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I need all the prayer support I can muster and am reaching out to the Christians I know. My parents aged 59 and 60 seem headed for divorce. My father was caught cheating on my mother. While my mother wants to try and work to fix things, my dad seems to have given up. He had an affair nearly thirty years ago, and if there were others, I am not aware. He had a heart attack about 12 years ago and two years ago had to undergo by-pass surgery. Since then, along with the passing of his sister in her...

Requests for unemployment assistance rise to 350,000, above estimates; hurricane impact remains. October 28, 2004: 8:45 AM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits jumped 20,000 last week, the government said Thursday in a report that continues to be somewhat elevated by hurricane-related claims. First-time claims for state unemployment insurance aid rose to 350,000 in the week ended Oct. 23 from an upwardly revised 330,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said. The rise in claims was larger than Wall Street economists' expectations for a rise to 338,000 from the prior week's...

I have tried to trace back some Drudge photos to a website with no success. They often come under http://us.news2.yimg.com or the like. Anyone know the source? thanks

I have no voice. I beg everyone reading this post to take one non-voter from their neighbourhood (yes, in Canada its spelt with a "u") to cast a vote for their local state a and federal conserative representative on my behalf.I came of voting age during the conservative revolution of the early '80's when Reagan (who WILL be one day recognized as the GREATEST President of ALL TIME), Mulroney (Canada), Thatcher (Britain) began reshaping the world. It has broken my heart to watch liberals and media world wide take credit for the personal and political sacrifices made by these leaders.As ...

News heard in Canada tonight!! The Cuban National Assembly is now passing a bill which would suspend their agreement with the U.S. government to limit illegal immigration. Beyond simply allowing the unfettered passage of those Cuban's seeking to flee Cuba for Florida's shores, the Cuban government will be removing its worst criminals from its prisons, and gathering up the countries poor, sick and elderly and dumping them from a government ship on the Florida coast. Reported a senior Cuban Nationalist, "So America wants our children, our weak, our defenceless. As good neighbours, the least we can do is give help ...