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FULL TITLE: 'We're just like everyone else': Transgender girl, 11, writes speech in response to Obama's historic inaugural address because she wishes he'd spoken about her community too When Obama addressed the nation in his inaugural speech on Monday, he became the first president in history to speak about gay rights during the momentous swearing-in ceremony. But while many in the LGBT community lauded his support, one 11-year-old transgender girl was left disappointed that he failed to address her community too. Sadie Croft, who transitioned to a female when she was in kindergarten, has now written an eloquent essay in...

LOS OLIVOS, Calif. -- State regulators said Friday they will go after Michael Jackson in court if he fails to meet a Tuesday deadline to pay $100,000 in penalties and $306,000 in back pay owed to nearly 50 workers at his Neverland Ranch. "If they don't comply then we file suit to get a judgment," said Dean Fryer, a spokesman for the California Department of Industrial Relations. The ranch operators have until the close of business Tuesday to pay up. "It's pretty clear that they owe this money," he said. "We've got all these wage claims. People are telling me...

the us government killed my real parents disfigured me with bogus eye surgery and blood poisoning all before age 2 killed my adopted mom at age 12 just before she was going to tell the bush family is a criminal enterprize I believe the elder bush to have had a major role in killing john kennedy i no longer support the republican party as it is full of cowards murders rapests and theives whom even after me going to prison on a bogus charge and having my eye witness raped at gunpoint ran away from the truth and started trying...