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Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, And Childless By Choice

Sarah Palin won't go away, but perhaps Stupak-Pitts will. Also, childlessness by choice comes out of the closet. Links in this episode: On this episode, I'll be interviewing author Laura Scott about childlessness by choice.  Also, the ...

From AMANDA MARCOTTE, Reproductive Health: Reality Check,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  Nancy Pelosi,  Center for Reproductive Rights,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party

Travel Channel series spotlights Bridgeport

others. The buildings at the site have been closed for years, and have become a popular hangout for the area's homeless, said James Myers, a Bridgeport police officer and paranormal investigator. Since it debuted in October of 2008, the Travel Channel ...

From AMANDA CUDA STAFF WRITER, The Connecticut Post,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Travel Channel

Milford nail salon re-opens

Sun Nails, the Milford nail salon that closed after a customer drove through its glass storefront earlier this month, is back in business. Salon owner Jenny Park said the shop re-opened on Saturday and "everybody is OK." On the afternoon of Nov. 12, ...

From AMANDA CUDA STAFF WRITER, The Connecticut Post,  22 Nov 2009

Historic health care legislation moves forward for debate in the Senate.

Now is the moment for President Obama to get involved. This is his signature domestic priority. It will define his Presidency and I think it will also determine what he will accomplish over this term and, hopefully, a second term as well. He needs to ...

From AMANDA TERKEL, Think Progress,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  Dick Armey,  George Voinovich,  U.S. Senate

Sen. Lamar Alexander Repeatedly Calls Medicaid A ‘Medical Ghetto’

i would much rather be covered by the “medical ghetto” than die uninsured and untreated as i am sure lamar alexander would prefer to happen to the poor. Dear Lord! This guy will go down in history as a racist! To say this on the floor of the Senate is ...

From AMANDA TERKEL, Think Progress,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lamar Alexander,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Louie Gohmert

Cafe Press Bans All ‘Pray For Obama: Psalm 109:8′ Merchandise

The public debate started with questioning if the design was simply intended to be criticism of the President or something much worse. The discourse was surprisingly civil online, given the heated nature of the topic. Given that, and the positions of ...

From AMANDA TERKEL, Think Progress,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  American Civil Liberties Union

PBS’s Bill Moyers to retire from weekly television in April 2010.

Mr. Moyers said he had been planning for some time to retire the program on Dec. 25, but was asked by PBS to raise the funds to continue through April, which he did. “I am 75 years old,” he said of the decision to end the series, which began in April 20 ...

From AMANDA TERKEL, Think Progress,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bill Moyers,  PBS,  White House

O.C. man gives $10,000 to South L.A. church destroyed by fallen tree

An Orange County businessman donated $10,000 today to Pilgrim Community Church in South Los Angeles, where gusty winds blew a 90-foot pine tree onto the roof of the small church, destroying the building. The donation was delivered about 11 a.m. by ...

From AMANDA COVARRUBIAS, Los Angeles Times,  20 Nov 2009

Roman Polanski's legal team distances him from French attorneys

Roman Polanski’s Los Angeles legal team sought to distance the jailed filmmaker today from French attorneys who have given media interviews on behalf of the Academy Award winner. The comments to the media “were not authorized by Mr. Polanski. The ...

From AMANDA COVARRUBIAS, Los Angeles Times,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Roman Polanski,  Dalton

Woman fatally struck by Metro Blue Line train

A woman was fatally struck by a northbound Metro Blue Line train this afternoon in Watts. The incident occurred about 1:20 p.m. when the woman, in her mid-50s, was walking eastbound along the tracks near 115th Street. The woman died at the scene, said ...

From AMANDA COVARRUBIAS, Los Angeles Times,  20 Nov 2009

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