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Newsletter Updates
May 6, 2009
Kristopher states, "that behind every sex crime, the addiction of pronography is found. Pornography is behind the sex trafficking of our children for the top story. " Read On |
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The Department of Homeland Security is reining in a "maverick" division of the agency following criticism of a report it issued that details domestic "extremists" ranging from anti-tax movements to pro-environment groups, a DHS official told FOX News on Tuesday. The report, released in March and recalled within hours, was on top of a controversial document the same office produced last month that said U.S. veterans were ripe for recruitment by terrorist groups. The quickly withdrawn report, titled the "Domestic Extremism Lexicon," comes from the department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis, the same unit that produced the report on right-wing extremists recruiting vets. The document, first uncovered by The Washington Times, uses a broad brush to define terms used when analyzing dozens of supposedly extremist ideologies inside the United States. Read On |
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As we approach the day we celebrate and honor mothers, I'm happy to report that moms around the country are joining with me to raise our children to become the people that God intends them to be. It's so encouraging to see a groundswell of support from moms and dads across the country for the principles and actions I promote in 30 Ways in 30 Days to Save Your Family. I continue to be encouraged and inspired by the stories of how you are rising up like mother bears and fighting the cultural lies that are robbing your kids of their best futures. Please continue to send me your challenges and successes, and I, in turn, will pass some of them along to encourage and equip other moms. You can e-mail them to me at rebecca@howtosaveyourfamily.com or through my website at www.HowToSaveYourFamily.com.Editors' note: Subscribe to Townhall Magazine and receive a copy of Rebecca Hagelin's book free with your subscription! Read On |
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 Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman. Connie Culp stepped forward Tuesday to show off the results of the nation's first face transplant, and her new look was a far cry from the puckered, noseless sight that made children run away in horror. Culp's expressions are still a bit wooden, but she can talk, smile, smell and taste her food again. Her speech is at times a little tough to understand. Her face is bloated and squarish, and her skin droops in big folds that doctors plan to pare away as her circulation improves and her nerves grow, animating her new muscles. But Culp had nothing but praise for those who made her new face possible. "I guess I'm the one you came to see today," the 46-year-old Ohio woman said at a news conference at the Cleveland Clinic, where the groundbreaking operation was performed. But "I think it's more important that you focus on the donor family that made it so I could have this person's face." Up until Tuesday, Culp's identity and how she came to be disfigured were a secret. Culp's husband, Thomas, shot her in 2004, then turned the gun on himself. He went to prison for seven years. His wife was left clinging to life. The blast shattered her nose, cheeks, the roof of her mouth and an eye. Hundreds of fragments of shotgun pellet and bone splinters were embedded in her face. She needed a tube into her windpipe to breathe. Only her upper eyelids, forehead, lower lip and chin were left. Read On |
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STANFORD FINANCIAL FRAUD Regulators didn’t sweep in to accuse Stanford Financial of fraud until early this year, but depositors and investors in Stanford were on to the alleged fraud as early as 2002, according to Securities and Exchange Commission documents obtained by FOX Business Network. Stanford Financial, its affiliates and Chairman R. Allen Stanford face civil fraud charges, and a grand jury is mulling a criminal indictment. At issue is whether the company and executives perpetrated what the government has called a “massive ongoing fraud” by selling high-yield certificates of deposit that were invested in risky instruments and promised outsized returns. Stanford himself has not yet been charged criminally, though his chief investment officer, Laura Pendergest-Holt, was charged with obstruction of justice. While the original charges weren’t filed until February, the SEC was alerted to potential fraud involving the CDs as early as October 28, 2002, when an accountant in Mexico questioned the investments his mother had in Stanford. According to a letter obtained by FOX Business through a Freedom of Information Act request, the accountant was concerned that his mother had placed all her assets with Stanford, but had received little in the way of information about the performance of the CDs. Read On |
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Every night, right here in Houston, children are being sexually assaulted by strangers. Having sex with a child is a serious crime. It's also a multi-billion dollar business.