Vickery said that when it comes to sexual assault, false accusations are not possible, despite cultural beliefs otherwise.

"Some people think there are false accusations. There's really no false accusations. If someone feels they didn't give consent, then they didn't give consent," Vickery said. "Whether it's coerced or manipulated, that's still not consent. I think right now that's really a big issue on our campus and students are really confused about it."

Well, two can play at that game. I'm going to talk to the Speaker, and we'll introduce a measure requiring Hawaii high school students to read Jacqueline Suzann's "The Valley of the Dolls." Those who fail the compulsory exam on the novel will be further required to watch the 1967 movie.

One week after Perry ran some pretty tacky radio ads out west urging California businesses to "come check out Texas," CA Gov. Jerry Brown laughed off Perry's poaching effort as "barely a fart," while Left Coast media have chimed in with some fairly harsh ridicule of their own:

"Yes, come check out Texas. Check out a state that ranks dead last in the percent of its population with high school diplomas. Come check out a state that is last in mental health expenditures and workers' compensation coverage. Come check out a state that ranks first in the number of executions, first in the number of uninsured, first in the amount of carbon dioxide emitted and first in the amount of toxic chemicals released into water."

The number of Americans projected to gain insurance from the U.S. health-care law is eroding, by at least 5 million people, as the Obama administration struggles to implement the $1.3 trillion overhaul amid Republican opposition.

About 27 million people are expected to gain coverage by 2017, according to a report today from the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO had projected when the law passed in 2010 that 32 million uninsured people would be on a health plan within a decade, and a year later raised its estimate to 34 million.

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There is concern "about a combination of factors, including the readiness of exchanges to provide a broad array of new insurance options, the ability of state Medicaid programs to absorb new beneficiaries, and people's responses to the availability of the new coverage," the CBO said.

In addition, as many as 8 million people will lose health- care plans now offered through their employers, the CBO estimates. After the health law was passed, the CBO projected that about 3 million people who would otherwise have employer- sponsored insurance would lose that coverage.

His qualifications:

A.

From his basement office in the White House, Mr. Brennan has served as the principal coordinator of a "kill list" of Qaeda operatives marked for death, overseeing drone strikes by the military and the C.I.A., and advising Mr. Obama on which strikes he should approve.

And

B.

As a top agency official under President George W. Bush Mr. Brennan had supported, or at least failed to stop, the use of interrogation techniques like waterboarding that are widely considered to be torture.

Drone strikes. From a playroom in the basement.
Targeting people not charged with or convicted of anything.

Torturing and waterboarding people who were never convicted of anything.

Torture and drones and the enduring stench of the Bush presidency.

1. Avoid fad diets.  Don't try to lose it all in a month or two.  Go for a steady chipping-away approach and life style changes, not just corner-cutting approaches which can lead to later gaining back the weight.

2. Food should be real not processed, mostly (85%) vegetarian including one salad w/raw veggies/day.  Seafood and pollo (baked not fried) ok but not every day. Try make 80% of calories consumed of the alkaline-reacting variety.  whole grains, raw almonds, lentils; fresh fruits.  Study up on what foods to avoid combining at same meal to avoid over-acidity.

3. Drinking 2 parts Concord Grape Juice diluted by 1 part water 1/2 hr before each meal and as last drink before retiring can help stifle urge for sweets and starchy foods.  Prefer non-concentrated, organic Concord grapes. Do this daily at least until weight is off plus a decent period thereafter, then cut back to 5 days/wk.

4. Drink plenty of fresh water daily, sipping not guzzling so body can easily assimilate. Eliminate sodas and all carbonated drinks -- hard for body to digest, does a number on teeth enamel over time.

5. Exercise gradually daily until you can achieve a one-hour vigorous walk, working up a light sweat, with no foot/ankle pain.  No need run or do other hard-impact activities.  Half round golf ok if you walk the course, tennis too or gardening if that's your thing.  Outdoor workouts preferable for fresher air to invigorate lungs and get some natural Vit D (early am, late aft).

6. Adequate sleep, keep stress levels down.

Sneed has learned a plea deal is now on the table between former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and federal authorities probing allegations of campaign fund misuse.

Sneed is told the plea deal includes Jackson serving time in federal prison.

"Significant jail time is now definitely a part of the deal," said a top Sneed source close to the probe.

"But I think [Jackson's wife] Sandi, feels like she was thrown under the bus by her husband, " now that a separate probe has begun on her, a second source added.

Sandi Jackson claims she was stunned by campaign finance abuse disclosures against her husband, who has been treated for mental disorders and allegedly spent $40,000 on a Rolex watch purchased with campaign funds.

 1 Alabama
 2 Ohio State
 3 Notre Dame
 4 Florida
 5 Michigan
 6 Mississippi
 7 LSU
 8 Texas A&M
 9 UCLA
10 Auburn

Well, this story has since escalated very quickly and very badly, as we learned that Coach Quan was the daughter of Randal Quan, a criminal attorney and retired LAPD captain who four years ago had once defended former LAPD officer Christopher Jordan Dorner in an administrative disciplinary hearing that ultimately led to Dorner's dismissal from the force for making false statements.

Dorner last week posted a manifesto online, blaming numerous people including Randal Quan for his 2009 firing, and vowing revenge against those he held to have wronged him. Dorner then allegedly instead stalked and killed Quan's daughter and her fiance, shooting both of them in the parking lot at Ms. Quan's condominium in Irvine just after they arrived in the fiance's car.

Dorner has since initially fled to San Diego, where he attempted to hijack a boat last night at Point Loma harbor and flee to Ensenada. Failing that, he traveled back up I-15 to Riverside, where he ambushed two Riverside police officers at a traffic light at about 1:00 a.m. this morning, killing one and wounding the other.

He then headed to Corona, toward the house of one of the LAPD officers he named as a target in his manifesto, but got into a shootout with LAPD officers who had been dispatched to that house to protect the occupants. He shot the windows out in their vehicle, and one officer was slightly wounded in that exchange of fire, before fleeing into the night.