That’s no longer the case, unfortunately. The problems with health care are systemic, mostly owing to overregulation, competition for grant monies and poorly thought-out approaches to privacy in a computerized age. None of these can be dealt with by mandating universal insurance coverage, through medical savings accounts or tax breaks.Indeed, you know something’s amiss when [...]
… The whole notion of not teaching history, I know exactly what that’s about. That is about making sure that those kids don’t have slightest idea what America really is all about, what it has been, and what it can still be.”“MSNBC cut away from Obama’s summit. They were showing hockey on the Obama network. [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Despite calls to free or destroy the animal, SeaWorld said Thursday it will keep the killer whale that drowned its trainer, but will suspend all orca shows while it decides whether to change the way handlers work with the behemoths. Also, VIP visitors who occasionally were invited to pet the killer [...]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A slow-moving winter storm packing heavy, wet snow and potentially flooding rain spread over the Northeast on Thursday, disrupting air traffic and closing schools. Utility companies braced for possible widespread power outages overnight due to high winds and toppled trees. The strongest wind and heaviest snow was forecast for late Thursday and [...]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A slow-moving winter storm packing heavy, wet snow and potentially flooding rain spread over the Northeast on Thursday, disrupting air traffic and closing schools. Utility companies braced for possible widespread power outages overnight due to high winds and toppled trees. The strongest wind and heaviest snow was forecast for late Thursday and [...]
Overland Park police arrested a woman Wednesday evening in a prostitution sting operation.
Alicia Renee Reece, 23, was in jail Thursday with her address listed in Olathe, but police said she told them she was from Oklahoma City.
Reece was arrested at an undisclosed area motel shortly after 10 p.m. after $200 changed hands in payment, police [...]
DAILY RFT, FEBRUARY 16, 2010 JUST ASKING And the question (and answer) is…: Did state Rep. Rob Mayer’s mother have free and unfettered access to abortion services ["Mo. Legislator Wants 24-Hour Wait for Abortions; Mothers Informed of Pain to Fetus," Chad Garrison]? Obviously not. Dr. Discretion, via the InternetDAILY RFT, FEBRUARY [...]
Officer Receives Award For Inner City EffortsCarlisle Starts ‘Beyond the Cuffs’ ProgramPOSTED: 4:49 pm CST February 23, 2010UPDATED: 5:06 pm CST February 23, 2010KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City police officer has put together a community outreach program called “Beyond the Cuffs.”Officer Corey Carlisle was awarded a meritorious service award for working [...]
Pinstripes for Ben Affleck & Matt DamonOK, let’s stipulate that, like all good Red Sox [team stats] fans, Ben Affleck hates the Yankees . So why is the Cambridge homey attached to direct – and possibly star in – “The Trade,” a flick about a pair of Bronx Bomber [...]
The American group claimed to be on a humanitarian mission, rescuing victims of the quake and taking them to a prepared orphanage in the Dominican Republic. While the group’s leader, Laura Silsby, initially claimed they were only taking orphaned children, it was later discovered that the children were given to the missionaries by their parents.Judge [...]
