Coming Soon.

LAKE GEORGE--Warren County Sheriff Larry J. Cleveland said he was going to release his agency's "investigative" report of the Oct. 2 Ethan Allen boating tragedy on Lake George by year's end.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting an investigation into the deaths and illnesses of dogs that consumed pet food contaminated with a potent toxin called aflatoxin. To date, FDA is aware of 23 dogs that have died and another 18 dogs that have become ill. The pet food is made by Diamond Pet Food at its Gaston, SC facility.

ALBANY---The state Attorney General's office has announced the settlement of a case against the Federal Express Corporation (Fed Ex Express) concerning the company's accommodation of the religious beliefs and practices of several individuals employed as couriers in New York City.

TALLAHASEE--As you begin the New Year, why not adopt a resolution to improve your cyber-security? According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, an astonishing 93% of the Florida respondents to a Symantec/Harris survey said they have experienced privacy intrusions online. Viruses, worms, and Trojan horses have spread across the Internet infecting countless computers, ranging from your home, to businesses, even to major corporations.

I have always been fascinated by the idea of time travel. I recently began thinking about what would happen if today's Cindy Sheehan, Nancy Pelosi, Michael Moore, John Kerry crowd went back in time to some important points in our history and were able to influence events.

NEW YORK---A federal district judge in Manhattan ruled Friday that federal courts lack the power to order the continuation of existing drug benefits to people with Medicare who are losing Medicaid drug coverage this weekend. The decision says that people denied medicine must contest that denial, individual by individual, before the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services prior to seeking court protection.

NEW YORK---A year after being banned, the state Office of Court Administration has rescinded the ban on camera cell phones in New York courthouses.

ERIE, PA-Bobby Schindler, brother of Terri Schiavo will be the keynote speaker at People for Life's 28th Annual Pro-Life Prayer Breakfast to be held Jan. 7 at 9 a.m. at the Avalon Hotel in Erie, PA.

KINGSTON---An admitted alcoholic judge who dropped a bid for the state Supreme Court in the fall of 2004 after conducting court while drunk has been censured by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct.

MIAMI---Four South Florida residents recently convicted in a Medicare fraud and witness tampering scheme have been sentenced.

MIAMI---A federal grand jury has returned two separate indictments against five defendants for allegedly conspiring to traffic in goods violating trademarks including electrical cords, batteries, handbags, wallets, suitcases, shoes, hats, sunglasses, watches and different items of clothing and accessories bearing the counterfeit trademarks of Underwriters Laboratories, Duracell, Lous Vuitton, Rolex, Prada, Gucci, Coach, Disney, Nike, Major League Baseball, Oakley and others.

OREGON---A 21-year-old Beaverton, Ore. Man has pleaded guilty to launching a computer attack against the Internet auction site eBay in July and August, 2003 with an army of infected computers he had amassed by using a computer worm program.

The New York Racing Association agreed Friday to a memorandum of understanding, which outlines the terms of an up to $30 million state financial assistance package that will permit the continuation of thoroughbred racing operations at Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course through 2006.

LAKELAND, FLA--The second time around was a charm for the former police officer turned website operator when the 2nd District Court of Appeals reviewed the bail petition of Christopher Wilson.

HARRISBURG, PA---A high school French teacher is facing charges of assaulting a police officer with a plastic toy trumpet after he allegedly hit the officer over the head.

If you make over half a million dollars a year, you're in for a tax break.

A personal income tax reduction that will save rich New York taxpayers almost $1 billion, an expansion and reform of the state's lobbying laws, and a measure to bring New York State into compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA), highlight the list of new state laws that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2006.

GREENWICH-A Washington County veterinarian has been charged with failing to provide proper food and medical care for a horse that is a granddaughter of legendary racehorse Seattle Slew.

GEORGIA---Less than two weeks after he filed a bill that would have made it a crime to remove individuals from a feeding tube if they had not left a living will or clearly stated their wishes to their loved ones, Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) withdrew his legislation from consideration.

NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union Friday sharply criticized a Justice Department investigation into the disclosure of an illegal National Security Agency domestic eavesdropping operation approved by President George W. Bush.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way- in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

LONG ISLAND--The state Attorney General's office and Nassau County have filed a lawsuit against a Long Island home health care company accused of defrauding the Medicaid program.

Earlier this month, The New York Times reported that since shortly after the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001 the National Security Agency, whose mission is to monitor the communications of foreigners outside our borders, has been focusing its futuristic spy technology on Americans.

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, LA---The big, beautiful log house is gone. The commercial orange grove has been destroyed. Even so, the plot of family land along Highway 11 North was where Jill Patten's grown children chose to spend their first post-Katrina Christmas.

TALLAHASSEE--The annual Hate Crimes in Florida report detailing incidents of hate-related offenses that occurred during 2004 has been released by the Florida Attorney General's office indicating that the number of hate crimes reported by local law enforcement agencies increased by 21.5% over the previous year, with the total of 334 reported hate crimes representing the third-highest annual total since reporting began in 1990.

ALBANY-"Judges aren't biased", state Supreme Court justice Anthony J. Carpinello emphatically boomed from the bench of the Appellate Division, Third Department during oral arguments in an appeal heard in 2001 and the clerk of the court told the defendant's attorney not to raise the issue of judicial bias again before the court or else she wouldn't be practicing law because the judges didn't like judicial misconduct claims.

COLUMBUS, OHIO---An Ohio Supreme Court Justice arrested 11 months ago for drunken driving after she blew a 0.216 on a breathalyzer test, nearly three times the 0.08 limit, received only a public reprimand from a special panel of judges who ruled that her DWI conviction constituted judicial misconduct.

DANIA BEACH, FLA---A Florida FBI agent has been charged with fraud and making false statements on an application for a S-Visa, a visa for foreign nationals who are deemed essential to an investigation and prosecution of certain crimes.

The scenario is far too common in today's medical facilities. An elderly woman is moved from a skilled nursing facility to a local hospital because of multi-organ failure. The family is at the bedside demanding all possible medical means to save her life. Physicians and other caregivers are convinced such treatment would be medically futile.

NEW YORK---The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation will make improvements in accessibility for people with disabilities recommended by a State Comptroller's audit released Wednesday. While many sites operated by Parks have been upgraded in recent years to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities, other Parks facilities are not accessible even after renovations, and a lack of on-site signage and other information regarding accessible sites increases difficulties for persons with disabilities, the audit found.

ONEIDA COUNTY--The Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority (OHSWA) cost estimates for the proposed regional landfill in Ava are reasonable and objective, according to an audit released Wednesday by New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi. The report notes that the potential cost savings from the $29.3 million project are $4.2 million per year compared to the cost for the current practice of exporting waste to another county.

NEW YORK--The New York State Insurance Department's 2005 Annual Ranking of Automobile Insurance Complaints, a document which helps consumers compare automobile insurers based on their level of customer service, has been released.

At a time of year when people traditionally resolve to make changes that can improve their lives, the New York State Office of Homeland Security, in concert with the State Department of Health and the State Emergency Management Office, has urged New Yorkers to take some simple steps now to be better prepared for possible emergencies in 2006.

SARATOGA COUNTY--A judge shall not lend the prestige of judicial office to advance the private interests of the judge or others.

So says the Rules Governing Judicial Conduct.

OSWEGO--Former Oswego Mayor John Gosek spent $3,500 in city funds from January 2003 to September 2005 for questionable or unnecessary expenses, including meals, alcohol, travel, hundreds of dollars of directory assistance calls and other miscellaneous charges that had little or no documentation to justify the purpose of the expenses, according to a report released Tuesday by New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi.

ORLANDO---Orange County Court judge Alan C. Todd was already under investigation for allegedly chastising an unwed female deputy from the bench, calling another female officer a deputite and allegedly making discriminatory remarks about a Hispanic public defender.

ORLANDO---Even though she and Central Florida's chief administrator with the Department of Families and Children (DCF) were under investigation for their handling of a matter involving the placement of a foster child in the home of an alleged child molester, Gov. Jeb Bush appointed DCF's general counsel Kelly McKibben to a judgeship in the Brevard County Circuit Court.

New Yorkers who already financially straining to feed and clothe themselves due to high energy costs are getting jolted again.

ALBANY---The state Department of Motor Vehicles is kicking off the New Year with a new policy that requires vehicle owners to get their vehicles inspected in the first 10 days of the month instead of the previous practice of getting the vehicle inspected anytime during the month the inspection is due.

QUEENS---The board of managers of the Queens County Bar Association has issued an unanimous resolution in support of Queens Supreme Court Justice Laura D. Blackburne who the state Commission of Judicial Conduct says should be removed from office.

TAMPA---The law works a whole lot differently in Florida than it does in New York, not only in open government laws but in improper use of municipal computers on taxpayer time by municipal employees.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA---The life of the Jacksonville man who suffered serious head trauma and brain damage in the kitchen of his home in suspicious circumstances in September, 2004, literally hangs in the balance, dependent on the outcome of a guardianship hearing scheduled Jan. 3.

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA---The attorney who allegedly committed the fatal error in the Schiavo case, the basis for the denial of all future appeals which sounded the death knell for Terri Schiavo, will be honored by the St. Petersburg Bar Foundation at their "Heroes Among Us" dinner on Jan. 21.

BARTOW, FLA---When public officials in New York State hold secret meetings violating the state's Open Meetings Law or refuse to provide information under the state's Freedom of Information Law, they laugh about it and nothing happens.

ALBANY--No thanks to Gov. George Pataki, about 360,000 workers across New York State will benefit with an increase in the state's minimum wage on New Year's Day to $6.75 an hour.

TALLAHASSEE---Do you feel that Pinellas County probate court judge George W. Greer acted properly in the Terri Schiavo case?

BOYNTON BEACH, FLA---The Palm Beach County School Board is the target of a federal lawsuit filed Dec. 22 by a high school junior and the American Civil Liberties Union for allegedly punishing the student for refusing to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance.

TEXAS---The family of man who died attempting to avoid a flying Porta Potti is suing the sanitation company whose truck was carrying the portable toilet.

NEW YORK----Joel Krupnik and Mildred Castellanos decked the front yard of their Manhattan mansion before Christmas with a blood-spattered, five-foot tall, knife-wielding Santa Claus and a tree full of decapitated Barbie dolls.

BALLSTON---Ballston Town Justice Keith Kissinger hasn't performed the duties of the judicial office for more than month after he suddenly resigned in October while allegedly under investigation by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct.

LAKELAND, FLA---The U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant Christopher Wilson's emergency request for bail that would have released him from the Polk County Jail where he is being held on 301 obscenity charges relating to his operation of a website.

Merry Christmas, fellow conservatives, libertarians, constitutionalists and free market advocates. It's the time of year where we are repeatedly told by leftists how selfish we are for not supporting Jesus' message of socialized medicine, 70% top marginal tax rates and governmental nannyism. You didn't know Jesus preached those things? Just ask the nearest liberal and he or she will explain how government mandated social justice is the essence of the Messiah's mission on Earth.

An article on Terri Schiavo recently asked what Terri's Law cost the Republicans in Congress. I wish these writers would get the issues straight. Terri Schiavo was not a political or party issue, although some did portray it as such. It was not a right vs. left or even religious issue. While Michael Schiavo alluded to the Right to Lifers in a Larry King Live interview, they were not the issue either. To be sure, they were involved, but Democratic organizations like George Soros and his OSI and the ACLU were on Michael Schiavo's side. It always was, and still is a value, a moral issue. This particular issue, putting a brain injured woman down, or euthanasia, is an ethical part of our lives. And many in the public do not understand the depth of ethics or ethical principles in our everyday lives, let alone the added ethical implications of causing death by pulling a feeding tube.

"Times staff writers Janet Zink and Bill Adair contributed to... " an article I read tonight on the gainesville.com site. (Terri Schiavo derails social agenda of Christian right . . . St. Petersburg Times). I'm just wondering how far the St. Petersburg Times will go in the attempt to vilify Terri Schiavo and what is behind this maddening madness.

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA--While most Americans are observing the holidays and readying for New Year's celebrations, Florida euthanasia advocate attorney George Felos of Dunedin is no doubt packing for his death cruise.

DALLAS---Did the Dallas Sheriff's Department violate the constitutional rights of man incarcerated more than a year without having been afforded his Sixth Amendment right to counsel?

PINELLAS COUNTY, FLA---Two high school teachers in Pinellas County have been arrested in the same week for allegedly using home computers to engage in child pornography in separate incidents.

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CHESTERTOWN---Christmas is a whole lot brighter this year for North Country Gazette publisher June Maxam.

Virtually every year for the past seven and a half years, the publisher has been threatened with jail or has been in jail for Christmas as the result of charges filed against her by the Warren County Sheriff's Department and now sheriff Larry Cleveland.

Michael Schiavo says that he's formed TerriPac, a national political committee to hold politicians---particularly Republicans--accountable for trying to save the life of his disabled wife, Terri Schindler-Schiavo.

The New York State Supreme Court decided on Thursday, Dec. 21 against issuing a preliminary injunction in an article 78 proceeding by Worth Construction challenging the Office of the State Comptroller's determination that Worth is not a responsible vendor and therefore could not be awarded a road construction project by the New York State Thruway Authority.

ALBANY----Funding to prevent alcohol-related birth defects in New York State has been announced by the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS).

TALLAHASSEE - The holiday season is filled with festivities where families, friends and co-workers gather to relax and enjoy the various celebrations that occur through the arrival of the New Year. To help prevent alcohol-related accidents, President Bush has declared December as National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month. In conjunction with the President's effort to reinforce safety this holiday season, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) encourages Floridians to celebrate responsibly during the holidays and throughout the year.

WASHINGTON, DC---In what may be a prelude to the forthcoming report regarding the Oct. 2 accident on Lake George in which the tour boat Ethan Allen capsized, killing 20 of the 47 passengers aboard, the National Transportation Safety Board issued a report Friday involving a September boating accident on the Umpqua River in Oregon when three people were killed.

TALLAHASSEE---Kelly McKibben represented Gov. Jeb Bush in the Terri Schiavo case.

And now the Governor has appointed McKibben to the Brevard County Court to fill the vacancy in the 18th Judicial Circuit created during the 2005 legislative session.

ESPERANCE---Charles P. Myles, Esperance town justice since 1999, has been charged with stealing electricity from National Grid by bypassing the electric meter at his residential property in Sloansville, about 24 miles west of Albany.

LANSING, MICH---In a 7-2 vote, the Michigan Parole Board has recommended that the Governor deny Dr. Death's request to grant a pardon and/or commutation of his sentence so that he can "die with some dignity by being free".

According to recent showbiz news, jailed murderer Jack Kevorkian may soon be the subject of a laudatory movie biopic. (No, it is not intended as a horror movie.) Unfortunately, this seems to be a serious project. The announced director is Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. The screenwriter is Barbara Turner (Pollock)(Pollock). Stars touted as potentially playing the lead include Ben Kingsley and Daniel Day Lewis.

QUEENS---The former comptroller of the Lexington School for the Deaf - a nonprofit charitable organization in Jackson Heights that has operated as the main hard-of-hearing school in the metropolitan area since 1864 - has been charged with embezzling $42,000 from the school's checking account.

ALBANY---More than $4.5 million in new funding and 100 new State Police Investigators will be dedicated to support a new, expanded federal, state and local police initiative that will help remove illegal guns from New York's streets, according to Gov. George E. Pataki.

BUFFALO--Four days before one of the country's most significant religious holidays, a federal judge in Buffalo has ruled the federal government can treat innocent American citizens as terrorists when returning to the United States from religious conferences.

WASHINGTON - In a formal request to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the American Civil Liberties Union has called for the immediate appointment of an outside special counsel to investigate and prosecute any criminal acts and violations of laws as a result of the National Security Agency's surveillance of domestic targets as authorized by President Bush.

NEW YORK--Ruling that the constitutional rights of the man whose crime led to the enactment of Kendra's Law had been violated, New York's Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of Andrew Goldstein and ordered a new trial in the case.

MORIAH---Days before a hearing was scheduled to begin regarding charges of judicial misconduct, an Essex County town justice has resigned and agreed that he won't seek or accept judicial office again.

It was one of the most dominant voices on the Internet, reporting news and issues of government and the courts.

But in the last several months, The Empire Journal has declined to a state of virtual non-existence.

In recent days, major press and media outlets have produced and published their considerations for the top news stories of 2005. According to the Associated Press, a survey of the country's editors and news directors overwhelmingly tapped the story of Hurricane Katrina as the most significant and the most exhaustively reported.

People Magazine has named Michael Schiavo as one of the top "newsmakers of the year" in its Dec. 26 edition.

Well, maybe rightfully so. After all, as the world watched, he got away with judicial homicide----so far. That's news.

Because Christmas falls on Sunday this year, some prominent evangelical churches canceled worship services, expecting low attendance. This surprising turn of events might inspire Christian warriors fighting to "save Christmas" to rethink their strategy. Rather than condemn the "happy holiday" speck in Wal-Mart's eye, they might notice the Yule log in their own.

'Tis the season for credit card debt. If you are getting calls from collection agents at all hours of the day or night and on weekends, you should know that federal and state laws prohibit collection agents from using these practices.

QUEENS---A physician employed at a Queens Village medical clinic has been charged with insurance fraud for falsely billing insurance carriers under New York's no-fault law for costly medical tests never provided to motor vehicle accident victims -- including an undercover investigator.

ALBANY--The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has agreed to a request by the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) to change the federal formula used to determine food stamp grants, a move that will lead to higher benefit level for many recipients in New York.

ALBANY--Visitors to the North Country are advised to be prepared for snow and cold in light of recent snows that have blanketed the Adirondack Region, says Denise M. Sheehan, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

ALBANY--Only 37% of all the money raised by telemarketers last year went to charity according to the annual report of the state Attorney General's office on fundraising activities of non-profit organizations that engage telemarketers to solicit charitable contributions from New Yorkers.

TALLAHASSEE - ConocoPhillips Company, one of the nation's largest oil companies, has reached an agreement with Florida and 39 other states to discourage underage tobacco sales at approximately 10,000 gas stations and convenience stores around the country. The policy changes will be implemented at stores operating under the Conoco, 76 and Phillips 66 names.

TALLAHASSEE - A Miami-Dade County man has been arrested for his participation in a racketeering scam that defrauded Florida's taxpayer-funded Medicaid program out of more than $3 million, according to the Florida Attorney General's office. The arrest of Eliseo Eugenio Martinez is the result of a continuing investigation into the Miami pharmacy Nebu-Med. Pharmacy co-owners Laura Fuentes and Jeanette Rivera were arrested earlier this year for their roles in the scheme.

NEW YORK--Valerie S. Amsterdam, authorized to practice law since 1977, has been disbarred by the Appellate Division, First Department, after she admitted that between June 2003 and November 2003, she had defrauded the federal court system for billing the court system for assigned counsel assignments while at the same time accepting money from the clients themselves for the same legal services.

In regard to the OpEd – "Whose Burden Was Terri Schiavo?" by Eric Paulos (appearing Dec. 20, 2005), I must compliment the author. He rightly diagnoses that the liberal Catholic press does not represent the authentic Catholic teaching on euthanasia, Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, or anything else.

ALBANY--Gov. George E. Pataki and the state Legislature have reached an agreement on two pieces of legislation that will increase penalties for those who injure or kill police officers, and strengthen gun control laws.

CLEARWATER, FLA---A social worker employed by the inmate division of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Department has resigned after an investigation by the internal affairs division determined that she had allegedly ignored more than 100 requests for psychological and medical help from inmates.

WESTCHESTER---In a prepared statement Wednesday, Westchester County district attorney Jeanine Pirro announced that she is withdrawing her challenge for the U.S. Senate seat of Hillary Clinton and instead, will seek the office of state attorney general.

CLEARWATER, FLA---The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission has filed formal charges against Sixth Circuit Court Judge Brandt Downey of Pinellas County, charging him with habitual viewing of pornography from the courthouse computer, failure to disclose a written juror communication and improper conduct and communication with female attorneys.

ALBANY--New York's State-funded debt burden is relatively high and growing based on important measures of debt affordability, according to a study released Tueday by State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi. Loopholes in the existing Debt Reform Act have allowed debt to grow faster than state income or population, indicating a trend of decreased affordability and the need for more meaningful reform.

TALLAHASSEE- Floridians can now utilize a new tool to help ensure the safety of their children and neighborhoods by linking to a new website called the Family Watchdog, accessible through the Attorney General's site at http://MyFloridaLegal.com. Family Watchdog features a unique service that provides email notification when registered sexual predators move into a neighborhood. Florida becomes the first state to join forces with this child safety operation.

MANHATTAN---A Jersey City, NJ woman has pleaded guilty to using her New York business since January to provide customers a way to move $7.2 million between Vietnam and the United States, in violation of federal and state regulations requiring her to check and record her customers' identification and to scrutinize their transactions for suspicious activity.

TALLAHASSEE - With the signing of the Medicaid Reform bill, Gov. Jeb Bush has enacted into law bold legislation that will improve quality of health care and provide more choices for more than 2.2 million vulnerable, disabled and elderly Floridians who participates in the state federal program. The legislation directs the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to begin Medicaid reform in Broward and Duval Counties.

HUDSON FALLS---Banana Boy and his bunch went back to court Tuesday and were resentenced on charges of disorderly conduct after withdrawing their earlier guilty plea.

FORT EDWARD---Despite trying to convince Washington County Sheriff Roger Leclaire not to arrest him, the chairman of the Washington County Board of Supervisors has been charged with driving while intoxicated after he was involved in a two vehicle property damage accident about 12:30 a.m. Saturday on County Route 46 in Fort Edward.

ALBANY---The deputy executive director of the state Consumer Protection Board and former spokesperson for the state's Division of Criminal Justice Services has been suspended without pay from her position and faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested Tuesday, charged with possession of crack cocaine.

Daniel P. Sulmasy, the author of "Are Feeding Tubes Morally Obligatory? which appeared in the January 2006 online edition of St. Anthony Messenger, seems to make that classic leap that many propagandists are guilty of with respect to Terri Schiavo. He's comparing ventilators to feeding tubes and assuming the existence of a burdensome existence where no proof exists.

ALBANY---During the first six months of 2005, crime continued to drop to historic lows in New York State, Gov. George Pataki touted on Monday. He said that preliminary crime statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation show New York with an estimated 0.4 percent decline in violent crimes -- including a 5.3 percent decline in murder -- and a 3.3 percent drop in property crime.

ALBANY---A Democratic city ward leader and freelance newspaper reporter for the Scotia-Glenville Spotlight has been indicted for allegedly altering an absentee ballot application in a county legislative primary in February 2004 and then filing the alleged forged instrument with the Albany County Board of Elections.

ALBANY-Focusing on the recent deaths of two New York City police officers, Gov. George E. Pataki is pressuring the state Legislature to impose the death penalty for anyone convicted of the first degree murder of a police officer, peace officer or corrections officer.

SCHENECTADY---A former prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice and Marine JAG attorney is in federal custody for allegedly robbing a bank in Nassau. He is also the suspect in a series of robberies in the Capital District region.

NEW YORK---Saying that "Choose Life" is an anti-abortion message that might lead to road rage if it were displayed on vehicles, New York Assistant Solicitor General Jennifer Grace Miller defended the state in a lawsuit which charges that the state has unconstitutionally banned the phrase from customized license plates.

I read the article published Sunday, Dec. 18 in the St. Petersburg Times, entitled "Faith and Consequences: What Terri's Law cost the Republicans in Congress", written by Wes Allison and Anita Kumar.

TIME magazine is part of the media muddle that misinformed and misled the public in making Terri Schiavo the poster child for the euthanasia movement! ("Milestones"--Person of the Year 2005) She died on March 31 being neither terminally ill or dying, of dehydration when her feeding tube was removed by court order......euthanasia by omission.....a grave moral wrong!

FOREST PARK, IL-- Disability activists achieved an almost unprecedented amount of press coverage this year, largely due to two stories that grabbed media attention -- Million Dollar Baby and Terri Schiavo.

TALLAHASSEE -- A certified nursing assistant has been arrested for abusing an elderly, disabled resident of a Miami Beach nursing home. The arrest of Emily Singleton, 60, culminates a two-month abuse investigation by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.