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WASHINGTON - The government has buried its nose in Bari Lynne Williams's personal business. Almost literally. Twenty-four hours a day, whether she's jogging, sleeping or managing a pool hall, Williams wears a high-tech sensor on her ankle that can detect the faintest whiff of alcohol in her perspiration.Have you read the Preamble to your state constitution??
President Barack Obama said in Turkey : "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values." I found this very interesting.Harry Potter and the Pint of Liquid Courage
By TARA PARKER-POPE Published: July 27, 2009 Hermione is tipsy. Neville is serving drinks. Ron is sipping mead and Harry is partying with his professors.Health Care Quotas
Health Care Quotas By Linda Chavez President Obama used his considerable powers of persuasion to try to sell his health care package in a nationally televised press conference this week. But Americans are growing skeptical — and for good reason. The gargantuan new bureaucracy Obamacare envisions would not only be inefficient and expensive but could give birth to a new racial spoils system.How the states got the nicknames
Alabama Alabama has been known as the “Yellowhammer State” since the Civil War. The yellowhammer nickname was applied to the Confederate soldiers from Alabama when a company of young cavalry soldiers from Huntsville, under the command of Rev. D.C.Major Cities' Plummeting Crime Rates Mystifying
Violent crime has plummeted in the Washington area and in major cities across the country, a trend criminologists describe as baffling and unexpected. The District, New York and Los Angeles are on track for fewer killings this year than in any other year in at least four decades. Boston, San Francisco, Minneapolis and other cities are also seeing notable reductions in homicides.Mystery donors give over $45M to 9 universities
By MICHAEL J. CRUMB, Associated Press Writer Michael J. Crumb Thu Apr 16, 7:48 pm ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_us/mystery_gifts ((My guess is it's Mrs. Madoff or someone like that...) DES MOINES, Iowa – A mystery is unfolding in the world of college fundraising: During the past few weeks, at least nine universities have received gifts totaling more than $45 million, and the schools had to promise not to try to find out the giver's identity.Obama is even dumber than I thought....I didn't think that was possible
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9992PPO0&show_article=1 Obama, Medvedev agree to pursue nuclear reduction MOSCOW (AP) - President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a preliminary agreement Monday to reduce the world's two largest nuclear stockpiles by as much as a third, down to the lowest levels of any U.S.-Russia accord, and counter what Obama called "a sense of drift" in the countries' relations. "We must lead by example, and that's what we are doing here today," Obama declared in a Kremlin hall glittering in gold. "We resolve to reset U.S.-Russian relations so that we can cooperate more effectively in areas of common interest."D.C. cops: At least 2 shot at Holocaust museum
Updated version WASHINGTON - An elderly gunman exchanged fire with security guards inside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday. One security guard and the gunman were taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.Initial response to Obama's grassroots appeal: It's a bust
Initial response to Obama's grassroots appeal: It's a bust By Frank Greve | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Few supporters are answering President Barack Obama's call for nationwide house-party gatherings this weekend to build grass-roots support for his economic stimulus plan. A McClatchy survey of sign-up rosters for a score of cities across the country revealed only 34 committed attendees in Tacoma, Wash., as of midafternoon Friday; in Fort Worth, Texas, only 54, and in Sacramento, Calif., just 78. "Before the election, we would have had 500 to 800," said Kim Mack, 46, a Sacramento city-facility manager who's hosted house parties for political figures and causes since the mid-'90s.
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