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Judge Orders Dodgers' Frank McCourt To Pay His Wife More Than $637,000 A Month In Spousal Support [Updated] May 7, 2010 A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ordered Dodgers owner Frank McCourt to pay his estranged wife, Jamie, $637,159 a month in temporary spousal support, plus lawyers' fees pending their divorce. The amount that Judge Scott Gordon decided upon falls short of the $988,845 that Jamie McCourt requested. More than half that requested amount ($568,829), her lawyers said, is needed to pay the costs, including mortgages, of seven homes and an eighth piece of property in Mexico that...

4/30/2010 - TRANSIT CENTER AT MANAS, Kyrgyzstan (AFNS) -- Airmen from the Transit Center at Manas helped disabled children at a Kyrgyz children's center learn to sign, draw and study during a visit April 27. Some of the children have autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy; some are just physically handicapped, said Sam Duechenbi, a German translator for the Nadjeshda Children's Center, who met with Airmen during their visit. Some board at Nadjeshda; some go home to their parents at night. But they all benefit from the myriad therapy techniques provided by the children's center, he added. "Many Kyrgyz people...

American voters believe U.S. President Barack Obama is not a strong supporter of Israel, a new Quinnipiac University survey revealed Thursday, also showing a large majority of Jewish voters as disappointed with the administration's handling of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. While the poll showed 57 percent of U.S. voters sympathizing with Israel, with 66 percent saying Obama should be a strong supporter of Israel, almost half of Americans, 42 percent, said they did not believe Obama was indeed a strong supporter of Israel.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A newly released LifeWay Research survey of 1,004 Protestant pastors found only 3 percent of their churches served as the primary sponsor of a church plant (new congregation) during the previous 12 months, and only 14 percent gave financial support in partnership with other churches to help start new congregations. However, a second study completed in partnership with Leadership Network revealed more churches open than close yearly. Only in recent years has the annual number of new churches in the United States outpaced the annual number of churches closing their doors. Twenty-eight percent of the congregations participated...

And don't just political lip-service fake support. Like certain politicians we know of here in the U.S.You stand on the front-line in the fight against the global Islamo/nazi jihad against the free-world.Happy Independence Day!A genuine and sincere Independence day blessing and celebration!This year, next year, and every year!In Jerusalem, your liberated and unified capital city!In Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Golan, Negev, Gaza, and along all your coasts!Baruk Atah Yisrael! Obama doesn't have any right to tell you where you can or cannot live or build. "As we traversed the communities of eastern Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria whose ethnic cleansing it has been said is...

Democrats have deluded themselves into believing Americans will learn to love Obamacare now that it has passed. When Republicans promised to run on a platform of repealing Democrat's health care reform bill, President Obama actually said, "Go for it." In spite of the positive press and hoopla Obamacare received from the mainstream media last weekend and during President Obama's signing, there has been no polling bump. (see chart) More than fifty percent (pdf) of Americans oppose the massive government takeover of health care. Some of the good things Democrats claimed would take place this year have proven to be false....

After all of the disgusting abuse that has been heaped upon Benjamin Netanyahu and most especially Israel, are there any long time Freepers or a moderator that could come up with a document that all of us could sign saying: "The Black Muslim who holds the office of The President Of The United States, at this moment in time Does Not represent the Majority of Americans". (You can leave out the Black Muslim part if you wish) It probably wouldn't mean much .. in the Grand Scheme of things but .. I'd really like to circulate a support document like...

So, let’s get this straight: On a visit to Israel by Vice President Biden, a lower-level, Israeli government agency announces its intent to build more housing units in East Jerusalem and the Obama administration goes nuclear, condemning the announcement as though it was a violation of some sacred agreement between the two countries—which of course it wasn’t. The Israeli government, in turn, apologizes for the timing of the announcement but is told that this will not be enough. Israel now must, according to the administration, “prove” it wants peace. Now, shift to yesterday in Russia: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

15, 2010 – While flying on United Airlines last week, I overheard a telephone conversation from a gentleman seated directly behind me. His words went something like this: "Although today was an extremely sad day for me - it was absolutely the happiest day of my life, and I am proud to be an American." This gentleman went on to talk about a funeral he attended in South Carolina, and specifically gave great kudos to the U.S. Army for the professionalism displayed at this service. He went into great detail about the funeral service itself and how it was conducted....

(CNSNews.com) – As the Obama administration scrambles to contain the diplomatic fallout with Turkey over the “Armenian genocide” resolution in the U.S. Congress, Turkey’s tilt towards Iran continues largely unnoticed. Turkey’s “formerly Islamist” president, Abdullah Gul, in a weekend telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart called for a deepening of bilateral relations and voiced support for Iran in international forums. Turkey is non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, the most important international body to have Iran on its current agenda.

I just got off the telephone after calling Bart Stupak's office to show my support for him. We used to live in his district 20 years ago, and he is the only democrat I have ever voted for. Bart is a good guy and he is courageous to stand up for life. PLEASE call his office and show your thanks for his stand. You know he is getting unbearable pressure from the left (probably waterboarding him ~ ha!) to cave, let him know what he is doing is noble and how much you appreciate it. Mnay politicians don't care what...

Tiger Woods received a phone call from Barack Obama offering him support as he tries to rebuild his life, it is claimed. Mr Obama, himself a keen golfer, is said to have contacted the 34-year-old Woods following his astonishing TV public apology for 'irresponsible and selfish' behaviour last month. Ex-president Bill Clinton, himself no stranger to humiliating and public exposure over his extramarital affairs, is also thought to have called to offer his support.

Levi Johnston has been ordered to pay nearly $18,000 in back child support ... TMZ has learned. During a hearing in the child support case between Bristol Palin and Levi, the judge ruled Levi must pay $1,688.42 a month in support, retroactive to the child's birth -- December 27, 2008.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned whether a law that bars Americans from providing support to foreign terrorist groups violated constitutional rights of free speech and association. Some justices seemed concerned the law outlawed the provision to such groups even of advice about lawful advocacy, such as petitioning the United Nations or filing legal briefings in American courts. The hour-long arguments represented the first test to reach the Supreme Court after the September 11, 2001, attacks pitting First Amendment rights of free speech and association against government efforts to fight terrorism. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said verbal...

2/8/2010 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- To any other member of the 965th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, the five Canadian airmen who work with them are a part of the team. And that's just the way they like it. Each day the five Canadians work together as part of a crew on an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft supporting missions in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility from an air base in Southwest Asia. Their presence with the 965th EAACS; however, is part of an international partnership between the United States and Canada -- known...

The RNC continues to spin the successes of candidates like Mark Kirk (R-IL) as the same kind of revolutionary citizen uprising that took Massachusetts by storm. Even the news media are already framing Kirk's likely victory in November as a sequel to Scott Brown. But Scott Brown was not a radically anti-gun, openly pro-abortion environmental extremist who voted for Cap-and-Trade...

WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday the president's 2011 budget will include a record $8.8 billion to support military families. The largest sum, $1.9 billion, would be spent on counseling and other support services. An additional $1.3 billion would go for military child care. President Barack Obama included another $439 million to build 10 Defense Department schools, the first step in a program to replace or renovate 103 such schools by 2015.

Two reporters film Coakley supporter who admits being paid to be a supporter. Not realizing he was being video taped, a member of the "Sheet Metal Workers" union, Local 17, admitting that he was being forced to come down.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2010 – Discussions about the Army’s use of unmanned systems in the combat theater are likely to focus on bomb-detecting robots and ground vehicles able to navigate through hazardous terrain. Army 1st Lt. Steven Rose launches an RQ-11 Raven unmanned aerial vehicle near a new highway bridge project along the Euphrates River north of Taqqadum, Iraq, Oct. 9, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael J. MacLeod  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Chances are the discussion won’t immediately go to one of the fast-growing fields in the Army: unmanned aircraft systems. These systems, operated at the...

It is my understanding that the tax laws governing campaign funds require that if a person holding office does not use up all of the money held in the campaign fund when that person ceases to hold that office must transmit all the remaining money in the campaign fund to at least one non-profit organization. Which means that if the office-holder sets up a new non-profit before quitting office, the remaining campaign funds can be channeled to the person's new non-profit tax-free (they were also tax-free to begin with). When Bob Dole left the Senate, I think he had a...