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- snip - Police say Montoya was caught in the girl's bedroom when her mother checked on her at about 2 a.m. Sunday. The girl had severe injuries. When a judge asked Montoya if he had anything to say, he replied, "I am sorry for real. I never did anything like this before in my life. It is stupid."

Sunday is the Lord’s Day. Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday morning, so Sunday is reserved as the “Lord’s Day,” the day to remember the Resurrection and to offer our praise and worship. Sunday is the Christian “Sabbath,” a shift from the Jewish Sabbath that runs from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday. God gave us the Third Commandment as a solemn obligation, not a suggestion or an option: “Keep holy the Sabbath day (Ex 20:8-11; Dt 5:12-15) (see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Numbers 2174 – 2178).Regular Sunday worship dates back to the first generation...

WASHINGTON (AP) - With health care legislation at a crossroads, the nation's hospitals are near agreement with a key lawmaker and the White House to pick up part of the cost of President Barack Obama's plan for expanded coverage, officials said Monday. The precise size of the deal was not available, although several days ago, talks were focused in the range of $150 billion to $155 billion over a decade. These officials said under the emerging agreement, hospitals would accept lower-than-anticipated payments under Medicare and Medicaid, the federal health care programs for seniors and the poor.

Michael Jackson the King of pop died recently. I thought I'd share what I know about this. Jacko as some of you know faced accusations of child molestation. Did it really happen? The answer is no. You see several years ago I worked for an organization based in Boston called the Liberty Task force. It was a human rights anti terror group. We studied Michael Jackson's case. It turns out that the problem was not sexual deviancy but a psychological problem brought on from an abusive and non existent childhood. At best it could be called inappropriate behavior. Michael Jackson...

What do you think of this ? Computer and internet working fine when I went to bed last night . This morning discovered that the only site I can access is Free Republic ! Can’t even get to my Yahoo page to check emails there . No other sites in my favorites accessible . Also , all pics posted on FR are red Xs . Regular email OK . Have I been hit with a virus or what ? I use XP and IE .

It is hard to consider a report with only 227 polled as being a total bogey for the whims and will of the nation. But Chief Executive magazine’s CEO Index that may show at least some concern even to those who would be fine with green shoots. The report shows the monthly CEO Index having pulled back by about 2% or 1.4 points to reading of 74.3 points for June. The reasons may be more interesting than the report, because this breaks 3 consecutive months of increases. This survey shows that CEOs are still wary about the current business climate....

Perhaps in an effort to shore up his budgetary bona fides during a period of reckless spending, President Obama recently announced his goal to put the federal government on a budgetary diet. As Obama put it, under his plan “Congress can only spend a dollar if it saves a dollar elsewhere.” At first blush, all of this seems reasonable. Irrespective of party affiliation, Americans are upset with Washington’s utter lack of budget discipline, and any rule meant to rein in spending is something we should all endorse. But the problems with this pay-as-you-go budgeting, also known as “paygo,” are many....

> Previously, Daugé and her colleagues had shown that rats deprived of their mothers at birth become hypersensitive to the rewarding effect of morphine and heroin (substances belonging to the opiate family), and rapidly become dependent. In addition, there is a correlation between such behavioral disturbances linked to dependence, and hypoactivity of the enkephalinergic system, the endogenous opioid system. >

YAKIMA, Wash. — A Washington kindergarten teacher who sent a 5-year-old student home with a bag of feces tucked in his backpack has been formally reprimanded. A West Valley School District official warned teacher Sue Graham in a letter that similar behavior in the future will result in disciplinary action, including termination.

This falls into the "So Stupid you can't make this up" file. The Hill is reporting that Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Tex.) introduced legislation to honor the late Michael Jackson. The bill, entitled "A Tribute to an American Legend and Musical Icon," was introduced yesterday, and full text is not yet available. But in a bizarre twist, the legislation has been referred to the….House Foreign Affairs Committee? Huh? Is this a bilateral resolution with Canada to jointly honor MJ's contribution to North American culture or something? This resolution makes you think that Mother Teresa Died. This is just one more indication...

The media sure knows how to pile it on. The elite eastern establishement sure knows how to scream. Many said , I never thought she had a chance anyway. I'm talking about rank and file republicans least of all the bloody murder screams from the left. So why the big fuss over the , let me quote , under qualified , sporadic diva , who needs years to study up before ever being ready to run for President? The fuss is because the first shots of the 2012 Presidential campaign have been fired and it's got the establishment on both...

Is Apple (AAPL) planning to include video cameras in the next versions of the iPod Touch and iPod Nano? TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington floated that theory this morning, asserting that according to “one of our sources in Asia,” Apple has placed an order for “a massive number of camera modules” of the type used in the iPhone 3GS. He says that judging by the size of the order, the cameras can only be for one thing: iPods. The post asserts that the order is so large that camera will be added to the Nano as well as the Touch.

Fitch Ratings cut California's long-term general obligation bond rating by two notches to BBB, the second cut on the rating since late June, based on the state's inability to achieve an agreement on its budget and cash flow solutions amid its severe financial crisis. Legislators in the state have been deadlocked for more than a month on ways to close what is now a $26 billion deficit in a $92 billion general-fund budget. The state plans to issue a little over $3 billion in IOUs to thousands of creditors this month after lawmakers failed to come to an agreement on...

Here is video of David Tice from Federated Investors assessing the state of the U.S. Economy after the recent unemployment rate of 9.5% was announced. Tice believes unemployment will likely go as high as 12-15%. . . . . . (Watch Video)

Sarah Palin's recent resignation from her post as governor of Alaska may have baffled many, but her intentions are clear, say two people who have carefully watched the determined politician for the past year. "She wants to be president of the United States, and she has not been coy about that," says CBS News' Scott Conroy, who followed Palin on the 2008 campaign trail. Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, who covered Palin for Fox News, both guests today on Washington Unplugged, will be releasing a book in January about Palin. In some respects, Palin's resignation was not very surprising, Conroy and...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Nearly five months after President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a still-worsening economy has many wondering if stimulus is a bunch of baloney. In February, the stimulus bill was passed with the promise that funds would be paid out quickly to save or create 750,000 jobs by early August. Without it, the Obama administration said, unemployment could rise to 9% in 2010. With August quickly approaching, $56.3 billion, or 10% of stimulus funds have been paid out, and the unemployment rate has already risen to 9.5%. "This form of fiscal stimulus will...

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You might have heard: Alaska governor Sarah Palin has quit her job. In the sort of eye-rollingly silly spin that we've come to expect from the good governor, she attributed her first-term resignation to her unwavering dedication to the people of Alaska and her inability to accept political convention: "I'm not gonna put Alaskans through [a lame-duck second-term]. I promised efficiencies and effectiveness. That's not how I'm wired. I'm not wired to operate under the same old politics as usual." She announced she was transferring the governorship to her lieutenant governor so that her administration "with its positive agenda and...

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and first lady Michelle Obama look at a cat at Russian President's Dmitry Medvedev residence Gorki outside Moscow July 6, 2009. Visiting U.S. President Obama and Kremlin leader Medvedev agreed a target for cuts in nuclear arms and a deal to let U.S. troops fly across Russia at the start of a trip intended to mend strained ties. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and U.S. President Barack Obama talk at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, July 6, 2009. Visiting U.S. President Obama and Kremlin leader Medvedev agreed a target for cuts in nuclear arms...