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GALVESTON -- A Texas City man convicted of shooting his girlfriend because he thought she was about to say "New Jersey" has been sentenced to six years in prison. Thomas Ray Mitchell, 54, has a history of mental problems, including becoming enraged at hearing certain words, including "New Jersey," "Wisconsin," "Snickers" and "Mars." After deliberating for more than five hours, a jury of 10 women and two men agreed Thursday night on Mitchell's sentence. The jury had convicted him Wednesday of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the March 1999 shooting of Barbara Jenkins. Galveston County prosecutor Mo Ibrahim ...

I swear an oath on my honor as a hypocrite that... I will cuss cows but eat beef, blast miners but wear jewelry and drive a car but condemn oil companies. I don't want trees cut for any purpose other than to provide the lumber for my next house. As a Hollywood celebrity I assert my God given right to sire at least four children by three different wives and then protest about overpopulation in the world. I will put fish first by saving the sucker and salmon, but not the farmers and ranchers who feed me. I demand ...

As evidence of the effectiveness of adult stem-cell research continues to mount, a Catholic congressman introduced legislation June 7 that would provide at least $30 million annually to conduct and support such research. Rep.Chris Smith, R-NJ, unveiled the Responsible Stem Cell Research Act of 2001 at a Washington press conference June 8. Smith spoke to the press three days after another lawmaker, Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Mass, introduced the Stem Cell Research Act of 2001, which would change federal law to allow for funding of stem-cell research involving the destruction of human embryos.Meanwhile, a survey commissioned by the National Conference of ...

Let's see if I understand how America works lately . . . If a woman burns her thighs on the hot coffee she was holding in her lap while driving, she blames the restaurant. If your teen-age son kills himself, you blame the rock 'n' roll music or musician he liked. If you smoke three packs a day for 40 years and die of lung cancer, your family blames the tobacco company. If your daughter gets pregnant by the football captain, you blame the school for poor sex education. If your neighbor crashes into a tree while driving home drunk, ...

There is a link between women who have had abortions and suicide, says researcher David Reardon, who works with the Elliot Institute in Springfield, a non-profit organization that studies post-abortion issues. Reardon presented results of a study he conducted with several colleagues on the abortion-suicide connection at the World Congress on Women's Mental Health, held March 27-31 in Berlin.In a phone interview with Catholic News Service after he returned from Berlin, Reardon sad his study differed from other research that has been done on the topic because it focused on a larger population and was based on data of women ...

Sure, we attack tobacco companies, but when is the government going to go after Big Bread? Consider this: 1: More than 98% of convicted felons are bread users. 2: Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardized tests. 3: In the 18th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever, and influenza ravaged whole nations. 4: More than 90 percent of violent crimes ...

I am making my christmas wish list and would appreciate recommendations for books espousing conservative politics and/or principles. Has anyone read any of David Horowitz's books? Which is the best? How about Thomas Sowell's new book? I have heard mixed reviews regarding Bill O'Rielly's book. I'm a newbie, having just discovered this site, and I am hooked. Thanks in advance freepers.