October 9, 2008
States’ Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal
By IAN URBINA
Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The […]
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By Terry Hutchens and Mark Alesia, The Indianapolis Star
Indiana University President Michael McRobbie will hold a 3 p.m. press conference to talk about the NCAA allegations against basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, Indiana University officials announced this morning.
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Images: (Samson & Delilah) via bp3.blogger.com via teaattrianon.blogspot.com; (Map) Rand McNally via 2chambers.com;
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Representative Mike Pence, an Indiana Republican, said the Shorja market was “like a normal outdoor market in Indiana.” –Pool Photo by Sabah Arar
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Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, in baseball cap,visited the Shorja market in Baghdad on Sunday with Gen. David H. Petraeus, left, the commander of the American forces in Iraq, accompanied by […]
March 26, 2007
Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers
By CHARLES DUHIGG
The New York Times
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Jacqueline Wheeler with her mother Mary Derks, who bought a long-term-care policy from Conseco, which denied coverage. ( Anne Sherwood for The New York Times)
CONRAD, Mont. — Mary Rose Derks was a 65-year-old widow in 1990, when she began preparing for […]
by their failure to have ever noticed this body of water.
Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 09:51 GMT
Probe reveals seas on Saturn moon
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News, Houston
Cassini radar image of the sea on Titan compared with image of Lake Superior
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Nasa’s Cassini probe has found evidence for seas, probably filled with liquid hydrocarbons, at […]
Why anyone would go out of their way to be humiliated is beyond me. Then again, Greencastle, Indiana may not offer the cultural opportunities of say–Muncie.
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February 25, 2007
Sorority Evictions Raise Issue of Looks and Bias
By SAM DILLON
GREENCASTLE, Ind. — When a psychology professor at DePauw University here surveyed students, they described one sorority as […]
Today’s TPMMUCKRAKER has some funny stories about Indiana’s Republican Attorney General’s suing
the latest life form of the swift boaters–The Economic Freedom Fund, bank-rolled by Bob Perry–for harassing voters with automatic calls to cast their ballot for a republican on the ticket.
Also, Halliburton had offered a medal to a wounded employee top keep him from suing […]
“Salon’s shameful six
There was Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004. Here are the six states where vote suppression could cost voters their voice — and Democrats the election — in 2006.
By Art Levine
Aug. 15, 2006 | Eva Steele has a son in the military who is supposed to be fighting for freedom in Iraq, […]
Had not Henry Stanislaus Trblinkski not been paying attention before landing his Piper Boll Wevil-25 at Sounth Bend airport, he would have not seen these two massive UFOs hovering over the sell-out crowd. He grabbed a camera shot the picture and within an hour of landing was taken into custody
whence he has not been seen.
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From Yahoo…
In the News 2:11pm, Sat Feb 25
Iran gov’t. warns of risk of ‘endless civil war’
Al-Qaida threatens to hit more Saudi sites
Democrats: Bush lax on security in ports deal
Search for trapped Mexican miners halted
5th-grade teacher accused of sex with student
Deer die after antlers lock during combat
“The antlers would have to be cut or broken […]