According to the Associated Press, Planned Parenthood plans to close five of its clinics in the state of Indiana in anticipation of a shortage in federal funding for the nonprofit organization. The clinics are located in Anderson, Franklin, Kokomo, northwest Indianapolis and Shelbyville.
The Indiana Family Health Council will begin distributing the funds for Title XX. […]

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FreeMediaOnline.org, Free Media Online Blog, GovoritAmerika.us, Commentary by Ted Lipien, August 18, 2009, San Francisco — Ever since the United States Information Agency (USIA) was dismantled in a foolish post-Cold War cost-cutting move, the U.S. State Department and American diplomats abroad have not been able to present a coherent message to foreign […]

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Voice of America Russian Service Journalists Blamed for Management’s Failures
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, March 18, 2009, San Francisco — My commentary on the poor state of U.S. public diplomacy and international broadcasting, Sexy Images from the Voice of America, has produced  management backlash against the Voice of America Russian Service journalists. It […]

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FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog Commentary by Ted Lipien, March 4, 2009, San Francisco
Senator Richard Lugar is right about past mistakes that had crippled U.S. public diplomacy, but new actions by the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors also continue to silence America’s voice abroad

Closed Down American Centers and Crippled Voice of America
In an […]

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As anticipated, state legislatures across the country have been renewing and introducing new employment eligibility and compliance laws requiring the use of E-Verify. The latest bills to be introduced are from Arkansas, Nebraska, Indiana, and Wyoming.
In Arkansas, State Representative Bill Sample, R-Hot Springs, introduced HB 1093 which would require state agencies to use E-Verify for […]

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With Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) as Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) running mate, you have a two-senator ticket - all talk, no executive action; no “favorite son” advantage in a key swing state with a huge chunk of votes in the electoral college; and a man whom voters resoundingly rejected when he was running for the […]

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 … But he’s going to make the media and punditocracy wait until he declares his choice via  text message on Saturday, after which he plans a joint appearance with his running mate at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, IL, where he announced he would run for president. [Update: It’s Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), according […]

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With budget cuts by Governor Mitch Daniels, and Terrible news by a resent study on towns in the path of I-69, Oakland City Indiana seems to be headed for trouble.
A study conducted by The University Of Southern Indiana (USI) states “Investment in upgrading/expanding infrastructure (e.g., water/sewer facilities)
yields a greater return if it is made early-on, […]

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The facts: Barack Obama won 38 percent of white Dems in NC, and didn’t do much better amongst whites in IN (35 percent). In exit polls of 1,881 IN Dems and 2,316 NC voters, two out of three Hillary Clinton supporters said they would be dissatisfied if he is their party’s nominee.
How much of […]

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Now we know who a Vanderburgh County Indiana poll worker was arguing with in the now semi popular exclusive WTVW FOX7 video showing possible electioneering practices at an Evansville Polling Precinct.
The Evansville Courier and Press is reporting that the Democratic Poll representative was bickering with was Republican Leon “Big Man” Collins. Collins is running to […]

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Barack Obama (D-IL) had said that IN would be the tie-breaker, after Hillary Clinton (D-NY) won PA and he won NC as he was expecting to. And so the tie was broken – but just barely. Hillary won IN 51 percent to 49 percent, and lost NC by 41 percent to 56 percent.
Hillary’s disappointing […]

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New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.”
According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,” in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim.
Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw large marijuana […]

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Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY) won the Dem primary in PA – an important swing state - with a respectable 10-point margin (55 percent to 45 percent) over her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama (IL).
Both Hilary and Obama held onto their core supporters, and neither made inroads into the other’s base. Women, senior citizens and less […]

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April 22 is here–Earth Day, and Scorched Earth Day in Pennsylvania. Only fools predict political outcomes this year. I qualify. So here’s what’s going to happen.
Hillary will probably win the primary. If she wins by any more than two percent, she will trumpet her triumph as a come-from-behind victory, even though she started with a 20 […]

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The City of Evansville and Vanderburgh County Indiana are experiencing what is called a “100 year rain.” As of 10 a.m, Evansville Regional Airport had received a record-breaking 6.52 inches of rain. The single greatest rainfall on record for Evansville was 6.5 inches, set on Oct. 6, 1910. The Ohio River is at 37 feet […]

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AFTER nearly 8 inches of rain, ditches, creeks overflowing
Last night, the Vanderburgh County Indinana Commission and Evansville Mayor Weinzapfel declared a “Local Disaster Emergency” for Vanderburgh County and the City of Evansville.
This action was taken due to concern for the high number of water covered and impassable roads in both the city and county. With […]

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There is sad news on I-69 today. Despite years of citizen opposition and comment against I-69, Governor Mitch Daniels and INDOT are beginning the destruction of homes and farmland in Southwest Indiana.
The homes being destroyed are in the 2 miles north of I-64. Land and homes were purchased by InDOT last summer.
On March 10th Thomas […]

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(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]

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Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) have taken the lead among Iowans who say they “definitely” or “probably” will attend their respective party caucuses on January 3rd, according to The Des Moines Register’s latest poll.
This is the first time Obama has beaten Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in the Register’s poll (28 […]

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FBI, Secret Service Seize Thousands of Coins in Raid
Two Tons of Ron Paul Dollars Seized
How did a long-simmering philosophical and legal difference of opinion between a private coin organization and the United States Government spill over into the 2008 presidential elections?
THE HEADLINES FROM EARLIER TODAY:
FBI Raid Seizes 2 Tons of Ron Paul Dollars and the […]

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FBI Carts Off Company’s Assets
No Word Yet on If Dealer Was Connected to Paul Campaign
Thousand of Coins Among Items Seized
FBI Hasn’t Released Any Statement
A surprise raid on the offices of a coin dealer resulted in the seizure of thousands of coins–literally tons of them–including thousands of newly-minted Ron Paul dollars.
The following letters […]

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One man looks at a forested wilderness and sees the future of people who might live there; one woman sees those forests as the places which have taken her man and her children from her and yet she must keep on walking through them, looking for a home; then there’s the evolution controversy, the effect […]

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Edie Bolanos, the Indiana mom who tried to outrun a freight train with a mini-van — carrying her four children — died Tuesday. Her daughters (11 and both died at the scene, while her sons (2 and 13) survived.
At least she saved the taxpayers the expense of a trial.
FOXNews.com - Indiana Mom Dies Days […]

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Denies Charges.
When I last wrote about Indiana CPS worker Cory Heinzman, in November of 2005,, he had been arrested three times for sex related charges involving three Indiana youths.
Heinzman is currently on trial, charged with 15 felonies, including child molestation and sexual misconduct with a minor, as well as 14 misdemeanors, all for official misconduct.
So […]

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Opinion by Wordworks2001
I am a retired US Army master sergeant. I dearly love my country which I proudly served for 20 years and 17 days, one year and 10 months of which were spent fighting a war I didn’t believe in but felt obligated to participate in, because I was a soldier. My views […]

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The new identity theft protection and recovery service by Truston is live. The service is unique because it doesn’t require you to give up your personal information, which could be stored in a database, and used to commit identity theft if it falls into the wrong hands.
In case you’ve missed the weekly stories, databases are […]

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First gypsies impersonate Dr. Phil and now someone is selling tickets to the Oprah show that smell a little “phishy.”
Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan warned the public in a official statement:
In this case, e-mail recipients are asked to submit personal information and told they will receive tickets to The Oprah Winfrey Show after verification of […]

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I’ve had the opportunity to look at a lot of identity theft services, but until now - I’ve never run into one I considered “victim friendly.”
I’ve written off most of the services I’ve seen — either because they were financial services products (created by those who had compromised victims themselves) — or they were selling […]

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by Craig Dimitri
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President George W. Bush shrugged off his increasingly frequent appearances in Democratic campaign commercials, during a campaign appearance in Indiana, on Saturday, October 28.  According to the AP article, here was President […]

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by Craig Dimitri
President George W. Bush shrugged off his increasingly frequent appearances in Democratic campaign commercials, during a campaign appearance in Indiana, on Saturday, October 28.  According to the AP article: “I’m not resentful, nor am I resentful that a lot of Democrats are using my picture,” Bush said. “All I ask is that they pick […]

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