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Archive for August 13th, 2008

RIP Bill Gwatney

Posted in Culture, Government, Humanism, tagged on August 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Today the Arkansas Democratic Chairman was senselessly killed.
The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party died Wednesday, about four hours after a shooting at the party’s headquarters, police said.
Chairman Bill Gwatney died at 3:59 Wednesday afternoon after a gunman entered his Little Rock office and shot him several times in the upper body, Little Rock Police [...]

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Debunking a Fat Myths

Posted in Health, tagged , , , on August 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »

CNN is reporting a new study that shows nearly half of “fat” people are not at risk for heart problems because of their weight.
You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy.
A new study suggests that a surprising number [...]

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Cease-fire Agreement Tenuous at Best

Posted in Military and War, tagged , , , , on August 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »

A quick morning update on the Georgia-Russian conflict.
It doesn’t look as if the cease-fire between Georgia and Russia is holding.
Russian tanks were heading deeper into Georgia Wednesday on a road that leads to the capital, Tbilisi, witnesses at Gori told CNN.
CNN’s Matthew Chance said the column was moving slowly in the direction of the capital.
Chance, [...]

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Sheriff’s, Sexual Assault, and How They are Prosecuted

Posted in Criminality, Women and Sex Assault or Slavery, Women of DV, Women's Discrimination, tagged , , , on August 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Today, I can write about another sheriff that groped a deputy.
A former sheriff groped a deputy and grabbed her buttocks several times while she was employed at his office, the deputy testified Tuesday.
Jennifer Tyler, now a deputy sheriff in Washington state, said that before her first day of the job, Custer County Sheriff Mike Burgess [...]

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