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Stop the presses! Pigs are flying! Hell is freezing over! The same Black liberal Democrat church leaders that have always willingly broken IRS rules to allow Democrats campaign in their churches have apparently experienced their “Road to Damascus Moment.” They are now demanding that the Democrats who rule them in Chicago allow the hated (by liberals) WalMart to open a store within the limits of the Windy City. A group of more than 200 Black church leaders representing about 100,000 people is demanding that Mayor Richard M. Daley “make it happen” and the store be opened as soon as possible...

With More Troubled Families, More Runaways Monica Almeida/The New York Times Clinton Anchors, 18, in Medford, Ore., has been on his own, living in the streets and camping in the woods since he was 12. By IAN URBINA Published: October 25, 2009 MEDFORD, Ore. — Dressed in soaked green pajamas, Betty Snyder, 14, huddled under a cold drizzle at the city park as several older boys decided what to do with her. Monica Almeida/The New York Times Nikki Hall, 16, in her parents' foreclosed home in Medford, Ore., where she has been squatting in order to finish the year at...

HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, N.J. - The last of six wolf-hybrid dogs who escaped from a fenced in property in northwestern New Jersey this week has returned home.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An investigation by Florida authorities has found that there were no credible threats to a teenager who ran away from her Ohio home because she says she feared for her life after converting to Christianity from Islam. A summary of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation into Rifqa Bary's (RIF'-kuh BEHR'-ee) allegations was unsealed Monday. The probe found no reports of threats against Bary in Florida or Ohio.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The teen who ran away from her Ohio home after converting from Islam to Christianity will stay with her foster parents in Orlando for the time being, a judge ruled. The judge also put a gag order on all the attorneys involved in the case, barring them from talking to the media. Rifqa Bary, 17, ran away to Florida in July, saying she feared being killed for changing religions. The Florida judge also ordered sealed a police report about a teenage girl. The judge said two weeks ago that he would postpone deciding whether Bary should return...

<p>Joan Jett has a black heart for a former bandmate.</p> <p>The hard-rocking frontwoman is suing a bassist of her first band, the Runaways, for blocking a film about the all-girl hard-rock group.</p> <p>Jacqueline Fuchs, a k a Jackie Fox, who played for the band from December 1975 to June 1977, claims to own a piece of its trademark and has gone out of her way to disrupt the biopic, titled "The Runaways."</p>

Pamela Geller has the most recent news. WND will have an update shortly that Florida Governor Crist has weighed in and taken action. Every bit of news has a promise and threat. Threat is that she could end up with who knows what in the FL foster parent system. I wish she could stay with some Christians that would put her interests first. The promise is that Christ may have saved her life, for now.

Back in 2002, my then-Senate boss, Sen. Bob Smith (R-NH) had the good fortune to meet with young Elian Gonzalez in Miami and with his extended Miami family. He was only six years old and his mother had perished tragically at sea on their raft, hoping to bring him to freedom and a better life. The Senator knew after questioning him at length that he wanted to stay in America. Sadly, the Clinton Administration, which changed Cuban asylum policy to wet foot/dry foot (meaning that those seeking refuge from the communist island nation had to make it to dry land),...

Fathima Rifqa Bary, a 17 year old girl from Columbus, Ohio is hoping a Florida court will protect her from her devoutly Muslim parents, who have threatened her with death... because she has become a Christian. Tomorrow Rifqa will argue for her life in front of a Florida judge. Pamela Geller from the blog Atlas Shrugs has been following this story closely and joins EC to discuss how Rifqa's case is unique, not in the fact that she has been marked for death by her family, but in that she has escaped and is telling her story publicly... and the...

A young Christian runaway in custody of child protective services awaits her hearing tomorrow when Florida authorities will decide whether she will be forced to return to her Muslim parents – whom she says will kill her for converting to Christianity. Fathima Rifqa Bary, 17, an honor student and cheerleader, was raised in a Muslim family in Columbus, Ohio. She became a Christian four years ago as a result of her interactions with children at school. Atlas Shrugs' Pamela Geller has followed Bary's case closely, reporting that the girl's friends accompanied her to the school counselor after they noticed bruises...

The RedEye gang discusses.

SEATTLE – How could anyone – let alone a 9-year-old – talk his way onto two flights without a reservation in the post-Sept. 11 era? That's what federal and airline officials have been scrambling to figure out since Semaj Booker made his improbable journey from Washington state to Texas. Southwest Airlines was still looking into how the 4-foot-9, 80-pound fourth-grader made his way through security and onto two flights Monday, from Seattle to Phoenix and then to San Antonio. Semaj, said to have been trying to reach his grandfather in Dallas, also is accused of leading police on a high-speed...

Pennsylvania State police are searching for a 14-year-old girl reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint after her parents were murdered. Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for Kara Beth Borden, who was last seen at 8 a.m. in Warwick Township, Lancaster County. Police reported that the teen was taken by 18-year-old David G. Ludwig. Authorities say he was last seen driving a red Volkswagen Jetta with Pennsylvania registration E-H-H-0-9-9-4. Borden is described as white, 5-feet-1, and 100 pounds, with brown hair with blond highlights. She was last seen wearing a black sweat shirt with "Pillar" across the front, blue jeans and black...

After making his first court appearance on Thursday, 50-year-old James Michael Broomas is out on a $10,000-bond. State District Judge Carol Davies also ordered Broomas to stay at least 200 yards away from the intersections of Montrose and Westheimer where many of his alleged victims congregate. The news of his release has made Montrose street kids extremely worried. “I am terrified, honestly, because I had piercings in my back, and he whipped me and he tore every piercing out of my back,” one Montrose teen named Terry says. Broomas was arrested Wednesday after police received a tip from Sen. Rodney...

I got the below as a joke from my wife. What would any of you do if you got something like this? I would show her there are worse things than being grounded.

Democrats stew as GOP talks about dropping sanctions Hold off on the Nobel Peace Prize nominations for anyone involved in bringing Texas Senate Republicans and Democrats back together. After a day of reconciliation, things got testy Wednesday as who had fled to New Mexico demanded an end to sanctions that prohibit them from parking at the Capitol and bar their staffs from the Senate floor. Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, D-Austin, triggered the confrontation when he complained to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst about the sanctions that remain in place until each of the senators who boycotted pays $57,000 in fines levied by...

Redistricting feud erases spirit of bipartisanship in Legislature Associated Press AUSTIN (AP) — In late April, Republican and Demo cratic state senators seemed as though they were school children having a great time on a field trip. They took a yellow school bus to an East Austin residence where they stood behind their leader, Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, as he announced a sweeping proposal to change how the state funds its public schools. Afterward, the lawmakers lined up at an ice cream cart, joking and laughing on that hot and sweaty day. Fast forward a few months. Nearly all...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Democratic senators in exile may ask the federal courts to halt to(sic) redistricting in the Texas Legislature, which would allow them to return home without having to participate in the effort that would likely end with their party losing clout in Washington. On Day 4 of their holdout in an Albuquerque hotel, the 11 Democrats remained tight-lipped about their strategy to end the standoff with Texas Republican leaders. At their daily press briefing, several senators said they have to keep open every alternative, but they insisted that no decision had been made on whether to go...

Democrats return to Austin 05/16/2003 Associated Press AUSTIN - Dozens of runaway Democrats returned early Friday to the Texas Capitol after a weeklong, self-imposed exile in Oklahoma that resulted in killing an adverse congressional redistricting bill. The 51 exiled Democrats congratulated each other for enduring four days away from a Republican-dominated Texas House chamber and avoiding the reach of state troopers who were ordered to round them up for thwarting a quorum. As the Democrats' two charter buses pulled up to the Capitol, Rep. Pete Gallego said, "Hey, guys -- be proud of yourselves. We really made a difference." Biding...

CURRENT RUMOR HAS TEXAS DEMOCRATS IN OKLAHOMA HOTEL Rumor continues... OK governor not cooperating, feds may be brought in.

The Eugene Homeless Initiative's seven-week-old protest in downtown Eugene has reignited debate over how to deal with the city's homeless population. Tuesday morning, Melissa Mona, a member of the city's Human Rights Commission, crawled under a chain-link fence to send food, water, coffee and cigarettes up to "Traveler," who lodged himself in a cedar tree in the Lane County Park Blocks on Oct. 12. The city erected the fence last Friday to prevent pedestrians from getting hit on the head by items falling from Traveler's perch. His supporters say the city wants to starve him out of the tree by...