WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Monday agreed to a 10-month extension of three key law enforcement powers in the fight against terrorism that some privacy advocates from both the right and left regard as infringements on civil liberties. The House measure, passed 275-144, would extend authority for the USA Patriot Act-related provisions until Dec. 8. Common ground must be found with the Senate before... 

BY PATRICIA MULROY  …  SPECIAL TO THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL  …  Posted: Feb. 11, 2011 | 2:03 a.m.   …  Updated: Feb. 11, 2011 | 8:39 a.m. (Mulroy’s article is reprinted here in its entirety and was submitted with an imbedded opinion by reader Paul Miller, Phoenix, AZ. As water and its supply is a critical southwest political issue, and with local-state-national elections looming,...