Watching Tyrus Thomas play Thursday night, I smiled and shook my head. "Good for him," I thought to myself. Maybe he finally was getting it after all.

He had a terrific fourth quarter, scoring 13 points, including five of six free throws, and added two blocks and two late defensive rebounds in a satisfying 114-108 Bulls victory over the Golden State Warriors. They might have played their best ball of the season despite the absence of Luol Deng, Ben Gordon and Kirk Hinrich.

In one four-minute stretch, with the high-octane Warriors flying at the Bulls and the sellout crowd in a frenzy, Thomas scored on a layup, hit a reverse runner, a turnaround hook, a 17-footer when it looked like no one else wanted a shot and four straight free throws.

Hobnobbing In Helendale

Jim Nichols is doing a phenomenal job with his Silver Lakes Neighborhood Watch (NW) program. He continues to recruit new members and reminds us that, "The more watchers we have, the less crime there is to report." When crime increased in our community Jim was one who did something about it. We were hearing about thefts from cars, burglaries, graffiti, robberies, vandalism. Jim got his program going and now has nearly 250 members. He has a great newsletter with tips on how to deter crime. He features public meetings with guest speakers. He aligns himself with the Silver Lakes Association Board, our Wackenhut Security Force, the volunteer Citizens On Patrol (COP) and the Sheriff’s Department. He is like a snowball rolling down a hill, gathering information and growing bigger and bigger, all for the good of the community.

January 2006

Worse yet, the so-called "Quranic case" does not appear to have been an isolated incident. An FBI special agent recently told the Chicago Tribune that the case is only "a chunk of the puzzle" in the Bureau's larger probe into the extent of U.S. nonprofits operating illegally as money laundering fronts for terrorists—even as the U.S. government pours billions of dollars into fighting terrorism. Stefan Leader, author of a recent article on the subject for Jane's Intelligence Review, estimates the amount raised for terrorists by nonprofits could be "in the millions of dollars, possibly more." An exact amount, says Leader, is impossible to pin down because of the clandestine nature of the fundraising, and the Quranic case is probably just the "tip of the iceberg of other activities we don't know about."

The FBI's section chief on International Terrorism Operations, special agent Dale L.

U.S. candidates blitz states as Super Tuesday looms

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