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One day, a California woman woke up to discover her t-shirt soaked in blood. The source? Her breast. She immediately went to the emergency room, and the cause of the bleeding was eventually found to be a benign tumor. However, her health insurance denied the claim, stating that she "reasonably should have known that an emergency did not exist." Yes, copious amounts of blood flowing from your nipples is really something you want to wait out.

Not surprisingly, the woman's insurer, Blue Shield of California HMO, plans to review the case after being contacted by a local television station.

Scotland (Edinburgh)
The Grand Canyon
Napa Valley, CA

Cruise itineraries I want to do:
Southern Caribbean
Galapagos Islands
Panama Canal
Bahamas
Bermuda
Greek Islands

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ATLANTA — Uninsured dialysis patients who could be cut off from their life-sustaining care lost a court challenge on Friday when a judge ruled that Grady Memorial Hospital could close its outpatient dialysis clinic. But the hospital gave the patients a temporary reprieve.

Ruling largely on technical grounds, a state court judge dissolved the restraining order that prevented last weekend’s scheduled closing of the clinic at Grady, the Atlanta region’s safety net hospital. The hospital, which is deeply in debt, quickly announced it would close the clinic within a week. It agreed, however, to pay for up to three months of dialysis at private clinics for the 51 patients who will be dislocated.

Grady will continue to assist the indigent patients, many of them illegal immigrants, in seeking care in their home countries or in other states where they may qualify for emergency Medicaid coverage.

Vincent D’Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Eric Bogosian and Julianne Nicholson all go.

Jeff Goldblum stays. Joining the cast is… Saffron Burrows? Hm, finally someone on the cast Jeff can just about look in the eye!

Kinda sad to think of the show without Goren. Remember how oddly sexy he was in the early years? I don't know if it was the actor or the character, but he hasn't really seemed happy in a long time. End of an era.

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So, y'all remember that email that went around years ago called "Things Only a Republican Could Believe"? I'm pretty sure there was a Democratic variant as well. Well, I've put together a new and updated list and wanted to run it by you. Please feel free to add to it or offer corrections\comments. If you like it -- email it out to your spamming list. I'm hoping for a bit of a viral effect to get it circulating. Satire is an effective weapon against craziness!

Things Only a Republican Could Believe:

• Parents who don't want their children to pray in school are Anti-American zealots -- parents who don't want their children to listen to a speech by the President of the United States telling them to work hard and get good grades are noble patriots.


• Peacefully demonstrating against the country starting an international war is treason -- showing up with automatic weapons to protest healthcare reform is democracy at its finest.


• Any government official with a desk job should have every action scrutinized -- any government official with a badge and a gun should never be questioned or disrespected. At all. Ever.


• Questioning the legitimacy of an election because the "winner" was selected by the Supreme Court is sour grapes -- questioning the legitimacy of an election because the winner (by the largest number of votes in American history) is really a Kenyan born Muslim despite all evidence to the contrary is being a vigilant American....

BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox honored the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy before their game on Wednesday night, paying tribute to a lifelong fan whose family was as much a part of Boston history as the team itself.

The U.S. flag flew at half-staff at Fenway Park, where Kennedy threw out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day, 97 years after his grandfather, Boston mayor John “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald christened the ballpark that is now the oldest in the major leagues.

A lone Air Force bugler played “Taps” as both teams lined up on the baselines — a tradition usually reserved for playoff games or opening day. The national anthem was sung by the a cappella group “Hyannis Sound” in recognition of Kennedy’s connection to Cape Cod.