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Marilyn Dash of Hayward, who took her first flying lesson nine years ago on her 37th birthday, is now tearing around pylons at 180 miles per hour, 50 feet off the ground in her souped-up biplane, surrounded by a swarm of other planes all dashing to a finish line in the air. Dash will be one of more than 150 pilots competing in six classes of aircraft - from biplanes to jets - when the National Championship Air Races and Air Show take off Sept. 10 to 14 in Reno. In addition to dozens of wingtip-to-wingtip races at as much...

I don't usually forward emails, but I work with Soldiers Angels by adopting soldiers and sending them letters, emails and care packages. I got an email request from a member of the group who is in Northern CA and trying to help a Navy vet. Please take a minute to read it and if you can help out a little, that would be great. --------------------------- I need your help. I am in Northern California and have been trying to help one of our vets, Chris and his fiancé Rhonda get back on the their feet. They are new arrivals to...

Less than a month after filing for divorce, the estranged wife of David Hasselhoff has filed for a court order on a claim of domestic violence by the former "Baywatch" star, according to court records. Actress Pamela Bach, 42, made the filing Monday against Hasselhoff, 53, in Los Angeles Superior Court, summary records on the court's Web site show. At a private hearing, Bach also asked for a temporary restraining order against the actor, but a judge denied the request, instead instructing the two to stay away from each other. "The court indicated that she should stay where she is,...

12-year-old Jasmine Roberts is a seventh-grade student at Benito Middle School in New Tampa. When it came time for her to choose a science project, she wondered about the ice in fast food restaurants. Jasmine Roberts, 7th-grade student: "My hypothesis was that the fast food restaurants’ ice would contain more bacteria that the fast food restaurants’ toilet water." So Roberts set out to test her hypothesis, selecting five fast food restaurants, within a ten-mile radius of the University of South Florida. Roberts says at each restaurant she flushed the toilet once, the used sterile gloves to gather samples. Jasmine Roberts:...

This site lists all the nick names Dubya has for people. Some are very funny. He calls Barney Fank "Sabertooth" & and Maureen Dows is "The Cobra". http://www.nndb.com/group/750/000091477/

Female survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were urged by government rescuers to flash their breasts in order to receive help in the immediate aftermath of the storm. That according to English tourists who are now just returning to the United Kingdom, relating their horror stories to British media.

New York's comptroller urged the nation's top health official Sunday to ban high-risk sex offenders and convicted rapists from receiving Viagra paid for by Medicaid. "Federal, state and local reimbursement for the cost of erectile dysfunction drugs for sex offenders raises serious policy considerations and has the potential to place the public at risk," Comptroller Alan Hevesi wrote Michael Leavitt, secretary of Health and Human Services. "I am asking that you take immediate action to ensure that sex offenders do not receive erectile dysfunction medication paid for by the taxpayers. I urge you to take administrative action to remedy the...

An Ohio lawyer is accused of raping a 4-month-old infant and photographing himself during the heinous act — then going on the lam and vanishing in Manhattan, where he's feared to be still preying on little kids, The Post has learned. "He is a very real and dangerous threat to young children," Assistant Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Cathy Jones said of John Dallas Lockhart, 36. "We believe he is still in the New York area. We are convinced he is continuing his sexual assaults." Chillingly, Lockhart — a lawyer who records show is the son-in-law of a former Ohio state...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Things are getting very grim here in Washington. The Democrats are fighting a desperate rear-guard action against the Republicans on several fronts. They are fighting to maintain their death grip on federal judicial appointments. They are resisting Social Security reform. They are using every expedient to scandalize the president's designated UN ambassador, John Bolton. This is not a constructive use of power, for the Democrats have no constructive proposals to advance. It is merely a grim assertion of "no" to the political party now controlling the White House and Capitol Hill. That is why I, as a...

In his final broadcast as anchor of the CBS Evening News, Dan Rather stunned the American people by revealing, at long last, what the frequency is. "Friends, years ago, a gentleman accosted me on the street in Manhattan and asked me, 'What is the frequency, Kenneth?'" the longtime anchor said at the end of the broadcast Wednesday night. "Tonight, I would like to answer that question once and for all." "For the past twenty-four years, I have used these broadcasts to send thought-control brainwaves through your TV sets," the veteran newsman continued. "In order to receive those signals, your brain...

In his final broadcast as anchor of the CBS Evening News, Dan Rather stunned the American people by revealing, at long last, what the frequency is. "Friends, years ago, a gentleman accosted me on the street in Manhattan and asked me, 'What is the frequency, Kenneth?'" the longtime anchor said at the end of the broadcast Wednesday night. "Tonight, I would like to answer that question once and for all." "For the past twenty-four years, I have used these broadcasts to send thought-control brainwaves through your TV sets," the veteran newsman continued. "In order to receive those signals, your brain...

I just saw an interview with Mike Walker who was promoting his new book: Rather Dumb: A Top Tabloid Reporter tells CBS How to Do News

President George W. Bush, on the election campaign trail, insists that the United States must continue to push hard in the War on Terror. He says that, among other issues, this election will determine how America responds to the ongoing danger of terrorism. "Iraq is a central commitment in the War on Terror, which requires all our resources, all our strengths," he said in Mason City, Iowa last week. "If America shows uncertainty or weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy . . . . We're staying on the offensive, we'll strike the terrorists abroad, we'll spread...

The Washington Redskins have proved to be a time-tested election predictor. In the previous 15 elections, if the Washington Redskins have lost their last home game prior to the election, the incumbent party has lost the White House. When they have won, the incumbent has stayed in power. This election year, that deciding game takes place on Sunday, October 31 ... vs. Green Bay. GO SKINS!!!!

I found this while searching LA CAsting for audition notices. Notice the commercial is NON UNION and does not pay. John Kerry for President McBride Casting Commercial, Non-Union Posted: 10/4/2004 Genre Standard Spot Format Digital Video Union Status Non-Union Run(Usage) cable Rate none Casting Company McBride Casting Casting Dates Wed. 10/6/04 Audition Location Democratic Headquarters 900 Wilshire Blvd Santa Monica CA 90401 Shoot/Performance Dates Sat. 10/9/04 Shoot/Performance Dates Note the shoot will be in Santa Monica or Venice CA Roles US ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL / Male or Female / All Ethnicities / All Ages Men and women of the Armed...

I was searching LA CAsting for auditions & saw this one. Looks like they are really reaching.....and it is NON-UNION!!!! John Kerry for President McBride Casting Commercial, Non-Union Posted: 10/4/2004 Casting Company McBride Casting Casting Dates Wed. 10/6/04 Audition Location Democratic Headquarters 900 Wilshire Blvd Santa Monica CA 90401 Shoot/Performance Dates Sat. 10/9/04 Shoot/Performance Dates Note the shoot will be in Santa Monica or Venice CA Roles: US ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL / Male or Female / All Ethnicities / All Ages Men and women of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, etc.) that served in Iraq, are voting...

Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey celebrated the opening of her 19th season on US TV today by surprising each of her 276 audience members with a new car. We’re calling this our wildest dream season, because this year on the Oprah show, no dream is too wild, no surprise too impossible to pull off,” Winfrey said. Making sure the audience was kept in suspense, Winfrey opened the show by calling 11 audience members onto the stage. She gave each of them a car – a Pontiac G6. She then had gift boxes distributed to the rest of the audience and...

I received this email from a friend & just don't have the time or ability to respond to each point. Can you guys help out? Subject: List of lies #1 Economic Plan Hello dear citizens! I Just can't stand it anymore, (I have to send a "form email" to all in my address book!) One thing that's bumming me out about this presidential campaign is that neither side seems to have the guts to just explain their agenda honestly and let us decide if we like it. While Kerry doesn't seem to have much beyond a "fix-it" list around the...

I tuned into MSNBC in time to see Joe Scarborough & Ron Reagan Jr talking about Kerry....while someone held up a sign in the background that said: KERRY BETRAYED HIS VIETNAM BROTHERS

RICE LAKE, Wis. (AP) - He hasn't reached voting age yet, but Jason Rae has earned a place at the red-hot center of the Democratic Party. The 17-year-old has won the election to one of Wisconsin's four spots to the Democratic National Committee and will go to Boston's convention next month. Rae will be a senior in high school next year and has an impressive resume: first in his class, student council president, editor of the yearbook, active in his church. He's also earned his political chops. Rae serves on the re-election steering committee of Sen. Russ Feingold, has worked...