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She was the property of her overbearing partner, and the madam who helped run the prostitution ring that brought down Gov. Eliot Spitzer has the tattoo to prove it. Cecil "Katie" Suwal was sentenced yesterday to six months in jail for her role in operating the Emperors Club VIP that serviced the notorious "Client 9," but not before her lawyer said she was controlled by her Svengali-like boss who branded her in the most humiliating of places.

For the first time in my adult life, I am ashamed of the people of my country. I was a college student in the sixties and I parroted the "liberal agenda" about Viet Nam, so that I would fit in with my peers. And then, I grew up and real life began to teach me that I was not the center of the universe and that MY ideas and MY needs were not the most important things in the world. After I had children, I found that there really WERE other people for whom I would lay down my life...

Press Release Labor Day Reinstated as Paid Holiday at Shelbyville, TN, Plant; Tyson Foods Requested Change from Union Springdale, Arkansas – August 8, 2008 - Tyson Foods, Inc. announced today it has reached a new agreement with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), an American union, reinstating Labor Day as one of the designated paid holidays under the contract for covered employees in the Shelbyville, Tennessee, plant. Tyson made this request on behalf of its Shelbyville plant employees, some of whom had expressed concern about the new contract provisions relative to paid holidays. In an effort to be...

The Geopolitics of Dope January 29, 2008 | 2103 GMT By George Friedman Over recent months, the level of violence along the U.S.-Mexican border has begun to rise substantially, with some of it spilling into the United States. Last week, the Mexican government began military operations on its side of the border against Mexican gangs engaged in smuggling drugs into the United States. The action apparently pushed some of the gang members north into the United States in a bid for sanctuary. Low-level violence is endemic to the border region. But while not without precedent, movement of organized, armed cadres...

Breaking news: Governor Romney finally gets the head of the Big Dig to resign.

What would you do? This test only has one question, but it's a very important one. Please don't answer it without giving it some serious thought. The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation, where you will have to make a decision one way or the other. Remember that your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous. Please scroll down SLOWLY and consider each line - this is important for the test to work accurately. You're in Mississippi...In Biloxi, to be exact. There is great chaos going on around you, caused by the hurricane and severe floods. There are huge...

Breaking news - Governor Romney has just announced the threat level has been elevated to orange in Boston and four other cities.

At 8:15 this morning the phone started ringing. A fax machine is now dialing my number every 2 minutes. I tried returning the call but it's always busy. I have called the operator who said their company will try (3 times) to send a fax. I can't take the phone off the hook because I'm waiting for a delivery. A long weekend is ahead. Freepers always have the best ideas. Help!