Archive for December 15th, 2005

Viking’s Culpepper Charged in Boat Scandal

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Prosecutor Steve Tallen looks like he’s nabbed a real big fish up in Minnesota: Quarterback Daunte Culpepper and three other Minnesota Vikings were charged Thursday with three misdemeanors each for taking part in a bawdy boat party earlier this season on Lake Minnetonka. Culpepper, Bryant McKinnie, Fred Smoot and Moe Williams were charged with indecent [...]

Border Residents Resist Immigration Law Changes

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Border residents don’t like the idea of eliminating birthright citizenship in an attempt to curb illegal immigration: A proposal to end the automatic U.S. citizenship for any baby born in the United States has caught the attention of concerned border residents who question whether the proposal could even be enforced. The U.S. House of Representatives [...]

Fox: Border Wall Would Be Disgraceful

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Mexican President Vicente Fox is not too keen on the idea of a wall being built along the U.S./Mexico border to slow the tide of illegal immigration: Fox, speaking in Tamaulipas state across the border from Texas, said such extreme security measures would violate immigrants’ rights. “The disgraceful and shameful construction of walls, the increasing [...]