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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Monday, September 9, 2013 |
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When Obamacare 'Navigators' Ask If You're Qualified, You Should Ask Them About Identity Theft
By Selected News Articles @ 7:40 PM :: 4172 Views :: Health Care
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Starting October 1, armies of “Navigators” will begin asking Americans very personal questions....
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Monday, September 9, 2013 |
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States Offer Tax-Filing Guidance for Same-Sex Couples
By Selected News Articles @ 7:16 PM :: 5835 Views :: Family, Taxes
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...the IRS announced that any same-sex couple who married in a state that recognizes same-sex marriage can file a joint federal tax return, even if the state where they currently live does not recognize same-sex marriage....
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Sunday, September 8, 2013 |
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African-American Pastors in Democratic Illinois Show that Redefining Marriage Is Not Inevitable
By Selected News Articles @ 1:25 AM :: 4241 Views :: Family
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It’s President Obama’s home state. Democrats have a super-majority in both houses of the legislature....
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Friday, September 6, 2013 |
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HHSC: We Can Only Guess at the Cost of Procedures
By Selected News Articles @ 4:30 AM :: 4727 Views :: Health Care
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...they face both dwindling reimbursements and payments increasingly tied to outcomes....
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Friday, September 6, 2013 |
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Friday, September 6, 2013 |
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Hawaiian Electric Company’s Integrated Resource Plan – Welcome to Fantasy Island!
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 4729 Views :: Energy
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The challenge facing Hawaii can be visualized through two charts which focus on renewable generation in 2012....
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Thursday, September 5, 2013 |
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Remaking the GOP: California Republicans Try to Reenergize the Party
By Selected News Articles @ 9:27 PM :: 4495 Views :: Republican Party
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The California Republican Party’s willingness to embrace unconventional leadership may provide insights into what the GOP will need to do to win elections....
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Thursday, September 5, 2013 |
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Makana Sued by Manager: “Arrogant, Obnoxious, New Age Pontificator”
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 7950 Views :: Ethics, Religion
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Makana breached contract by refusing to work "when planet Mercury is in retrograde ... approximately six months per year," his former manager claims in court....
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013 |
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Planned Parenthood Uses Tax Dollars From Obamacare to Push Sex Ed on Hawaii Kids
By Selected News Articles @ 8:59 PM :: 8826 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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The Hawaii Youth Services Network and the University of Hawaii received almost two million dollars from ... Obamacare—to develop, replicate, and implement “comprehensive sex education” in Hawaii schools....
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013 |
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013 |
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Illegal Mainland Campaign Contributions Flow to anti-GMO activist Ritte
By Selected News Articles @ 5:17 PM :: 8815 Views :: Ethics, OHA, GMOs
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Ceres founders and other mainlanders also funneled campaign contributions directly to Walter Ritte in 2012 for his race for a vacant seat on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013 |
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Hawaii Unfunded Pension Liability Nears $27B, Your Share: $19,357
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 7036 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii is present in the top ten of both lists, showing large unfunded liabilities compared to their populations and economic output ....
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Monday, September 2, 2013 |
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ILWU: An injury to one of our corporate employers is an injury to all?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 PM :: 7197 Views :: Environment, Development, Labor
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"I'm going to f*** with the environmentalists even if I don't have a dog in the fight"
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Saturday, August 31, 2013 |
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The Budget Sequester Is a Success
By Selected News Articles @ 8:35 PM :: 5024 Views :: National News
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“The $150 billion budget decline of 4% is the first time federal expenditures have fallen for two consecutive years since the end of the Korean War.”
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Saturday, August 31, 2013 |
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Temptation: Offered Millions, Catholics Reject Abercrombie's Attempt to Re-Write Curriculum
By Selected News Articles @ 4:43 PM :: 7456 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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"As tempting as it was to bring in extra funds to our schools, I told the Governor that such a dichotomy is simply not in our way of thinking...."
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Saturday, August 31, 2013 |
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Bishop Silva: "Marriage has eroded because we have allowed so many things"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:21 PM :: 6012 Views :: Family, Religion
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"...it is not true that Jesus embraces all the behavior of those he loves...."
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Saturday, August 31, 2013 |
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Saturday, August 31, 2013 |
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UH Manoa has New Trick to Justify Lack of Global Warming: Reverse Cause and Effect
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 AM :: 5275 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"Despite the continued increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, the annual-mean global temperature has not risen in the twenty-first century challenging the prevailing view that anthropogenic forcing causes climate warming."
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Friday, August 30, 2013 |
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Do Lower Contribution Limits Decrease Public Corruption?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 AM :: 4078 Views :: Ethics
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limits vary widely, remaining unlimited in twelve states while being set as low as $160 per election to candidates for State House and State Senate in Montana....
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Friday, August 30, 2013 |
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As FBI Nabs Alleged Tulsi Gabbard Stalker, Chris Butler Cult Returns to Media Spotlight
By Selected News Articles @ 1:32 AM :: 12463 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Law Enforcement, Politicians, Religion
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Sherbow claimed he initially approached Gabbard because he was born into the same obscure Western-Hindu tradition as Tulsi....
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Thursday, August 29, 2013 |
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Hawaii GE Tax "Broadest in the US"
By Selected News Articles @ 12:50 PM :: 4884 Views :: Taxes
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Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, taxing many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxing 99.21% of the state's personal income. This base is far wider than the national median, where the sales tax base applies to 34.46%....
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
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Special Ed Victory: Court Finds Act 163 Violates Federal Law
By Selected News Articles @ 9:54 PM :: 4326 Views :: Education K-12
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The federal appeals court in Honolulu found that Act 163, which the Hawaii Legislature passed in 2010, contradicts the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)....
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
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Deedy jury foreman: Deadlocked 8-4 for Acquittal
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 PM :: 11283 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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He said it would not have necessarily been easier to convict Deedy of the lesser manslaughter charge....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
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The True Story About Who Destroyed a Genetically Modified Rice Crop
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 PM :: 5204 Views :: GMOs
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I could see that this was the first time they had stepped in mud or been to a farm. They were city boys, city girls. Two of them were even sporting dyed hair....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
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Esther Kiaaina Front Runner for High-Level Interior Department Position
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 9234 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, National News, OHA
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Esther Kiaaina may be the next Assistant Secretary of Interior for Insular Affairs....
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Sunday, August 25, 2013 |
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Would you play ethics limbo with Senator Ruderman?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:25 PM :: 6011 Views :: Ethics, GMOs
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...why is Senator Russell Ruderman submitting personal business testimony and signing it as a Senator?....
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Sunday, August 25, 2013 |
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29.4 million in Tax Revenue by Seed Companies in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:16 PM :: 5783 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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During the hearing on Bill 2491 on Kauai a council member “Gary Hoosier” said the seed companies paid zero Hawaii taxes....We dug, it took a whole 60 seconds to figure out his statement was a myth ....
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Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
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House Leadership: Only Congress can Create Akaka Tribe
By Selected News Articles @ 9:33 PM :: 5840 Views :: Akaka Bill
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"Congress is deemed by the Supreme Court to have exclusive and plenary power to deal with Indian affairs"
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Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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KOS: Open Primary Forces Democrats to Discipline Lawmakers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 PM :: 5915 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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Because of Hawaii’s bizarre primary system, in which non-party members are allowed to vote, the possibility of party grass roots disciplining people like Gabbard, through primarying him, is very remote....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Hawaii senator Brian Schatz involved in simulated sheep rape rituals
By Selected News Articles @ 8:55 PM :: 9700 Views :: Politicians
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“The Humane Society is currently examining the sheep to see if it has been sexually molested.”
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013 |
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Obama library bid gets lobbyist donors
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 AM :: 8218 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Obama
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Hawaii's bid for it got a $5,000 donation from the global law and lobbying firm Skadden Arps....
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Monday, August 5, 2013 |
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Hawaii Highest Closing Costs in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:36 PM :: 5471 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living
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Your final charges probably will be higher than shown here because the most highly variable costs are not included: title insurance, title search, taxes, other government fees and escrow fees....
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Monday, August 5, 2013 |
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Hawaii DINOs Meet Idaho RINOs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:27 PM :: 6067 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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Just as the GOP activists in Idaho want bad-intentioned Democrats and free-thinking independents out of “their” nominating process, so do Democratic Party leaders in Hawaii....
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Thursday, August 1, 2013 |
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Rail: Will Honolulu be the Next Detroit?
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 5480 Views :: Rail
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered an expedited hearing for the federal rail lawsuit on August 15th....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
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Honolulu Ranks 62nd in Per-Capita Public Employees
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 PM :: 5147 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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The Examiner used the Census Bureau's 2011 Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll to rank every U.S. city with a population of 200,000 or more....
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Sunday, July 28, 2013 |
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Analysis of Hawaii County Bill 79
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 PM :: 4140 Views :: GMOs
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it may in fact require everyone who wears or eats or sells a GMO food or other product to register with the county and pay a fee....
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Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Growing Up With Two Moms: The Untold Children’s View
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 4959 Views :: Family
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The children of same-sex couples have a tough road ahead of them—I know, because I have been there....
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Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Lessons from France on Defending Marriage
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 4348 Views :: Family
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Unlikely characters, including gay men, are leading the French people in protest against redefining marriage....
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Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Why I’m Going to Hawaii to Defend the Maize Winter Nurseries
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 AM :: 5940 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Hawaii currently plays an important role in the global food supply – one far more important than that of its historical sugarcane and pineapple industries....
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Friday, July 26, 2013 |
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‘Sue and Settle’: Secret backroom deals by bureaucrats and enviros hurt economy
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 5321 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Sue and Settle process has left Hawaii burdened with an EPA mandated ‘Regional Haze’ plan which forces human emitters to make up for emissions from Kilauea Volcano....
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Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
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Jonesing for Relief from Port Protectionism
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 AM :: 5098 Views :: Jones Act
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Jacksonville, Florida, brings in coal from Colombia rather than West Virginia.....
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Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
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CNBC: Slash Fuel Prices, Repeal Jones Act
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 AM :: 4784 Views :: Jones Act
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The airline industry, whose largest expense is fuel, is also behind the structural change in the legislation that would allow foreign-made vessels to transport on U.S. waters....
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
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How Much of Food Activism Is Nonsense?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:36 PM :: 6048 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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There are plenty of people out there telling us what we should eat—and worse, trying to use public policy to make us live by their opinions....
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
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Organic food – What is an ‘organic’ label really worth?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 PM :: 6094 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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fraud has flown under the radar. And as sales have boomed and the stakes have risen, the scale of deception has broadened....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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Malpractice: Trial Attorneys Take on Negligent Abortionists
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 PM :: 6318 Views :: Family, Health Care, Judiciary
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“Botched Abortion” project designed to hold abortionists accountable for medical malpractice....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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What do the Supreme Court marriage decisions mean for churches?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:21 PM :: 4992 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Here are some short key points regarding the impact of the decisions....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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KOS: Hanabusa ‘Sockpuppet’ Hits Schatz for ‘Homophobic Hubris’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:57 PM :: 6721 Views :: Democratic Party, Family, Politicians
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Apparently the two candidates are fighting over who deserves more love from gays....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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SAFE Retirement Bill aims to save state and local pensions
By Selected News Articles @ 12:06 AM :: 5704 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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...an alternative to rising costs and reduced benefits....
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