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Michele Bachmann Claims the Gay Community Is Just a Bunch of Bullies

posted by Rebecca Stokes 16 minutes ago in In The News

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This is galling.

Rep. Michele Bachmann is in the news again, and her latest comments definitely made my blood pressure rise. The fact that she has even the limited amount of power she does is continually unfathomable. Bachmann is continually sticking her foot in her mouth and pushing a deeply restrictive and conservative agenda.

She's in the news this week talking about the bill in Arizona that would have allowed business owners to refuse service to gay customers. Thankfully, the bill was shot down.

But Michele is still seething about it and she's talking to anyone who will listen. The way she sees it, straight Americans have been "bullied" by gay Americans for long enough. This bill tanking is just more proof of that. Excuse me while I ralph up my indignation into a bucket I have reserved solely for this purpose.
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Haunting New Questions Raised About Mummified Woman Found in Garage

posted by Maressa Brown 26 minutes ago in In The News

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A tragic, bizarre story out of Pontiac, Michigan continues to raise questions. A person found mummified in a garage is believed to be Pia Farrenkopf, whose death went unnoticed for YEARS as a result of her asking her mail carrier not to drop mail off at the home, having a neighbor mow her lawn, bills automatically being paid from a bank account, and neighbors thinking she moved or was traveling.

In fact, the woman -- whose body hasn't been officially positively identified yet -- was thought to have died in 2008. And now, the mystery has gotten even stranger, because voting records in Oakland County show Farrenkopf is shown as voting in the November 2010 gubernatorial election. How does someone presumed dead for two years -- actually mummified -- vote?!
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82-Year-Old Hammer-Wielding Grandpa Leaves Robber Begging for His Life

posted by Nicole Fabian-Weber 47 minutes ago in In The News

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While most grandpas are enjoying their days golfing or playing canasta, George Bradford is fighting crime. Literally. The 82-year-old grandfather from Detroit fought off a would-be home invader with a hammer. That's right, Grandpa hit a potential robber in the head with a hammer in order to protect his home; his elderly mother(!); his daughter; and his granddaughter, all of whom live with him.

I don't use this word lightly, but it has to be said: Pops is a bada**!
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Man Forced to Let Friends Rename Him After Lost Bet & They Were NOT Kind

posted by Linda Sharps 55 minutes ago in In The News

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I'm not much of a gambler, but if I ever find myself in a situation where I'm so sure of my outcome that I'm willing to make a high-stakes bet on it, I'm sticking to cash. Because while it hurts to empty your wallet when luck isn't in your favor, it's not as bad as, say, having to legally change your name.

A 22-year-old New Zealander made a terrible, no-good, very bad, very DRUNK poker bet, which has resulted in what is surely the most ridiculous-sounding name ever filed with the Department of Internal Affairs: Births, Deaths, and Marriages. This happened five years ago, but it was finally accepted last week when his passport expired. The poor guy can eventually pay to change it back, but in the meantime, you are going to die when you hear the 99-character moniker his creative "friends" chose for him.
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Heartbreaking
Arrest of Missing Toddler's Mom Was Just Plain Cruel

posted by Jeanne Sager 4 hours ago in In The News

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When you hear that the mother of a missing toddler has been arrested, what's the first thing that pops into your head? That the mother was somehow involved in the disappearance of her child? Well, the mother of missing 2-year-old Myra Lewis has indeed been arrested, but as far as cops in Madison County, Mississippi are concerned, Ericka Lewis' arrest has nothing to do with her daughter's disappearance.

In fact, the only thing mom is charged with is a probation violation, completely unrelated to her missing toddler. But is that really something the cops need to deal with now? Even as the FBI is so worried about the little girl that they've set up a national call for information and issued a $20,000 reward for anything that gets little Myra home to her family?
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Mom & 2 Children Allegedly Killed By Sex Offender 'Friend' Living With Them

posted by Lisa Fogarty 8 hours ago in In The News

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A Colorado mom and her two children -- a 5-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl -- were found dead at their home after the woman's teenage daughter called police to report that she had been sexually assaulted. Cops say the teen ran to a neighbor's house to call 911 and that when help arrived at the family's home, they found the rest of her family slain. The suspect was also found inside their home and was immediately arrested. He is being identified as a 31-year-old man who is a convicted sex offender and was a friend of the mom's who had been living at their house with them.
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Car Crash Goes From Bad to Worse When Thousands of Bees Attack Drivers (VIDEO)

posted by Lisa Fogarty 22 hours ago in In The News

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It's bad enough being involved in a car accident. Even a minor one becomes a headache when you have to exchange phone numbers and details about your insurance companies with a perfect stranger. But two women in California had the ultimate worst driving experience of their lives today when they collided in a simple two-car crash that quickly devolved into a scene from a horror film. One of the drivers hit a tree, which brought down one of its limbs -- and a massive hidden bee hive. What happened next sounds like it was pulled straight from the pages of a horror film script.
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Atheists Who Want Cross Out of 9/11 Museum Are Fighting the Wrong Battle

posted by Lisa Fogarty Yesterday at 3:30 PM in In The News

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When the new National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum opens this May in New York City, it will display 1,000 artifacts related to the tragic event -- but a 17-foot cross-shaped beam found in the wreckage will not be one of them, if the group American Atheists have anything to say about it.

The cross was discovered by a construction worker at the World Trade Center site, who said it provided him with great "comfort." But a representative for the atheist group argues that the "Miracle Cross," as it is being called, doesn't belong anywhere within a museum that is being financed by taxpayers and that it violates the Constitutition's separation of church and state. The group claims it is fighting to include an object of its own to be put up in the museum -- a plaque that says "atheists died here, too."
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George Zimmerman Signs Autographs at Gun Show Like He’s a Hero (VIDEO)

posted by Adriana Velez Yesterday at 2:11 PM in In The News

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This public appearance is so cringe-worthy I can hardly stand to even write about it. George Zimmerman signed autographs at the New Orlando Gun Show. He was the featured guest of The Arms Room, a gun shop that supported him through his trial. Apparently this is his way of giving back. "The concept of being able to pay them back for what they did for me and seeing my supporters face to face was something I just couldn't pass up," Zimmerman told Fox 35.

So how did the giving-back public appearance go? Not quite as well as the planners probably hoped. It kind of makes you wonder, with friends like Zimmerman, does the gun industry really need any enemies?
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Horrifying
Pregnant Mom & Unborn Child Accidentally Killed by Police Officer Father

posted by Michele Zipp Yesterday at 2:09 PM in In The News

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The topic of gun safety is an important one -- and one that must be discussed often as accidents keep happening. But maybe the truth really is that guns, by nature, are just not safe. Just having one runs you a great risk.

JoAnne Miller, 34, was 22 weeks pregnant with her third child. Her husband, a Pennsylvania State Trooper, was handling his .45-caliber handgun when it reportedly accidentally discharged striking his pregnant wife in the head.
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