It seems like everyone is discussing the concept of open marriages this week after Marianne Gingrich, the second wife of GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, claimed in an ABC News “Nightline” interview that her ex asked her to enter into an “open marriage” arrangement so he could continue to see his affair partner, Callista Bisek.
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Rachel A. Sussman, LCSW: Do Open Marriages Work?
Completely destroyed or severely deteriorated streetcar rails are giving the contractors behind the O and P Street project something to pondering. The team must come up with new, historically accurate rails to replace center rails that have been exposed to the elements in the streets of Georgetown.
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Contractors Consider Options for Deteriorated Streetcar Tracks
MANCHESTER, N.H. — With Mitt Romney the overwhelming favorite, his five Republican opponents hoped to chip away at his lead in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary and finish well enough to prove they’re still in the race to challenge him again in South Carolina and Florida.
A narrower than expected win for Romney in the nation’s first presidential primary – or a surprisingly strong finish from one of his rivals – could weaken the front-runner. Either would be played up as more evidence that Republicans still have their doubts about Romney, who barely squeezed out a win in the Iowa caucuses.
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New Hampshire Primary Election 2012: For Romney, Size Of Any Victory May Shape Race
I suffer from a harsh case of gout that requires constant treatment. Suddenly this year, I discovered that the generic drug I was using that cost about 3 cents a pill had been banned and replaced by a proprietary drug — a brand name — that cost $5 a pill. Welcome to America’s broken health-care system.
The United States pays about twice as much more per person for health care as other industrialized nations that provide their citizens more-comprehensive coverage and deliver better outcomes. This is the result of a system that wastes hundreds of billions of dollars on administrative costs, unneeded treatments and exorbitant pricing systems.
Prescription drugs are a classic example. U.S. taxpayers provide $25 billion a year for health-related research and development, much of it related to new drugs.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson: Cost of broken health care system is killing us
Justin Bieber’s baby mama has dismissed her paternity lawsuit against the singer … TMZ has learned.
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Justin Bieber: Paternity Lawsuit Against Pop Star Reportedly Dropped
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s foreign minister accused Arab states on Monday of conspiring against Damascus after the Arab League voted to suspend Syria’s membership over the government’s deadly crackdown on an eight month-old uprising.
Walid al-Moallem said Saturday’s near-unanimous vote at the Arab League’s headquarters in Cairo was an illegitimate decision prompted by American incitement.
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Syria Rebukes Arab League Suspension
The very first lick of The Cold Stares is gonna’ turn your head. It’s a muscular riff, the sort you might have heard barking out of the analog Alpine speakers in a ’78 Trans Am.
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Radley Balko: Songs From My Couch: The Cold Stares
Rick Perry urged the crowd to pray for the children to lose weight as his aides distributed certificates for free McDonalds Happy Meals to each family, accompanied by a précis of his campaign’s new dietary guidelines, cleverly titled, “What Would Jesus Cook?”
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Steve Nelson: Let Them Eat Cake!
The worn basketball hoop at the end of the driveway said it all. Ryan Royall lived and breathed basketball. As a standout player at Hillcrest High School, he hoped to earn a college scholarship so his mother would not have to worry about money. College scouts were already taking notice.
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Teen Basketball Star Killed When Shots Erupt Outside Birthday Party
ROH Wrestling issued the following today …
RING OF HONOR ANNOUNCES SALE TO SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP
BRISTOL, PA. (MAY 21, 2011)–Ring of Honor Wrestling owner, Cary Silkin, announced…
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Ring Of Honor Announces Sale To Sinclair Broadcast Group
