LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The request seeking an unspecified amount for Joe Jackson was filed by lawyer Brian Oxman, who said there was no apparent reason for the administrators of the estate to not seek an allowance for the Jackson family patriarch.
DETROIT -- The phrase
"shovel ready,"
incessantly invoked by
the Obama administration
this year as a way to
sell its $787 billion
federal stimulus bill,
died Thursday.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia --
A Malaysian court ruled
Thursday that Christians
have the constitutional
right to use the word
Allah to refer to God,
striking down a
government ban as
illegal.
SAN FRANCISCO -- As Ronak
Ray hunted for his flight
gate, he prepared for the
prospect of a security
guard peering through his
clothes with a full body
scanner. But Ray doesn't
mind: what he gives up in
privacy he gets back in
security.
HONOLULU -- Conservative
talk-show host Rush
Limbaugh is resting
comfortably in a Hawaii
hospital after suffering
chest pains while on
vacation, his radio
program says.
Robert Scheer on
Terrorism"The Global War
on Stealth Underwear" --
There is no
“war” against
terrorism. What George W.
Bush launched and Barack
Obama insists on
perpetuating does not
qualify. Not if by war
one means doing the
obvious and ...
i donno what to say...but
what i know is that it's
been a year since the war
on Gaza started... i
remember the hours i
spent facing the TV
watching every second of
what was happening
there.. all the killing ,
all the bombs, all the
destruction. and t...
By the edge of a wood, at
the foot of a hill,is a
lush, green meadow where
time stands still.Where
the friends of man and
woman do run,when their
time on earth is over and
done.For here, between
this world and the
next,is a place where
each beloved c...
Sending wishes of love -
happiness and good cheer
to all of you. May 2010
change all of our lives
for the better.
Have a safe and blessed
NEW YEAR.Love Kathryn
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read you all the time.
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non-partisan nature of
it. It's going to be more
and more important to
have real, critical
alternative voices that
aren't lined up behind a
candidate. Naomi Klein,
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biological aparatus in
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positive metaphorical
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Was 2009 a good or bad
year for
green? On
balance I’d say it
was a net positive: we
got rid of G.W. Bush and
his oilman cronies, saw
the Obama administration
throw some significant
seed money at alternative
energy R&D, and got
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Was 2009 a good or bad
year for
green? On
balance I’d say it
was a net positive: we
got rid of G.W. Bush and
his oilman cronies, saw
the Obama administration
throw some significant
seed money at alternative
energy R&D, and got
... more