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MD Legislator’s Priorities Warped In What Life Is Worth Preserving

Posted in May 28th, 2012
by FMeekins in Alabama News, Op-ed

During the 2012 session, the Maryland State Legislature considered the abolition of the death penalty. Opponents of the practice argued that not everyone receiving the sentence actually committed the crime of which the judicial system found them guilty. However, having only carried out the practice five times since 1977, it is doubtful such miscarriages of […]

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Is the President’s Vacation in Martha’s Vineyard A Good Idea?

Posted in August 21st, 2011
by Nancy Reyes in 2008 Election Coverage, Alabama News, All News, Breaking News, Business News, Celebrity News, Country News, Economic News, Government News, Massachusetts News, North American News, Presidential News, Regional News, US Government News, US News

The president is taking a much needed vacation, this time to Martha’s Vineyard. So what does the Washington Post have for a headline this morning? As rebels close in on Tripoli, Obama getting updates on Martha’s Vineyard Why yes. Martha’s Vineyard isn’t exactly in the middle of nowhere, and they do have internet connections, an […]

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A Tale of the Tape: Governmental Response in Hurricane Katrina v. Gulf Oil Spill

Posted in June 22nd, 2010
by Deimos in Alabama News, All News, Florida News, Louisiana News, Mississippi News, North American News, US News

Data for graphic drawn from “A Tale of Two Disasters”, by Paul Rubin, Wall Street Journal,  June 22,2010

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“God’s Little Trojan Horse on Crutches”

Posted in October 6th, 2009
by Nancy Reyes in Alabama News, All News, Breaking News, Business News, Celebrity News, Country News, Entertainment, North American News, Philippines News, Regional News, Religious News, Society and Culture, State News, TV News, US News

I was delighted to hear that Mother Angelica and Deacon Bill Steltemeier have been awarded a medal by the Vatican. She deserves it. Mother Angelica is the founder of EWTN, a Catholic network that is found on many cable systems all over the world. On the surface it sounds like a proper award. But her […]

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HOW TO MAKE A TERRORIST TALK

Posted in July 27th, 2009
by Mark Mercer in Alabama News, All News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, Congressional News, Country News, crime, European News, Government News, Iraq News, Iraq War, Middle Eastern News, New York News, North American News, Op-ed, Philippines News, Presidential News, Regional News, South American News, Supreme Court News, Texas News, The United Nations, The War on Terror, UK News, US Government News, US News, US Politics, Washington, DC News, World Politics

An article on the left-leaning website Truthout announced yesterday that a “new direction in the war on terror” may result from a case that occurred in the last year of the Bush Administration. Bryant Neal Vinas, an American-born suspected terrorist who was captured in Pakistan, was given “all the rights of  American criminal suspects.” The results? […]

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It’s Not Over Quite Yet For The Dems

Posted in May 21st, 2008
by The Stiletto in 2008 Election Coverage, Alabama News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Country News, Florida News, Illinois News, Iowa News, Kentucky News, Michigan News, Mississippi News, New York News, Oregon News, Society and Culture, Tennessee News, US News, US Politics, Vermont News, West Virginia News

Jumping off a sinking ship and jumping on the bandwagon are just doing what comes naturally, right? Not for Hillary Clinton’s supporters in KY, who stuck by their candidate, despite the certainty that Barack Obama’s win in OR would push him past her in pledged delegates. And as in WV and other states in which […]

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NJ Marijuana Grower Gets 6 Years In Prison

Posted in May 6th, 2008
by Tamika M. Murray in Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Breaking News, California News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Country News, Delaware News, Florida News, Georgia News, Hawaii News, Idaho News, Illinois News, Indiana News, Iowa News, Kansas News, Kentucky News, Louisiana News, Maine News, Maryland News, Massachusetts News, Michigan News, Minnesota News, Mississippi News, Missouri News, Montana News, Nebraska News, Nevada News, New Hampshire News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, North American News, North Carolina News, North Dakota News, Ohio News, Oklahoma News, Oregon News, Pennsylvania News, Rhode Island News, South Carolina News, South Dakota News, State News, Tennessee News, Texas News, The War on Drugs, US News, Utah News, Vermont News, Virginia News, Washington News, Washington, DC News, West Virginia News, Wisconsin News, Wyoming News

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 […]

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To Tell The Truth

Posted in March 31st, 2008
by The Stiletto in 2008 Election Coverage, Alabama News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Civil Rights, European News, Hawaii News, Illinois News, Massachusetts News, New York News, Society and Culture, US News, US Politics, Washington, DC News, World Politics

When Hillary lies, does she know she is lying? Is she a reflexive liar, a compulsive liar, or a pathological liar? Does the staggering number of lies she has told during this campaign make her morally unfit for the office she seeks? Do the things about which she lied make her psychologically unfit? Consider these […]

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Republican Voters Defy Pundits, Radio Talk Show Hosts

Posted in February 6th, 2008
by The Stiletto in 2008 Election Coverage, Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Breaking News, California News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Delaware News, Georgia News, Illinois News, Massachusetts News, Minnesota News, Missouri News, Montana News, New Jersey News, New York News, North Dakota News, Oklahoma News, Tennessee News, US News, US Politics, Utah News, West Virginia News

February 5, 2008 may go down in political history as the day Rush Limbaugh lost his grip on Republican voters – and the day Ann Coulter may have lost her grip altogether. Despite a concerted effort by the conservative chattering class to tar Sen. John McCain as a “liberal” or a “phony Republican,” and Fmr. […]

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A Fight To The Death For Dems

Posted in February 6th, 2008
by The Stiletto in 2008 Election Coverage, Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Breaking News, California News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Delaware News, Georgia News, Idaho News, Illinois News, Kansas News, Massachusetts News, Minnesota News, Missouri News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, North Dakota News, Oklahoma News, Tennessee News, US News, US Politics, Utah News

Barack Obama won more than half of the 22 Super Duper Tuesday states (12 to Hillary Clinton’s  8) – but Hillary’s wins came from such delegate-rich states as her adopted home state of NY, as well as CA, MA and NJ. Overall, 49 percent of voters supported Hillary, 46 percent supported Obama. Since none of […]

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Autism Sunday:Archbishops and leaders urged to speak out

Posted in February 4th, 2008
by autismsunday in African News, Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Asian News, Australia News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, Business News, California News, Canada News, China News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Country News, Delaware News, Education News, European News, Florida News, France News, Gambia News, Georgia News, Germany News, Government News, Hawaii News, Idaho News, Illinois News, India News, Indiana News, Iowa News, Israel News, Kansas News, Kentucky News, Louisiana News, Maine News, Maryland News, Massachusetts News, Medical News, Mexico News, Michigan News, Middle Eastern News, Minnesota News, Mississippi News, Missouri News, Montana News, Nebraska News, Nevada News, New Hampshire News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, North American News, North Carolina News, North Dakota News, Oceania News, Ohio News, Oklahoma News, Oregon News, Pennsylvania News, Philippines News, Regional News, Religious News, Research News, Rhode Island News, Russia News, South American News, South Carolina News, South Dakota News, Spain News, State News, Tennessee News, Texas News, UK News, US News, US Politics, Utah News, Vermont News, Virginia News, Washington News, Washington, DC News, West Virginia News, Wisconsin News, Wyoming News

(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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CAMPAIGN TRAIL: A YEAR OF FIRSTS MAY YIELD MORE “SAME OLD, SAME OLD”

Posted in January 31st, 2008
by RB Scott in 2008 Election Coverage, Alabama News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, California News, Colorado News, Congressional News, Connecticut News, Economic News, Florida News, Georgia News, Government News, Idaho News, Iowa News, Massachusetts News, Michigan News, New Hampshire News, New Mexico News, New York News, Ohio News, Presidential News, Religious News, Texas News, US Government News, US News, US Politics, Utah News, Wisconsin News, World Politics, Wyoming News

    ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Will A  Year of Firsts Yield  More of The Same Old, Same Old?   January 30, 2008   By RB Scott Boston, Massachusetts   Note:  RB Scott, a former staff writer and editor at Time, Life, People and Sports Illustrated, frequently writes about national politics.   As  the barrow […]

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Drugs A Factor in Father Throwing Four Children Off Bridge?

Posted in January 10th, 2008
by Jeremiah J. Jameson in Alabama News, All News, Breaking News, Country News, Society and Culture, State News, US News

A Father Resolves a Marital Dispute by Throwing Four Children to their Deaths Authorities are searching over 100-sq mile area, with waters as Deep as 80 Feet Lam Luong’s Past Drug Use Cited Were Drugs Involved? What’s the logical thing to do if you get into a dispute with your wife? If you’re Lam Luong, […]

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2008 Campaign Turned Upside Down

Posted in December 3rd, 2007
by The Stiletto in 2008 Election Coverage, Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arkansas News, Civil Rights, Florida News, Georgia News, Illinois News, Indiana News, Iowa News, Maryland News, Massachusetts News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, Ohio News, Society and Culture, South Carolina News, US News, US Politics

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 […]

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Natalee Holloway: Jailed Suspect Complains About Conditions

Posted in November 27th, 2007
by Jeremiah J. Jameson in Alabama News, All News, Breaking News, Country News, North American News, Society and Culture, US News

Joran van der Sloot Doesn’t Like it in Jail Evidence Still Under Wraps  Life is hard. So is life behind bars, apparently. At least for one of the suspects in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.  He’s not happy with the conditions in the jail he’s housed in. Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the […]

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Just a drop in the bucket

Posted in October 31st, 2007
by David Dalton in Alabama News, All News, Breaking News, Economic News, Education News, Environmental News, Florida News, Georgia News, Humor, North American News, Odd News, Regional News, State News, US News, Weather

Written by Dave Dalton This column also appears in the Tuesday, 30 October 2007 issue of the Sentinel student newspaper of Kennesaw State University in the Atlanta metro area. I have never before seen an issue that would allow me to smack so many people at once! With the next 871 words I intend to […]

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Two-Year Anniversary of Katrina Noted by Carnival of Hurricane Relief

Posted in August 30th, 2007
by cehwiedel in Alabama News, All News, Louisiana News, Mississippi News, Texas News

The Carnival of Hurricane Relief has posted its 103rd edition this week, noting the two-year anniversary of the first of three big hurricanes to pound the Gulf Coast. Beyond its usual collection of links to blog posts and news stories related to Gulf Coast hurricane recovery, there are two items of special note included with […]

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AA Rockies Coach Killed By Line Drive

Posted in July 24th, 2007
by Laura Smith in Alabama News, All News, Baseball News, Sports News

A coach for the Tulsa Drillers was killed by a foul ball during a minor league baseball game on Sunday night. Coach Mike Coolbaugh was hit in the head by a line drive while coaching first-base during a Texas League game with the Arkansas Travelers. The ball was hit by Tino Sanchez in the ninth […]

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“I Am a Thief and I Stole From Walmart”

Posted in May 7th, 2007
by J Hernandez in Alabama News, All News, Business News, Economic News, Humor, Odd News

Two convicted shoplifters carried signs in front of an Alabama Walmart on Saturday that read, “I am a thief, I stole from Walmart”. Judge Kenneth Robertson, Jr. was the mastermind of this novel punishment for stealing. Judge Robertson sentenced these two thieves to wear the sign for four hours on Saturdays. Anyone who has shopped […]

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Rush Limbaugh Articulation vs. Communication

Posted in March 5th, 2007
by davidschussler in 2008 Election Coverage, Alabama News, All News, Breaking News, Education News, Presidential News, US News, US Politics

 David Schussler This morning on the Rush Limbaugh radio show, Rush was railing about the visit to Selma Alabama yesterday by Hillary and Barack. He was pointing out how both of them employed colloquial southern language styles in their discourses to their audiences. The implication is that they were trying to attract black voters who […]

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Public Morality, Private Conduct and Democratic Principles

Posted in March 4th, 2007
by whymrhymer in Alabama News, Ohio News, Society and Culture, Supreme Court News, US Government News

Fresh perspectives by: Whymrhymer Valentines Day 2007 was a day for lovers, but not all lovers. This Valentines Day the Alabama Supreme Court rendered a decision that people who’s loving relationships included “sex toys” we’re out of luck, at least in Alabama, where the law that prohibited their “commercial distribution” (i.e., sales) was allowed to […]

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‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee makes rare audience at an Alabama school.

Posted in January 31st, 2007
by honeyz818 in Alabama News, All News, Country News, Education News, Entertainment, Literary News, Regional News, Society and Culture, State News

 By Honey Gillard  So we’ve all heard of or read the infamous novel ‘To kill a Mockingbird’ – most of us ventured through the book in our high school days – but how many of us can tell the story of meeting the one-time author of the novel, Harper Lee. Not many at all. Well […]

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Nick Saban leaves Miami for the University of Alabama

Posted in January 4th, 2007
by Allan Doherty in Alabama News, All News, Florida News, Football News, Sports News

by Allan Doherty Having fulfilled two years of a five-year contract, Nick Saban is leaving his coaching position with the Miami Dolphins. Unable to handle the difficult task of rebuilding the Dolphins, Saban is leaving Miami to coach at the University of Alabama. Saban departs with a record of 15 wins and 17 loses. The […]

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New Report Finds Many Supermarket Shoppers Not Warned About Mercury in Seafood

Posted in December 11th, 2006
by Melanie in Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Hawaii News, Mississippi News, North Dakota News, Society and Culture, State News, US News, Washington, DC News, West Virginia News

Mercury in fish is now recognized as a major health threat, especially for children, but surveys show that only about two-thirds of the public know which fish are high in mercury. The EPA and FDA issued a joint advisory in 2004, warning women of childbearing age, expecting and nursing mothers and young children to not […]

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An Identity Theft Protection and Recovery Service Based on Trust

Posted in December 4th, 2006
by Ed Dickson in Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, Business News, California News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Delaware News, Economic News, Florida News, Georgia News, Hawaii News, Idaho News, Illinois News, Indiana News, Iowa News, Kansas News, Kentucky News, Louisiana News, Maine News, Maryland News, Massachusetts News, Michigan News, Minnesota News, Mississippi News, Missouri News, Montana News, Nebraska News, Nevada News, New Hampshire News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, North American News, North Carolina News, North Dakota News, Ohio News, Oklahoma News, Oregon News, Pennsylvania News, Rhode Island News, South Carolina News, South Dakota News, State News, Tennessee News, Texas News, US News, Utah News, Vermont News, Virginia News, Washington News, Washington, DC News, West Virginia News, Wisconsin News, Wyoming News

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 […]

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Truston – An Identity Theft Service I Trust

Posted in November 10th, 2006
by Ed Dickson in Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, Business News, California News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Delaware News, Economic News, Education News, Florida News, Georgia News, Hawaii News, Idaho News, Illinois News, Indiana News, Iowa News, Kansas News, Kentucky News, Louisiana News, Maine News, Maryland News, Massachusetts News, Michigan News, Minnesota News, Mississippi News, Missouri News, Montana News, Nebraska News, Nevada News, New Hampshire News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, North Carolina News, North Dakota News, Ohio News, Oklahoma News, Oregon News, Pennsylvania News, Reviews, Rhode Island News, Society and Culture, South Carolina News, South Dakota News, State News, Technology News, Tennessee News, Texas News, US News, Utah News, Vermont News, Virginia News, Washington News, Washington, DC News, West Virginia News, Wisconsin News, Wyoming News

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 […]

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