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Health Care Senate Debate: Why Should We Pay For Abortion?

HEY SENATOR HATCH! How Bout Those Of Us Who SINCERELY BELIEVE WAR IS WRONG?

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Franken Talks Down Angry Mob

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Plea Deal Reached in Walmart Line-Cutter Case

KENNETT, Missouri (Nov. 20) -- A woman accused of cutting in line at a Walmart, shoving merchandise and assaulting police officers will plead guilty to disturbing the peace and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors.
Under the agreement -- reached after the jury received the case for deliberations -- Heather Ellis will serve a year of unsupervised probation, attend an anger management course and serve four days in jail before the end of the year.
The sentence stipulates that if Ellis stays out of trouble for a year, the charges will be sealed and the arrest won't be on her permanent record.
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Embedded video from CNN VideoEllis said after court was adjourned that she was "taking responsibility for her actions and [hopes] that everyone else involved in the case will take responsibility for theirs."
Earlier Friday, Ellis, 24, took the stand and denied all charges in the racially charged case.
Witnesses and police say Ellis cut in front of customers at a Walmart in January 2007, pushed aside merchandise belonging to another customer to make room for hers on the conveyor belt and, after police were called to the scene, kicked one officer in the shin and split another's lip. The prosecution has also alleged the Ellis went "ballistic in a profane tirade" that continued when police officers arrived.
Ellis, now a schoolteacher, denied all accusations against her, although she acknowledged in her Friday testimony that she touched another shopper's items on the conveyor belt.
She was initially charged with assaulting police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace. Had she been convicted of those charges, she could have been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
Ellis, then a college student with no criminal history, has said that some white patrons shoved and hurled racial slurs at her when she switched checkout lines. Store employees refused to give her her change and called police, she said.
She said Friday that the incident began when she joined her cousin in the checkout line and was ignored by the clerk. She did not not cut in line and did not yell or use profanity, said Ellis, who has not spoken about the case outside of court.KENNETT, Missouri (Nov. 20) -- A woman accused of cutting in line at a Walmart, shoving merchandise and assaulting police officers... more

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British Couple Captives of Somali Pirates Make Plea for Life

A British couple sailing from the island nation of Seychelles vanished after their distress signal was picked up Friday, and... more

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Arrest made in Kirsten Wolcott's murder, was serving as a Student Missionary

COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WTVC-TV) - A Southern Adventist University student has been murdered while on a student mission project in the state of Yap in Micronesia.

A spokesperson for Southern Adventist, in Collegedale, confirms that Kirsten Wolcott, a junior liberal arts education major, was killed on Wednesday. According to the Adventist News Network, she had reportedly gone jogging by herself before morning classes and did not return.

The publication also reports that an arrest has been made in the case, but no further details were available.

"This is devastating news, not only for the family but for the school and the Adventist Church," said Homer Trecartin, associate secretary for the Adventist world church and director of Adventist Volunteer Service.

"Throughout the history of the church many have made the sacrifice to go serve and some have paid with their lives," Trecartin said. "Our prayer is that God will raise other people to finish the work that Kirsten and others started."

Ms. Wolcott, originally from the Richmond, Virginia area, was teaching second grade at the Yap Adventist School.

Wolcott was on Southern Adventist University’s distinguished dean’s list. She was also known for her love of music and running. She played the harp and piano and sang in Bel Canto, Southern’s women’s chorus.

In a statement a Southern Adventist spokesperson said, "Southern is profoundly saddened by the loss of Kirsten Wolcott. At a painful time such as this, we remember in prayer Kirsten's parents, friends, fellow Student Missionaries, and all on our campus who knew and loved her well."

The school is providing counseling services for fellow students and have set up a special web site in memory of Ms. Wolcott. They have also set up a table in the Campus Ministries area of the student center where people can leave notes and remembrances.

The public can leave messages of condolence HERE.

Yap SDA School opened in 1987 as an elementary school and subsequently expanded to a kindergarten through 12th-grade school. The school is run mostly by Adventist college students volunteering as teachers. About 10 student missionaries are serving this year in Yap, Trecartin said. Teachers live in apartments on campus.

Yap, about 16 miles long and four miles wide, is one of four island states of the nation of Micronesia, a U.S. protectorate.COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WTVC-TV) - A Southern Adventist University student has been murdered while on a student mission project in the... more

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Sex Offender causes Ho-Ho-Hold on Dear Santa Mail

After a sex offender was discovered to be working in Maryland at the local operation Santa program for the North Pole, Alaska post... more

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Public Enemy Raises money for a D.C. youth shelter

Public enemy, led by Chuck D and Flavor Flav, came to D.C. November 18 in an effort to raise money for youth homelessness and... more

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Afghanistan - A Matter of Security

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that she is pleased by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's pledge to have the country's security forces take the lead over the next few years.

Speaking to U.S. and allied troops in Afghanistan, Clinton said the United States and other contributing nations have to do "everything we can to create the capacity of the Afghan government and the Afghan people to protect themselves."

"I was very pleased to hear today when President Karzai said that he hopes that within three years, the Afghan security forces will have the lead in important areas and within five years -- which is an ambitious goal, but he stated it -- the Afghan security forces would have the lead throughout the country."

Earlier Thursday, Clinton attended Karzai's inauguration to a second term, where he vowed to tackle corruption and drug-trafficking.

The U.S. secretary of state told the troops that she knew serving was difficult, both for them and for their families.

"There are a lot of sacrifices, most particularly, not being able to see your family, friends for long periods of time," she said. "For everybody who serves, there's a family that serves as well."

To the Americans, Clinton noted the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, saying there were many things she was grateful for but that the troops top her list.

"I want to especially wish you a happy Thanksgiving," she said.

Clinton's first visit to Afghanistan as secretary of state comes as President Obama is deciding whether to send up to 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as requested by McChrystal.

The Obama administration has expressed concerns about Karzai's viability and has ratcheted up pressure to end corruption in order to combat an intensifying Taliban insurgency.

Clinton reiterated those concerns in a dinner meeting with Karzai on the eve of his inauguration and encouraged him to seize the "clear window of opportunity" before him at a "critical moment" in Afghanistan's history.

Ahead of speaking to the troops, Clinton attended a Thursday briefing with those involved in development work in Afghanistan.

Personnel from the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development, as well as members of provisional reconstruction teams and military commanders, were present.Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that she is pleased by Afghan President Hamid... more

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BOY IN AGONY AFTER H1N1 NASAL FLU MIST

This footage is of a young boy called Brycen in absolute agony just trying to walk. On the 14th November Brycen's mother... more

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Why Are So Many Media Conservatives So Obsessed With Rape? (Homosexual Mafia?)

Conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Michael Savage frequently employ rape metaphors when discussing... more

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PUSH-BUTTON WAR

Civilians caught in the crossfire. Unlawful CIA warfare.

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TVA Coal Ash Spill - Kingston, Tennessee

Not too long ago I went to my hometown which is a neighboring city to Kingston,Tn and for the first time was able to see the site... more

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Walmart Line-Cutter Case

This much isn't in dispute: Heather Ellis joined a line at a Wal-Mart nearly three years ago. Whether she cut in line or... more

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Battlefield Justice Or Murder?

Murder confession from the interrogation Army Tapes.

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A New Vision: In Class With Baghdad's Blind Students

In class with blind students in Baghdad after receiving a brail printer.

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US Protest by 9/11 Responders

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UPDATE:Arrest Made:Southern Adventist Student Murdered:Kirsten Wolcott was serving as a Student Missionary

UPDATE: ARREST MADE: http://www.newschannel9.com/news/adventist-986536-southern-wolcott.html

http://www.newschannel9.com/news/adventist-986536-southern-wolcott.html
A Southern Adventist student has been murdered while on a student mission project in the state of Yap in Micronesia.

A spokesperson for Southern Adventist, in Collegedale, confirms that Kirsten Wolcott, a junior liberal arts education major, was killed on Wednesday. According to the Adventist News Network, she had reportedly gone jogging by herself before morning classes and did not return.

"This is devastating news, not only for the family but for the school and the Adventist Church," said Homer Trecartin, associate secretary for the Adventist world church and director of Adventist Volunteer Service.

"Throughout the history of the church many have made the sacrifice to go serve and some have paid with their lives," Trecartin said. "Our prayer is that God will raise other people to finish the work that Kirsten and others started."

Ms. Wolcott, originally from the Richmond, Virginia area, was teaching second grade at the Yap Adventist School.

Wolcott was on Southern Adventist University’s distinguished dean’s list. She was also known for her love of music and running. She played the harp and piano and sang in Bel Canto, Southern’s women’s chorus.

In a statement a Southern Adventist spokesperson said, "Southern is profoundly saddened by the loss of Kirsten Wolcott. At a painful time such as this, we remember in prayer Kirsten's parents, friends, fellow Student Missionaries, and all on our campus who knew and loved her well."

The school is providing counseling services for fellow students and have set up a special web site in memory of Ms. Wolcott. They have also set up a table in the Campus Ministries area of the student center where people can leave notes and remembrances.

Yap SDA School opened in 1987 as an elementary school and subsequently expanded to a kindergarten through 12th-grade school. The school is run mostly by Adventist college students volunteering as teachers. About 10 student missionaries are serving this year in Yap, Trecartin said. Teachers live in apartments on campus.

Yap, about 16 miles long and four miles wide, is one of four island states of the nation of Micronesia, a U.S. protectorate.UPDATE: ARREST MADE: http://www.newschannel9.com/news/adventist-986536-southern-wolcott.html... more