The Hill reports:
A letter about healthcare reform to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), apparently from former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, triggered a security scare that briefly shut down much of the Senate on Wednesday.
[...]Updated: Video report added below: FREDERICK, MD (November 4, 2009)—A joint investigation by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the Maryland State Police and the Frederick County Fire Marshal’s Office is continuing to determine the cause of a fire that claimed the life of a 26-year old Germantown man [...]
(Church Hill, MD) – A Delaware man wanted by police was fatally wounded by police early this morning after he drove the wrong way for about 25 miles on highways in Queen Anne’s County and, when finally stopped, refused to surrender and pointed what appeared to be a handgun at [...]
Ben Franklin was the first to depart at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. As the oldest delegate exited through the front door, a young woman approached him and asked a profound question, "Mr. Franklin, what kind of government have you given to us?"
[...]The Deer Park Lions Club and the Lions Clubs of District 22-W are sponsoring an essay contest on American Heritage, Preservation, and Patriotism for students, for Lions and Lioness Club members, and for non-Lion adults. Last year, Josh Carback, was selected as a winner from our local club and also [...]
SCOTUSblog - Lyle Denniston
Seeking to slow down the famed “rocket docket” in federal trial courts in Virginia, at least when a death-row inmate is testing his state conviction and sentence, attorneys for John Allen Muhammad asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to delay his execution and then hear and decide his [...]
International community organizers come to America
The Washington Times Editorial Staff
The United Nations is fretting that the United States might be violating human rights by not providing adequate housing.
[...](North East, MD) – A man claiming to be armed with a gun and throwing large rocks at passing cars and ultimately troopers on Rt. 40 in Cecil County yesterday is hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot by a state trooper during the confrontation.
[...]Fox News sums up Tuesday's election results:
Republicans swept to victory in the New Jersey and Virginia governor's races Tuesday, scoring a pair of decisive wins in states that voted for President Obama a year ago.
The Democrats were able to prevent a shut-out, though, pulling out a narrow victory in [...]
