From Kentucky.gov:
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 8, 2007) – The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services’ (CHFS) blue ribbon panel on adoption made recommendations today for changes regarding protection of parental and family rights in the child welfare system…
The Blue Ribbon Panel’s Family Protection Act, sponsored by panel member Denton, includes the following recommendations:
• Require...
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From Kentucky.gov: FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 8, 2007) – The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services’ (CHFS) blue ribbon panel on adoption made recommendations today for changes regarding protection of parental and family rights in the child welfare system… The Blue Ribbon Panel’s Family Protection Act, sponsored by panel member Denton, includes the following...
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“Could that explain the downfall of Lisa Nowak, the astronaut accused of attempted murder?”
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The Victorian era is crucial to Gaslight, first released in 1940 and then remade four years later. The title refers to the manner in which people lit their homes and other facilities but the word has become a verb, “to gaslight,†specifically because of these movies. The story told in both versions is that...
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A video by five students at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University depicting ski-masked “hostage-takers” speaking in cartoonish Middle Eastern accents has drawn condemnations from local Muslim leaders.
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Anna Nicole Smith dies after being found unconscious in her hotel room, a law enforcement source says.
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A Huntsville woman who allowed her three children to starve to death was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.
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A 15-year-old High School girl who said she had been raped her in a school bathroom has signed a statement admitting the incident was a fabrication. Tampa police have agreed not to press charges against a 16-year old alleged “suspect.”
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A couple of months ago, Iran outraged and sickened the civilized world by staging an international conference, the purpose of which was to prove that the Holocaust never happened or, at the very least, was grossly exaggerated. Iran’s runt of a president, Mahmoud Ahmagenocide — er, I mean, Ahmadinejad — is well known for...
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As of today, two of the biggest panic-inducers for the theory of man-made global warming are Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi. If we don’t do something, and now, we’re doomed. Forget about that coming ice age you heard about in elementary school  this time the wannabe scientists, and just plain “scientists†are right. We...
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“But those trying to explain the apparent breakdown of Lisa Nowak say the pressure can be even higher for female astronauts, who not only face the same work stresses as their male counterparts but often face high expectations at home.”
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Police say she tried to kill Oakdale man with wasps, hit man
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A shocked NASA said on Wednesday it would review its screening process for mental and medical problems after astronaut Lisa Nowak’s arrest on charges she tried to kill a romantic rival for another astronaut.
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One of the nine men arrested last week under anti-terrorism laws described Britain as a “police state for Muslims”, after his release without charge yesterday.
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With concerns mounting over the loss of U.S. helicopters in Iraq, American aircrews are being allowed to shift tactics to maintain more flexibility in flight operations as military officials weigh whether insurgents are using more effective, lethal means to target the aircraft.
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