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When Emily Cooper headed off to first grade in Moody, Ala., last week, she was prepared with all the stuff on her elementary school’s must-bring list: two double rolls of paper towels, three packages of Clorox wipes, three boxes of baby wipes, two boxes of garbage bags, liquid soap, Kleenex and Ziplocs.

... snip ... 'Tort Tax' Raises Costs Medical malpractice liability--"the 'tort tax' on doctors and hospitals, whose costs constitute the majority of health expenses," as it is described in the report--has grown much faster than overall health care inflation, according to 2004 data from the global management corporation Tillinghast-Towers Perrin. Medical malpractice liability alone constitutes more than 10 percent of the U.S. tort tax, which by 2003 represented more than $3,300 for the average family of four, according to Tillinghast-Towers Perrin. Medical malpractice tort claims awarded by courts, as well as pretrial settlements, provide U.S. trial lawyers with their largest...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama knows Americans are unhappy that the government could rescue people who bought mansions beyond their means. But his assurance Tuesday night that only the deserving will get help rang hollow.

A website launched Friday with the backing of technology industry and Hollywood elite urges people worldwide to help craft a framework for harmony between all religions. The Charter for Compassion project on the Internet at www.charterforcompassion.org springs from a "wish" granted this year to religious scholar Karen Armstrong at a premier Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference in California. "Tedizens" include Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin along with other Internet icons as well as celebrities such as Forest Whittaker and Cameron Diaz. Wishes granted at TED envision ways to better the world and come with a promise that...

A Norwegian cancer researcher has admitted fabricating data published in a renowned international medical journal, officials in Norway said Saturday. The researcher at Norway's Comprehensive Cancer Center, who was not identified, used faked patient data in an article on oral cancer published in the October 2005 issue of The Lancet, Britain's leading medical journal, said Stein Vaaler, strategy director for the cancer center. The article claimed that a certain kind of drug decreased the risk of getting oral cancer

Tonight the DC Chapter conducted, with complete strategic and tactical surprise, a stealth freep of a major Clintonista gathering. While the occasion was a book-signing party for David Brock, we christened it the "Democrat Liars Club meeting." It was held at Lounge 201 in the shadow fo the Capitol at Second and Massachusetts NE. The honor role was 12 fierce Freepers, Jimmy Valentine's Brother, Marylander, Doctor Raoul, tgslTakoma, BMWcyle, BufordP, Angelwood, KLT and friend, BillF, ToleranceSucksRocks, and kristinn. THEIR dishonor role included Lanny Davis, James Carville, Sid Blumenthal, Tom Daschle, Barney Frank, and numerous toads and lackeys, almost none of...

... ... a totalitarian state under a benevolent leader in which citizens are detained and arrested on the merest suspicion of espionage. But the benevolent leader is seen only on television; he never appears in public. Personal surveillance is unceasing and relentless: TV cameras that receive and transmit simultaneously are everywhere. The political-correctness police listen in on every conversation to match speakers to the profile of a potential saboteur. Ordinary citizens live in constant fear of arrest and imprisonment for terrorist activities. No, this is not the implementation of the antiterrorist USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, which Congress just passed ...

  . In front of the US Supreme Court, Congressman Robert Wexler of Palm Beach County Florida studies his talking points in preparation for a post-injunction interview by Fox  Cong. Wexler is the one who ginned up the butterfly lawsuits. Doctor Raoul, always helpful, gives Wexler a few pointers   A freeper-at-heart gets interviewed on the steps of the Supreme Court. Beside her is one of the few Gore supporters.The two groups peacefully intermingled, repsectful and generally good-humored.

This story is an extended metaphor for the adventures of the Democrat Canvassers (the Bellman and crew). The Snark is a dimple for Gore. The Boojum is a vote for Bush.       Excerpts from a  book by Lewis Carroll, called "The Hunting of the Snark".       "JUST the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried,     As he landed his crew with care;   Supporting each man on the top of the tide     By a finger entwined in his hair.     "Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:     ...

Scenes from Media Scenes from Media, PA Rally 11/19/2000                                 

Ashley is on MSNBC 10:08 AM EST 11/18/2000 showing how easy it is to pop chads out of cards by bending. She popped two out on camera. She aslo did this accidently last week while demonstrating the voting machine and diagram with types of chads. I hope someone can use this info.

Mrs. Clinton's lair   A big copy of the letter from Juanita Broaddrick   Katherine Prudhomme starts her eloquent  and heartfelt speech. Street scenes  with some of our favorite people supporting Katherine Did she hear Katherine this time?

University of Chicago Conduct disorder in children and adolescents - The Centre for Mental Health Services BOYS likely to grow up violent and disruptive can be identified by analysing their saliva, researchers say. The early onset and persistence of such behaviour is associated with low saliva levels of the stress hormone cortisol, they found. Compared with those having higher or fluctuating cortisol levels, boys aged seven to 12 in this category began anti-social acts at a younger age, exhibited three times more aggressive symptoms, and were three times more likely to be labelled "mean or combative" by their classmates. ...

Bill Clinton, the US president, yesterday threatened to plunge the World Trade Organisation into turmoil by demanding it should incorporate core labour standards in trade agreements and eventually use sanctions to enforce them. Mr Clinton's call, on his arrival at the WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle, went much further than existing US policy. It will anger developing countries - four-fifths of the WTO's membership - which condemn as disguised protectionism western efforts to link trade with labour standards. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Thailand's deputy prime minister and director-general designate of the WTO, said having trade sanctions on labour rights in the organisation ...

The heat’s on Hillary:It’s time to put up or shut up        Nov. 22 — Why did First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton decide to run for the Senate in the first place? To become President Hillary Rodham Clinton. So how’s it going? Not so well.       EVERYBODY, INCLUDING Mrs. Clinton, knew this the race to become the next senator from New York would no piece of cake. The stakes are high, the terrain is rugged, and the poison of presidential politics has seeped into her campaign years before she might ever be a candidate for that office. ...

Unprecedented security operation in Sofia ahead of Clinton's visit Unprecedented security operation in Sofia ahead of Clinton's visit SOFIA, Nov 21 (AFP) - An unprecedented security operation was clamped on Bulgaria's capital a few hours ahead of US President Bill Clinton's visit Sunday, to the irritation of Prime Minister Ivan Kostov.The 36-hour visit is Clinton's first trip to the former Communist country.Sofia's main roads were sealed off and several schools closed as staff and pupils did not expect to able to get to classes on Monday and Tuesday."I think they're taking us for Kosovo, I don't like it and I've ...

A recent focus group in Towson, Maryland comprised of Gore and Bradley supporters, as well as an equal number of undecideds, held some big surprises for the Democratic candidates and the reporters assembled to observe the group. Gloria Borger of U.S. News & World Report shares the findings of the group, explores the ramifications of its conclusions and explains how these ‘focus groups’ are used.

No free lunch this time, Bill. Original announcement: Clinton Helps Democrats Raise Money.

Hill and Bill as Lucy and Ricky