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As Career Education Corporation students face prospect of worthless degrees and burdensome debt, former CEO given multi-million dollar severance package [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – After learning that the former CEO of Career Education Corporation (CEC) is set to receive a $5 million severance, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called on the Illinois-based company to refund tuition to students if their program of study loses accreditation.  CEC, which owns and operates Le Cordon Bleu and the International Academy of Design and Technology in Chicago, risks losing accreditation after its national accreditor discovered that the company directly violated Department of Education regulations...

On Thursday night’s edition of The Ed Show on MSNBC, "Ed Schultz threw down a threat-down on hawkish, jingoistic country crooners like Toby Keith and Lee Greenwood ," wrote Adam Gold of Nashville Scene, "or as he called 'em, ‘fun-lovin', American rednecks in Nashville, Tennessee."Schultz "put the Music Row machine on notice — jestingly expressing his hankering to hear a patriotic anthem lauding President Obama and the Navy Seals for toe-tagging Osama bin Laden." You can tell Schultz was mocking patriotic country singers because he didn’t ask Steve Earle or the Dixie Chicks for their help.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is urging the nation’s schools and colleges to do more to prevent sexual violence, saying campus sex crimes often go unreported because victims fear that universities will not discipline offenders. Mr. Biden travels to the University of New Hampshire on Monday to discuss new Education Department instructions, issued on Monday, to public school districts, colleges and universities about their responsibilities under civil rights laws to prevent sexual violence. “Sexual violence can happen to anyone, and it happens at the best colleges,” Mr. Biden said in a statement. “Very few report the crime to law...

Ed Schultz on Libya: 'Given That Americans Died on That 747 Over Lockerbie, I’m All for This Mission' The perpetually anti-war Ed Schultz took his seat behind the desk at MSNBC studios Monday with the expressed mission of selling Barack Obama's air assault on Libya to his viewers. So passionate was the "Ed Show" host in supporting the President he several times showed video footage of downed Pan Am flight 103 while claiming that Moammar Gaddafi was responsible thereby justifying an attack on him over 22 years later. ED SCHULTZ: President Obama has decided on a more focused, realistic approach....

Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., unveiled today his five-year path to a balanced budget, leaving several federal agencies behind. Among the items on the cutting room floor are the Departments of Education, Energy, Commerce and Housing and Urban Development. “There’s a lot of things in here that everybody could agree to, Republicans and Democrats, but nobody’s leading on the president’s side and on our side we felt we needed to put this forward to get the debate started, at the very least,” the freshman Senator explained at a Capitol Hill press conference this afternoon. The proposal also calls for the repeal...

Labour leader Ed Miliband today declared 'I am a socialist' and revealed he was tempted to join the violent student protests but was 'doing something else'. Mr Miliband said that although he did not condone violence, the demonstrations were fuelled by 'justified' anger about tuition fee rises. And he indicated that he was open in future to talking to those protesting on the streets, with marches and other protests set to continue. And, speaking to the Radio 5, he took the bold step for a modern Labour leader of embracing the socialist leanings of the party's pre-Tony Blair era.

The delusion starting to take hold of the liberal media as the midterm elections near is becoming more and more apparent with each passing day. Despite pictures clearly showing that Saturday's "One Nation" rally had far fewer attendees than August's "Restoring Honor" event, MSNBC's Ed Schultz claimed Monday the crowds were equal in size.

Ed Miliband is the new Labour leader, it has been announced at a special conference in Manchester. He beat brother David by the wafer thin margin of 50.65% to 49.35% after second, third and fourth preference votes came into play. Ed Balls was third, Andy Burnham fourth and Diane Abbott last in the ballot of MPs, members and trade unionists. Mr Miliband, 40, replaces acting leader Harriet Harman in the contest triggered by the resignation of Gordon Brown. He paid tribute to each of his fellow candidates in turn and told the conference: "Today we draw a line under this...

Warning: Readers are strongly advised to remove fluids from their mouths as well as from proximity to their computers before proceeding any further! Ed Schultz on Monday accused Sarah Palin of making a sexist remark about President Obama. As NewsBusters previously reported, the former Alaska governor on Sunday said, "[Arizona governor] Jan Brewer has the cojones that our president does not have to look out for all Americans, not just Arizonans (Snip) On the MSNBC program bearing his name, Schultz took exception to this comment in a fashion destined to leave many readers gasping for air in hysterics

Gainful Employment limits options for students WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the Department of Education issuing a "Gainful Employment" rule today that would make certain career college programs ineligible for Title IV financial aid and effectively eliminate the opportunity for lower-income students to attend career colleges, Harry Alford, president of the National Black Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement. "Gainful Employment will disproportionately harm low-income and minority populations by discriminating against students who must borrow the needed tuition to attend college. Without financial aid, access to higher education will be limited for thousands of students. At...

The nursery rhyme “Rub a dub-dub, three men in a tub” could mean something incredibly different to grade school students in Helena, Montana if the public school system adopts a controversial sex education plan. At the center of the controversy is a desire by educators and special interest groups to begin teaching a pro-gay sex education curriculum to children as young as five years old. The debate over whether to teach and what to teach kindergarteners has been raging for years.

ITHACA, NY--The City of Ithaca, Police Chief Ed Vallely, Deputy Chief John Barber, Deputy Chief Pete Tyler and the Tompkins County District Attorney's office discriminated against Ithaca Police Officer Chris Miller and other white male officers, Miller is alleging in a $17 million lawsuit filed in federal court May 20. The lawsuit alleges they increased their discrimination against Miller after he filed human-rights complaints and retaliated with baseless accusations, threats of indictment and termination, harassment, greater scrutiny, and unjustified and unlawful discipline, including a bogus investigation of him in 2009. The suit also names the Ithaca Police Benevolent Association and...

A revamped sex education curriculum that will see Ontario students learn about masturbation in Grade 6 and oral sex at age 12 this fall is a responsible way to teach children about a touchy subject, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday. Conservatives groups who are mounting a campaign to get rid of the revised program, which will see lessons taught as early as Grade 1, are accusing the government of corrupting young minds with sexually explicit material. Kids will learn about such topics anyway, whether it's from their friends or the Internet, McGuinty countered. By making it part of the curriculum,...

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The 3D TV hype machine begun at CES in January rolls on today as Samsung, the world's biggest TV maker, officially announced pricing and availability of its 2010 3D-capable HDTVs, Blu-ray players and home theater gear. The initial wave of televisions that can handle the new 3D TV Blu-ray and TV formats won't be cheap. The company's first 3D TV, the UNC7000 series, has been available for the last few days and is currently going for around $2350 at Amazon for the 46-inch model ($2600 MSRP). That's a $350 premium compared to Amazon's price for Samsung's closest 2009 non-3D equivalent,...

Maybe it’s because I live in Washington and am thus immersed in the daily political horse-race (who’s up? who’s down?), but it’s hard not to get the sense right now that the Democrats are in free fall. Evan Bayh’s retirement is like a major aftershock to the earthquake that was Scott Brown’s election. Now there’s talk about the GOP taking over both houses of Congress in the fall, and of a primary challenge to President Obama in 2012. To be sure, a month from now, and certainly six months from now, lots could change, and we might be talking about...

Myrtle Beach police are searching for a man who stole three boxes of male enhancement drugs from an area pharmacy, according to a police report. An employee of CVS at 512 South Kings Highway told police that about 10 a.m. Tuesday a man came into the store and acted suspiciously as he walked through the store, police said. The man left without purchasing anything and the employee went to where he last saw the man and found three empty boxes of Extenze each valued at $41.99 hidden behind some candy, according a police report.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite studies suggesting that erectile dysfunction drugs promote irresponsible sexual behavior, men who receive prescriptions for them are no more likely to engage in risky sex acts than men who do not receive prescriptions for the medications, according to a University of Florida study. “For this study we took the perspective of a doctor who may worry that prescribing erectile dysfunction drugs to patients could contribute to the spread of HIV,” said lead researcher Dr. Robert Cook. “The findings from this study should provide some reassurance to health-care providers that erectile dysfunction drugs appear to be prescribed...

You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , on 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray , Vietnam . Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 - 1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in. You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out. Your family is 1/2 way around the world, 12,000 miles away and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to...

Veterans In Politics Talk Show Introduces Ed Hamilton and Sharron Angle LIVE on www.AllTalkRadio.net Our Listeners for the month of August are 109,859 thousand and growing: Thank You: October 3: Ed Hamilton Democrat Candidate for US Senate Representing Nevada:: Sharron Angle former Nevada State Assemblywoman and Republican candidate for United States Senate Representing Nevada:: "Veterans In Politics" is a weekly radio show produced by the Veterans In Politics International and hosted by Steve Sanson and co-hosted by Ronda Baldwin Kennedy on www.alltalkradio.net. The "Veterans In Politics" show is live every Saturday 2:05 PM Pacific Time you can call in and...

Scientists are developing a new "super Viagra" cream that promises to act faster than the popular erectile dysfunction drug — and without the side effects. PerthNow reports the lotion is said to produce almost instant results, unlike anti-impotence tablets which can take 30 minutes to an hour before taking effect. Viagra and other drugs in the same class do this by blocking the effects of an enzyme called phosphodiesterase type 5.

Does anyone know if Ed Markey is planning on meeting with constituents or holding a town hall meeting during the Aug 09 recess?

Editors Note - This is reposted from RangerUp (with permission) and was written by Lex McMahon, son of Ed McMahon, pictured below receiving his father's flagHow does a son say goodbye to his father? While this is a profoundly painful question to ponder, in this instance, the answer is really very simple – by honoring my father’s request to be buried and celebrated as a great Marine. To Ed’s millions of fans around the world, he was an entertainment icon who’s brilliant and colorful career spanned some 70 years and included work as a bingo caller in a traveling carnival...

Wish some ghost writers would write a story about how all these characters who found themselves in this waiting area and their lingering thoughts after parting earth. Was Farrah upset after scheduling her dying that was being pre empted by Michael Jackson, Ed McMahon was over shadowed and Billy Mays is bewilder. Here are all four of them waiting to be processed to go their designated places. I can just hear the conversation as Ed is glad to see familiar faces and Farrah Fawcett really annoyed at Michael for upstaging her exist, and Billy Mays is witnessing all this carrying...

Johnny Carson, shakes hands with the show's announcer Ed McMahon during Carson's final taping of The Tonight Show on May 22, 1992. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)NYTimes: June 24, 2009 Ed McMahon, America’s Top Second Banana, Dies By RICHARD SEVERO Ed McMahon, who for nearly 30 years was Johnny Carson’s affable second banana on “The Tonight Show,” introducing it with his ringing trademark call, “Heeeere’s Johnny!,” died early Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 86. His publicist, Howard Bragman, told NBC that Mr. McMahon died at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his family. Mr. Bragman did not give a...

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bad enough that parents have to shield their children from what Hollywood calls entertainment. Now they have to be equally vigilant with the messages and visuals put forward by the advertisers who sponsor that filth. Parents can become discouraged by the sheer intensity of the commercial manipulation of sex. It's everywhere. Reporter Matt Spector of ABCNews.com recently underlined how the hypersexualization of teenagers in advertising is intensifying. A Greek print ad for previously owned BMW autos features a clearly teenage-looking girl shot from her naked shoulders up, her blond hair splayed around her head across the page. The ad's come-hither...

COLLEGE STATION, Tex., July 3 -- Chalk up the widely publicized report that watermelons can enhance erections, much like a certain PDE-5 inhibitor, to a stretched version of the truth by a university PR officer seeking a good story for the Fourth of July. A somewhat red-faced plant scientist, who was quoted extensively in a Texas A&M press release, backed away from claims that the summer picnic staple actually can promote erections. But he didn't abandon the notion entirely. Bhimu Patil, Ph.D., director of the Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center at Texas A&M, said he was sorry that a press...

Governor Ed Rendell was just asked by John Scott if he would take the VP spot if offered. He said no he would not make a good choice. This is that old "Clinton loyaltly" that Strickland is also abiding by. The Democrat Party is NOT united. Rendell doesn't want to be asked by Obama to be the VP. Rendell continued on that he doesn't have foreign policy experience. And was about to say more on why he wasn't qualified. But John Scott cut him off because of a commercial break.

“Daddy, who’s ED?� “You mean Mr. Ed? He was a talking horse from a 1950s TV show?� “No, I mean the man who talks about ED. Is he Ed? And what’s e-rectull dys…dys..� “Ah. Let’s turn the game off for a minute and go help Mom in the kitchen.� Except that Mom is probably sitting right there in front of the tube, too. Lots of moms watched the NFL playoffs, and a poll by the Coalition for Working Moms found that 80 percent of mothers plan to be watching the Super Bowl on Feb. 3. The Big Game is a...

She is, on first impressions, just like any other first-time mother. The cot and the pram are on order, she has bought more cuddly toys than she will ever need and she has even given her little girl a name – Molly. With less than six weeks to go before the birth, the baby is kicking and it brings Fran Lyon an undeniable thrill of pleasure. At least, it does now she finally feels safe to enjoy it. For all the innocent joys of impending motherhood have been denied Fran since social workers warned her four months ago that Molly...

Viagra, Cialis, Fox News and Hypocrisy A few minutes ago, Paige Hopkins of the Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" morning program interviewed Brad Rourke of Pajamas Media about the prevalence of sexual content in mainstream advertising on television and elsewhere. During the course of the interview, mention was made of children being exposed to sexual material beyond their years simply during the watching of standard network and cable television programming. Paige Hopkins mentioned that she herself has young children and wondered what could be done about this problem. Rourke advocated the use of TiVo. But what Paige Hopkins...

I turned 42 years old yesterday. There are a few ways of looking at this age. A pessimist, of course, would say that I'm already halfway to 84. On the other hand, there is some significance attached to this age. For example: I'm twice as much fun as a 21-year-old; I'm young enough to be naughty and old enough to appreciate it. My age also happens to be the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. It isn't so bad. Except maybe when I try to get into/out of my car, chair, bed, etc. and make...

Bob Dole has decided that John McCain has lost the "buzz", and has signaled he is likely to switch his support to Fred Thompson in September. Take a look at what Dole is quoted as saying in a Bloomberg article: Bob Dole says his preferred presidential candidate, Arizona Senator John McCain, is fading and that his support is likely to be ``picked up'' by Fred Thompson, who is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination in September. ``My heart has always been with my good friend John McCain,'' said Dole, former Senate majority leader and Republican presidential nominee....

Like a column collapsing under the burden of a heavy roof, erectile dysfunction is a classical mechanical engineering problem, says a US urologist. Using mathematical models of penis geometry and hydrostatic pressure, doctors can predict when penises will fail – and in which vagina – he says. The most widely investigated parameter of penile rigidity is intracavernosal pressure (ICP) – the fluid pressure achieved by blood build up in the two expandable "caverns" of the penis. For a healthy man, the erect ICP is between 60 and 90 millimetres of mercury (mmHg), but can drop to just 30 mmHg, in...

Instead of popping pills, men with erectile dysfunction may be able to improve their performance through weight loss and getting in shape, but long-term cigarette smokers may be out of luck. Action Points * Explain to patients who ask that weight loss may improve symptoms of erectile dysfunction, while smoking doubles the risk that erectile dysfunction will progress in severity. Other common risk factors for erectile dysfunction include aging, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. That's the conclusion of investigators in the ongoing Massachusetts Male Aging Study, who found that changing some modifiable risk factors may reverse or prevent the progression of...

Men who smoke a pack or more of cigarettes daily are 40 percent more likely to be impotent than non-smokers, according to research published in the journal Tobacco Control. The results pointed to a significant association between smoking and erectile problems, which became stronger with increasing numbers of cigarettes smoked, a media release said. Men who smoked 20 or fewer cigarettes a day were 24 percent more likely to report difficulties maintaining an erection. Those smoking more than a pack a day were 39 percent more likely to report erectile difficulties. The research team analyzed surveys from 8,000 Australian men...

SALVADOR S. CARRILLO still gets angry when he talks about what he lost: a five-bedroom home with more than 50 shade and fruit trees, florid birds of paradise, a greenhouse for orchids and a garden he planted every year with tomatoes and pumpkins. "It was our honeymoon cottage," Carrillo said of the Baldwin Park home he and his wife, Dolores, lived in for 39 years. "We raised seven kids there…. It was paid off." hat was before the Baldwin Park Redevelopment Agency declared the area — which included a trailer park — blighted and notified the Carrillos that it was...

LONDON (Reuters) - Texan model Jerry Hall was unveiled on Tuesday as ambassador for a campaign to encourage people to be more open about erectile dysfunction. "It might be a conversation with your doctor or maybe with your partner but it's never too late to get the most from your love life," she said in a statement. The campaign is being run by Bayer HealthCare, makers of an impotence treatment. Hall, 49, who divorced Mick Jagger in 1999 when she finally became exasperated with the philandering of the Rolling Stones lead singer, said: "A healthy love life is not and...

Everyone has seen those bloody annoying ads for er*ctile dysfunction where they state: "If you have an er*ction for over 4 hours, consult a physician." I've often pondered;what on Earth does the physician do to solve this dilemma? Well I discovered what they do. They show you the following picture:

Edward Theodore Gein died of natural causes, at the age of 78. Ed Gein was born to George and Augusta Gein on August 27, 1906 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He was preceeded in death by his older brother Henry, who died in 1944. On November 17, 1957 police in Plainfield, Wisconsin arrived at the dilapidated farmhouse of Eddie Gein who was a suspect in the robbery of a local hardware store and disappearance of the owner, Bernice Worden. Gein had been the last customer at the hardware store and had been seen loitering around the premises. Gein's desolate farmhouse...

Edward Klein’s book, The Truth About Hillary, has made him quite the popular person. On second thought, maybe it hasn’t. Since its release in mid-June, Klein’s book has reached the number two spot on the New York Times bestsellers list and has attracted much criticism as well as praise. But you’d be hard-pressed to find him talking about the book on television as he’s been shunned by most of the networks. There’s no doubt his book is critical of the former First Lady. Klein is convinced that Hillary has been trying to re-position herself and re-brand herself as a centrist...

Plot Outline: The investigation into a kidnapping of the daughter of a President that has Bill and Hillary Clinton's MO... And that MO is 'tom catting around' for Bill and 'Never letting the law nor morals get in the way' of Hillary and her goals.

Apparently, the ads for impotence pill Levitra failed to perform. GlaxoSmithKline and Schering-Plough, which market the erectile-dsyfunction drug in the U.S., are changing their advertising yet again. The firms have hired ad agency BBDO, owned by Omnicom Group, to help sell the drug. The move comes just six months after they switched to Saatchi & Saatchi, a division of Publicis Groupe, from WPP Group's Quantum. After landing the business, Saatchi has yet to break any new spots for the virility drug. The timing also looks bad with the agency's New York office, still reeling from one of the biggest mass...

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- While government officials launch a new campaign to stop Medicaid coverage for sex offenders' impotence drugs, Connecticut authorities have quietly been fighting a lawsuit by an inmate being denied similar medications. Eugene Mercer, 41, who is serving a 45-year sentence for felony murder, alleges that the state is violating his right to reasonable accommodations under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. He claims his impotence is caused by a neurological disorder and AIDS. Mercer, incarcerated at Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers, is seeking access to a testosterone cream and medication to treat erectile dysfunction. State officials...

WASHINGTON -- The federal government will spend nearly $2 billion in the next decade on male impotence drugs under its Medicare program, according to a new cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office that is fueling some lawmakers' efforts to end that spending.          Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, is sponsoring a bill to prohibit most erectile dysfunction drug sales under Medicare, the government's insurance program for the elderly and disabled, and released the cost figures yesterday as part of his effort. "It's a number that's just shocking," Mr. King said. "When you're looking at it starting out at $90 million a...

SOUTH BEND — A former aide at Greene Intermediate Center is in jail after her arrest Tuesday on nine felony charges related to inappropriate sexual activities with special education students she supervised. Schmeca White, 27, of the 800 block of Huey Street, was taken into custody at her home shortly before noon Tuesday. Chief Deputy Prosecutor Ken Cotter said White is accused of performing various sexual acts or causing students to perform sex acts in a classroom during their lunch period. The reported incidents occurred during November and December while the teacher with whom White worked was away from the...

The so-called Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) is a bad idea whose time should never come up -- at least for the United States and for those who believe in economic liberty and national security. That was the view of President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and would remain his view today if he were with us to express it. The actual title of the treaty is “the United Nation’s Convention on the Law of the Sea.” As its name suggests, it gives to the United Nations, through its subordinate organizations established in the treaty, unprecedented economic powers and...

I am a proud new Freeper from Tuscaloosa,AL and I need to make this statement. This is the new meeting ground for all of us and I have travelled this site for some time. I am 58 years old, a proud grandfather, and did two tours of duty in Vietnam. I am a marine and was active for many years, and proud of it. Now I am retired and own my own trucking outfit. Now that I have introduced myself, let me get to the point of my topic matter here today. This is in regards to so-called conservatives who...

Lawmaker Fed Up With Erectile Dysfunction Drug Ads Bill Would Ban Ads From Prime-Time TVPOSTED: 7:32 am EST March 18, 2005 U.S. Rep. Jim Moran said he is fed up with the barrage of Viagra and other erectile dysfunction ads on prime-time TV. The Virginia Democrat Thursday introduced legislation to limit the ads on television and radio to late-night hours. Moran said, "You can hardly watch prime-time television or a major sporting event with your family without ads warning of the dangers of a 'four-hour experience' airing every 10 minutes." He said there is just too much sexual innuendo. He...