Feeling homeless...any advice?

Nov 22, 2009 - So, I was born in  California. When I was little, my parents moved to Chicago. I lived in 4 or 5 different places in the Chicago metro groiwng up and went to 2 different school districts by the time I was in 8th grade. - 5 Comments

Do You Live in a Healthy or an Unhealthy State?

Nov 17, 2009 -   If you want to be healthy, live in Vermont—or at least act like you do. It is the healthiest state in the country, according to a new report from the nonprofit United Health Foundation. The annual ranking looks at 22 indicators of health, including everything from how many children receive recommended vaccinations, to obesity and smoking rates, to cancer deaths. - 5 Comments

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah

Nov 09, 2009 - WEST ALLIS, Wis. – Sarah Palin rallied thousands of abortion opponents Friday night with a a stark warning that the same philosophy that allows abortion rights could soon be invoked to allow the government to cut off health care for the elderly or children with special needs. Speaking to a fund-raising banquet of Wisconsin Right to Life, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee asserted that if policy-makers don’t believe a child in the womb is valuable, then “perhaps the same mind-set applies to other persons.” “What may they feel about an elderly person who doesn’t have a whole lot of productive years left,” Palin asked an audience of about 5,000 who paid $30 each to hear her speak in an airplane hangar-like exhibition hall at the Wisconsin state fairgrounds just outside of Milwaukee. - 9 Comments

Cheating Wisconsin Man Allegedly Bound, Assaulted by Scorned Lovers

Aug 04, 2009 - Cheating Wisconsin Man Allegedly Bound, Assaulted by Scorned Lovers Tuesday, August 04, 2009 AP Therese Ziemann, 48, of Menasha, Wis. WAUSAU, Wis. — A married man who planned to rendezvous with one of his handful of lovers at an eastern Wisconsin motel instead found himself bound, blindfolded and assaulted by a group of women out for revenge, according to court documents. - 110 Comments

Healthcare provision seeks to embrace prayer treatments

Nov 03, 2009 - A little-noticed measure would put Christian Science healing sessions on the same footing as clinical medicine. Critics say it violates the separation of church and state. By Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses. - 18 Comments

Obama's approval rating by state

Nov 03, 2009 - http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/02/latest-round-up-of-obama-poll-ratings-by-state/   Latest Round-Up of Obama Poll Ratings by State Posted: 11/2/09 Filed Under:Barack Obama, Guns, Polls, Obama Administration, Poll Watch 185 Comments + Join the discussion »

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Here's our latest sampling of recent polls that tested President Obama's job approval or favorability ratings at the state level. It's not a scientific or necessarily representative sample, just a roundup of what's available. Updated states are: Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia. - 7 Comments

Price to PepsiCo for Not Being in Court: $1.26 Billion

Oct 28, 2009 - What's the cost of not showing up to court? For PepsiCo Inc., it's a $1.26 billion default judgment. A Wisconsin state court socked the company with the monster award in a case alleging that PepsiCo stole the idea to bottle and sell purified water from two Wisconsin men. - 3 Comments

TV Workout Pumps Up Hill

Oct 21, 2009 - TV Workout Pumps Up Hill By Andie Coller   It was Paul Ryan’s abs that sold Kevin Brady.   “When I saw Paul Ryan — man, he’s gotten in great shape. He doesn’t have a six-pack; he’s got, like, a 12-pack,” Brady, a Texas Republican, says of his fellow GOP-er, who hails from Wisconsin. - 10 Comments