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Fox Business Network (FBN) said on Thursday it had signed a multiyear deal to show the Imus program on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. starting on October 5.

The man who alerted told the world that cargo ship the Arctic Sea was missing has fled Russia fearing Moscow's revenge. Russian piracy expert Mikhail Voitenko made it clear he believed the Russian state was involved in the bizarre disappearance of the ship last month. He was in hiding in Turkey today after warnings he hinted were from his country's secret services. There was speculation he may seek asylum in Britain, which has become the main asylum point for Russians who fall foul of the Kremlin. 'I received a call on Tuesday night,' he said. 'They said: 'Mikhail, we've all...

Here's an interesting piece of information on the day the United States announces it is cutting off aid to the Democratic Government of Honduras, The Taliban is on the unofficial payroll of the United States government. According to a report in Globalpost.com A portion of American taxpayer dollars slated for development projects in Afghanistan ends up in the hands of the Taliban. The United States Agency for International Development is investigating if its funds are being used by contractors to pay the Taliban for protection — from itself. Here's how it works, just like a Brooklyn mobster, the Taliban holds...

HELLENIC PYRAMIDS It is not well known that there are Greek pyramids . There are more than 16 pyramids spread all over the Greece. The oldest one is the pyramid of Hellinikon INTRODUCTION The existence of pyramids in Greece was unknown to most people until recently, and even today not much is known about them. For example, the pyramid of Hellenikon, near Argos, is older than the Pyramids of Egypt. In fact, Pausanias (in Graeciae Descriptio) says that this pyramid was a memorial in rememberance of the first battle fought by soldiers bearing shields! Pyramids in Greece are usually smaller...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who left office without much of a Republican bench of viable statewide candidates under him, is hosting a fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate and businessman Curtis Coleman. The $500/person fundraiser is being held on September 21 at Huckabee’s Little Rock home. Coleman, who managed Huckabee’s unsuccessful 1992 Senate campaign, is one of six Republicans to challenge Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.). He drew controversy earlier this year when he suggested people “might as well get visas and shots” when traveling to southeast Arkansas. Coleman’s chief Republican rival for the nomination is state senator Gilbert Baker, who...

Is beetroot the latest superfood? Beetroot may help reduce blood pressure but is it really a miracle cure? By Rose Prince 03 Sep 2009 Pass a packet of wine gums around, and everyone takes the red one. Confectioners know that colour sells – it always has, long before sweets were invented. Cherries, raspberries, blackcurrants and grapes have always been irresistible. But, if Mother Nature made healthy foods red in order to encourage us to eat more of them, where did she go wrong with beetroot? One glimpse of it haemorrhaging its juice over the hard-boiled egg and iceberg lettuce in...

Speculation Grows Over Another Supreme Court Nomination By John Stanton Roll Call Staff Sept. 3, 2009, 4:13 p.m. Speculation Grows Over Another Supreme Court Nomination U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’ decision to hire only one law clerk for the coming term — and not the normal three or four — has fueled speculation on Capitol Hill about whether the 89-year-old jurist is planning to step aside and the effect another high court retirement would have on the Senate’s already busy fall schedule. Stevens has typically hired all of his clerks for a coming term at once, but this...

Snowe Unlikely to Buck Gang to Cut White House Deal By Emily Pierce and David M. Drucker Roll Call Staff Sept. 3, 2009, 4:34 p.m. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) appears unlikely to walk away from bipartisan health care reform talks in the Senate Finance Committee to cut a side deal with the White House, but her spokeswoman said Thursday that she continues to keep an “open line of communication” with President Barack Obama. “The Senator’s foremost goal is to achieve a bipartisan consensus among the six members of the group on a path forward for meaningful health care reform,” Snowe...

Obama Speech to Hit on Familiar Themes By David M. Drucker Roll Call Staff Sept. 3, 2009, 4:10 p.m. When President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, he will try to resuscitate a health care reform effort that’s been badly bruised and battered over the August recess. But according to talking points being circulated in the Senate by the White House in advance of Obama’s prime-time speech, at least some of the president’s message will remain the same: Obama will frame the health care debate as one that pits those who want to improve the system...

Does anyone know anything about the Continental Congress 2009 movement? Is it legit? Your opinions please? http://www.cc2009.us/

Aunt Tells Of Dugard Family Joy Tina Dugard says the two young girls are educated and bright The first details have emerged of how the Dugard family is faring since the release of Jaycee Lee, who was abducted and held for 18 years in California. Aunt Tina Dugard told the Orange County Register there was a lot of laughing, crying, holding hands and reconnecting. She said Jaycee Lee's two girls "know what's going on" but had not been allowed to watch coverage of the case.

Matthew Haag and I have a story today about President Obama's plan next week to make a speech aimed at students. As it stands, Plano does not plan to air the speech live. But the school district will make the speech available on its website. The story has spread like wildfire this morning. As such, we wanted to put the question to you in a Plano Mini Poll. View the totals instantly after voting.

New claims for jobless aid fell less than expected last week, and the number of people continuing to receive unemployment benefits rose — further signs that any economic recovery will be hindered by a weak job market and flat incomes.

The top question in economic circles these days is whether it's time for the government to head for the exits and reign in the stimulus. Both the minutes of the August FOMC meeting and comments from Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner suggest major policymakers think it's too soon to take action. It's debatable whether the $787 billion stimulus package is really helping the economy, or if the Fed should stop its various and sundry emergency programs, says Charles Ortel, managing director of Newport Value Partners, an independent research firm. But there's a more fundamental issue at hand: Barack Obama is running...

It is a best practice in Britain to put patients receiving (often expensive) end-of-life care on a "death pathway" — which causes many premature deaths. Barack Obama "will accelerate efforts to develop and disseminate best practices." Uh-oh, that's two-thirds of a syllogism. I hope we don't have to find out how this one ends.

The son of imprisoned evangelist Kent Hovind says a judge's order to seize Creation Science Evangelism properties actually helps clear the path for a fresh start – free of legal trouble – if the Florida-based ministry can raise $170,000 in the next two weeks. Eric Hovind, who now leads Creation Science Evangelism, or CSE, told WND the federal government has given the ministry notice that the properties – which include the popular theme park Dinosaur Adventure Land – must be vacated by Sept. 15 if the forfeiture amount of $380,000 is not paid. The properties also include three homes. As...

FALL CITY, Wash. – Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game "World of Warcraft." As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa. Alexander, 19, needed help to break an addiction he calls as destructive as alcohol or drugs. He found it in this suburb of high-tech Seattle, where what claims to be the first residential treatment center for Internet addiction in the United States just opened its doors. The center, called ReSTART, is somewhat ironically located near Redmond, headquarters of Microsoft and a world center of the computer industry. It opened in July...

Senate President Darrell Steinberg wants state worker furloughs pared back, he said in a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this morning: In the months since the furloughs began, the evidence shows that the policy is costing the state money and further hurting the economy. It is a significant district issue for me as I represent so many state employees. Information we have gathered indicates that California will lose hundreds of millions of dollars in our general fund at the state tax agencies alone. The current furlough policy has become a "penny saved, a dollar lost" approach that can be corrected...

I believe B. Hussein Obama is trying to tell America, through his actions, he just won‘t say it, but I will: “Dear America, I hate you. I hate you because you’re stupid, you’re bigoted and you’re dangerous . I know that you’re stupid because you believe in an invisible man in the sky. Not only does that make you stupid, it makes you dangerous. After all, if you’re that easily led to believe in some invisible man in the sky then you might be led into believing in witches and you might burn people at the stake. I don’t care...

Just how transparent is the work of unelected staff members of the Air Resources Board as they prepare to micromanage California's private economy with as-yet unwritten regulations to curb global warming? Already, the state Air Resources Board is being challenged about how it has spent $57 million of tax money advanced by the Legislature to implement 2006's Global Warming Solutions Act, which ambitiously – and we feel unnecessarily – aims to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The ARB contends every dime is fully accounted for in a 141-page summary of 50,000 documents that show where the money has been spent to...