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6-Year-Old Jessie Hall to Have Half Her Brain Removed

Jessie Hall is 6 years old and she suffers from a rare disease called Rasmussen's Encephalitis which causes her to suffer constant life threatening seizures and unending twitching. To fix this, doctors from John Hopkins will remove half of her brain.
Posted 1 hour ago by  S. D. in Health | 4 comments

Reading To Your Children Improves Their Literacy Skills

Young children whose parents read aloud to them have better language and literacy skills when they go to school, according to a review published online ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Posted 5 hours ago by  Bob Ewing in Education | 7 comments

Citizen Journalists Play Important Role in Reporting on Chinese Earthquake

The death toll is nearing 12,000 and climbing after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked China yesterday. Citizen journalists are now being credited with breaking the news of the quake and strict Chinese laws on citizen reporting seem to be easing.
Posted 6 hours ago by  Chris Hogg in World | 4 comments

Schools In China's Quake Trap Thousands Of Students

The earthquake disaster in China may well be remembered by the massive amount of young students lost when their schools tumbled down trapping them into the earth.
Posted 6 hours ago by  momentsintime in World | 2 comments

'The Revolution: A Manifesto' Hits No. 1 on NYT Bestsellers List

Ron Paul's new book entitled The Revolution: A Manifesto has hit #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list for the week of May 18, 2008. Paul has proclaimed that he will not drop out the race for president as long as he still has supporters.
Posted 16 hours ago by  TheRationalAnarchist in Entertainment | 3 comments

Op-Ed: Should Hillary Clinton Stay In The Democratic Race?

Hillary Clinton has vowed to stay in the race for the Democratic nomination until the last primaries and on into the Convention, hoping to convince the party she should be the choice to run for the November general election. What do the polls say?
Posted 17 hours ago by  Mr Garibaldi in Politics | 4 comments

First Class, Coach and Potty Class Flights?

I've flown first class and coach, but I've never had to fly potty class on a cross country flight. One man has and to say he is ticked off is almost correct.
Posted 17 hours ago by  Gar Swaffar in Travel | 3 comments

New Brunswick Municipal Election Results Coming In

The polls closed 75 minutes ago and the count is nearly complete, today was municipal election day in the province of New Brunswick.
Posted 18 hours ago by  Bob Ewing in Politics | 1 comment

ICE and DOJ Arrest 300-700 In Raid At Iowa Meat Packing Plant

Reports are coming out that anywhere from 300 to 700 have been arrested at a raid of the Agriprocessors Inc., in Iowa, which is the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant.
Posted 19 hours ago by  S. D. in Crime | 3 comments

$20 Million Debt Looms Over The Clinton Campaign

While Senator Hillary Clinton of New York refuses to drop out of the Democratic race, her campaign is in a financial world of hurt.
Posted 20 hours ago by  Can Tran (TFactor) in Politics | 4 comments

Chinese Earthquake Causes 9,000 Dead, Buries Students, Sparks Chemical Leak

The news coming in from China after a massive afternoon earthquake is not good: Already there are reports of more than 9,000 dead, students buried under the rubble of a school and a toxic chemical leak that the nation is having to deal with.
Posted 22 hours ago by  momentsintime in World | 4 comments

FLDS Leader to Bush: Raid Was An Act Of Terrorism

The aftermath of the raided Yearning for Zion (YFZ) ranch does not seem to be going away anytime soon. Willing Jessop, an elder of the FLDS sent a letter to President George W. Bush saying that the raid on the ranch was a terrorist act.
Posted 22 hours ago by  Can Tran (TFactor) in Religion | 2 comments

Hillary Clinton Holds Massive Leads In West Virginia and Kentucky

Hillary Clinton does not have the delegate lead that Barack Obama enjoys. Clinton's goal at this point is to convince superdelegates that Obama cannot win in November's general election against John McCain. WV and Kentucky will give her argument validity.
Posted yesterday by  S. D. in Politics | 18 comments

Hefner wants 15-year-old Miley Cyrus to pose naked in Playboy

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner wants to help out Miley Cyrus from her past controversy by offering her to pose naked when she turns 18.
Posted yesterday by  cgull in Entertainment | 9 comments

Op-Ed: You can't be serious about M&M's as assault weapons?

Straight from the you-can’t-be-serious files: A young man was recently arrested for allegedly "assaulting" a police officer with M&M's. Let's hope the officer has a full and speedy recovery.
Posted yesterday by  S.H. Mills in Crime | 7 comments

Op-Ed: Ron Paul Soldiers Plan Revolt At Republican Convention

Top of the Ticket reports that Ron Paul forces have been quietly, under the radar, plotting a public revolt against John McCain for the national convention in St. Paul which will be in September.
Posted yesterday by  S. D. in Politics | 10 comments

Super-Fast Broadband Via the Sewer System in the United Kingdom

Officials in Bournemouth, UK have announced plans to lay fiber optic cables in the sewer system in an effort to boost broadband speeds to 100Mbps.
Posted yesterday by  cgull in Technology

Elisabeth Fritzl: I never want to see Josef again

Elisabeth Fritzl, who was held captive for the last 24 years, has spoken out for the first time and said that she never wants to see her father’s face again.
Posted yesterday by  cgull in Crime | 15 comments

Children's Rain Ponchos Recalled by Daiso Due to Strangulation Hazard

The children's ponchos recalled by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Posted yesterday by  Bob Ewing in Health | 10 comments

Coastal Florida Residents Evacuated As Officials Battle Wildfires

There are at least four fires in Volusia County and Brevard County, in central Florida, which has forced the evacuations of hundreds of coastal residents as firefighters battles the blazes.
Posted yesterday by  S. D. in Environment | 6 comments
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Cynthia T. [Picasso]
Citizen Journalist
Reporting from the state of Michigan, United States
Registered: Dec 23, 2006, last time online 1 min ago
I live in a suburb that is north of Detroit.

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
Song of Solomon

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