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Saturday, March 7, 2009

Barbara Bush to leave intensive care

Published: March 7, 2009 at 4:57 PM HOUSTON, March 7 (UPI) -- Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, was ready to move out of a Houston hospital's intensive care unit Saturday, a spokeswoman said. Jean Becker, the former president's spokeswoman, confirmed the former first lady... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

EU pay gender gap put at 17.4 percent

BRUSSELS, March 4 (UPI) -- European working women receive an average of 17.4 percent less pay than men, statistics released Wednesday indicate. In an EU report released ahead of International Women's Day on Sunday, statistics from across the European Union's 27 member states show Estonia with the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 2, 2009

No Word

I am sad about the news of the two missing NFL players. The players and their families are in my thoughts and will be in my prayers. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Free To Filter

I don't watch the news. I would rather read the news at newspaper sites online, so that I can have some ability to filter the information that my mind absorbs. What do you think? Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Ridge: Detainees deserved due process

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge says the United States was wrong not to give terror suspects due process protections. Speaking on the BBC's 'World Today" program, the former Pennsylvania governor and first federal homeland security chief said he accepts... Sign in to see full entry.

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