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Plunge also due to concerns about Mitsubishi investment; 'you can short Morgan Stanley today' The stock price of Morgan Stanley plunged as much as 25% on Thursday. The drop was attributed to the end of the SEC’s ban on short-selling of financial stock, as well as concern about the status of a planned $9 billion investment by Japan’s top bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. “There is continued unease about the prospects of the Mitsubishi deal going through, and that has also impacted (their) credit default spread,” said Matt McCormick, Portfolio Manager and banking analyst at Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel...

Morgan Freeman is critically ill after a car crash, a US hospital has confirmed. A spokesman for the Regional Medical Centre in Memphis, Tennessee, said the 71-year-old The Dark Knight actor's condition was "serious". Mississippi state troopers told showbiz website TMZ.com that Freeman was involved in the crash at around 11.30pm local time on Sunday (5.30am BST), north of the small town of Ruleville. He was airlifted from the accident scene to the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is being treated. An unidentified female passenger was also in the car and her condition was not known. The hospital, commonly...

Telethon Breaks Records, Troops to Receive Largest Care Package Delivery in History Written by Melanie Morgan    Friday, 27 June 2008 The telethon exceeded my wildest expectations. I thought that if we were really lucky, really good, caught some major breaks -we might raise $400,000- tops. Instead, the final tally on the electronic tote board was $1,055,719. In reality, the total far exceeds the final number. The response was so overwhelming that our website could not keep up with the orders. When all is said and done, I am guessing that Move America Forward will have collected about  1.2...

Free Republic Friends Move America Forward and Michelle Malkin have teamed together to host the first ever Internet telethon for our troops.Entitled, From the Frontlines, the eight-hour extravaganza will be V-cast live on UStream.The goal is to send the most number of care packages at one time to our troops fighting the war on terror.The all-star line-up of guests includes Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Jackie Mason, Ann Coulter as well as veterans and Gold Star parents including Marcus Luttrell and Joe and Jan Johnson.Michelle Malkin wrote about From the Frontlines today:I’ll be in beautiful Mountain View, CA all...

Mugabe 'accepts that Morgan Tsvangirai won' By Peta Thornycroft in Harare and Sebastien Berger, Southern Africa Correspondent Last Updated: 7:49PM BST 30/04/2008 Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has signalled that it is willing to accept that the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai came first in the country’s presidential election. The Zimbabwe Election Commission has still not announced the results But they insisted that, contrary to claims by his Movement for Democratic Change, he had falled short of the absolute majority required for victory. More than a month after the poll, the Zimbabwe Election Commission has still not announced the results. Nonetheless senior...

The classic car makers Morgan have created the world's first green sportscar. The car is a concept at this stage but Morgan does not rule out going into production at some point The Lifecar can go from 0mph to 60mph in seven seconds but produces no emissions except water vapour. The hydrogen-powered vehicle, which has a top speed of 90mph, has been released to celebrate the centenary of the Morgan Motor Company. The result of a £1.9 million project, the lightweight model has advanced fuel cells and an energy storage system, allowing it to travel 250 miles on a tank...

While Americans keep their eyes on the war in Iraq, we're quietly being conquered on the home front. From within. And without a whimper. In Minneapolis, Muslim cab drivers make their own rules as to who they will allow to ride in their cabs. If you're carrying liquor, you're out of luck. Meanwhile, in Texas, a food chain has started accepting Mexican pesos for American pizzas. In Washington, newly elected congressman Keith Ellison takes the oath of office on the Koran while managing to dodge legitimate questions about where his ultimate loyalty lies. In San Diego County, 40% of U.S....

According to Charles Krauthammer unilateralism does not mean that a nation SEEKS to act alone but instead is WILLING to act alone. Al Gore becomes President on Tuesday. Tuesday night a rainstorm floods your backyard. On Wednesday Al Gore takes ownership of your backyard and declares it a protected wetland. As a straight, white, Christian male I forever live with the realization that the multiculturalism gang sees me as an obstacle to social progress.

Mourning in America Kathleen Antrim, The Examiner Oct 5, 2006 5:00 AM (7 hrs ago) Current rank: # 25 of 5,546 articles SAN FRANCISCO - Rarely does a book come along that touches the very essence of American culture. Even more rare is the book that does so while in the midst of that specific cultural phenomenon, as most are historical accounts of times past. “American Mourning” written by Catherine Moy and Melanie Morgan is such a book. The REAL Story Finally Told About Cindy Sheehan - CLICK HERE A personal story of two young men who worked, fought...

EXCLUSIVE Stab maniac out shopping Morgan ... in town centre     By JOHN COLES  A CRAZED knifeman doing life for stabbing 17 women shoppers is being let out unsupervised — to go SHOPPING.Woman-hater David Morgan, 43, was warned he may NEVER be freed over his terrifying rampage in a department store.But the psychiatric patient now spends up to four hours a day wandering among unsuspecting female shoppers in Stafford town centre.Morgan, serving TEN life sentences, is even allowed to go boozing.   Terror ... after Morgan's 1994 knife rampage     On one trip he sported a T-shirt...

.....Leftist leadership: A danger to AmericaPosted: July 7, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern This past week, liberals proved, again, that they are still unfit to lead this nation. Our nation is at war. An Islamic terrorist network that wants to topple the governments of Western nations and impose a strict code of Islamic fundamentalism across the globe has repeatedly attacked our nation and our people. But the left just doesn't get this. They are blinded by their own dark view of America: that our nation is the greatest threat to the world. I've spent the past few weeks personally involved in...

.....Believe it: Iraq had WMDs and terrorist tiesPosted: June 23, 20061:00 a.m. Eastern© 2006 WorldNetDaily.comI'm returning from my first personal vacation in the past two years, listening to news media reports on the discovery of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and noting that the anti-war crowd is apoplectic. It seems that those who want to see America lose the war against terrorism cannot accept the truth that Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a safe haven for terrorism, rife with chemical and biological weapons. I wonder … if the new al-Qaida in Iraq leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, were to order the...

While we were busy collecting more signatures on our "Censure Jimmy Carter" petitions from tens of thousands of Americans, some of the former president's supporters were responding in a rather hateful way. Just as those in the "Blame America First" crowd have profanely denounced our troops, our military, our Commander in Chief and carried signs saying "We Support Our Troops... When They Shoot Their Officers," they now have verbally attacked and made death threats against the staff and family members of the Censure Carter Committee. As I type this message our staff is assembling the emails and voice mails to...

Newspaper circulation fell 2.6 percent in the six-month period ending in March, according to data released Monday, as the industry continued to struggle with competition from other media outlets and the Internet. The decline in average paid weekday circulation was about the same as the previous time newspapers reported six-month circulation figures for the period ending last September, according to the Newspaper Association of America, a trade group. The NAA reported that average paid circulation at Sunday newspapers fell 3.1 percent versus the same period a year ago, also a comparable decline with the last time circulation figures were reported....

Native American items found, but little evidence of British uncovered at Victory Woods VICTORY MILLS -- Native American artifacts used thousands of years ago were found by archaeologists who examined the Victory Woods battlefield where British soldiers suffered their most decisive defeat in the American Revolution. Advertisement Among the finds was a 6,000-year-old roasting pit used to cook acorns located just a few feet beneath the surface of the forest floor. The dig also turned up darts and spear points that date from 1500 B.C. and 500 A.D. The National Park Service commissioned an archaeological study of Victory Woods, which...

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- U.S. Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park, announced a new commission Tuesday charged with promoting the Saratoga National Historical Park, the site where Americans turned back the British in 1777 during the American Revolution. Advertisement The battlefield has been taken for granted, Sweeney said at a lunch at the Holiday Inn hosted by the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce. "We have not done enough to develop one of the most historic sites in the country," Sweeney said. Julie Stokes, former deputy commissioner of the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, will lead the as-yet-unnamed commission as...

An article in Business Day on Wednesday about investors in The New York Times Company who withheld their votes for directors misspelled the name of the family that has controlled the company since 1896. It is Ochs-Sulzberger, not Ochs-Sulzburger.

Arthur Ochs “Pinch” Sulzberger, Jr., the scion of a family dynasty founded by his great grandfather, is well into the process of destroying the patrimony handed to him on a silver platter. Even worse, the whole world is starting to notice, something which will make other family members distinctly unhappy. And because the family controls the election of a majority of the board of directors of the New York Times Company, despite owning a tiny fraction of the actual equity (thanks to a two class system of shares), this unhappiness could affect Pinch’s tenure in office. No less an authority...

Former House Co-Speaker Richard Morgan on Wednesday took legal steps to shut down the independent political campaign being waged against him and like-minded Republicans by his GOP rivals.Morgan, a state House member from Moore County, formally asked for an investigation by the State Board of Elections into whether several groups with strong ties to former state Rep. Art Pope, a Raleigh retail executive, were using illegal corporate contributions to help defeat Morgan and his allies."I see that my colleagues and I are attacked unfairly through the use of corporate dollars that for a long time have been illegal in North...

The past few weeks the news media has been fixated on discussions of efforts by Democrats to either impeach or censure President Bush. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., has made the push to censure President Bush for the administration's wiretapping of suspected terrorists. Meanwhile a group of activist liberals has launched ImpeachPAC, which is raising money to support congressional candidates who favor impeachment proceedings against Bush for taking the fight to the terrorists in Iraq. I have a better idea, how about censuring a president who has increasingly led an effort to undermine American foreign policy and who has embraced terrorist...

..... Never give in, never give up Posted: January 20, 2006 a.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com The news out of Pakistan this week should come as a shot in the arm to Americans: the Bush administration continues to push forward in the war against terrorism on all fronts. After reportedly receiving a tip that al-Qaida's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, would be visiting a small Pakistani village, the U.S. military swung into action, firing missiles from an unmanned Predator drone aircraft at a terrorist compound in the village. At this time, intelligence analysts do not believe al-Zawahiri was hit. However,...

These powerful new radio ads from Move America Forward begin running next week - first in Sacramento, California - and then nationwide the week after. The Sacramento ad specifically responds to the 8-1 vote by the Sacramento, Calif. City Council to condemn the war against terrorism in Iraq and demand an immediate withdrawal of all U.S. Troops and bases from Iraq. Radio Ad: Pull Together as a Nation - LISTEN HERE Radio Ad: Sacramento Council Undermins Our Troops - LISTEN HERE Radio Ad: Don't Give Up - LISTEN HERE CLICK HERE - to purchase airtime for these ads on...

Rush Limbaugh has a penchant for putting his finger on the driving forces and central themes in contemporary American politics. And once again he's nailed it. I'm speaking of Mr. Limbaugh's repeated assertions of late that the Democrat Party has suffered a series of setbacks because they simply lack positive ideas on how to improve the lives of Americans. Instead, the Democrats have become the anti-party – being against anything proposed or advanced by President Bush or any other Republican politicians. It doesn't matter whether the dateline is Washington, D.C., or rural America – the party of Roosevelt and Kennedy...

If you want a real life example of how tax cuts boost the economy, take a look at the Homeland Investment Act of 2004. This law allowed U.S. corporations to repatriate earnings from foreign operations back to these shores for one year at a reduced tax rate of 5.25%. Supporters argued that this tax cut would lead to an "in-sourcing" of jobs by luring corporate income parked in foreign vaults back to America. Those repatriated dollars could then be put to work for R&D spending, plant expansions, capital and technology purchases, or merely to improve balance sheets to the benefit...

Tennessee authorities: "We are searching door to door" "We have not yet looked at the security video from the parking lot"

Aug 2, 2005 : 9:26 pm ET RALEIGH, N.C. -- Democrats worked Tuesday to settle differences over pay raises, cigarette taxes and a lottery so they can close a budget deal for state government. House and Senate Democrats, who hold a majority in the Legislature, met privately for much of the past three days -- in caucus meetings, negotiation sessions and one-on-ones between House Speaker Jim Black and Senate leader Marc Basnight. "We're getting closer on these things," said Black, D-Mecklenburg. Legislative leaders want to have their final $17 billion spending blueprint for this year by late Wednesday. The new...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 27, 2005 CONTACT: Mark Washburn, Executive Director – Move America Forward (916) 441-6197 or Mark@MoveAmericaForward.org TORTURED WORDS: SENATOR DICK DURBIN TARGETED IN NEW TV AD CAMPAIGN Durbin’s Non-Apology is NOT ACCEPTED By Pro-Troop Organization (SACRAMENTO) – The non-profit group that supports our troops and the war against terrorism, Move America Forward (website: www.MoveAmericaForward.org), has released a new ad that defends U.S. Troops from attacks made against them by misguided U.S. Senator, Dick Durbin (Democrat-Illinois). ......CLICK HERE to View the AD Move America Forward will being broadcasting the ad on Monday of next week –...

MOVE AMERICA FORWARD LAUNCHES ANTI-DURBIN AD CAMPAIGN...... But Didn't Dick Durbin Apologize? Nope - He Did Not... READ MORE HERE

9/11 Theory a House of Cards By William John Hagan Houston Home Journal 06/22/2004 I took the attacks of September 11th on the World Trade Center personally. Thousands of our fellow citizens were murdered that day by Islamic Terrorists and, these cowards endangered some of my dearest friends when my beloved Manhattan was attacked. I was also commended by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation for my proposed memorial design during the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition. So when someone denies the facts about that horrible day I don’t get mad, I get furious. Within days of Usama Bin Laden...

9/11 Theory a House of Cards By William John Hagan Houston Home Journal 06/22/2004 I took the attacks of September 11th on the World Trade Center personally. Thousands of our fellow citizens were murdered that day by Islamic Terrorists and, these cowards endangered some of my dearest friends when my beloved Manhattan was attacked. I was also commended by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation for my proposed memorial design during the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition. So when someone denies the facts about that horrible day I don’t get mad, I get furious. Within days of Usama Bin Laden...

W's former chief economist for the Department of Labor, Morgan Reynolds proved that nutballs exist at all levels of government when he recently said that the official assessment of the WTC collapse was, "bogus" and that the towers came down due to a planned explosion by the Feds. Incredibly, Reynolds goes on to say "If demolition destroyed three steel skyscrapers at the World Trade Center on 9/11, then the case for an 'inside job' and a government attack on America would be compelling." Wait a second here. This guy is a former economist and he thinks the Bush administration blew...

Well, Oscar Night is upon us again. And if Chris Rock is nearly right, I might be the only straight white man who watches the Oscars for both the pretty women almost dressed plus the primetime fun of making rude comments as the awards are handed out. I think I seen about every Academy Awards when I've been able to since my folks got a television set in 1955. It was always in the back of my mind to one night walk up and accept one of those small golden guys. I tried the acting route, even obtaining a SAG...

A resolution by Bill Culpepper to elect Jim Black as Speaker, and Richard Morgan as Speaker pro tem, has been adopted by the House by a vote of 100 yeas to 20 nays. The resolution also allows for the Speaker Pro Tem to appoint certain committee chairs in consultation with the Speaker. Also, Marc Basnight was re-elected to a seventh term as Senate President Pro Tem by unanimous voice vote.

Tuesday’s election returned control of both state legislative chambers to Democrats, but House Co-Speaker Richard Morgan says the co-speakership concept is still alive. Despite Republican losses in the North Carolina General Assembly, Morgan said the GOP has made hefty gains by re-electing President Bush and electing Congressman Richard Burr to the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. John Edwards. Burr’s election gives the state two Republican senators. Morgan takes no blame for legislative losses. He said he worked very hard to elect Republicans across the state. In addition to campaigning for Republicans, Morgan said he donated more than $600,000...

ITHACA--According to the Ithaca Journal, "Ithaca Police Officer Tom Yetzer was pulling into the Ithaca Police Department parking lot when he observed [Joseph N. Morgan, 27, 131 E. Spencer St., Ithaca ] allegedly pulling at the U.S. flag hanging outside the police department.""By the time Officer Yetzer parked his car," the paper reports, "Morgan had allegedly replaced the U.S. flag with a 'Jolly Roger' skull and crossbones flag. Morgan then reportedly took off running."The Journal reports that Morgan "was trying to make a statement.""The Jolly Roger was seized from the flagpole as evidence, and Morgan was [later] arrested."Morgan will reappear...

TOMS RIVER, N.J. -- Authorities said Tuesday that they have found a body they believe is that of a 16-year-old Ocean County girl who disappeared more than two weeks ago. Brittney Gregory, of Brick Township, was last heard from on July 11. Authorities started searching for her one week later after they charged a family acquaintance with her murder. There is no word on a possible motive. Police have not yet announced where the body was found. Previous searches of acres of woods in Lakewood, Howell and Brick yielded nothing. Ocean County prosecutors have scheduled a 3 p.m. news conference...

For Immediate Release – July 19, 2004 From the desk of Linda Shaw, RNC National Committeewoman: Miner Ignores RNC Requests to 'Cease and Desist;' Hijacks President’s Voice Richard Morgan also told to 'cease and desist' RALEIGH On Friday, July 16, 2004, Representative David Miner was contacted by the Republican National Committee Counsel’s Office regarding the unauthorized use of President Bush's voice in an automated phone call. Miner was told to "immediately cease and desist from any further use of the President's voice." Miner ignored the request and continues to use the President's voice in his automated calls to voters of...

A federal report showing that a political committee controlled by allies of House Republican Co-Speaker Richard Morgan got $100,000 from a small tobacco company in Virginia has Morgan's rivals raising questions about the donation. The N.C. Republican Main Street Committee, a so-called "527" independent committee controlled by Morgan's closest allies, reported to the Internal Revenue Service this week that it has raised $160,200. The committee has run campaign ads on behalf of Morgan's legislative supporters. But more than half the committee's money - $100,000 - came in a single donation on April 29 from S&M Brands Inc. of Keysville, Va.

RALEIGH For Republican state legislators, it's the ugliest primary season in years. In districts scattered across the state, legislators associated with Republican Co-Speaker Richard Morgan - who made an alliance with Democratic Co-Speaker Jim Black last year - are locked in angry battles before Tuesday's primary that focus on party betrayals and breaking no-tax-increase pledges: > In Moore County, the chairman of the local GOP has made the unusual move of endorsing Peggy Crutchfield, the challenger to the sitting Republican co-speaker. Morgan, in turn, has run ads that highlighted a 15-year-old conspiracy conviction against Crutchfield's husband for which he was...

Despite Hype Movie Theaters are Rejecting "Fahrenheit 9/11" Hi, this is Melanie Morgan - Vice Chair of Move America Forward and host of KSFO 560 AM (San Francisco) radio program "Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan Show." I'm honored to work with my friend, Howard Kaloogian, on this important cause to rally Americans to stand united behind the men and women of the armed forces and their mission: fighting the war on terrorism around the world (including in Iraq and Afghanistan). I've received some interesting information that I wanted to share with you about the hype you've been hearing about...

Assembly salute to Wen Ho Lee put offAsian caucus cites patriotic group's 'inflammatory remarks' By Steve Geissinger, SACRAMENTO BUREAU SACRAMENTO -- An Oakland Tribune report triggered such an uproar throughout the state that the Asian legislative caucus -- and its Bay Area members -- announced Saturday it was "regretfully" canceling an Assembly ceremony honoring former accused spy Wen Ho Lee. The Asian caucus said it was "outraged" by a patriotic group's "inflammatory remarks in Friday's Oakland Tribune" story on the event, and the resulting plans by the Assembly Republican Caucus to fight the ceremony. The six-member Asian caucus, which...

Asian caucus to fete former accused spy New patriotic group upset with lawmakers honoring Wen Ho Lee By Steve Geissinger, SACRAMENTO BUREAU SACRAMENTO -- Asian lawmakers from the Bay Area and Southern California said Thursday their small caucus in the Legislature will honor former accused spy Wen Ho Lee with a "profile in courage" award -- a move that infuriated a new group formed in California to support the war on terrorism and U.S. military. Assemblywoman Wilma Chan, an Oakland Democrat, said the event -- to be emceed by actor Lou Diamond Phillips -- will appropriately honor Lee for...

Robert Morgan, Famed WWII Bomber Commander, Dies at 85 The Associated Press May 16, 2004 ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Col. Robert Morgan, commander of the famed Memphis Belle B-17 bomber that flew combat missions over Europe during World War II, died late Saturday of complications from a fall, his wife said. He was 85. Morgan was hospitalized April 22 with a fractured neck after falling following an air show at Asheville Regional Airport, said Carole Donnelly, spokeswoman for Mission Hospitals, where Morgan was treated. His condition had been deteriorating in the last week or so, and Morgan was taken off...

Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has been sacked after the newspaper conceded photos of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi were fake. In a statement the Mirror said it had fallen victim to a "calculated and malicious hoax" and that it would be "inappropriate" for Morgan to continue. The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (QLR) said the Mirror had endangered British troops by running the pictures. Roger Goodman, of the QLR, said the regiment now felt "vindicated". Mr Goodman added: "It is just a great pity it has taken so long... and that so much damage has been done in the meantime." At...

Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan tonight stepped down after admitting that the pictures of soldiers abusing Iraqis were a "calculated and malicious hoax". Mr Morgan left his post hours after the regiment at the centre of the controversy demanded an apology. A statement from Mirror publishers Trinity Mirror said: "The Daily Mirror published in good faith photographs which it absolutely believed were genuine images of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi prisoner. "However there is now sufficient evidence to suggest that these pictures are fakes and that the Daily Mirror has been the subject of a calculated and malicious hoax. "The...

(CBS) For years, CBS News Correspondent Sandra Hughes reports, scientists have tried to understand the dynamic nature of Yellowstone National Park. "It's beautiful up here, everybody should see this at one time or another," says one appreciative observer. Scientist Lisa Morgan may have unlocked one piece in the puzzle, deep below the park's biggest lake. "It is kind of the last unmapped frontier in Yellowstone National Park," says Morgan. What she found looks more like the surface of the moon. Using sonar she's identified a massive bulging dome the size of seven football fields. The only other underwater dome in...

WOW! COngressman Tom Tancredo (Left), U.S. Senate Candidate Howard Kaloogian (R) (Center), and KSFO AM 560 Talk Show Host Melanie Morgan (Right) Yesterday's rally against giving drivers' licenses to illegal aliens (as proposed by Democrat Gil Cedillo's SB1160 which Repub. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he supports) was a H U G E success. The rally planning had been going on for several weeks. It was set to take place Saturday, February 21st at the Burlingame Hyatt, where the California Republican Party Convention would be taking place. Since Governor Schwarzenegger has said he thinks giving drivers' licenses to illegal aliens...

The poll is at the lower right portion of the website. www.KSFO.com - VOTE!

CPT Dan Morgan I have spent eleven months in Iraq fighting this war as a company commander, starting from the berm in Kuwait to Mosul, Iraq. My soldiers and I have learned a tremendous amount of lessons, shared many successes, and witnessed horrific injuries on our fellow soldiers. We never failed to conduct an AAR or hotwash after an operation, despite the success, failure, or casualties. I want to share some TTPs and SOPs with as many as possible because this fight ebbs and flows with short, shocking violence that “always being prepared” becomes more than just a cliché. You...

<p>Republican Howard Kaloogian's campaign for Senate is coming to a hot talk-radio show near you.</p> <p>The former San Diego-area assemblyman, who used the Internet and conservative talk shows to boost the successful recall effort against former Democratic Gov. Gray Davis, is hoping to tap those same sources in his bid to challenge Democrat Barbara Boxer for the U.S. Senate seat she has held for the past 12 years.</p>