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Her Name's Not Oprah Winfrey, It's Ashley Speyer

Philip Rucker wrote an inspirational story in Sunday's WASHINGTON POST about a very remarkable teenager from Washington, D.C., Ashley Speyer. Last year Ashley went to the small village of Moivaro in Tanzania and volunteered in a school there. It was...

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June 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

It's Hot Outside, But Inside They're Talking About Cold Winter Nights with No Heat

The forecast calls for 88 degrees and plenty of sun here in Washington today. But inside Senator Kerry's Small Business Committee hearing room the focus will be on sub-zero temperatures, small companies struggling to supply heating oil, and their customers...

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June 25, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

When You Fill Up on Vegetable Oil, Don't Forget to Pay Those Taxes

Every two weeks, Mark Nagurney, who lives in Laurel, Maryland, stops by his local chinese restaurant and picks up several 4.5 gallon plastic jugs filled with used VEGETABLE OIL. He empties them into his 1996 Volkswagon Passat which he overhauled...

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June 23, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (7)

HE SURE IS UNPOPULAR, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WAR and SPYING, HE GETS WHAT HE WANTS

There must be a holiday coming up! Oh yeah, July 4th. Time for congress to get serious and pass a bill or two. Last night the U.S. House of Representatives gave one of the most unpopular presidents ever, a complete...

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June 20, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (13)

So Far, Not Too Bad

It's not often that you hear Nina Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate utter these words: "In light of its limited resources I believe the IRS on balance has done an OUTSTANDING JOB...." But that is what she will say when...

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June 19, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

For Dying in Iraq, He Gets a Bill in His Name

His signature was good enough for the army who trained him, put him in a uniform and sent him to Iraq to fight. But when he wanted to become a U.S. citizen, immigration officials wouldn't accept the very same signature...

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June 16, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (12)

When It Comes to Food Safety, Consumer Confidence Has Been Undermined.

That's what the GAO says in its testimony prepared for a house hearing this morning on food safety. "Recent outbreaks such as E. coli from spinach and SALMONELLA from TOMATOES have UNDERMINED CONSUMER CONFIDENCE in the SAFETY OF THE FOOD...

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June 12, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

'Hold On, My Defibrillator, I'm Young, I Don't Wanna Die'

"Oh God help me. It's going off on me. Oh no." "Ow, oh, God. It won't stop." "I don't wanna die." "I'm gonna pass out. I'm about to pass out." "Ow, ow, This thing hurts. Ow, Ow. My defibrillator keeps...

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June 11, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (11)

'He Stopped Talking. It Was Like He Was Deaf. He Didn't Look at You."

Those are the words of Joseph Marciano, an NFL special teams coach for the HOUSTON TEXANS. According to USA TODAY'S Tom Weir, when this FATHER'S DAY arrives "Joe Marciano will get a special pleasure from the first words out of...

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June 10, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (2)

Arrested, Jailed, and Sexually Assaulted In Ethiopia, She Fled To The U.S.

ARRESTED, JAILED, and SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN ETHIOPIA, SHE FLED TO THE U.S. where she was detained and abused all over again. That is the story Zena Asfaw will tell a hearing chaired by California Democrat Zoe Lofgren, called to investigate...

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June 4, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (6)