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Dentist to Affluent Sues Lidle Estate By SAMUEL MAULL NEW YORK (AP) - A dentist to the rich and famous has filed a $7 million lawsuit against the estate of late New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, claiming his home was destroyed when the ballplayer's small airplane crashed into his apartment building. Dr. Lawrence Rosenthal says in court papers that after Lidle's Cirrus SR-20 aircraft crashed into the Manhattan building where he lived with his wife and teenage son, they had to vacate their 43rd-floor apartment. Rosenthal, whose patients include Donald Trump, Bruce Springsteen and Catherine Zeta-Jones, said his apartment...

"Fear takes may forms: there's fear in the face of suffering, fear of not having enough time, fear of not being able to explain oneself, fear of not doing well enough, fear of death"

One of the most persistent themes in Noam Chomsky's work has been class warfare. The iconic MIT linguist and left-wing activist frequently has lashed out against the "massive use of tax havens to shift the burden to the general population and away from the rich," and criticized the concentration of wealth in "trusts" by the wealthiest 1%. He says the U.S. tax code is rigged with "complicated devices for ensuring that the poor -- like 80% of the population -- pay off the rich." But trusts can't be all bad. After all, Chomsky, with a net worth north of US$2-million,...

In this war freedom should come first not after! In New Hampshire the Motto is Live free or Die! I don't need Bush spying on law abiding americans and taking our freedoms. Anyone who surrenders a square inch of freedom to the government in the name of saftey is a traitor and should be treated like one! Let the Bush Fashists all drop dead! Filthy Commys! LET FREEDOM RING!

Bush’s giant Right Wing Noise Machine (RWNM) loves to preach about the Bush economic miracle. In fact, the RWNM’s current thinking is Bush doesn’t spend enough time talking about his economic triumphs. If only he did, then everyone would fall in line and believe in the great Bush economic miracle. There is one problem with this argument: it’s a lie. Any way you look at the Bush economy, it comes up short. Today, I want to compare Bush’s job creation record with other economic recoveries. As usual, Bush comes up way short. The national Bureau of Economic Research has identified...

BRUSSELS, Belgium - European publishers warned Tuesday that they cannot keep allowing Internet search engines such as Google Inc. to make money from their content. "The new models of Google and others reverse the traditional permission-based copyright model of content trading that we have built up over the years," said Francisco Pinto Balsemao, the head of the European Publishers Council, in prepared remarks for a speech at a Brussels conference. His stance backs French news agency AFP, which is suing Google for pulling together photos and story excerpts from thousands of news Web sites. "It is fascinating to see how...

Unions want share of iPod video income Los Angeles October 17, 2005 - 10:37AM Hollywood's actors, directors and writers unions say they would vet Apple's new iPod portable video player so members get their share of residuals. "The announcement today unveiling the Apple Video iPod represents the latest chapter in the ongoing technological evolution of our industry," said a joint statement by the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America East and the Writers Guild of America West. "We have not yet heard from the responsible...

Will Somebody Say Thank You? Turn on TV, read the local newspaper or listen to your local radio station, and all you are going to hear, see and read are accounts of people knee-deep in playing the blame game. What you don't hear is anybody saying "thank you." From the safety of France, Pierce Brosnan took the time to tell the world: "This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful." Instead of lifting a finger to help Katrina's victims, this...

¸ Local FEMA manager said he is sad processing for aid takes so long. By ROBBYN BROOKS Daily News Staff Writer Mississippi evacuee Luan Morgan tried to keep the tone of her voice pleasant for the sake of her 5-year-old daughter Sunday, but her anger was easy to see. “I need help now,” Morgan said. “We don’t have any way to get home. There’s no gas. There’s no nothing.” Morgan evacuated from her Lumberton, Miss., home the Saturday before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. She brought her daughter, Nichole, three days worth of clothing and not much else. “I...

THE United Federation of Teachers has a new Web site that every parent of a New York City public-school student should read: EdWize.org. There could hardly be a more telling illustration of just what the union is all about: Teachers first, kids last — if at all. The blog (Web log) features posts by UFT staff. The very first post, dated Aug. 19, blasts Mayor Bloomberg for failing to agree to a "contract with a substantial raise for teachers" before the start of the school year. OK, no surprise there. What's amazing is that, in the blog's first week (as...

The family of a teenage boy slain last year at Southwood Middle School could receive as much as $1.7 million from the Miami-Dade school district in a settlement approved today by the School Board, The Herald has learned. Jaime Gough, an eighth-grader, was killed on Feb. 3, 2004 in a bathroom of the Palmetto Bay school. His classmate, 15-year-old Michael Hernandez, has been charged with the murder. Gough's parents sued the district for wrongful death. Under the terms of the district deal, the Gough family will immediately receive $700,000 -- $200,000 from the School Board and $500,000 from the district's...

NHL Player Speaks Out to Fans June 28, 2005 9:31 a.m. EST Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter PRESTO, PA (AHN) - Philadelphia Flyers center, Jeremy Roenick, has some advice for hockey fans who blame the NHL lockout on players' greed: once it's finally settled, "stay home." Roenick, spoke-out at a charity golf event over the weekend, "We're going to try to make it better for everybody, period, end of subject. And if you don't realize that, then don't come. We don't want you at the rink, we don't want you in the stadium, we don't want you...

ALBANY, March 29 - Commuters from out of state who take cars, trains and buses to jobs in New York have long grumbled about having to pay New York State income tax. A ruling handed down on Tuesday by the state's highest court found that the growing ranks of telecommuters from out of state must also pay. The Court of Appeals ruled 4 to 3 that a computer programmer for a group of trade unions in Queens who works mostly out of his home in Nashville must pay New York State tax on all his income, not just on part....

You and your fascist co-horts will all be sorry when the Bush* administration is charged with stealing this election. His administration and this website is nothing more then propaganda for a fascist regime. We are watching you, and we will be there when you slip up and your face down on the ground because you slipped on your own Nazi style propaganda. John Kerry won this election and you know it! Everyone knows it!

State governments working on a national Internet sales tax system are moving ahead with plans to create the data infrastructure that they and retailers will need to manage the collection of taxes on most e-commerce transactionsTo date, 19 states -- including Florida, Michigan and Texas -- have modified their sales tax codes to make it easier for retailers to collect taxes on Internet sales. By October 2005, the states hope to have a voluntary collection system working in at least 15 states representing roughly one-fourth of the U.S. population. With that in place, they hope, Congress would be more likely...

Here they go again .. these very sexually implicit and direct ads for Levitra or Cialis .. in the middle of a Sunday afternoon football game.

Is the UN corrupt? Are they on the take? Have they been skimming? Have they stolen billions and billions of dollars? The answer is yes. Did Kofi Anonymous seek UN employment to become inordinately wealthy or--as Fritz Holllings once suggested--just to get a square meal? It's time to ask the question: Is there any difference at all between the UN and the Mafia? Both organization spend money like sailors on Shore Leave, parade around in limousines, and ignore parking tickets. Appears similar, but if one looks closely, one will see that there is a difference. There are more parasites, pederasts,...

Seven year-old Michael Benson gives Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry a campaign contribution of small change from his piggy bank in a small basket at a campaign stop in West Palm Beach, Florida October 18, 2004, the first day of early voting in Florida. [Reuters]

NOAA provides free reportage of the weather information they gather. This information is Taxpayer Funded. On the 30th of June 2004, Public Comments expire on the revision of NOAA's Internet Policy. http://weather.gov/fairweather/Please read this and comment directly to NOAA. Mr.BarryMeyers for ACCUWEATHER CORP is trying to get NOAA to cut us out of the Taxpayer Funded Info-Loop. Aren't you tired of BAD TV WEATHER REPORTING ? Should we suffer even further by having to pay twice for a truly disinformative service? You can also reach the 'HEAD-KNOCKER' directly on this link. http://weather.gov/feedback.phpTake the time to add your thoughts and comments...

Now we know why Steve Forbes wants the flat tax. Wealthy individuals such as Teresa Heinz Kerry pay less in taxes, proportionately, than does the median U.S. family......