The Supreme Court returns today for its new session. This past weekend, the Christian mens group Promise Keepers descended upon Washington in what was probably the largest religious gathering in the nation's capital. Now organizers say they want to take their message world wide. The Hamas religious leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin returns to the Gaza Strip after being freed by Israel in exchange for two agents of the Israeli secret service agents who were captured in a bungled assassination attempt in Jordan. Burning Bluegrass A lawsuit was recently filed in northern Idaho over the practice by farmers of burning bluegrass fields to increase yields.
People say they are concerned about environmental and health problems caused by all the smoke.
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