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Afraid for our country

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Tuesday, December 22. 2009

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The follow opinion was written by Michael Goodwin, New York Post columnist.
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I am a baby boomer, which is to say my life has coincided with turbulent and awesome times. From the Cold War to Vietnam, from Watergate to Monicagate, through the horrors of 9/11 and the stunning lifestyle advances, my generation's era has been historic and exciting. [Full Story »]

Health Care Bill passes critical senate test in predawn hours

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Monday, December 21. 2009

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Senate Democrats won a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to remake the nation's medical system and cover 30 million uninsured. [Full Story »]

Geiger’s Counter: The printed word will never die

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Saturday, December 19. 2009

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The Story of the Recorded Word is a series of four panels by artist Edward Laning that adorns the arched walls of the fabulous McGraw Rotunda in the main branch of the New York Public Library.
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Are you worried about getting H1N1?

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Friday, December 18. 2009

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Health officials across the U.S. have been worrying for months that there won't be enough H1N1 vaccine to immunize everyone who needs protection against the flu virus. [Full Story »]

Christmas Cinema

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Thursday, December 17. 2009

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With only 7 days before Santa arrives the television seems to have turned itself over to 24/7 yuletide programming.

The finale of So You Think You Can Dance was the last straw as such fall populars as House, Glee, CSI, Fringe and Trauma all had their mid-season closers this past television week. [Full Story »]

Are we still in a recession?

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Tuesday, December 15. 2009

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White House economic adviser Larry Summers says that everyone can agree the recession is over and Americans have “walked back from the brink,” as experts predict that the unemployment rate could climb higher. [Full Story »]

Senate OKs $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill

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Monday, December 14. 2009

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The Senate passed on Sunday a massive spending bill that wraps up $1.1 trillion of the $3.6 trillion annual budget for fiscal year 2010, which started Oct. 1. [Full Story »]

Sarah Palin - revolting or revering?

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Friday, December 11. 2009

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By Dewie Whetsell, Alaskan Fisherman

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As posted in comments on Greta's article referencing the MOVEON ad about Sarah Palin.

The last 45 of my 66 years I've spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska . I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last year. Here's the breaking point: Neither side of the Palin controversy gets it. It's not about persona, style, rhetoric, it's about doing things. Even Palin supporters never mention the things that I'm about to mention here. [Full Story »]

Watch our stimulus programs at work

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Thursday, December 10. 2009

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Take a moment to watch this alarming video. [Full Story »]

How would you punish woman who hit 5-year-old?

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Thursday, December 10. 2009

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An 82-year-old woman hit and killed a five-year-old child who was getting off a school bus in Cobb County Wednesday. There is no question the oldster was at fault. [Full Story »]

Geiger’s Counter: The go-to guy for Christmas trees, community

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Wednesday, December 9. 2009

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For nearly 30 years, Tom Aiken has been Lamar County’s go-to guy for Christmas trees. [Full Story »]

Can we live free of debt?

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Tuesday, December 8. 2009

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It is no secret that debt is a word secured in our syntax. We use it everyday, multiple times a day. We use to discuss personal finances, business finances and even political states.

But that does not mean that some of us still harbor the idea of living debt free. What would that even look like? Would debt free mean living a "cash on the barrel" existence in which your salary went to household/auto expenses and the payments due for a service? Would it mean not having a credit card balance...at all? [Full Story »]

Remembering Pearl Harbor

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Monday, December 7. 2009

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The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, Operation Z, as it was called by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters) was an unannounced military strike conducted by the Japanese navy against the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941 (Hawaiian time, December 8 by Japan Standard Time), which resulted in the United States becoming militarily involved in World War II. [Full Story »]

Geiger’s Counter: Misconceptions destroyed during NYC trip

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Saturday, December 5. 2009

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I spent last week in New York City and had multiple misconceptions destroyed as a result. [Full Story »]

Are you doing the pink glove dance?

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Thursday, December 3. 2009

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The latest viral video to become a hit on YouTube is not only entertaining, it’s saving lives. It’s called the “Pink Glove Dance” and it was put together by an unlikely group of performers - more than 200 doctors, nurses, lab technicians, administrators and kitchen and janitorial staff from the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore. [Full Story »]