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CINCINNATI — Investigators recovered 18 bone fragments near an old chimney where investigators believe the body of a developmentally disabled 3-year-old foster child was burned, a county coroner said Thursday. The boy's foster parents, charged with killing him, pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder. The bone fragments were from a child 2 to 4 years old, said Dr. O'dell Owens, the Hamilton County coroner. Each was less than inch long and found in soil in rural Brown County, east of Cincinnati. "The DNA that is being processed came from a small piece of tissue that was found," Owens said. Authorities...

What did you do in the war, UNIFIL? You broadcast Israeli troop movements. by Lori Lowenthal Marcus 09/04/2006, Volume 011, Issue 47 DURING THE RECENT month-long war between Hezbollah and Israel , U.N. "peacekeeping" forces made a startling contribution: They openly published daily real-time intelligence, of obvious usefulness to Hezbollah, on the location, equipment, and force structure of Israeli troops in Lebanon . UNIFIL--the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon , a nearly 2,000-man blue-helmet contingent that has been present on the Lebanon-Israel border since 1978--is officially neutral. Yet, throughout the recent war, it posted on its website for all...

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick believes Virginia Tech overreacted when the school dismissed his brother, Marcus, from the football team after he stomped on an opposing player during the Gator Bowl. Marcus Vick later claimed the incident was accidental and that he apologized to Louisville's Elvis Dumervil, but the All-American defensive end denied receiving an apology. Michael Vick, who led Virginia Tech to the 1999 national title game as a redshirt freshman, was at the Gator Bowl and saw his brother step on Dumervil. "Sometimes your emotions just take over," Michael Vick said during halftime Wednesday night of...

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

The Scourge of Outsourcing There is no more a clear cut case of John Kerry's contradictions between his campaign utterances and his record as a U.S. senator than his pronouncements on outsourcing. Since August, GoGov.com has detailed Kerry's deep involvement in outsourcing of U.S. jobs to China through his association with Paul Marcus and Boston Capital & Technology. This story (detailed here) is one of direct involvement by Kerry in the set up of U.S. manufacturing in and the export of U.S. jobs to China. Many supporters of Kerry have been taken in by the deception of Kerry's words on...

TIA now verifies flight of Saudis The government has long denied that two days after the 9/11 attacks, the three were allowed to fly. By JEAN HELLER, Times Staff Writer Published June 9, 2004 The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, better known as the 9/11 Commission, sent a list of questions to Tampa International Airport. It appears concerned with the handling of the Tampa flight. TAMPA - Two days after the Sept. 11 attacks, with most of the nation's air traffic still grounded, a small jet landed at Tampa International Airport, picked up three young Saudi men and left. The...

http://www.540wfla.com/timages/page/media/Ronnie%20Stayed%20The%20Same.mp3 Above is a link to a patriotic song tribute to Ronald Reagan. Lloyd Marcus produced the song. Marcus is a local African-American patriot in the Orlando area. For those who went to the Rallys For America in Orlando, IIRC, Marcus sang at both events at Lake Eola and The Harley Davidson store. More info about Marcus at http://www.deltonaarts.com/

French archeologists find Marcus Aurelius 'head' AMMAN, April 22 (AFP) - French archeologists have unearthed a perfectly preserved head of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius in the ancient Nabatean city of Petra south of Jordan, the head of the mission told AFP Thursday. "A monumental white marble head, in excellent condition, belonging to a statue the emperor Marcus Aurelius was found in Petra by French archeologists," Christian Auge said. The head of the 2nd century AD Roman leader who was also known as the "good emperor" or the "philosopher-king" was found in the Qasr al-Bint area of Petra, a Nabatean...

Bodies of seven children age 8 and younger are discovered after Marcus Wesson, 57, surrenders and is arrested after a 2-hour standoff. Police were called in during a standoff at a home at Weber and Hammond where nine people were found dead inside. Jerry Dyer, Fresno police chief: Police were prevented from entering the house (:22) Dyer: Too early to determine how the victims died (:22) Dyer: The suspect eventually came out of the bedroom and was taken into custody. (:18) John Walker / The Fresno Bee Photo gallery Jerry Dyer, Fresno police chief: Police were prevented from entering the...