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It was a partnership Planned Parenthood’s former president once bragged she was “proud” of. “Proud,” apparently, of cutting into tiny baby bodies when their hearts are still beating. “Proud,” it turns out, of putting women through riskier abortion procedures to get better, more valuable baby organs. And “proud,” most of all, that her medical directors were negotiating higher prices for the little livers, limbs, and brains her business was harvesting. Four years later, pride is the last thing anyone felt at the courtroom where the gory details of Planned Parenthood’s baby butcher ring came tumbling out. While the country’s abortion...

A militant Islamist leader whose forces have just conquered two-thirds of the West African state of Mali vows to launch holy war against the West. Omar Ould Hamaha, the military commander of Ansar Dine, or "Defenders of the Faith", which has scored a stunning victory in Mali against the failed state's armed forces, now controls a region larger than France which includes three paved runways that could be used to fly in weapons or drugs. He said: "Even if they (western forces) don't come here, when we have finished conquering France, we will come to the USA, we will come...

Even as the massive manhunt for accused child molester Charles Alan Dyer continues in the Sealy area, some have come forward to defend the fugitive as a “patriot” and claiming the government is persecuting him for being “a Constitutionalist.” Shortly after posting the initial story about the manhunt earlier today, InstantNewsKaty began receiving e-mails and telephone calls from individuals claiming to have knowledge of the case against Dyer. One e-mail claimed federal authorities were pursuing Dyer because he is “a constitutionalist (sic) federal authorities are afraid of what he will do.”

In this episode of the Conscience of Kansas radio program I interview Dr. Frederick Dyer about the history of anti-abortion activists. We have the 2011 Michelle Obama fashion review. I also interview Doug Giles of Clash Radio about his new book "Raising Righteous & Rowdy Girls. We invite you to listen.

A BRITISH holidaymaker taken hostage while travelling in north Africa has been beheaded by Al Qaeda ­terrorists. Edwin Dyer, 60, had been attending a music festival near the Niger–Mali border when he was captured in January along with fellow tourists. His captors had demanded the release of preacher of hate Abu Qatada who is held in a UK jail. But the grisly execution at the weekend came after two deadlines passed and it was made clear to the terrorists their demands would not be met. Gordon Brown called it an appalling act of barbaric terrorism. He said the terrorists would...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The mug shot of Orlando's mayor could be coming to a billboard near you. Someone mailed postcards criticizing Mayor Buddy Dyer and promised to put the same message on ten, 40-foot billboards around the city. A spokesman for Mayor Buddy Dyer said he had not seen this postcard until Channel 9 started asking questions about it. Each of his fellow commissioners received one in the mail with a small clue about the motivation behind it. The message couldn't be any bolder, but it's the small print that gives the most information. Tucked beneath Dyer's mug shot from...

Excerpt - The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reports that eight people were killed when a tornado hit Newbern, Tenn., in Dyer Co., on Sunday night. No further details were available. Earlier, an amateur radio operator reported that one person was killed at the Jimmy Dean plant in Newbern, but it's unclear whether the additional deaths happened there. ~ snip ~

Soldier In Iraq Views Twins' Birth Via Internet POSTED: 1:33 pm EST November 5, 2005 PINEHURST, N.C. -- April Dyer has given birth to twins, and a special Internet hookup allowed her husband to be there even though he's in Iraq. U.S. Army Cpl. Jesse Dyer watched from his post 6,500 miles away as his wife gave birth in a North Carolina hospital. The births of Nathaniel and Ashlee Dyer represent a milestone for First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. It's the first time the hospital has streamed video of a delivery over the Internet. Dyer had the Army's...

An AIDS patient writes a letter to the HIV virus, forgiving it for the harm it’s done him and thanking it for inspiring him to live a fuller life. A recovering alcoholic reminds herself to “let go and let God.” Parents pray to see their son as “the perfect child of God” rather than call a doctor to prescribe medication for his earache. A collective of incorporeal beings sends this message to a best-selling author: “There is nothing you cannot be, do, or have.” What do these people have in common? All of them are heirs of the religious philosophy...

On any given Sunday, 100 million households from Australia, Europe, and across the USA will tune in to view Joel Osteen broadcasting from the 30,000-member Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Rated as the #1 inspirational television program by Nielson Media Research, Joel Osteen is preaching a message that certainly seems to be touching home with people all over America. In his much respected best selling book, Your Best Life Now-7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential, Osteen outlines a seven-step process for effecting profound change in your life. He speaks in terms of the positive in everyday life. Expect...

Dyer, IN - A man whose wife is charged with fatally beating their two young sons with a ten-pound weight says they were a normal, happy family until she suffered a miscarriage about two years ago. Robert Lopez and other family members and neighbors say Magdalena Lopez had been suffering from mental illness in recent months before nine-year-old Antonio Lopez and two-year-old Erik Lopez were found dead Tuesday night in the family's home. Lake County prosecutors have charged 30-year-old Magdalena Lopez with two counts of murder. A police report said that as officers approached the house in the suburban town...

ORLANDO, Fla., March 11 - Mayor Buddy Dyer turned himself in on Friday to face a felony charge of paying someone to collect absentee ballots before his election in a tight race last year. Gov. Jeb Bush swiftly suspended Mr. Dyer, as required by Florida law, in a case that has roiled this city for months and even caused a brief firestorm in the presidential election. A grand jury handed up sealed indictments on Thursday for Mr. Dyer and three others: Patricia Beatty Phillips, his campaign manager; Ezzie Thomas, who worked for the Dyer campaign as a get-out-the-vote consultant; and...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A grand jury issued four indictments Thursday in an investigation into whether a worker for Mayor Buddy Dyer's re-election campaign illegally collected absentee ballots. The indictments were immediately sealed. Prosecutor Brad King said he couldn't name who was listed in the indictment until they were served with the documents or in custody. When asked if the Orlando mayor was included, he said, "I can't say anything about who those four names are." "This grand jury worked diligently to do what they thought was right and just," said King, who was brought in from Marion County for the...

'The United States needs to lose this war in Iraq as soon as possible. Even more urgently, the whole world needs the United States to lose the war in Iraq.'Author Gwynne Dyer explains how we havent grasped that the world has changed, that we aren't living in our old superpower world anymore, one in which we are the leader of the forces of light against the evil dark powers of communism.Nor are we, in fact, even a military superpower in the way we like to think we are; in reality, our military machine can only be used by weak countries....

2004 Year-Ender By Gwynne Dyer The world has been on hold this year. Interesting and important things have happened in many countries, and most people have scarcely noticed that international politics is becalmed - but it is. The normal business of the planet has pretty much slowed to a halt and we are all gently drifting downstream together while we wait to see what becomes of the United States - and, as a result, of the rest of the world, for the US is still a key player in almost every game. We may be waiting some time. The war...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A campaign consultant said he was hired by several Florida politicians over the past seven years to gather absentee ballots during their elections, a violation of state law. Ezzie Thomas, who has been granted immunity, told prosecutors that he was paid numerous times since 1998 to gather absentee ballots, most recently by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer's (Dem) campaign last year, his attorney said Friday. Thomas told prosecutors four months ago that he was hired to do similar work for U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez (Rep) when he ran for Orange County chairman in 1998, Florida Secretary of State...

BRONSON TO HEAR MOTIONS IN DYER ELECTION FRAUD CASE On Friday, January 7, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. Orange/Osceola Circuit Judge Theotis Bronson will hear motions from WCPX Local 6 and the Orlando Sentinel as well as Orlando Mayoral challenger Ken Mulvaney regarding the closure of witness depositions and the release of a sealed transcript of the hearing that Judge Bronson issued a protective order preventing the deposition of Dyer campaign consultant Ezzie Thomas. WCPX Local 6 filed a motion to allow the media and the public from attending depositions in the ongoing civil election fraud case filed by Mulvaney. The...

The probe into Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer's re-election campaign has widened to include a state senator and a circuit judge, and it has been kicked upstairs to investigators specializing in public-corruption cases. In addition, State Attorney Lawson Lamar's office confirmed Tuesday that it is backing out of the probe. A spokesman said a new "person of interest" has emerged in the investigation that could create the appearance of a conflict of interest were Lamar to investigate. Administrators in Lamar's office would not identify that person. But a letter sent to Gov. Jeb Bush by Chief Assistant State Attorney Bill Vose...

If you repeat a rumor enough times, people assume it's true. That's what's happening now, with allegations of voter intimidation surrounding the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's investigation into the Orlando mayoral election. The March election, you'll recall, was marred by allegations that Ezzie Thomas -- a consultant whom Buddy Dyer paid $10,000 -- manipulated the absentee ballots of old, black voters. Dyer's challenger, Ken Mulvaney, challenged the election results, saying that Thomas' alleged chicanery boosted Dyer to victory.The FDLE opened an investigation to see if Thomas illegally pressured absentee voters to vote for Dyer, and if he violated a...

For Immediate Release For Further Information Contact Doug Guetzloe (407) 895-0077 DYER CANVASSING BOARD SEEKS DELAY OF ORLANDO ELECTION FRAUD TRIAL SET FOR JULY 27TH King & Blackwell representing the City of Orlando Board and coordinating Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer's legal team has improperly scheduled a motion to continue or delay the long anticipated Orlando election fraud trail set for July 27, 2004, before Circuit Judge Theotis Bronson. A motion for continuance (delay) of the trial will be presented by the Dyer legal team tomorrow (Wednesday, 7/7/04) to Judge Bronson at 8:30 a.m. (11th floor, Orange County Courthouse) during the...