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30 Jan 2010 10:37

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U.S., World: Haiti’s most in-need patients can’t go to the U.S. anymore

  • Florida stands ready to assist our neighbors in Haiti, but we need a plan of action and reimbursement for the care we are providing.
  • Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s spokesperson, Sterling Ivey • Regarding the governor’s push for the U.S. to end airlifts from Haiti due to the fact they’re not getting paid. These airlifts, which were for critically-injured patients, were costing the Florida government millions – and they weren’t even the only state doing them! The military claims they ended the airlifts because the hospitals stopped accepting patients. This is bad all around. source

30 Jan 2010 00:54

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Offbeat: Hey pot fans: Think about this story next time you light up a doobie

  • 743 pounds of marijuana were found in a septic tank truck traveling near the Arizona/Mexico border
  • $409,000 the street value of the pot, which wasn’t the only thing in the tank, by the way (ewwwww) source

30 Jan 2010 00:35

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Politics: Fox News looking so hard at the I’s that it missed you

  • 43 number of uses of the word “I” in Barack Obama’s speech in Baltimore yesterday
  • 45 number of uses of the word “you” in the speech, which doesn’t seem so selfish
  • 43 number of uses of the word “we” in the speech – also not so selfish considering source