Presidential Candidates Ignore Disability Community

As the House of Representatives this week passed an updated version of the American with Disabilities Act which expands the definition of disabled, we decided to take a look at what the Presidential candidates are doing to address the disability community and their issues.  Jim Dickson, Vice President of the American Association of People with Disabilities says they're not doing a whole lot.  Jim Dickson spoke with Election Unspun's Karen Miller. 

Election Day Accessability 

• House Questions Bush Torture Policies
  
• Senate Considers Renewing FISA Legislation
  
• Bloody Demonstrations in Continue in Kashmir
• Black Bloggers and Black Power
• "The Crimes of Kings" Commentary By Mumia Abu-Jamal

• Supreme Court Overturns DC's Gun Ban
• North Korea Releases Nuclear Data
• Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 38
• Nepali PM Resigns
• Iranian/American Demos In Seattle Against Proposed Embargo
• Vigil for Fallen Houston Janitor

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Key Bush Administration officials who formulated the legal basis for torture continue to rebuff lawmakers looking for answers into the Administration's torture policy, carefully avoiding any possibility of prosecution. Washington Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell reports on the probe by a House panel.

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The Senate continued to wrangle today over the renewing FISA legislation. At stake is providing retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies that allegedly violated the law by aiding the Bush Administration spying program; also at issue is updating the definition of "weapons of mass destruction". Today's Senate bill was already passed by the House – but now it's been discovered that some members of the House changed their votes after receiving money for telecommunications companies. Karen Miller has more.

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At least three people have been killed and more than a hundred others injured in Indian administered Kashmir after protests erupted this week over the controversial transfer of land to a Hindu shrine trust. For the fourth day on Thursday, police battled hundreds of protestors in different places across Kashmir. As FSRN's Shannawaz Khan reports from Kashmir, more massive protests are expected tomorrow.

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