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Planned Parenthood accused of 87,000 fake claims

wnd.com

by Unruh, Bob

March 10, 2012

Lawsuit cites possible damages approaching $1 billion.

A lawsuit alleging that Planned Parenthood submitted more than 87,000 fraudulent claims - and pointing out that there could be an $11,000-plus penalty for each case - has been unveiled in a Texas dispute by attorneys representing former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson. The case alleges the nation's abortion industry giant submitted "repeated false, fraudulent, and ineligible claims for Medicaid reimbursements" through the Texas Women's Health Program.

Fungus Disease Found In New Bat Species

personalliberty.com

by United Press International, Inc.

May 30, 2012

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has confirmed the presence of white-nose syndrome in federally listed endangered gray bats in two counties in Tennessee.

White-nose syndrome - a fungal disease first documented in New York in 2006 and now found in 19 states and four Canadian provinces - has decimated bat populations across eastern North America, with mortality rates reaching up to 100 percent at some sites, officials said. The Tennessee discovery is the first confirmation of WNS in federally listed gray bats, TheChattanoogan.com reported Tuesday.

Wrong Order Leads To McDonald's Vandalism

personalliberty.com

by United Press International, Inc.

May 22, 2012

Two Tennessee men face felony charges for allegedly vandalizing a McDonald's because their order was wrong and they were "cussed out" by the manager.

The Murfreesboro Police Department said Christopher Slate, 21, and Sean Mosey, 23, were charged with felony reckless endangerment and vandalism after they allegedly threw a brick and a piece of concrete through the restaurant's windows early Sunday, The Smoking Gun reported Tuesday.

New Doctors See Workload, Pay As Grim

personalliberty.com

by United Press International, Inc.

May 21, 2012

Many U.S. medical students preparing to be residents already have negative views of their workloads as physicians, researchers found.

Lead study author Dr. Julie Phillips, a University of Michigan Health System resident at the time of the study and now Lansing Community Clerkship director at Michigan State University's department of family medicine, said a multi-school study found med students had an especially grim view of entering primary care.

Scabies fallout at Big Oak Flat

uniondemocrat.com

by Union Democrat Staff

April 6, 2012

Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District trustees Wednesday were asked to reconsider independent study policies, in the wake of a scabies outbreak this spring that prompted many parents to pull their children from class.

Tenaya Elementary School teacher Joanne Beaudreau told trustees at their regular meeting that the recent scabies scare prompted many parents to pull their children out of class, causing them to fall behind. The students have been studying independently, which Beaudreau said is creating more work for her and other teachers.

It's the Spending, Stupid!

The Real Revo

by Uke

August 8, 2011

I tell you, I've had it up to here with the line from the other side about tax revenues and a "balanced approach."

No I'm not blind to the fact that we are in a recession, and thus our income tax system collects less now (the tax system is a topic for another thread I'm planning) than in times of plenty. But what bugs the hell out of me is that the left insists that we need a balanced approach to cutting the deficit. That is, in their minds, both cutting spending and increasing taxes. Here's some advice, though, straight from me to you: We didn't get into this mess by not taxing enough.

Nursing home resident dead after confrontation with police

nbcnews.com

by U.S. News

July 27, 2013

A 95-year-old resident of an Illinois nursing home died early Saturday, hours after being shocked with a Taser and bean bag rounds in a confrontation with police.

Authorities said John Warna was a resident at Victory Centre of Park Forest, on the 100 block of South Main Street in the south suburb. He was threatening paramedics and staff with a cane and a metal shoehorn when police arrived at the complex, they said. Police said they struck him with a Taser and bean bag rounds after he threatened officers with a 12-inch butcher knife.

Cop drags woman, 77, from car after ID refusal

NBCDFW.com

by U.S. News

September 13, 2012

A local Texas police department is standing by an officer who dragged a 77-year-old grandmother out of her car for speeding after she repeatedly refused to provide her driver's license.

The entire arrest was caught on video by the Keene Police Department. The woman, Lynn Bedford, of nearby Cleburne, was stopped on Aug. 19 for driving 66 mph in a 50-mph zone. Bedford told Sgt. Gene Geheb that she had a bladder infection and had to go to the bathroom, but the situation quickly escalated when the officer asked several times for her identification and she refused.

Ohio puts 200-pound third-grader in foster care

usnews.msnbc.msn.com

by U.S. News

December 6, 2011

An Ohio third-grader weighing more than 200 pounds has been taken from his family and placed into foster care when county social workers said his mother wasn't doing enough to control his weight.

The Plain Dealer reports that the 8-year-old is considered severely obese and at risk for diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. The Ohio Health Department estimates more than 12 percent of third-graders statewide are severely obese. The removal of the Cleveland child is the first state officials can recall of a child being put in foster care for a strictly weight-related issue.

US Closes 2011 With Record $15.22 Trillion In Debt, Officially At 100.3% Debt/GDP, $14 Billion From Breaching Debt Ceiling

zerohedge.com

by Tyler Durden

January 3, 2012

While not news to Zero Hedge readers who knew about the final debt settlement of US debt about 10 days ahead of schedule, it is now official.

According to the US Treasury, America has closed the books on 2011 with debt at an all time record $15,222,940,045,451.09. And, as was observed here first in all of the press, US debt to GDP is now officially over 100%, or 100.3% to be specific, a fact which the US government decided to delay exposing until the very end of the calendar year. We wonder, rhetorically, just how prominent of a talking point this historic event will be in any upcoming GOP primary debates.

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