700 billion $1 bills laid end to end would go two-thirds of the way to the Sun and weigh as much as seven U.S. aircraft carriers. Don't we have any other options on what to do with all that money?
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]]> The biggest question is how many will perish and how they will be put out of their misery. Stanford Financial analyst Jaret Seiberg expects more than 100 banks nationwide to fail next year. Could it possibly make more sense to stash cash in a mattress...?
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]]> A candidate for the rest of us? Feeling that pain from the Burning Bush? Here's something to consider as the eve of November comes around. Glad I'm in Euroland for this one, folks.
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]]> The fight over medical marijuana between state and federal governments is still going on strong. Can drug testing for marijuana be a thing of the past for medical users?
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]]> The high supreme court rules removal of 400 children from pologlygamist ranch un-warrented. I hope those mothers sue and win. The Constitution IS stronger than CPS. Thank God.
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]]> If the U.S. government can bail out Wall Street banks and take over the two largest mortgage institutions,and put the U.S. government in direct control of the entire mortgage industry, why can’t it stop between 8,000 and 9,000 families from losing thier h
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]]> In addition to $70 billion approved this summer for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Defense Department would receive $488 billion, a 6 percent increase. The loan package for automakers would reward them with $25 billion in below-market loans....
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]]> PORTLAND, Ore. — John Grady Pippen of Gold Beach doesn't look pregnant. And he's not. But after a hospital visit earlier this month, the staff gave the 71-year-old grandfather pain pills and paperwork explaining his delicate condition.




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]]> Al-Qaida, Taliban training Westerners at Pakistan camps, U.S. officials say. Authorities charged three German citizens with a plot to kill Americans. Two of the three were ethnic Germans, and all three had been trained at jihadi training camps in Wazirist
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]]> Someone might stumble upon a sleeping bag with hair coming out of one end and feet coming out of the other & think it`s a dead body. Well, some hikers did just that & the owner of the doll is facing charges.
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]]> Super Chicken strutted a step closer to the dinner table Thursday.
The government said it will start considering proposals to sell genetically engineered animals as food, a move that could lead to faster-growing fish, cattle that can resist mad cow
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]]> A Russian archaeologist says he has found the lost capital of the Khazars. They also found armor, wooden kitchenware, glass lamps and cups, jewelry and vessels for transporting precious balms dating back to the eighth and ninth centuries, and "luxurious c
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]]> FBI agents and state police raided an evangelists' headquarters Saturday as part of a child pornography investigation and said they planned to remove several children from the complex, run by a man previously accused of child abuse.
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]]> When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery. Researchers at the time identified it as the Monticello, a battleship which ran aground in 1862. Other clues indicate it could be an early 20th century schooner that ran aground.......
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]]> As the U.S. economy teeters on the brink of recession, Democratic leaders are revisiting an idea born of the Great Depression: gas stamps to help Americans cope with high fuel prices.

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]]> From the famous incident at Roswell, N.M., to the Phoenix Lights, UFO sightings have often been the subject of mockery. UFO Investigators Flock to Stephenville, Texas after 30 residents claim they saw a UFO flying over their town. "Well i dont know what..
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]]> Here, find many links to articles/stories related to DHS, in regards to Child Welfare. Included are the following: DANIEAL KELLY, A CHILD LEFT TO DIE; GIRL WASTED AWAY UNDER DHS CARE; ANOTHER LIFE LOST ON DHS'S WATCH; SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT DHS CARE; ETC
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]]> The largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history has caused panic among Hispanic families in this small southern Mississippi town, where federal agents rounded up nearly 600 plant workers suspected of being in the country illegally.

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]]> Bangladesh police say a crocodile killed and ate a 25-year-old after he waded into a pond next to a shrine in an attempt to receive the animal’s blessing, news.com.au reported Friday.


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]]> Facing potential lawsuits by the federal government, developers and landlords in New York City may need to spend tens of millions of dollars to renovate more than 100,000 apartments built since 1991 to comply with federal housing laws barring discriminat
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]]> Merck & Co’s Gardasil, heavily promoted as a safe and effective vaccine against cervical cancer, has been connected with nearly 9,000 “adverse events,” including the deaths of 18 – perhaps 20 – girls and young women.

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]]> ...Emma, 7, and her brother, Elliot, 3, waited patiently for customers. The children, like many of their family members, have Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, or HHT. ...the disorder causes easily ruptured connections called arterioveneous malformat
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]]> The Department of Human Services once again failed to perform the duties of their job properly. Danieal had cerebral palsy, and although she lived in her mother's home, her "mother" failed to care for her in any way whatsoever. 14, 42 lbs., with maggots..
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]]> Lou Dobbs reports how the Senate passes bills without debating or voting on them-costing Americans 9 Billion dollars.
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]]> Felhaber says the money is not his. His company, F.C. Felhaber & Co., is just minutes away from the bridge between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. It's the story that keeps changing:It was an inheritance; Somebody dug up a tree - there it was..
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]]> 7 month old baby died after being in the care of Lestro in her Mansfield home for a week. Baby, Michael Brown, was rushed to Hospital where he died. Police: baby didn't fall off bed as Lestro claims because his head injuries were to severe.
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]]> Horror story of a substitute teacher right here in my home state tried & (wrongly) convicted on several counts of Risk of Injury to a Minor & faced 40 years in prison. Her conviction was overturned over a year ago. Why won't Connecticut leave her alone?
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]]> Beyond Bin Laden, FBI Director Robert Mueller says there are many mysteries the FBI wants solved — such as the anthrax attacks. Five people were killed, 17 sickened and nearly seven years later no arrest appears imminent. Many cases are decades old.......
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]]> A great reminder to live in the moment...as the author says, "All fear is fear of the future." These days that's kind of hard to avoid, what with the chaos and uncertainty that surrounds us. But - carpe diem - and enjoy it!
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]]> You can help reduce the impacts of climate change and restore critical wildlife habitat by participating in The Nature Conservancy’s voluntary carbon offset program.
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]]> John Kanzius is going prime time with his promising invention for cancer treatment. Leslie Stahl will interview the Washington County native, who invented a radiofrequency (RF) generator four years ago to treat cancer, and tell his story
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]]> In the world of natural health, "medicinal" mushrooms are known as some of the most potent immune boosters and disease fighters. Perhaps the most potent of all is the Agaricus Blazei Murrill mushroom, known in its native Brazil as "The Mushroom of God"
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]]> A 70-year-old grandmother has given birth to twins in India. The twins were delived by C-section on Friday. The family has no male heirs; so, it's that somewhat backward "requirement" of a male heir in India which has resulted in a gender imbalance and pa
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]]> The thing is everyone's had some experience in their life where they've changed something, where they're succeeded or made a difference. The important thing to do is to remember that feeling of being able to change and bring it into your life.
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]]> At least six people were dead and one critically injured Sunday after a midair crash between two medical helicopters near a hospital in Arizona, authorities said. The collision, at Flagstaff Medical Center in Flagstaff, Arizona, set fire to a 10-acre area
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]]> Police have nabbed nearly 70 girls under the age of 18 since 2005. Sacramento police are working with the FBI as part of a nationwide campaign to combat underage prostitution called Innocence Lost. Child prostitution is even tougher on the parents...
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]]> All wild canids are also similar in the fact that they are all scavengers as well as hunters. However, only one dog-like canid hunts with cat-like similarities, and that's the red fox.
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]]> A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said. Witnesses said the teenager jumped the fences to retrieve a hat he lost on the roller coast
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]]> WHO DO THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE? IF HORSES ARE UNWANTED-SICK/IN PAIN FOR ANY REASON-HAVE THEM PUT DOWN HUMANLEY-NOT SOLD TO SLAUGHTER FOR $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$-THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR FOOD OR THE HORROR OF A TERRIFYING SLAUGHTER!
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