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Sarah Palin joined Lee Greenwood on stage singing "I'm Proud To Be an American" at her rally today in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Video at link

A Greenwood woman told investigators she gave her 12-year-old daughter applesauce spiked with Prozac for about six months without a doctor prescribing the drug to the girl, police said. Karen S. Walsh, 51, was charged with felony neglect after admitting Wednesday she gave the girl the drug to help her sleep, the Johnson County Sheriff's Department said. According to a probable cause affidavit, Walsh told officers that the child had trouble sleeping and that Walsh therefore administered the drug using her own prescription beginning in April. Police said the Department of Child Services notified them of the situation and that...

I have been a Freerepublic member for many years (go ahead and look it up ;-)! As a long-timer, please allow me to take a quick moment to introduce a candidate for District Court Judge for the Kansas 13th Judicial District (Butler, Elk, Greenwood Counties). Jim Murfin is an experienced lawyer with many years spent in both the role of council and of judge. That aside, I know of Jim and his family from the perspective of a long-time friend. Jim posses a strong love of God and family, and is proud to have earned the Kansans for Life endorsement....

Greenwood, IN - An Indiana man is behind bars for intentionally leaving his girlfriend's children in a car in the frigid cold. On Sunday, police say Gary Willhoite left a six-year-old, a four-year-old, and a two-month old at a Greenwood gas station just south of Indianapolis. Authorities say he was angry with his girlfriend, so he left her kids in a car for six hours. By the time the children were found, police say ice had formed inside the car. Lt. Bob Dine with the Greenwood Police Department says, "The baby was in the car seat, had a wet diaper,...

In case you haven't heard, the Marriage amendment got shot down in the house: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134134,00.htmlHere's the Republicans voting Nay: Bass Biggert Bono Castle Cox Dreier Foley Frelinghuysen Gerlach Gibbons Gilchrest Greenwood Hobson Hostettler Houghton Johnson (CT) Kirk Knollenberg Kolbe Leach McInnis Ose Paul Pryce (OH) Sanders Shays Simmons Here's the republicans not voting: Boehlert Cannon Diaz-Balart, L. Diaz-Balart, M. Dunn Hunter Nethercutt Ros-Lehtinen Tauzin Be sure to contact these people & show your appreciation. Here's the list of Dems voting FOR: Berry Bishop (GA) Boucher Boyd Carson (OK) Chandler Cooper Costello Cramer Davis (AL) Davis (TN) Edwards Etheridge Ford Gordon...

JOE ALLOWAY PREDICTED WINNER OVER PAVLOV IN MICHIGAN 81 –POLL: JOE ALLOWAY’S EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE BEATS OUT PHIL PAVLOV PORT HURON, MI, July 26, 2004 (NEWSWIRE) -- The latest poll of voters in this crucial MichiganState House swing District 81 has Joe Alloway-R (Port Huron Township) the predicted winner over St. Clair’s Phil Pavlov, and Yale’s Steve Pray with a greater than 9-percent margin. The poll of 600 likely Republican voters in St. Clair County Michigan’s State Representative District 81 countywide found Alloway with a solid lead with Education, Experience and USMC background over underqualified Phil Pavlov-R (St. Clair).

GOP split on future plansBy BRIAN CALLAWAYBucks County Courier Times    A power struggle might be brewing among top Republicans over who should replace incumbent GOP Congressman Jim Greenwood, R-8.Greenwood - still expected to leave his seat despite the fact that he has yet to make it official - was showing state Sen. Joe Conti, R-10, a fellow moderate, around Tuesday to top Republicans in Washington, officials there confirmed.But Harry Fawkes, the very influential GOP chairman in Bucks, made clear Tuesday he thinks Bucks County Commissioner Mike Fitzpatrick - who, unlike Conti, opposes abortion rights - is the better choice."[Greenwood]...

Greenwood resignation rumors abound U.S. Rep. James Greenwood said in a release Monday that he is currently considering another job, stoking rumors that he is poised to resign from office to pursue a position in the private sector. “From time to time during my twenty four years of public service, I have been approached and offered other types of challenges and opportunities,” Greenwood’s statement read. “Such has been the case in the last few days, and I am currently reviewing one of these opportunities. I will make my decision public in the very near future and will have no other...

Lower Makefield resident to challenge Greenwood By BRIAN CALLAWAY Bucks County Courier Times Jim Greenwood has more than just Democrats to worry about as he tries to keep his seat in Congress this year - another Republican is also now in the race. Joseph V. Montone of Lower Makefield filed papers to challenge the six-term incumbent yesterday, the deadline for getting on the ballot for the April 27 primary election. On the Democratic side, Yardley lawyer Virginia Waters Schrader and Doylestown's Tom Lingenfelter, a former Republican challenger to Greenwood, also filed to run yesterday after previously announcing their candidacies for...

Lee will be on MSNBC tonight at 10PM eastern. He will be talking via satellite to Joe Scarborough on various subjects. Tune if you get the chance! Lee's new single on Curb Records is titled "When A Woman's In Love". Hope you have heard a preview of it on the site- Can you name the five things a woman does when she's in love? Listen to the song, or better still have your favorite country station play it over and over and over again. Thanks to all of you who voted for USA on the site we emailed about- He...