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AMERICA'S NEW HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REVEALED UPDATED CHART SHOWS OBAMACARE'S BEWILDERING COMPLEXITY Washington, D.C. - Four months after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously declared "We have to pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it,"a congressional panel has released the first chart illustrating the 2,801 page health care law President Obama signed into law in March. Developed by the Joint Economic Committee minority, led by U.S Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, the detailed organization chart displays a bewildering array of new government agencies, regulations and mandates. "For Americans, as well...

BP Spokesman Says Company Contracted with Actor-Director's Ocean Therapy Solutions to Separate Oil from Water BP spokesman Bill Salvin told The Associated Press that the company has contracted with Costner and Ocean Therapy Solutions to use 32 of their centrifuge machines that are designed to separate oil from water. "We recognized they had potential and put them through testing, and that testing was done in shallow water and in very deep water and we were very pleased by the results," Salvin said.

"Gaza flotilla: 2 dead, dozens injured in navy boarding." By JPOST.COM STAFF AND YAAKOV KATZ 05/31/2010 07:00 SNIPPET: "Passengers tried to wrest weapons from soldiers, Army Radio reports; Turkish leadership in emergency meeting to discuss response to attack at sea. Passengers tried to grab weapons away from soldiers boarding the Gaza protest flotilla, starting the violence, Army Radio reported Tuesday morning, responding to accusations that Israeli commandos assaulted the ships guns blazing."

The Big Black Lie - Kevin Jackson Debates MSNBCs Shuster on Tea Party Violence

Veterans In Politics Talk Show Introduces Henderson Judge Hedger and Kevin Decker LIVE on www.AllTalkRadio.net May 2: Kevin Decker Executive Consultant: Douglas W. Hedger Henderson Municipal Court Judge Department 2: "Veterans In Politics" is a weekly radio show produced by the Veterans In Politics International and hosted by Steve Sanson and Co-Hosted by J. "Sage" Bocook. The "Veterans In Politics" show is live every Saturday 2:05 PM Pacific Time you can call in and speak to the guest or/and hosts at (702) 309-6690. Listen to the Veterans In Politics Municipal Candidate 2009 Endorsement Interview--- (VIP 1-11) at http://alltalkradio.net/alt/show.php?folder=veteransinpolitics --For Mayor,...

U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, said he has no intention of acting like Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter. U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra Like those two extreme conservatives, Hoekstra endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president and wishes he would have won the GOP nomination. But Romney dropped out of the race Thursday, two days after a disappointing showing in the Super Tuesday primaries. That likely leaves the Republican presidential nod to the frontrunner, U.S. Sen. John McCain, and that's all right with Hoekstra. "Senator McCain has shown himself to be a strong and viable candidate," said Hoekstra. "I think...

"Rotten Tomatoes UK can exclusively reveal that Kevin Smith's next project - a horror movie - is called "Red State". Up until now Smith has revealed little about the film other than the fact it's a horror movie and it'll be decidedly less joke-y than his back-catalogue. But, in addition to the title, Smith was keen to give us a head's up on the plot of the film. If you've seen any of his "An Evening With..." DVDs, you'll know how much fun it can be to sit down in an audience and listen to "Clerks II" director Kevin Smith...

Purcell girl found deadThe Norman Transcript Neighbor arrested for murder; investigators temporarily rule out chatroom abductor By Melissa A. Wabnitz Transcript Staff Writer PURCELL -- Just steps from her father's apartment on N. 8th St, investigators said they identified and apprehended Friday afternoon a 26-year-old man they believe is responsible for the kidnapping and subsequent murder of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin. Bolin was reported missing after she failed to return home Wednesday afternoon from a trip to the library. A downstairs neighbor, Kevin Ray Underwood, is being held without bond in the McClain County Jail today and will be charged...

Hitachi is working on an R2D2-like security robot on wheels that can map out its surroundings using infrared sensors and a camera to detect missing items, suspicious packages and intruders. ADVERTISEMENT The 22-inch tall robot, which looks like a trash can and is reminiscent of the small, beeping robot in "Star Wars," has a swiveling camera that protrudes like a periscope, enabling it to watch for suspicious changes in the landscape and send photos to a guard, Hitachi said Tuesday. The Japanese electronics maker has no commercial product plans so far but believes the roving robot, which can figure out...

Rome paid tribute to the barbarians clamoring at her gates. It didn't do any good. Paying ransom only postponed the inevitable sacking, burning, and looting of the empire's capital. The UK's Neville Chamberlain sought to pacify Hitler, only to see Brits hiding in basements from the blitzkrieg a few years later. Instead of remembering history's lessons, the Washington Post today indulges in feel-good, intellectual rationalization of Muslim intolerance and hatred. In a 5-page manifesto entitled, "Anatomy of the Cartoon Protest Movement," authors Anthony Shadid and Kevin Sullivan exercise unlimited poetic license, calling Islamist hooliganism "a rare moment of empowerment among...

Deaf Golfer Competes With The Best Save It Email It Print It (CBS 13) His name is Kevin Hall. He's been playing golf since he was nine. But he has never heard his club hit the ball or that wonderful sound that comes when your ball rolls into the cup. Kevin Hall looks like any other golfer out there. Thee only difference? He can't hear a thing. He is completely deaf. A lot of times the gallery has no idea. "When they see me signing, then I see their eyes going ‘oh, what's he doing? What's that?’” said Kevin. “My...

Three environmental activists were cooking up plastic explosives and had planned to test a device the day they were arrested, federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday as they indicted them. The three face five to 20 years in federal prison if they are convicted of conspiring to use fire or explosives to damage property. The suspects planned assaults this spring in the name of the Earth Liberation Front, a 'loosey-goosey, sort of mist-of-the-fog kind of an organization' of environmental activists, U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott said. Eric McDavid, 28, Zachary Jensen, 20, and Lauren Weiner, 20, remain in jail. They could enter a...

After a delay of nearly a month, a Flagstaff woman accused of being connected with the 1998 firebombing of a logging company in Oregon has been released from jail. Kendall Tankersley, 28, also known as Sarah Harvey, was released from an Oregon jail Jan. 10 on $150,000 bond. She is back in Flagstaff, ready to begin taking two classes at Northern Arizona University. Tankersley, a former employee at the university, was indicted in November by a federal grand jury in Oregon. She is accused of attempted arson and arson, acting as a lookout, in connection with a fire at U.S....

The throngs of "anti-war" marchers heading to DC to attend the September 24th rally don't know that they are being used. CodePINK and United For Peace and Justice are both prodigy of Global Exchage, the 501(3)c non-profit formed by Global's Medea Benjamin. It's the "Benjamins For Benjamin Weekend"!. Using the attraction of a Hate America event to lure attendees, Code Pink's Medea Benjamin's cash cow, Global Exchange, has scheduled one of it's "Green Festivals" for the same weekend and is running it in competition with the anti-war events scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. How convenient? How many people will...

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Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary felt what it was like to be shot with a Taser on Thursday, then immediately got to his feet and affirmed that the stun gun is a valuable tool for law enforcement. The demonstration came in response to criticism that five people have died in official custody in Central Florida since 2002 after being shocked with a Taser. Beary, wearing sleaveless black shirt, was hooked up to a heart monitor as two deputies held his arms on either side. Sgt. Paul Hopkins of the sheriff's SWAT team then shot Beary in the back. As the...

<p>FOUR YEARS AGO, private investigator Paul Ingels thought Death Row inmate Kevin Cooper might not be guilty.</p> <p>A former Pomona cop, Ingels was involved in the hunt for Cooper when he was wanted for the 1983 Chino Hills murders of Douglas Ryen, Peggy Ryen, their 10-year-old daughter, Jessica, and 11-year-old houseguest Christopher Hughes, as well as the near fatal attack of Josh Ryen, 8. Later, when Ingels was hired to investigate the case by Cooper's defense lawyers, he was skeptical, but signed on clear in the conviction that it was his job to follow the facts wherever they led -- guilty or not guilty.</p>

Kevin and God: My brother Kevin thinks God lives under his bed. At least that's what I heard him say one night. He was praying out loud in his dark bedroom, and I stopped outside his closed door to listen. Are you there, God?" he said. "Where are you? Oh, I see. Under the bed." I giggled softly and tiptoed off to my own room. Kevin's unique perspectives are often a source of amusement. But that night something else lingered long after the humor. I realized for the first time the very different world Kevin lives in. He was born...