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Dr. Perry Inhofe, the son of Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., has died in a plane crash. Oklahoma City television station KOCO says a source close to the senator has confirmed his son was on board a plane that crashed near Owasso, Okla., on Sunday. The plane crashed in a wooded area about five miles north of Tulsa International Airport at 4 p.m., approximately 15 minutes after the pilot reported engine trouble.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A group of more than a dozen local volunteers, mostly military veterans, are scheduled to land in the Philippines Monday to aid with search-and-rescue efforts in the typhoon-ravaged country. KNX 1070′s Ed Mertz reports volunteers are from Team Rubicon, a non-profit organization started in 2010 by two former Marines who wanted to help with earthquake relief in Haiti. The group, which will be in the Philippines on an eight-day mission dubbed “Operation Seabird”, will search for and treat survivors in the city of Tacloban, where the death toll is estimated to be as high as 10,000....

An ailing World War II veteran shoots his disabled daughter, then himself. A son and brother is left grieving — and wondering.Decorated by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for bravery at the Battle of the Bulge, William Knox Roberts was a fighter. A surgery for liver cancer in 1999 had left him in the clear, but in February, he developed lung congestion that wouldn't clear. X-rays revealed chronic pulmonary disease — and a mass on his liver. In July, Kaiser placed him under hospice care. advertisement Advertisement He confided in his 59-year-old son, Tom, that breathing was like being waterboarded, and...

As terrible as the Haiyan typhoon has been for the Philippines, it is nowhere close to being the “worst storm ever,” as some media outlets have alleged. Current stories on Haiyan are describing it as the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in recorded history based on its extraordinary wind strength of 195 mph. However, in terms of loss of life, a cyclone that occurred 2,000 miles west of the Philippines some 40 years ago was far worse. In November 1970, the Bhola Cyclone smashed into East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and West Bengal (India) and killed at least 500,000 people...

When Matt Knapp was hired as a teacher in the Saginaw Public School district 11 years ago, he said he was given paperwork to sign to be a union member. "Oh, no," Knapp said he told the district employee. "I'd rather not be in the union." To his surprise, he was told it was a condition of employment. That changed last year when Michigan became a right-to-work state, which allows union members the freedom to choose whether they want to pay dues or fees to the union. When that happened, Knapp said he approached his union about how to opt...

The first wave of Obamacare cancellations has hit a group of Americans who are well-positioned to swing several critical Senate elections next November. “This voting bloc could have a decisive impact in close races in 2014,” according to a Nov. 11 memo from Resurgent Republic, a survey firm that tracks public opinion on GOP-related priorities. “Four of the nine most competitive states that Senate Democrats are defending have self-insured populations at or above the national average” of 5 percent, said the report. …

Nearly 50,000 people have enrolled in 12 ObamaCare insurance marketplaces operated by states since Oct. 1, according to a new analysis. The findings from consulting firm Avalere Health shed light on how many enrollees the administration may announce when it releases official sign-up data this week for the first time. Administration officials have sought to lower expectations about the numbers, arguing they will be especially low because of the problems plaguing HealthCare.gov. Past enrollment trends in Medicare Part D and under the Massachusetts' healthcare reform law also suggest that most people sign up right around enrollment deadlines. "Enrollment in new...

I just don’t get why Republicans, even conservatives, can’t seem to get their sound-bites wrapped around ZeroCare. The reason HHS keeps jacking "standards" is to raise the price of insurance such that people choose to pay the penalty and fund their own care. If they have a problem, they'll just have to rely upon Medicaid. It’s a twofer: a tax increase on the middle class with Medicaid becoming the default single-payer system. Middle class Americans will get the same "coverage" (or worse) than illegal aliens. It's equality and social justice for all you little people all in one swell foop!...

BUT: MORE: At NRO Moms Demand Action: Claims We Took Close-Up Photos Are ‘Flatly Untrue’ BUT Bearing Arms blog post responds in update to NRO post above. MDA [Moms Demand Action] seem to have stepped in it big time. BUT Charles C. W. Cooke of NRO post STILL isn't sure and wants anyone who knows more to contact him.

by BREITBART NEWS 11 Nov 2013, 10:29 AM PDT Coming in April 2014 from Crown Forum, an imprint of Penguin Random House Inc, is the eagerly-awaited first book penned by former Congressman Allen West: Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin's Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom. Over the course of the past few decades, Allen West has had many titles bestowed on him, among them Lt. Colonel, U.S. Representative, “Dad,” and Scourge of the Far Left. He rose from humble beginnings in Atlanta where his father instilled in him a code of conduct that would inform his life...

An Atlanta woman is grieving the death of her dog after police shot it while responding to an accidental 911 call. Kelley Rodriguez said her niece made the call by mistake. When officers knocked on the door, her pit bull mix "Jane" ran outside her home on Grant Terrace in southeast Atlanta. Police said the dog tried to jump on one officer and he shot it in the head. Rodriguez said her dog was not trying to attack the officer. “They shot her and then they were pointing the gun at my 14-week-old puppy. And I ran down in the...

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Just for the sake of argument let's assume you are 21 years old, very healthy and take excellent care of yourself. You're also very smart, single and, as self-employed, make $200,000 or more for the next 50 years. You're also very lucky. During those fifty years you never require the services of a doctor or hospital and you make a decision at age 21 never to get private health insurance or to sign up for Obamacare. What is the financial cost to your decision? Unfortunately for you ($200,000 a year income, single) you are subject to the maximum Obamacare fine...

NBC has put a remake of that classic '80s TV staple "Murder, She Wrote" into development, but it turns out the show's original star, Angela Lansbury, isn't too pleased with the idea. Lansbury, who starred as murder-solving mystery writer Jessica Fletcher for 12 seasons and four TV movies on CBS, recently told the Associated Press she's a fan of actress Octavia Spencer, who's set to star in the remake; she just wishes they wouldn't use the name. Lansbury told the AP: "I think it's a mistake to call it 'Murder, She Wrote,' because 'Murder, She Wrote' will always be about...

You’re well aware of the nature of Harry Reid, so it’s not like anyone is going to be shocked that he thinks this way. And of course, Reid is not known for restraining his tongue. But isn’t it still kind of astonishing, even coming from him, to hear such utter disregard for the real-life hardships being imposed on people because we really need to be thinking about the “legacy of Barack Obama”? I hate to quote Politico because they are to journalism what Reid is to public service, but sometimes you just have to: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)...

Following recent revelations about NSA spying, Spiegel has learned that Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution recently issued a security warning to authorities in the country’s 16 states. The domestic intelligence agency warned in an Oct. 30 letter that “an emotional response from certain segments of the population cannot be ruled out” and recommended that “security measures aimed at protecting US facilities in Germany should be increased.” The agency said the background behind the “potential threat” was ongoing discussions about the “collection of Germans’ data by the United States.” …

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1

A Georgia police officer shot and killed a tiny Jack Russell Terrier that he claims threatened him during a routine probationary checkup on Monday. The officer, Antoine Jones, is over six feet tall and weighs nearly 300 pounds. Patches, the dog he killed, weighs just 12 pounds, according to a local news channel. Jones visited the Albany residence of Cherrie Shelton earlier this week to check on her son, who is serving probation. Upon Jones’s arrival, two-year-old Patches approached the officer and began barking. Shelton claims she told Jones that Patches was no threat, but the officer drew his weapon...

<p>As you dig into your Butterball with all the trimmings this Thanksgiving, remember that millions of famished schoolkids around America may be forced to forgo classic turkey — and chow down instead on vegan black-bean patties and organic locavore quinoa salad.</p>

I was perusing through the news and saw many articles on the horrific destruction the storm in the Philippines had wrought. As I reading through the stories at Google, yahoo News, the term 'Climate Negotiator' kept on appearing in article after article. Well, I had no idea what a Climate Negotiator is, does. I mean, trying to negotiate with the climate seems a sissyphean task if not the most mentally stable thing to attempt. I tried searching Google, Yahoo for some precise meaning, job description for a Climate Negotiator but information was far and few between. It seems it is...