his montra i have no plans to be a candidate i really don't but he continues to not completely rule out a bit gore who slideshow on global warming was the subject of academy award winning documentary an inconvenient truth said the presidency alone can't necessarily bring the changes he's calling for always in the white house for eight years and i saw the limitations of even the power of the executive branch when the people and their elected representatives are in the congress we're not ready to contemplate the big changes that are necessary this  rare challenge that really has to come from the grassroots up and yet gore said he understands that not everyone at the concerts would immediately buy into the climate change cars it's great to just enjoy the music he said but i'm hoping of course that while listening to the music and enjoying the films that they will be open to the message asking whether the political campaign like atmosphere around his trout doesn't get the old juices flowing again gore paused for a moment smiled and then firmly said no i'm involved in a different kind of campaign to deliver this message to people all over the u s and all over the world we have to be prepared to keep going for long enough to get this world 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reported a physical fight between two juveniles at nine o one pm a caller from the four hundred block of nimrod street reported that some people were lighting fireworks in a nearby park the fire department responded and said the group was and now a story out of katy texas writing i love alex on the school gymnasium wall brought a twelve year old the same punishment as if she had made a terrorist threat the kiddie independent school district created the message written with a baby blue marker by a sixth grader shelby single bach as a level four infraction the same as threats drug possession and assault only murder gun possession sexual assault and arson are considered more severe by the suburban houston district for her punishment was assigned to an alternative school from august twenty seventh through december twenty first school district spokesman steve and for it said the district was just following a state law saying it requires assignment to an alternative school for feeding the parents have appealed and the hearing is set for this month lease and to single block said they don't condone what shelby did but think the punishment is overly harsh i think we need george bush to get involved in this story we are shocked at the school district rules as they're britain are written make no distinction between what job is accused of and what gang member