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Interesting video from The RightScoop. Gun Walker.

I'm posting this to ask FReepers to pray for my mother, Sue. We found out yesterday that she's positive for Leukemia. Mom's 83, but was in fairly good health until about two weeks ago. It came as a shock when the doctor said 'acute Leukemia'. We, my sister and I, had no idea they were even suspecting such a thing.We're going to see the doctor today and he's going to give us more info on her condition and possible treatments. He did say that there are some drugs they can try out for her.So, I'm asking for her to be...

"The Republican nominee for Pittsburgh's top office is its Democratic mayor.Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's campaign confirmed today that he will accept the GOP nod for mayor, after the Allegheny County Elections Division released its official count of Republican write-in votes in last month's primary. Mr. Ravenstahl, a lifelong Democrat, got 607, versus 189 for Squirrel Hill Republican John Wander, who ran a last-minute write-in nomination bid."

"Global warming, spurred by greenhouse gas emissions, has prompted governments to look for alternative energy sources. And renewable energies are gaining a foothold in Antarctica, despite problems in designing installations to survive bone-chilling cold and winter darkness."