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Doctors are failing to diagnose HIV in older patients, who are exposed to greater risk of infection as erectile dysfunction drugs extend their sex lives, a study published by the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The report in the WHO Bulletin found that increasing numbers of sexually active people aged 50 and upwards -- who are more likely to risk unprotected sex than younger people -- are contracting the AIDS virus.Snip

Oh, yep, yep I just barfed a little in my mouth. I'm ok, I'm ok, deep breaths. I'm in my happy place... From SF Gate:"The Southern California mother of octuplets is being offered $1 million to star in hardcore porn. Vivid Entertainment spokeswoman Jackie Martin says the offer also promises a year of health insurance for Nadya Suleman and her 14 children. Suleman gave birth to octuplets at a Bellflower hospital on Jan. 26, and already had six other children. The home the unemployed single-mother lives in is facing foreclosure." (image on site) This image provided by NBC shows Nadya...

The joint media availability in the White House Rose Garden was dropped Monday because the nation's capital was blanketed in snow, but administration officials didn't explain why the event was not moved inside, The Times of London reported Tuesday.

From Rapper Luther Campbell Slams Media Over Child Support Jail-Time Reports (PostChronicle.com, 2/23/09): Veteran rapper Luther Campbell has hit out at reports he was jailed for skipping child support payments, and accused the media and authorities in his native Miami, Florida of waging a vendetta against him. Reports this week (18Feb09) suggested the 48-year-old 2 Live Crew star had been thrown behind bars for failing to make payments to his ex-lover Shakera Morgan. But Campbell insists he was jailed 'unfairly' because of unpaid legal fees, not child support payments. In a statement released to Allhiphop.com he says, "The Miami Herald...

It is a simple enough question: who bought the credit default swaps that American International Group sold during the housing bubble? And at this point — after Bailout No. 4, with the government handing A.I.G. another $30 billion to go with the previous $150 billion — you would think that the taxpayers would have the right to know that information. Is it Goldman? Royal Bank of Scotland? The Irish banks that are on the verge of collapse? What happened to all that transparency the new administration keeps talking about? In the wake of my column on Saturday, I received a...

As the American People watch their money dissapear one day after another as Obama's ever bigger federal government becomes ever more meddlesome in the private sector, who can possibly blame people for saying to hell with it?

Conservative Republicans want Barack H. Obama to fail... But they do not want the country to fail. Conservative Republicans disagree with the increase in taxes and huge porkulus bills because it is not best for our country nor is good for the rest of the world’s economies. Soldiers and marines are fighting and dying against Islamo-facist terrorist, while President Obama is willing to turn them all loose from Guantanamo. Conservative Republicans disagree with spending huge sums of money and running up huge deficits. They wanted Barak H. Obama to fail in those endeavors. It is best for the country if...

When Rush Limbaugh speaks... Fox News and CNN each aired Limbaugh's keynote speech to the CPAC Saturday afternoon. It was the biggest draw all weekend on cable news. • From 4:46pm-6:20pmET Fox News averaged 511,000 A25-54 demo viewers and 2.22M Total Viewers. The network peaked at 6pm with 602,000/2.73M. FNC also produced an hour Sunday night at 9pmET with speech highlights which drew 454,000/1.66M. It was Sunday's most-watched cable news hour. • CNN added another 222,000 demo viewers and 932,000 Total Viewers for their Limbaugh coverage from 4:47pm - 6:12pm. • MSNBC stayed with their documentary programming which, from 4pm-7pm,...

ATTENTION FREEPERS! CALL TO ACTION! Tax Day Tea Party in Indianapolis Wednesday, April 15, 2009 from Noon to 2:00 PM. (Location to be determined) Join facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=133353805620&ref=nf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday urged bold action action to pull the economy out of a deepening slump, even if it means a surge in U.S. government debt. "We are better off moving aggressively today to solve our economic problems," he told the Senate. "The alternative could be a prolonged episode of economic stagnation that would not only contribute to further deterioration in the fiscal situation, but would also imply lower output, employment and incomes for an extended period," he said. President Barack Obama's recent budget proposal projects an explosion of the budget deficit to...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Citigroup Inc. said Tuesday that it will lower mortgage payments for some homeowners to an average of $500 a month for three months as part of a new program to help the unemployed. ... qualify for assistance from Citigroup under the Homeowner Unemployment Assist program include those that are 60 days or more past due on their mortgages or in foreclosure and can pay the reduced amount. Customers must also have a first mortgage loan that is owned and serviced by CitiMortgage Inc. and conforms to government sponsored enterprise limits. The house must also be the...

Former American International Group Inc. (AIG) Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg has sued the company, alleging securities fraud tied to misrepresentations of billion of dollars in losses on the company's portfolio of credit default swaps. Greenberg, who led the insurance giant for almost 40 years, claimed misrepresentations by the defendants - which include former Chief Executive Martin Sullivan, former Chief Financial Officer Steven Bensinger, the former head of AIG's financial products division, Joseph Cassano, and four directors - led him to acquire stock in AIG at an artificially inflated price as part of his deferred compensation plan. Greenberg, who is...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Largest Marksmanship Event on the Planet World Record Attempt to be Made Locally Contact: [local name and phone number] On April 18 and 19th, the Revolutionary War Veterans Association's "Project Appleseed" rifle marksmanship clinic will be in town at XYZ [location] for a history-making attempt at establishing a world record for the longest cumulative firing line spread over the largest land area in history - a total of 2.5 miles of firing line spread over the North American continent - from California to Florida, Texas to Minnesota, Arizona to Maine. It will be the biggest marksmanship event...

Here is video of personal finance expert Dave Ramsey explaining to a caller last night how to avoid going into bankruptcy. Ramsey's program airs on the Fox Business Channel. . . . . (Watch Video)

One man and a vision Frans Gunnink chats with Johan Huibers, Dutch ‘Ark’-builder Johan Huibers is now well-known as the self-employed Dutch carpenter who has built a working ‘Ark’ nearly half as long as Noah’s original. Since opening for public viewing in mid-2007 in the Netherlands, many thousands of visitors have ‘flooded’ into the ‘Ark’...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (3/03/09) CONTACT: Nathan Bowers Tel: (412) 749-5720 Email: nbowers@meakem.com Meakem Will Not Run for Senate: Says Endorsement Likely Within Weeks Pittsburgh entrepreneur Glen Meakem announced today that he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Arlen Specter. Meakem, who announced in February that he would either run against Specter or support another candidate who could beat Specter in the Republican Primary and win the general election, said: "After careful consideration, I have decided along with my wife that obligations to our young family and my business partners make it too difficult for me...

The University of Southern California has received a $6.9 million grant to study the growth, reach, and impact of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity - one of the world’s fastest growing religious movements. The university's College of Letters, Arts & Sciences Center for Religion and Civic Culture has used the grant to establish the Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative (PCRI), which will provide a scholarly framework to investigate Pentecostalism and the various renewal movements that have emerged in Roman Catholicism and mainline Protestantism. Awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, the grant is the largest amount ever given toward the study of...

40 Days for Life consists of 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion, 40 days of constant, peaceful vigil outside abortion centers and Planned Parenthood offices and 40 days of active pro-life community outreach. Your community may be participating in this prayerful vigil. If so, please join others in your area or unite with thousands across America during the 40 days of Lent in praying for an end to abortion in this nation.

White House Budget Director Peter Orszag on Tuesday defended President Barack Obama's $3.6 trillion federal budget and its proposal to raise taxes on more affluent Americans. "We have lived through an era of irresponsibility," Orszag told the House Budget Committee. "Looking forward, we must change course." Lawmakers in both parties have questioned Obama's call to reduce high-income earners' tax deductions for the interest on their house payments and for charitable contributions. Also drawing fire is his proposal to start taxing industries on their greenhouse gas pollution — a move sure to raise consumers' electric rates. Obama's budget plan drew fire...