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Word of advice: Stay away from any business that intentionally misspells its name by ending it with a 'Z' unless you realize that you might get what you paid for (ex. Playaz, Stylez, Jewelz, etc.) R&B Singer Ruben Studdard Takes Peachez to Court Singersroom News Ruben Studdard can’t catch a break. The R&B singer and former American Idol winner has reportedly filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court, claiming that a marketing ...More

TV chat queen Oprah gets a less than flattering tubby bronze statue cast in her honour thisislondon.co.uk She has famously battled with her weight - but according to this tribute to the queen of daytime television, it appears to be a battle lost. Controversial American sculptor Daniel Edwards latest work 'The Oprah Sarcophagus', is a very full-figured sculpture of Oprah Winfrey - and that's where the likeness begins and ends. The work casts ...More

Who said the following? “The ’sistah’ vote is paying off handsomely for Hillary Clinton,..It’s not only getting her the women’s vote. It’s also getting her the black vote.” More

Taken from the website alankeyes.com Taxation / government spending Tyrannical taxation, and excessive government spending and borrowing, are not only threats to our economy — they erode the resource base of our freedom and our moral responsibility. The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 85 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes ...More

Lou Dobbs alert: Illegal immigrants may get rebates politico.com In their bipartisan zeal to quickly cut a deal on an economic stimulus bill, GOP lawmakers overlooked something that will certainly inflame the conservative base _ illegal immigrants could receive a tax rebate check from the government. The text of the House passed bill contains language making "non resident aliens" _ illegal immigrants _ ineligible for the tax rebates. But every year, hundreds of ...More

I will be on NPR's 'News & Notes' today talking about the Presidential race among other things. I will be joined with Gina McCauley of the website 'What About Our Daughters'. It's going to be a very busy morning for me, so blogging will be light for the first half of the day. More

I thought Cobb brought up a very good point regarding the recent Florida primary and the fact that their delegates currently do not count: "So what does it mean? It means that the Democrats have 210 delegates in its pocket which it can arbitrarily use at its convention without any regard for the way people actually voted in Florida. Think about that for a while." Remember all the references to Jim Crow ...More

Empty nesters flocking to inner city National trend toward urban living is resettling downtown By PAULA WOLF LANCASTER, Pa - Jane Phillips is a grandmother five times over, but you won't find her living at Homestead Village or Willow Valley. The retired president of Family Service is perfectly content in her East Frederick Street row house in Lancaster. "I consciously chose the city because of its diversity," said Phillips, who moved here from Hawaii. "I ...More