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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has only been in office three days, but he's already facing criticism for remarks he made the day of his inauguration.
Bentley, a Republican, told a crowd at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church on Monday that if they haven’t accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, they are not his brother or his sister.
“The governor does not have to be a seasoned politician to understand the impact of remarks like that,” said Bill Nigut, the Southeast regional director of the Anti-Defamation League. “These are remarks of a man who truly believes what he said, apparently. This seems to be quite clear that Christians are part of an exclusive relationship he has with his brothers and sisters and the rest of us are not.”
Bentley was sworn in shortly before he spoke at the church where the late civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was once a pastor. According to The Birmingham News, during his speech he said it was important for Alabamians to ''love and care for each other." He also told the crowd he is color blind. But just minutes later, he went on to say if they don’t have the same ‘daddy’ then they are not brothers and sisters.
Read more: Alabama Gov: Only Christians are 'Brothers and Sisters'
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Wouldn't it be wonderful if all the sudden you came into money for no apparent reason? You might want to check Treasuryhunt.gov. The website is run by the government, and lists thousands of unclaimed bonds that they are trying to get to the proper owners.
According to their website, and the Long Island Press --
* Each year, 25,000 payments are returned to the Department of the Treasury as undeliverable.
* Billions of dollars in savings bonds have stopped earning interest, but haven’t been cashed.
* Treasury Hunt tells you about savings bonds no longer earning interest. If you still have these savings bonds, cash or reinvest them so your money can start working for you again.
Read More: TreasuryHunt.gov - Are You Missing Out On Some Money
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Monday, January 3, 2011
mains of Kristi Cornwell are Found Human bones found in the woods of Northern Georgia have been positively identified as those of a woman missing since 2009, authorities announced today. Kristi Cornwell was confirmed through her dental records.
The remains were found on New Year’s Day by a passer-by in Union County, nine miles from where the 38-year-old former corrections officer disappeared on Aug. 11, 2009. The suspicion by police has been that Cornwell was kidnapped while talking to her boyfriend on her cell phone as she walked along a rural road near her parents’ house. He reported to authorities that she said a car pulled up alongside her and he overheard a struggle as she screamed, “Don’t take me!” just before the phone went dead.
Read more: Human bones found in the woods of Northern Georgia have been positively identified as those of a woman missing since 2009, authorities announced today. Kristi Cornwell was confirmed through her dental records.
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Monday, December 27, 2010
LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian are making it official.
"Yes, they were engaged over the holidays and are very happy," her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.
A source adds that the couple, who spent Christmas at home in Los Angeles, "had family and close friends in town who helped them celebrate."
Rimes, 28, and Cibrian, 37, were spotted on a Malibu beach on Monday, where she was wearing a new engagement ring.
The platinum sparkler features a 5-carat oval diamond set in rose gold fleur-de-lis connected to the band, according to a source.
Read More; LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Are Engaged
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Many parents encourage their kids to take part in team sports, thinking they'll get their recommended daily activity. But a new study suggests that children who play sports might not get enough daily exercise, and teens may get even less.
The study, released today in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, looked at how much exercise 200 kids age 7 to 14 got while playing team soccer, baseball or softball. The children wore accelerometers that tracked movement and intensity during team practice time, which ranged from 40 to 130 minutes for soccer and 35 to 217 minutes for baseball and softball.
Researchers discovered that among all participants, only 24% got the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity during practices. The news for teens was even worse -- only 10% of children age 11 to 14 reached that amount. All participants averaged about 45 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity.
The sports, chosen for their popularity and different activity levels, did show disparities. Soccer players were active for an average of 13.7 minutes more than those who played baseball or softball.
Boys outdid girls during practice, spending on average 10.7 more minutes being active. And both boys and girls were inactive for an average 30 minutes per practice.In the study, the authors wrote, "The health effects of youth sports could be improved by adopting policies and practices that ensure youth obtain sufficient physical activity during practices: emphasizing participation over competition, sponsoring teams for all skill levels across all ages, ensuring access by lower-income youth with sliding scales for fees, increasing practice frequency, extending short seasons, using pedometers or accelerometers to monitor physical activity periodically during practices, providing coaches strategies to increase physical activity, and supporting youth and parents in obtaining adequate physical activity on nonpractice days."
Read More:Team sports may be no guarantee that kids are getting enough exercise




