http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/double/ en-us Mon, 7 Dec 2009 02:42:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401800/posts Here's a poser: Suppose a public official is accused of recommending his girlfriend for a promotion, though he was the one who first flagged the potential conflict of interest and officials had refused to let him recuse himself from decisions about the woman. Should he lose his job? That's precisely what happened in 2007 to Paul Wolfowitz, who was run out of the World Bank on the pretext that he had given his girlfriend a raise. In fact, Mr. Wolfowitz had made bank officials aware that his girlfriend already worked at the bank before he accepted the job as president,... wsj http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401800/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 02:42:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352183/posts LANCASTER, Pa. – The mother of the nation's first double hand transplant patient says he's out of the hospital and looking forward to returning to his wife and daughter in Georgia. Doris Schafer told the Intelligencer Journal-Lancaster New Era that her son, Jeff Kepner, visited her over the weekend in Lancaster. She says he plans to return to Augusta, Ga., at the end of this week. Schafer says Kepner is considerably happier than when she saw him in June at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, about a month after the transplant. She says her son still has no feeling... AP Via Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352183/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 03:09:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306512/posts SAN DIEGO - A sailor accused of murdering a fellow seaman on duty at Camp Pendleton committed suicide in the base brig. Jonathan Campos, 32, of Lancaster, was found unresponsive in his cell at about 12:20 p.m., taken to the base hospital and declared dead about 1:15 p.m.,the Los Angeles Times reported. Campos, a petty officer 2nd class, apparently asphyxiated himself with toilet paper. He had been on suicide watch in the brig and was last checked at 11:45 a.m., according to a Navy written statement. Campos was charged with murdering 29-year-old August Provost on June 30 at about 2... http://www.sandiego6.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306512/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 16:17:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211560/posts Double jeopardy in before US Supreme Court HOUSTON A former Enron Corp. executive is hoping a little known component of the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause will help him avoid a retrial on charges related to financial fraud at the once mighty energy giant. Attorneys for F. Scott Yeager are set to present oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday on the issue of whether double jeopardy prevents prosecutors from retrying individuals after a jury votes not guilty on some charges, but fails to reach a verdict on others that share an element with the acquitted charges. Prosecutors... news.aol.com/article http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211560/posts#comment Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:59:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210751/posts John P. Coale, a prominent Washington lawyer and power-broker, is secretly running Palin's political action committee and working to "protect the Palin brand," according to the Washington Post. He is very, very good at doing that because he can walk through walls and read minds and leave his body and never gets sick because he is a Scientologist. Coale is also the husband of Fox News Channel's Greta Van Susteren, whom he recruited into the church. Gawker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210751/posts#comment Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:20:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066996/posts N Korea's Kim died in 2003 and was replaced by lookalike, says Waseda professor Is Kim Jong Il dead? Yes, North Korea’s “Dear Leader” is no more, having passed away in the fall of 2003, writes Waseda University professor Toshimitsu Shigemura in Shukan Gendai (Aug 23-30). A one-time Mainichi Shimbun journalist posted in Seoul, Shigemura is introduced by the magazine as a leading authority on the Korean Peninsula. His latest book, released this month, is titled “The True Character of Kim Jong Il.” If true, the implications are potentially vast. Among them: former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s summit partner during... Japan Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066996/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:17:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012729/posts WASHINGTON, May 7, 2008 – A significant unmanned aerial vehicle warfighting milestone was reached more than two years ahead of schedule May 1, with the beginning of the 24th MQ-1 Predator combat air patrol in the global war on terror, Air Force officials announced yesterday. This CAP doubles the around-the-clock Predator capability of last year, two years ahead of the Defense Department’s goal of 2010 for 21 Predator CAPs, officials said. Predators now supply more than 13,400 hours of full-motion video to ground forces every month while conducting armed overwatch, force protection and precision air-to-surface engagements with the AGM-114 Hellfire... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012729/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 23:50:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989284/posts Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America. Fair enough. But this time, it has to be a two-way conversation. White America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to. Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American. Second, no people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans. Untold trillions have been spent since the '60s on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the African-American... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989284/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:57:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944150/posts Source is link only.STORY. THE TENNSSEAN / WBIR-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944150/posts#comment Tue, 25 Dec 2007 19:16:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937612/posts 12/10/2007 - DALLAS (AFPN) -- Military advocates across America are making their support work twice as hard with Army and Air Force Exchange Service "Gifts from the Homefront" gift certificates. While assistance sent through this troop-support initiative provides for the immediate needs of troops throughout operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, revenue generated from the redemption of the gift certificates also strengthens important quality of life efforts for military Families closer to home. "AAFES' dual mission to serve America's troops and generate funds to support military Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs means that resources dedicated to 'Gifts from the Homefront'... Air Force Link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937612/posts#comment Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:42:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1924050/posts Under pressure from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (which regulates national banks), the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of Thrift Supervision, some national banks will soon be increasing minimum monthly credit card payments so they are closer to 4% rather than the current average of around 2%. Some major banks have already increased the minimum payments and others are about to follow suit. none http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1924050/posts#comment Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:06:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828598/posts In a nutshell, Verizon dialed up Akon's people and asked if he'd like to be a spokesperson or a featured artist or whatever on all their cellies. They said they were down. Michelle Malkin got on the case and published Akon's reprehensible lyrics and a video of his crude animal-like assault in Trinidad. We started banging Verizon's media phones line and today they decide Akon was no longer on their A-List. It's not going to save my kid's generation but eventually these idiots are going to reign in their behavior or else. This isn't morality policing. This isn't telling women... michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828598/posts#comment Fri, 4 May 2007 21:38:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814687/posts WASHINGTON, April 9, 2007 – Plans are under way to double the number of provincial reconstruction teams now operating in Iraq by the end of the year, a senior U.S. official said during a news conference in Iraq today. “We will both double the number of PRTs and we will double the number of individuals who are working in the PRTs,” said Rick Olson, chief of the national coordination team in charge of provincial reconstruction teams in Iraq. According to plans, the number of PRTs will increase from 10 to 20, Olson noted, while numbers of PRT personnel will... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814687/posts#comment Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:52:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814531/posts A star that survived a massive explosion – only to be destroyed in a second blast just two years later – has piqued the curiosity of astronomers. Its bizarre death might be due to the production of antimatter in its core towards the end of its life. The star that exploded appears to have been a massive type called a Wolf-Rayet star, which begin their lives with more than 40 times the mass of the Sun. It exploded in a galaxy 77 million light years from Earth, with the first blast occurring on 20 October 2004. It was so bright... space.newscientist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814531/posts#comment Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:07:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777009/posts The southbound lanes of I- 85 in Coweta County near Newnan were closed for nearly an hour when a motorist was struck and killed early Tuesday after his car broke down. Terrance Harvey, 42, of Forest Park and his brother were driving to work at a construction job in Newnan shortly after 6:30 a.m. when Harvey’s car stalled, authorities said. Coweta Sheriff’s Lt. John LaChance said because of highway work, there was no emergency lane. The two men got out of the car to get to safety behind a barrier wall, but Harvey decided to try to start the car... The Atlanta Journal Constitution.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777009/posts#comment Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:54:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713034/posts Double blow to nuclear detente By Paul Reynolds World affairs correspondent, BBC News website A US military response to North Korea's move remains unlikely On the same day, the crises over the nuclear policies of North Korea and Iran have taken a turn for the worse. North Korea's announcement that it intends to carry out a nuclear weapons test is another grave twist in a crisis that appears to be without end or solution. And a senior British official has said it is now clear that Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment and that therefore moves to impose sanctions will... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713034/posts#comment Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:17:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711092/posts 2006/09/29 09:53 KST N.K. leader uses look-alikes due to fear of assassination: S. Korean official By Kim Hyung-jin SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-il has employed at least two doubles to impersonate him at public functions due largely to his fear of being assassinated, a South Korean intelligence official said Friday. It is no secret that other authoritarian figures such as deposed Iraq leader Saddam Hussein and Adolf Hitler also used physical doubles at times for political, intelligence and safety reasons. "As far as I know, at least two Kim Jong-il look-alikes fill in for... Yonhap News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711092/posts#comment Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:27:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681488/posts WASHINGTON - Beginning Friday, airline passengers will go through double screening to make sure they're not carrying liquids onto planes, the head of the airline industry's largest trade group said. Passengers and their carry-on luggage will be checked not only at the main security checkpoint, but also a second time at the boarding gate. The stepped-up screening in response to a new terrorist threat began Thursday at 25 airports where planes leave for Britain. "It's going to spread across the whole system tomorrow," James May, president of the Air Transport Association, said Thursday. The response to the terrorist threat produced... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681488/posts#comment Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:27:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668085/posts Pelosi Address to NAACP's 97th Annual Convention58 minutes ago US Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pictured here in Washington, DC in April 2006. The US Congress prepared to express its support for Israel and to condemn Hezbollah, in parallel votes in the Senate and the House of Representatives expected before the weekend.(AFP/File/Andrew Councill) To: National Desk Contact: Brendan Daly or Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616, both for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi WASHINGTON, July 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke this morning to thousands of members of the NAACP at their 97th annual convention. Below are Pelosi's remarks: "Thank... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668085/posts#comment Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:49:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642072/posts Ibuprofen can double risk of heart attack, says medical study By Celia Hall, Medical Editor (Filed: 02/06/2006) Common painkillers such as ibuprofen can double the risk of suffering a heart attack, a study has found. Research published in the British Medical Journal analysed results of 138 trials involving 140,000 patients over several years. It found that ibuprofen and diclofenac, two non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), could cause attacks when taken in high doses. Vioxx: Banned in 2004 The drugs have been previously noted for increasing heart attack risk but experts say that this is the biggest and most definitive study of... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642072/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jun 2006 01:35:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1617325/posts So now we know who the two Duke lacrosse players are who are accused of raping an exotic dancer. Reade Seligmann of Essex Fells, New Jersey, and Collin Finnerty of Garden City, New York, have been indicted, arrested, made initial court appearances and paraded before the cameras. Here's the reality: They are halfway to ruin. They are done as athletes. Their academic career — if they had one — is probably toast, and they are for the foreseeable future accused rapists. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1617325/posts#comment Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:05:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1573470/posts The key issue at stake in the battle over the twelve Danish cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad is this: Will the West stand up for its customs and mores, including freedom of speech, or will Muslims impose their way of life on the West? Ultimately, there is no compromise: Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.More specifically, will Westerners accede to a double standard by which Muslims are free to insult Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism, while Muhammad, Islam, and Muslims enjoy immunity from insults? Muslims routinely publish cartoons far more... War to Mobilize Democracy, LLC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1573470/posts#comment Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:48:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565166/posts CELEB Big Brother prat George Galloway is today exposed in his revolting true colours — fawning before Saddam Hussein’s murderous son Uday. An astonishing video shown in part on the Sun TV Bulletin depicts Galloway, 51, laughing and joking with the evil psychopath during a 20-minute meeting in an Iraqi palace. The Respect party MP, who Sun readers can boot off the Channel 4 show tonight, has sickened viewers with his antics in the BB house. Galloway’s crawling around the tyrannical old Iraqi regime was even more disgusting. He famously met dictator Saddam in 1994 and told him: “Sir, allow... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565166/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:04:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565140/posts George Galloway tonight became the fourth person to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house as he admitted he had failed in his aims during almost two weeks of reality TV. The Respect MP attracted 64.7% of the public vote after being nominated alongside fake celebrity Chantelle Houghton and US basketball star Dennis Rodman. As he emerged from the house, a smiling Mr Galloway was met with boos and cheers from the crowd who gathered for tonight's double eviction. Guardian Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565140/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:56:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1560003/posts MARINE CORPS RECRUITING STATION SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2006) -- Recruiters thought they were seeing double when a young man they sent to boot camp walked back into the office. It was like déjà vu at Recruiting Sub-station Round Rock (Texas) when 23-year-old Jason K. Lewis walked into the office in late October. “I saw Lewis walk in and I thought, ‘What is he doing back already?’” said Gunnery Sgt. Samuel R. Ybarra, former Staff NCOIC of RSS Round Rock. The Bertram, Texas, resident was supposed to be at his Military Occupational School learning how to be a military... Marine Corps News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1560003/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:11:14 GMT