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	<title>Adventures In Frickintardistan</title>
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		<title>Cops Gone Wild: M&#38;M Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Des Moines, Iowa, a college student was arrested for assaulting a police officer.
With M&#38;Ms.
When Sean McGuire&#8217;s friend was being questioned about possible involvement in a hit and run, officers noticed colored candies around the questioning officer&#8217;s feet.  When the officer turned around, an M&#38;M hit him in the shoulder.
I can hear it now.  &#8220;Hey! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illuminati Gone Wild!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend &#8220;webhick&#8221; has a hilarious new blog here on wordpress.  &#8220;Illuminati Gone Wild!&#8221; details the exploits of a member of the Illuminati who tells about the behind-the-scenes goings-on at Illuminati Central.
The Illuminati, of course, is the fictional secret society blamed by many conspiracy theorists for the behind-the-scenes machinations of the New World Order.  We&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 21:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To all the moms out there who read this blog, I&#8217;d like to wish you a blissful Mother&#8217;s Day.   
I&#8217;ve gotten two very strange &#8220;Happy Mother&#8217;s Day&#8221; wishes today.
One was a Mother&#8217;s Day text message from a crazy girl who used to date Elf.  Very long story, but I have no earthly idea why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meme: Four Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was tagged by Dee.
Four things I was doing ten years ago:
1.   Working in a law office, helping defend people accused of extremely serious crimes, like murder.  Argh.
2.   Taking care of my now-deceased husband.
3.   Taking care of Elf.  It&#8217;s hard to believe that he was only 11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Idol stage dad banned from rehearsals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 20:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES (AP) — Backstage meddling has caught up &#8220;American Idol&#8221; favorite David Archuleta&#8217;s dad, who&#8217;s been banned from rehearsals, a person working for the TV talent contest said Friday.
Jeff Archuleta was told this week by producers that he can no longer join 17-year-old son as David as he prepares for the show, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping busy these days&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/keeping-busy-these-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it&#8217;s been a busy few days.
For those of you who aren&#8217;t aware, I bought an established blog domain a while back.  I&#8217;m in the process of expanding it into a website, and of course I post there as well.  I think Acceptance with Joy has made the connection, since she has posted there, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back in the saddle again</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/back-in-the-saddle-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 20:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As previously stated, I have been forced to use my office computer after one of my dogs chewed through the power cord to my laptop.  As a result of my tendency to ignore work if I combine it with play, I had stopped blogging, and just used some of the entries from my old blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The sad passing of a long-lost relative</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/the-sad-passing-of-a-long-lost-relative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 15:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received this in my email today.  Apparently one of my relatives died in a plane crash ten years ago, but I do not know their name.  Heck, I didn&#8217;t even know I had a relative who had ever been to Africa, coming from a long line of poor white trash as I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vintage ENM: Belford High School and Belford University</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/vintage-enm-belford-high-school-and-belford-university/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life Experience High School Diploma
Now, this is interesting. An online &#8220;high school&#8221; calling itself &#8220;Belford High School&#8221; lets you get your high school diploma in just a few minutes&#8217; time. You can do this one of two ways:
1. By taking a test in language arts (26 questions), math (20 questions), science (15 questions), and social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vintage ENM:  The Paris Fiasco</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/vintage-enm-the-paris-fiasco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is an article I wrote on  June 11, 2007, while Paris Hilton was incarcerated for  violation of probation stemming from an original charge of DUI  --ENM]
I don&#8217;t know about anybody else, but I&#8217;m just about sick and tired of hearing about poor little rich girl Paris Hilton. Paris, of course, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vintage ENM: Controversy continues about Led Zeppelin&#8217;s &#8220;Oppositioner&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the ’70s, there was a lot of controversy about alleged backward masking (i.e., subliminal messaging) in rock music.  Parents were absolutely freaking out over it, and forbidding their children to listen to rock music.   It should surprise no one to discover that I was one of the kids back then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vintage ENM: Girl&#8217;s prosthetic leg stolen not once, but twice</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/vintage-enm-prosthetic-leg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Girl&#8217;s prosthetic legs stolen for second time - Yahoo! News
Now, this is weird. Apparently some frickin&#8217; &#8216;tard keeps stealing this poor kid&#8217;s prosthetic legs. She has two, one she uses to play on the school softball team and one she uses everyday. She apparently lost one of her legs when she was accidentally hit by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Liveblogging American Idol</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, due to circumstances beyond my control, I will not be liveblogging American Idol.
I know, I can feel your sorrow from here.  
My laptop is kaput until I get a new power cord, because one of my dogs chewed partially through it a while back (luckily he didn&#8217;t get electrocuted, because it was plugged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyberstalker</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/cyberstalker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may have noticed that I have deleted a post I made yesterday.  The reason for this is that I seem to have acquired a cyberstalker.  Again.
It&#8217;s not the first cyberstalker I&#8217;ve had, and I&#8217;m sure it won&#8217;t be the last.  However, I&#8217;m not going to make their stalking easier for them, either.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girls Gone Wild: Brutal attack on teen girl by other teen girls</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/girls-gone-wild-brutal-attack-on-teen-girl-by-other-teen-girls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, everyone has heard about the six Florida teenagers who lured a 16-year-old girl to a home, where they beat her unconscious, waited for her to regain consciousness, then beat her again.
For thirty minutes.
And, they taped it all with the intention of putting it on YouTube.
The tape itself shows a group of shockingly, stunningly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Idol Rewind</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/american-idol-rewind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw David Cook&#8217;s performance from last night, wherein he reworked Mariah Carey&#8217;s &#8220;Always Be My Baby&#8221; into a song for a man to sing.  It&#8217;s actually very good, and even better the second time around - I guess it grew on me - so I thought I&#8217;d post it here.

     [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liveblogging American Idol</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/liveblogging-american-idol-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Mariah Carey night.  I&#8217;m not real sure how this is going to work out, but it could turn out to be the worst episode of American Idol ever.
Randy is looking for identity, though the judges regularly tell the contestants to not do songs from such well-known singers.  For that reason, having a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meme: Have you ever&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/meme-have-you-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got this one from Dee.
Have you ever:

Gone on a blind date.
Unfortunately
Skipped school
No 
Watched someone die
Yes
Been to Canada
Yes

Been to Mexico
Yes
Been to Florida
Have a home there

Been on a plane
Yes 
Been lost
Yes
Been on the opposite side of the country
Yes
Been to the capital of your country
Yes
Swam in the ocean or waded
I don&#8217;t swim, but I&#8217;ve waded in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meme: Refer Tag</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dee tagged me for this one.
Rules of this tag:

First, Link to whomever tagged you (i.e. I was referred by [name of friend/family member who tagged you] + a skill of theres that you highly recommend others to refer to [Writing, Sewing, Cooking, etc])
List &#38; link all your friends + their skill that you highly recommend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten: &#8220;Random Things About Me&#8221; Meme</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got this &#8220;Top Ten Random Things About Me&#8221; meme from my friend Dee at The Dee Zone:
10.   I will go days without eating anything, if I am home alone.  The reason for this is that I never feel hunger, even when I obviously am hungry.
9.     Alarm clocks do not wake me up.  I sleep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Brown Recluse Spider</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/the-brown-recluse-spider/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I received an email message from ElfNinosGreatUncle, with regard to the Brown Recluse spider.  This spider is usually found in the southeastern US, but sometimes shows up in other areas due to people moving and unwittingly bringing them along in boxes, etc.
The Brown Recluse got its name for a very good reason, in that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update III on &#8220;Cops Gone Wild: Manslaughter Edition&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/update-iii-on-cops-gone-wild-manslaughter-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I previously wrote about the case of a cop who dragged a man underneath his squad car for over half a mile; the last update, with links to the original, can be seen here.
Here is the latest:
IRONTON, Ohio (WSAZ) &#8212; The Ironton Police Chief announced Thursday that Rich Fouts has resigned from the police department.
Chief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liveblogging American Idol</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/liveblogging-american-idol-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, contestants are singing songs which inspire them.  That leaves a pretty wide range of songs, so it should be interesting.
Michael Johns: &#8220;Dream On&#8221; by Aerosmith.
Wow, this is really good.  I love that song, and it&#8217;s nice to see it performed by someone who looks handsome (unlike Stephen Tyler, one of the ugliest frontmen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cool quote</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/cool-quote-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. George Phillies, a college professor and MIT-educated Physicist, who is seeking the Libertarian Party&#8217;s presidential nomination:
I teach rocket science in the morning, and the hard stuff in the afternoon.
       ]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor pleads guilty in Logan Goodall abuse death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. John Merrifield, father of Michael Merrifield - the man convicted of molesting and murdering two-year-old Logan Shane Goodall - has pleaded no contest to a charge of gross neglect, with regard to charges that he failed to report the abuse of the toddler.  The charge is a felony.  Dr. Merrifield faces one [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Willie McGloun, age 40, was staying with a friend, and that friend had a mentally disabled 15-year-old niece.  McGloun started sleeping with the girl, but no one knows for sure how long it went on, or how many times she was molested.
What we do know is that he was eventually caught in bed with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Very young children being accused of sexual harassment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABC News wrote a story about a first grader who was labeled a sexual harasser.  Here is an exerpt:
According to the state&#8217;s Department of Education, 166 elementary students were suspended in Maryland last year for sexual harassment, including three preschoolers, 16 kindergartners and 22 first-graders.  In Virginia, 255 elementary students were suspended for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nixzmary&#8217;s monstrous stepfather gets maximum sentence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cesar Rodriquez, the stepfather of Nixzmary Brown, previously covered on this blog, has been sentenced to the 29 years maximum imprisonment.
Some excerpts from ABC News:
Jeffrey Schwartz said his client had been unjustly portrayed as a monster and was in fact an &#8220;angel&#8221; who tried to do the right thing when it came to his family.
Well, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Merrifield motion for new trial denied</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have previously covered the case of Logan Shane Goodall, a West Virginia toddler who died as a result of extreme abuse.  His mother, Pepper Eren, pled guilty to neglect resulting in injury; she is still in prison after receiving a one to ten year sentence.  His mother&#8217;s boyfriend, Michael Merrifield, was convicted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duct Tape Bandit Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I previously wrote about the Duct Tape Bandit - by far, one of the most amusing criminals ever - and have an update.  (I still think he should have used &#8220;masking&#8221; tape instead, hehehe.)
Not at all surprisingly, he (real name Kasey Kazee) was required to undergo psychiatric testing, to determine whether he is competent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the world coming to&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://elfninosmom.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/whats-the-world-coming-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a group of third graders plan crime to this level?
WAYCROSS, Georgia (AP) &#8212; A group of third-graders plotted to attack their teacher, bringing a broken steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape and other items for the job and assigning children tasks including covering the windows and cleaning up afterward, police said Tuesday.



The third-graders&#8217; alleged crime [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Dolly Parton night.  While most people would assume that I&#8217;d be unhappy with that, since I&#8217;m an Alice In Chains / Grand Funk Railroad kinda gal, they&#8217;d be wrong.  I grew up listening to Dolly Parton on my grandfather&#8217;s ever-present handheld transistor radio on the porch, and I think she&#8217;s a wonderful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby in India born with two faces; believed to be a Hindu god</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised to read a story about a newborn baby in India, born with two complete faces; she has four eyes, two noses, and two mouths, but each face is normal in and of itself, and is not otherwise deformed.  The child does not yet have a name, as she is only two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ashley Grills finally speaks out about Megan Meier suicide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashley Grills, the mysterious 18-year-old employee of Lori Drew, has finally spoken out about her involvement in the fake &#8220;Josh Evans&#8221; MySpace persona which instigated 13-year-old Megan Meier to commit suicide.
Grills told &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; today (video below) that she, Drew, and Drew&#8217;s daughter had come up with ways to find out what Megan was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daniel Smith Inquest: Jury rules death due to accidental drug overdose</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A jury in the Bahamas, after hearing testimony in an Inquest regarding the cause and manner of death of 20-year-old Daniel Smith, son of Anna Nicole Smith, has determined that the young man died from an accidental drug overdose.  The seven-member jury deliberated for two hours, after weeks of testimony spread out over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entertainment Weekly&#8217;s Worst American Idol Appearances Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, an article after my own heart.  Regular readers are aware of how much I love the bad American Idol auditions, and Entertainment Weekly must have read my mind, because it has made a list of the Top Ten worst appearances by American Idol contestants.  These aren&#8217;t the auditions, folks.  These are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update II on Cops Gone Wild: Manslaughter Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I previously covered this story, back when it first broke, and updated readers again when the cops were trying to blame it on the man who died.
Here is my statement from my second blog article, on the matter of whether he was killed by the cop:

Lawrence County Coroner Burton Payne said there were was no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;d think with all that money &#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;. that Paris Hilton would take some dancing lessons.  I have seen a number of videos of Paris &#8220;dancing&#8221;, and if I &#8220;danced&#8221; as badly as she does, I&#8217;d be too embarrassed to even dance in my house alone.
Here, a contestant on &#8220;Miss Turkey&#8221; invites Paris onto the stage during her belly dance.  What a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks, Jason and Cilla!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished appearing on &#8220;Live From Court Street with Jason and Cilla&#8221; - what a blast!
We talked about American Idol, and politics.  We even talked about immigration for a minute or two.
Jason and Cilla are very nice folks, and they&#8217;re doing a great job with their show despite the technical problems they ran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meme:  Tag You&#8217;re It</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was tagged by Dee

What time did you get up this morning? I&#8217;m not sure, but it was very late.
Diamonds or pearls? Both

What is your favorite TV show? The Office
What do you usually have for breakfast? I don&#8217;t eat breakfast.
What is your middle name? Sue
What food do you dislike?  Rice.  I think it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Devil sure seems busy these days &#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I previously wrote about Joshua Mauldin, who was convicted of microwaving his infant daughter; yesterday he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.  His wife, Eva (who wasn&#8217;t there when it happened, so she wasn&#8217;t charged), claimed that the devil made him commit that crime, and he pled insanity.  In another unrelated case, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ENM to appear on &#8220;Live From Court Street With Jason and Cilla&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers may recall that I was going to appear on last week&#8217;s episode of &#8220;Live From Court Street with Jason and Cilla&#8220;, but the show had to be canceled due to circumstances beyond their control.  This is just to let you know that the show is on for tomorrow, Saturday, March 28th.
The show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candidate Endorsement:  Chris Bennett for Vice President</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE:  Originally posted on Last Free Voice]
As you are hopefully all by now aware, longtime LFV contributor Chris Bennett is seeking the LP’s Vice Presidential nomination. While he would have my support simply for being an LFV contributor and a great guy, there is so much more to his candidacy that I have decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Father convicted of microwaving daughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joshua Mauldin, previously discussed on this blog, has been found guilty of felony injury to a child.  He had pled not guilty, and claimed he was insane when he committed the crime.  His wife, Eva, had previously stated that he was possessed when he punched the baby, put her in a hotel safe, [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight is the first night for the Top Ten.  For those of you who don&#8217;t normally follow this crap competition, the Top Ten go on tour together during the summer, so they all make some major moolah simply for having gotten this far.
To refresh your memory, last week Amanda &#8220;Vampira&#8221; Overmyer was eliminated.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Euthanasia: The right to die with dignity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Chantal Sebire,  a 52-year-old French schoolteacher,  suffers from a rare disease which has left her disfigured with facial tumors, and which will  eventually damage her brain and kill her; there is no cure, and no treatment.  She could suffer horribly for years before dying, in the meantime becoming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judges Gone Wild: Homeschooling Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A court in California has ruled that parents cannot homeschool their children, unless they have a teaching degree.  Strangely, this ruling would prevent even parents with a doctorate in another discipline from teaching their own children, unless they go back to college to get a teaching degree.  Yet I once even taught public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurses Gone Wild: Hepatitis Edition</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From TIME Magazine:
At least 15 military service members or their relatives are believed to have been infected with hepatitis by a nurse suspected of stealing their painkillers during surgery.
The nurse, retired Army captain Jon Dale Jones, was arrested this month in Miami on federal charges of assaulting three of those patients and possession of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another reason why schools should teach the Arts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Scientific American:
Are smarter people drawn to music, theater and dance? Or does arts training in childhood change the brain in positive ways?  In 2004, the philanthropic Dana Foundation created a consortium of neuroscientists from seven universities to address those questions.  On March 4, the group released a report, Learning, Arts, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mentally disabled pregnant woman tortured to death by roommates, including children</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The website for Alton, Illinois - located about 15 miles north of St. Louis - says that it&#8217;s &#8220;a great place to live, work, grow, and prosper&#8221;.
It wasn&#8217;t any of that for Dorothy Dixon (pictured at left), who relocated there last fall from Quincy, about 100 miles from St. Louis.
Ms. Dixon, a 29-year-old mentally disabled [...]]]></description>
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