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Asteroid comes within 200,000 miles of the Earth (the size of an aircraft carrier) and MISSES! *no one thought to give us a heads up? Literally.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/45215197#45215197
A fertilized egg does not have the rights of a human being! Mississippi voters on Tuesday rejected an amendment to their state constitution that would have declared that life begins at fertilization. The result was somewhat unexpected: As recently as a few weeks ago, the so-called personhood amendment was considered almost certain to pass. Backers of the measure had made a special pitch to the state's large African-American community. In one ad, an ob-gyn named Freda Bush told voters, "You do not have to have a law or medical degree to know the truth and protect unborn babies from abortions."
*is it just me, or is that statement implying that African-Americans aren't intelligent enough to have law or medical degrees?*
Ohio says NO to Governor's plan to de-unionize state! Ohio voters overturned the state's new law limiting collective-bargaining rights for public employees. It's a victory for organized labor and their Democratic allies in a key electoral battleground ahead of 2012.
THE BAD
Walmart Plans to enter Health-care
The nation's largest retailer is planning to offer medical services ranging from the management of diabetes to HIV infections, NPR and Kaiser Health News have learned. In the same week in late October that Wal-Mart said it would stop offering health insurance benefits to new part-time employees, the retailer sent out a request for partners to help it "dramatically ... lower the cost of healthcare ... by becoming the largest provider of primary healthcare services in the nation."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/11/09/142156478/wal-mart-plans-ambitious-expansion-into-medical-care
Rapper Heavy-D dies at the age of 44
Penn State Scandal just gets uglier
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/08/142111804/penn-state-abuse-scandal-a-guide-and-timeline?ps=cprs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/45215197#45215197
A fertilized egg does not have the rights of a human being! Mississippi voters on Tuesday rejected an amendment to their state constitution that would have declared that life begins at fertilization. The result was somewhat unexpected: As recently as a few weeks ago, the so-called personhood amendment was considered almost certain to pass. Backers of the measure had made a special pitch to the state's large African-American community. In one ad, an ob-gyn named Freda Bush told voters, "You do not have to have a law or medical degree to know the truth and protect unborn babies from abortions."
*is it just me, or is that statement implying that African-Americans aren't intelligent enough to have law or medical degrees?*
Ohio says NO to Governor's plan to de-unionize state! Ohio voters overturned the state's new law limiting collective-bargaining rights for public employees. It's a victory for organized labor and their Democratic allies in a key electoral battleground ahead of 2012.
THE BAD
Walmart Plans to enter Health-care
The nation's largest retailer is planning to offer medical services ranging from the management of diabetes to HIV infections, NPR and Kaiser Health News have learned. In the same week in late October that Wal-Mart said it would stop offering health insurance benefits to new part-time employees, the retailer sent out a request for partners to help it "dramatically ... lower the cost of healthcare ... by becoming the largest provider of primary healthcare services in the nation."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/11/09/142156478/wal-mart-plans-ambitious-expansion-into-medical-care
Rapper Heavy-D dies at the age of 44
Penn State Scandal just gets uglier
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/08/142111804/penn-state-abuse-scandal-a-guide-and-timeline?ps=cprs
