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...effect change all across our nation." She added that "I can't do that from the governor's desk" because enemies stirred up by her sudden prominence - and orchestrated, she believes, by the Obama White House - would bury her in unfounded ethics complaints. (Read "Palin Bow-Out: Boon to Her Book Sales...
...been recorded at 103 miles per hour, three have had career-altering injuries. The fourth is Stephen Strasburg. There’s no question that the wunderkind is talented today—but such extreme talent at such a young age should be considered a red flag, not a boon...
...brink of being taken to court in violation of appointment statutes," says senator Hollis French, an Anchorage Democrat. "All because she was trying to rebuke Beth, who during the campaign said one or two things that weren't ingratiating to the governor." (Read "Palin Bow-Out: Boon to Her Book Sales...
...contribute 70% of his income to the child's upbringing, dedicate himself around the clock to the child's well-being and create a stable home life - a home life that includes his actually living there with mother and child - he might be able to give his child the boon of fatherhood without having to tie the knot. But that rarely happens. When children are born into a co-habiting, unmarried relationship, says Rector, "they arrive in a family in which the principals haven't resolved their most basic issues," including those of sexual fidelity and how to share responsibilities...
...more than 1,200-page bill, known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act, would give away carbon credits to energy aggregators, producers, refiners and others - a financial boon worth more than $600 billion - to help offset costs for consumers. The Administration initially envisioned auctioning off the credits to raise money for green jobs and other Obama priorities, but that idea was met with stiff resistance from the business community...