You might say that E. coli has been very, very good to William Marler.

To be thankful for anything much at all requires humility, I believe. I have little enough of it; in fact, I have a dichotomy common to alcoholics, and that is a combination of both arrogance and self-loathing. Hardly conducive to genuine humility. Another subject almost certainly.

"To the Boonsboro leaf hater: I also hate yard work, but my wife keeps it on the 'get-to-it' list. So buy a rake, mulch them up with your mower and stop complaining."

You might say that E. coli has been very, very good to William Marler.

To be thankful for anything much at all requires humility, I believe. I have little enough of it; in fact, I have a dichotomy common to alcoholics, and that is a combination of both arrogance and self-loathing. Hardly conducive to genuine humility. Another subject almost certainly.

"To the Boonsboro leaf hater: I also hate yard work, but my wife keeps it on the 'get-to-it' list. So buy a rake, mulch them up with your mower and stop complaining."

Still, he was nervous when he met President Barack Obama. "It’s something like no other," Ware said Thursday. "Being able to meet the most important guy in the United States, the guy with the most power, it was unbelievable."

J.LO'S 'AMA' TUMBLE TOPPED TWITTER & GOOGLE SEARCHES: Dick Clark Productions has since swooped down and yanked video from YouTube.

By Owen Gleiberman Owen Gleiberman: Documentary list favors movies that are ''good for you'' over just plain GOOD ones

Too many tears are falling, and too many city sidewalks are stained with blood as countless families mourn the loss of youth and bury the victims of inner-city violence. Miles and miles of column inches in the press and along the superhighway have been spent informing the electronic media and the general public about the senseless deaths of those gunned down in urban areas.

HOPEWELL TWP. - U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter said Monday that he is confident the Senate will pass meaningful health-care reform.

The Senate version of health care reform legislation has now emerged from closed door negotiating sessions attended only by Democrats. So much for the transparency and bipartisanship Obama promised us.

Hoping to make their point as the Senate prepares to debate health care reform, several dozen members of the Southern Colorado Tea Party on Monday handed in a petition at the offices of Colorado's two senators and Rep. John Salazar, urging them to oppose the creation of any government operated health insurance program.

Filed under: News , Politics , President Obama , Health Care Debate It must frustrate President Barack Obama to no end that while his Republican foes in Congress are marching in total lockstep to block his health care reform package, cracks in the unity of his fellow Democratic membership could spell defeat for his program. But that is the political reality Obama faces as the Senate schedules ...

SOUTH BEND -- Rep. Joe Donnelly on Monday defended his vote in favor of passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the House of Representatives' version of health care reform.

Critics of the Senate's health care reform bill promise -- they'lCritics of the Senate's health care reform bill promise -- they'll fight hard against it when debate begins after the holiday break.Debate begins in the Senate after Thanksgiving -- and it's expected to center around a few key items:Funding for abortions, the bill's price tag...And a government-run health plan known as the public ...

Public opinions have changed since President Bill Clinton tried to reform the health care system more than a a decade ago. USA Today reports that "the years since Clinton's failed effort have seen the cost of medical services nearly double and softened some of the skepticism voiced by Americans in 1993 and 1994.

U.S. Senator Mike Enzi reports that late Saturday night, the majority party was able to get the 60 votes necessary to ensure that Majority Leader Reid’s health care reform bill will be considered by the full U.S. Senate. Enzi spoke multiple times on the Senate floor over the last few days outlining the pitfalls of [...]