Release denied for dying manson follower

Shariss Atkins, the niece of Charles Manson follower.

Atkins, convicted in the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and others in 1969, is dying of brain cancer and asked that she be granted compassionate release from prison. She wants to spend her final months surrounded by family and friends, not prison guards.
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France takes EU helm?

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West Nile Virus Makes Its First Victims in the US

Stay Alert! West Nile Virus Makes Its First Victims in the US

With the return of summer, the risk of getting infected with West Nile virus is higher than in any other season of the year.

There were already confirmed eight human cases in five states, namely in Arizona, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention informed. Also, there have been reported animal cases in nine states, including Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas and Utah.

West Nile virus was first spotted in New York in 1999 and has since spread westward, ultimately appearing in every state. Last year, the U.S. confronted with no less than 2,630 human cases. The number of West Nile infections is low this year, but the season benefiting infection with the virus is only at the beginning. Also, mosquito population, which is responsible for West Nile Virus spreading, is on the rise.

Therefore, people should be more involved in the fight against mosquitoes helping authorities to spot places benefiting mosquitoes’ growth. These places include abandoned houses or pools. Also, they should report any dead corvid, birds such as crows, magpies, ravens, jays and raptors. These birds usually die after being infected with West Nile Virus. That’s why they can be warning signs that mosquitoes in the area could be carrying the virus. Horses can also be carriersof the virus.

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Reserve seat down payment $5million

Space Adventures announced on Wednesday the “Space Adventures’ Orbital Mission Explorers Circle.” The program allows for individuals to reserve seats for future orbital spaceflights, by placing a $5 million down payment on said flight.
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Scare and hurts business

Please don't harm your children!

Poor rich man Gates

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Antomy of Nerve tissue

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Israeli fighter pilots threatened to blast Tony Blair’s jet out of sky

Tony Blair came within moments of being killed when two Israeli fighter aircraft threatened to shoot down a private jet taking him to a Middle East conference in the belief that it might have been staging a terrorist attack.
The warplanes were scrambled to intercept after the jet pilot failed to contact air traffic control. Mr Blair, the international community’s envoy to the Middle East, was flying from the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to attend a major conference on private investment in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem. Read more...

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Microsoft CEO Egg Attack

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Damn! What a shame!

U.K becoming abortion capital of the world.

Britain will become the "abortion capital of the world" in the next decade, according to prolife campaigners.

They say our termination rate is already higher than any other western European country.

If the current trend continues, Britain is on course to overtake the U.S. and Australia as the place where the greatest proportion of pregnancies are terminated.

Nadine Dorries MP is leading calls for a cut in the upper time limit for so-called "social" abortions from 24 weeks to 20.

She said this would stop 2,500 terminations a year taking place.

"We have reached the point where we need to pull back on abortion," she said.

"If we don't there is no question that we will overtake America in the next couple of years, making us the abortion capital of the world."

Mrs Dorries plans to table an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill in the Commons this month.

Her campaign to cut the upper limit from 24 to 20 weeks is said to have the support of 200 MPs.

However, it will only be able to overturn the law if at least 200 others abstain.

In England and Wales, there were 193,700 abortions last year - a rate of 18.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44. In the U.S., the rate has been falling steadily for almost three decades, and it now stands at 19.4 per 1,000 women.

In France the figure is 14.5, in Germany it is 7.2 and Italy 9.1 - all lower than the UK.

The only other major Western country with a higher abortion rate than Britain is Australia - but, like the U.S., the level there is currently declining.

However, there are high rates of abortion in former Communist countries such as Ukraine.

Peter Saunders, of the Christian Medical Fellowship, said there had been an "awakening of the public conscience over abortion" in the U.S.

"By contrast in the UK we have embraced ever more tightly the same tired formula of values-free sex education, condoms and more abortion services," he added. Continue reading---

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A US Marine narrowly avoids death

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GWBush plea

Mr. Bush arrived in Saudi Arabia from Jerusalem, where he spent the past several days celebrating that country’s 60th anniversary. The Saudi visit marks another anniversary — seventy five years since the first formal American-Saudi diplomatic relations.
On Friday, the White House announced a series of initiatives meant to increase the partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia on energy and fighting terrorism.
Among the steps: Saudi Arabia will join 70 partner nations of a global initiative to fight nuclear terrorism, and will join more than 85 countries participating in an initiative intended to reduce the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
In exchange, the White House said, the United States will help the Saudis develop civilian nuclear power, as well as new infrastructure to safeguard its energy supplies.

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Global Warming

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ISRAEL/PALESTINE

PEACE AND STOP THE KILLING NOW!
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Global Food Crisis

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On American tour, pope puts his stamp on Catholic education

Now, conservative Pope Benedict XVI gets the chance to put his stamp on the role that Catholic schools should play in the education of the young and in the broader culture – as well as how they should balance academic freedom with church orthodoxy. On Thursday in Washington, he is scheduled to speak to leaders of US Catholic colleges, universities, and school systems. Read more...
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More Power to our Beloved Pope Benedict XVl

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