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Wednesday 31 October 2007

Archive for October, 2007

Dr. Phil on Paternity Fraud

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 11:05 am

Dr. Phil’s Message Board

Comments (0) | Posted in paternity fraud

Okla.’s Child Support Data Exchange Law Goes into Effect Nov. 1

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 11:01 am

The Oklahoma Insurance Department issued a reminder that a new state law compelling Child Support data exchange for workers’ compensation, personal injury and wrongful death claims has a fast-approaching Nov. 1 deadline

Comments (0) | Posted in child support

Missouri Supreme Court reverses child support conviction

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 11:00 am

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court today reversed the conviction of a Buchanan County man who had been ordered to pay child support for a daughter that he and his estranged wife acknowledged was not his.

Comments (0) | Posted in child support

Zogby Poll: Majority Say Two-Party System “Not Working Well”

Tuesday 30 October 2007 @ 2:33 pm

The newsletter survey also shows that, by a wide majority, most Americans are displeased with the current two–party political system. Two out of three adults – 67% – said they were dissatisfied with the Democrat–versus–Republican dominated system, while just 31% said they were happy with it.

Comments (0) | Posted in government, interesting, society

Christian Groups Claim Pro-Atheist ‘Stealth Campaign’ in Nicole Kidman Fantasy Film ‘The Golden Compass’

Monday 29 October 2007 @ 11:43 pm

A children’s fantasy film that stars Nicole Kidman and features a little girl on a quest to kill God has some Christian groups upset over what they believe is a ploy to promote atheism to kids.

Comments (0) | Posted in media

Female Teacher in Tennessee Charged With Having Sex With Male Student

Monday 29 October 2007 @ 11:41 pm

A Gallatin High School teacher was charged with statutory rape after being accused of having sex with a 17-year-old male student at her home in Nashville.

Comments (0) | Posted in crime + punishment

Schwarzenegger Says Marijuana Not a Drug

Monday 29 October 2007 @ 2:10 pm

LONDON (AP) — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says marijuana is not a drug, a British magazine reported Monday. But his spokesman said the governor was joking.

Comments (1) | Posted in interesting

Man kills ostrich over “male pride”

Monday 29 October 2007 @ 10:46 am

SAN FRANCISCO - A man was sentenced to five months in jail after he and a friend, acting on wounded pride, gunned down an ostrich that had kicked them as their female companions laughed, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Comments (0) | Posted in psychology

Hunter’s pics revive lively Bigfoot debate

Monday 29 October 2007 @ 10:44 am

The only thing certain about the critter photographed by a hunter’s camera is that some people have gotten the notion it could be a Sasquatch, or bigfoot. Others say it is just a bear with a bad skin infection.

Comments (0) | Posted in interesting

What men talk about

Monday 29 October 2007 @ 10:42 am

The biggest complaint I hear from wives these days is that their husbands don’t speak to them. They don’t share their emotions, they don’t let them into their hearts. Marriages that suffer from a lack of intimate communication, focusing on the practical at the expense of the emotional, are destined to corrode. Even if they survive, they will leave both partners lonely. Here then, are the 10 reasons why husbands don’t open up to their wives.

Comments (0) | Posted in Fathers, human nature, interesting, men + women, sex and metropolis