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Cardinal Francis George talked about his battle with cancer during a service at Holy Name Cathedral on Sunday.
He said the illness is terrifying - but also a gift. He said it is a reminder of what's important in life.
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"It's a great joy and source of great encouragement and strength for me to receive so many cards so many cards and so many notes, many from some of you, that tell me that people are praying for me," Cardinal Francis George said.
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How to keep America safe was a big talking point at the University of Virginia Saturday, as the very people charged with that task left their posts in Washington for the fourth annual seminar on teaching national security law at the UVA's Law School.
Saturday's seminar included top advisors to the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and various branches of the military. Top national security advisors say protecting the country takes a delicate balance. The president's conversation with Iran, sending troops to Syria, and other national security issues are on the minds of Americans and U.S. leaders.
"We have an interest in stopping the terrorists, they want to do bad things to us," said John Norton Moore, a UVA law professor.
Many of those leaders rely heavily on attorneys who converged Saturday at the University of Virginia. Brigadier General Richard C. Gross advises the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and offered central Virginians clear advice.
"I don't think people ought to worry but I think they ought to be vigilant and smart, if you see something say something," he said.
Moore directs the university's Center of National Security Law. He says that there is a delicate legal balance between checking the power of terrorists who want to harm us.
"As well as checks on power of the way we run the process here to not only protect our national security but protect our freedoms and our liberties," he said.
Liberties like whether or when the government listens to our phone conversations.
"During the period immediately after the war on terror and 9/11 there was really a failure of the national security process and the lawyers to get involved," Moore said.
Moore is talking about cruel treatment of detainees. He says that, in turn, caused more national security issues.
"Other countries came to us and said we are not going to cooperate in the war on terror unless you stop doing some of these things," Moore said.
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Novel Accepted for PublicationE. C. Osondu's novel titled, This House Is Not For Sale, will be published by HarperCollins in early Spring 2015. It will also be published by GRANTA in the U.K. and by Farafina in Nigeria. An Italian translation of the novel will be published in Italy by Neri Pozza.
deNiord Discusses Craft with U.S. Poet LaureateChard deNiord, professor of English, recently added another highlight to his already praiseworthy career when he interviewed Natasha Tretheway, the U.S. Poet Laureate, in front of hundreds at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival. Read more.
In Discussing Literary Hero, English Professor Receives 'Greatest Honor'At a formal event in New York, Dr. John Scanlan presented a talk to nearly 100 members of The Johnsonians — a society for leading scholars of Dr. Samuel Johnson, one of the eighteenth century's greatest literary figures. The paper traced the somewhat surprising development of Johnson's sense of humor over the course of his long literary career. Read more.
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For each fiscal year, the Director shall—
(1) review the progress the Department has made during that fiscal year in carrying out the housing plan submitted by the Department under section 4223 of this title; and
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Each report submitted under this section for a fiscal year shall—
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In preparing a report under this section, the Director shall make the report publicly available to the beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.) and give a sufficient amount of time to permit those beneficiaries to comment on that report before it is submitted to the Secretary (in such manner and at such time as the Director may determine).
Source(Pub. L. 104–330, title VIII, § 820, as added Pub. L. 106–568, title II, § 203,Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2893, and Pub. L. 106–569, title V, § 513,Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2987.)
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Army sergeant accused of Afghan killings struggled to pay bills, passed over for promotion
LAKE TAPPS, Wash. (AP) -- Bypassed for a promotion and struggling to pay for his house, Robert Bales was eyeing a way out of his job at a Washington state military base months before he allegedly gunned down 16 civilians in an Afghan war zone, records and interviews showed as a deeper picture emerged Saturday of the Army sergeant's financial troubles and brushes with the law.
While Bales, 38, sat in an isolated cell at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.'s military prison Saturday, classmates and neighbors from suburban Cincinnati, Ohio, remembered him as a "happy-go-lucky" high school football player who took care of a special needs child and watched out for troublemakers in the neighborhood.
But court records and interviews show that the 10-year veteran -- with a string of commendations for good conduct after four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan -- had joined the Army after a Florida investment job went sour, had a Seattle-area home condemned, struggled to make payments on another and failed to get a promotion or a transfer a year ago.
His legal troubles included charges that he assaulted a girlfriend and, in a hit-and run accident, ran bleeding in military clothes into the woods, court records show. He told police he fell asleep at the wheel and paid a fine to get the charges dismissed, the records show.
Military officials say that after drinking on a southern Afghanistan base, Bales crept away on March 11 to two slumbering villages overnight, shooting his victims and setting many of them on fire. Nine of the 16 killed were children and 11 belonged to one family.
Puerto Rico votes Sunday, but Romney, Santorum head to Ill., Tuesday's big battleground
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Looking toward the critical primary in Illinois, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney wrapped up a shortened campaign trip to Puerto Rico on Saturday as he prepared for more tough contests against chief rival Rick Santorum.
The former Massachusetts governor dramatically curtailed his trip to the U.S. territory, which holds its primary Sunday, in favor of spending more time in Illinois, where polls have shown him slightly ahead of Santorum. Romney had planned to spend the weekend and visit a polling place Sunday, but instead left the island immediately after a morning appearance.
Santorum left Puerto Rico earlier this week and spent the morning in Missouri, where he already won a primary that awarded no delegates. Missouri Republicans were meeting in county caucuses Saturday, the first step toward choosing delegates to the national convention who are committed to specific candidates. Santorum then headed to Illinois Saturday afternoon, where he went on the attack against Romney.
"If you want to know where Mitt Romney's going to be, just watch the Weather Channel," Santorum said in a high school gymnasium in the town of Herrin.
Romney campaigned Saturday morning with Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuno, shopping for tropical fruit and meeting with voters a day after a massive, energetic rally in San Juan celebrated his arrival here.
Occupy Wall Street supporters march in NYC to mark 6 months since movement's start
NEW YORK (AP) -- Chanting and cheering down Wall Street on Saturday to mark six months since the birth of the Occupy movement, some protesters applauded the Goldman Sachs employee who days ago gave the firm a public drubbing, echoing the movement's indictment of a financial system demonstrators say is fueled by reckless greed.
"I kind of like to think that the Occupy movement helped him to say, 'Yeah, I really can't do this anymore,'" retired librarian Connie Bartusis said of the op-ed piece by Goldman Sachs manager Greg Smith, who claimed the company regularly foisted failing products on clients as it sought to make more money.
Carrying a sign with the words "Regulate Regulate Regulate," Bartusis said the loss of governmental checks on the financial system helped create the climate of unfettered self-interest described by Smith in his piece, although Goldman's leadership suggested he had not portrayed the bank's culture accurately.
"Greed is a very powerful force," Bartusis said. "That's what got us in trouble."
On Saturday, six months after the protesters first took over Zuccotti Park near the city's financial district, the protesters gathered there again, drawing slogans in chalk on the pavement and waving flags as they marched through lower Manhattan.
Twin suicide bombers hit government buildings in Syrian capital, killing 27
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Two suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in near-simultaneous attacks on heavily guarded intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus Saturday, killing at least 27 people.
There have been a string of large-scale bombings against the regime in its stronghold of Damascus that suggest a dangerous, wild-card element in the year-old anti-government revolt. The regime blamed the opposition, which denied having a role or the capabilities to carry out such a sophisticated attack. And after other similar attacks, U.S. officials suggested al-Qaida militants may be joining the fray.
The early morning explosions struck the heavily fortified air force intelligence building and the criminal security department, several miles apart in Damascus, at approximately the same time, the Interior Ministry said. Much of the facade of the intelligence building appeared to have been ripped away.
State-run news agency SANA said a third blast went off near a military bus at the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk in Damascus, killing the two suicide bombers.
"All our windows and doors are blown out," said Majed Seibiyah, 29, who lives in the area of one of the blasts. "I was sleeping when I heard a sound like an earthquake. I didn't grasp what was happening until I heard screaming in the street."
John Demjanjuk, who spend decades battling allegations he was a Nazi camp guard, dies at 91
BERLIN (AP) -- John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name -- a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died Saturday at age 91 -- made him one of the best-known faces of Nazi prosecutions.
The conviction of the retired Ohio autoworker in a Munich court in May on 28,060 counts of being an accessory to murder, which was still being appealed, broke new legal ground in Germany as the first time someone was convicted solely on the basis of serving as a camp guard, with no evidence of involvement in a specific killing.
It has opened the floodgates to hundreds of new investigations in Germany, though his death serves as a reminder that time is running out for prosecutors.
Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk steadfastly maintained that he had been mistaken for someone else -- first wounded as a Soviet soldier fighting German forces, then captured and held as a prisoner of war under brutal conditions.
And he is probably best known as someone he was not: the notoriously brutal guard "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka extermination camp. That was the first accusation against him, which led to him being extradited from the U.S. to Israel in the 1980s. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death -- only to have the Israeli Supreme Court unanimously overturn the verdict and return him to the U.S. after it received evidence that another Ukrainian, not Demjanjuk, was that Nazi guard.
Health care or else? Justices to decide if government can force Americans to buy insurance
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Death, taxes and now health insurance? Having a medical plan or else paying a fine is about to become another certainty of American life, unless the Supreme Court says no.
People are split over the wisdom of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, but they are nearly united against its requirement that everybody have insurance. The mandate is intensely unpopular even though more than 8 in 10 people in the United States already are covered by workplace plans or government programs such as Medicare. When the insurance obligation kicks in, not even two years from now, most people won't need to worry or buy anything new.
Nonetheless, Americans don't like being told how to spend their money, not even if it would help solve the problem of the nation's more than 50 million uninsured.
Can the government really tell us what to buy?
Federal judges have come down on both sides of the question, leaving it to the Supreme Court to sort out. The justices are allotting an unusually long period, six hours over three days, beginning March 26, to hear arguments challenging the law's constitutionality.
US citizen captured by militia in Iraq handed over to the United Nations
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Wearing a U.S. Army uniform and flanked by Iraqi lawmakers, an American citizen announced Saturday that he was being released from more than nine months of imprisonment by a Shiite militia that for years targeted U.S. troops.
The man did not identify himself. But at a bizarre press conference outside the Green Zone in Baghdad, lawmakers showed U.S.-issued military and contractor ID cards that identified him as Randy Michael Hultz.
Speaking calmly and tripping over Arabic names in a monotone voice, Hultz said he was grateful for his release.
"It was explained to me that this is a gift to me, my family and to the American people who oppose the war," he said at the press conference that was held for Iraqi media.
He gave scant details of what he described as a "kidnapping," or how he was treated while captured.
Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt's Coptic Christian church, dies at 88
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, died Saturday. He was 88.
His death comes as the country's estimated 10 million Christians are feeling more vulnerable than ever amid the rise of Islamic movements to political power after the toppling a year ago of President Hosni Mubarak. The months since have seen a string of attacks on the community, heightened anti-Christian rhetoric by ultraconservatives known as Salafis and fears that coming goverments will try to impose strict versions of Islamic law.
Tens of thousands of Christians packed into the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo on Saturday evening hoping to see his body. Women in black wept and screamed. Some, unable to get into the overcrowded building, massed outside, raising their hands in prayer.
"He left us in a very hard time. Look at the country and what's happening now," said Mahrous Munis, a Christian IT worker in his 30s who was among the crowds. "Copts are in a worse situation than before. God be with us."
Munis' friend, Sherif Sabry, interrupted. "He was our rock. God help us find someone who can fill his place."
Performer Mike Daisey scrubs his monologue about Apple and sticks to the facts after criticism
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mike Daisey, the off-Broadway performer who admitted that he made up parts of his one-man show about Apple products being made in Chinese sweatshops, has cut questionable sections from the monologue and added a prologue explaining the controversy.
Oskar Eustis, artistic director of The Public Theater, where the monologue is being performed, said Saturday that Daisey has "eliminated anything he doesn't feel he can stand behind" from the show and added a section at the beginning in which he addresses the questions raised by critics.
Eustis called the prologue "the best possible frame we could give the audience for the controversy" and said Daisey agreed to make the changes himself, which are "his and his alone."
"Mike is a great storyteller, not a journalist. I wish he had been clearer about that distinction in the making of this piece," Eustis said after seeing Saturday's matinee performance. "If we had understood the rules Mike was using to make the show, we would have framed it differently from the outset."
Daisey portrayed his work as fact during a media blitz to promote his critically acclaimed show, and he misled dozens of news and entertainment outlets, including the popular public radio show "This American Life," The Associated Press, The New York Times, MSNBC and HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."
3s please! Heslip makes 9 to lift Baylor to 80-63 win over Colorado
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The basket was as wide as the ocean for Brady Heslip, and because of that, the future looks as bright as those uniforms for the Baylor Bears.
Heslip made 9 of 12 from behind the 3-point line Saturday to lift third-seeded Baylor and their highlighter-yellow uniforms to a pullaway 80-63 victory over No. 11 Colorado. The Bears (29-7) advance to the South Regional semifinals, their second trip to the final 16 in three seasons. They'll play the winner between Xavier and Lehigh next Friday in Atlanta.
Heslip, the Boston College transfer who grew up playing -- and losing -- lots of H-O-R-S-E games with his father up in Canada would have beaten just about anybody on this electric day at The Pit.
He made six 3s in the first half to keep his cold-shooting teammates close. Then, he helped break open a tight game late. His 3-pointer with 6:56 left came in the early stages of Baylor's 19-3 run to close the game. And it was contagious. Shortly after that make, Pierre Jackson (15 points, 10 assists) jacked one up from three feet behind the arc. Swish.
Then Heslip, not to be outdone, made No. 9 -- leaving him only two short of the NCAA tournament record set by Jeff Fryer of Loyola Marymount in 1990 and matching the number put up by Purdue's Courtney Moses in the women's tournament a few hours earlier.


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Oakland Athletics righthander Brandon McCarthy, who has been on the disabled list since May 19 with shoulder trouble, was activated Sunday and will pitch Monday against the Mariners, according to MLB.com.
The A's had been using a six-man rotation, but with McCarthy's return, they will resume the normal five-man rotation that most teams use. Tom Green writes at the MLB.com link:
McCarthy made two rehab appearances with Class A Stockton, including one start. The righty pitched a combined 10 innings, including six innings of one-run ball on June 29. Because he wasn't fully extended during his rehab outings, it is likely McCarthy will be held to a pitch count similar to the one fellow starter Rich Harden had during his season debut on Friday.
Lefthander Josh Outman, who had pitched effectively for the A's during McCarthy's absence, with a 3-3 record and 3.47 ERA and six quality starts in eight total outings, was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento to make room for McCarthy on the roster.


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Horry County Deputy Coroner Darris Fowler confirms that CCU sophomore Anthony Darnell Liddell, 18, autopsy was completed before 9 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Fowler said Liddell died from a gunshot wound to the chest after doctors could not stop the bleeding. Liddell was pronounced dead at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center's Emergency Room at 8:50 Tuesday night.
Lidell was a Coastal Carolina University sophomore student from Bennettsville. Coastal Carolina University officials said a shooting took place at the University Place residence hall Tuesday evening.
CCU Department of Public Safety Police Chief David Roper has determined that currently there is no apparent threat to students, faculty or staff.
Therefore, classes were held on Wednesday as regularly scheduled.
A candlelight vigil is planned for 6 p.m. Thursday at Spadoni Park for Liddell, a sophomore from Bennettsville. The event is open to the community.
The University's Office of Counseling Services is organizing the vigil, along with offering ongoing counseling services for students affected by the tragedy.
CCU President David DeCenzo will make remarks at the vigil, along with Debbie Conner, vice president for student affairs.
An open microphone will be available for students to share memories. Preston McKever-Floyd, professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, will give a closing prayer.
Martha Hunn, director of news and public affairs for the school said the shooting happened at 7:22.
A CCU Alert text sent to student said:CCU Alert SUBJ:Active Shooter MSG:shooting Incident at University Place. All students stay in your dorm rooms and classrooms. Suspect at large. CCU Alert SUBJ:CCU ALERT MSG:The shooting is not ongoing Police continue to search for one suspect. Stay indoors
Hunn said a call to 911 happened after the shooting and that a nearby emergency call box was also pulled.
Students who live near the crime scene heard the gunfire.
"I just saw someone laying on the ground it was just really scary, I've never seen anything like that," Katrina Schuleski said.
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"On my way to the gym a bunch of kids guys at my dorm said someone had been shot and I thought people say crazy stuff like that all the time there's no way it's true," James Paigo said.
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Archive for October, 2006
Shit You Hear At Parties, Pt. IBy Gerard on Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Once again, we're invoking the late Robert Haber to sell something. Hey, if it ain't broke, why pay for repairs. See you friday!
Ian Rilen, RIPBy Gerard on Monday, October 30th, 2006
Rose Tattoo bassist Ian Rilen passed away yesterday at the age of 58.
In addition to being the co-author of Tattoo's "Bad Boy For Love", Rilen was a founding member alongside guitarist Steve Lucas and drummer Cathy Green, of the Sydney trio, X, whose first two albums, 'Aspirations' (1979) and 'At Home With You' (1981) are as propulsive, jagged and wildly original as any punk recordings from that era.
Long Awaited Chan Marshall / Sir Charles Meeting Hits Network TVBy Gerard on Monday, October 30th, 2006
Tonight, on NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien", scheduled guests include Charles Barkley and Cat Power.
Chan and the MRB are hitting Rockefeller Plaza after blowing minds at Las Vegas' Vegoose Festival. The Round Mound Of Rebound is also no stranger to Vegas, nor is he unfamiliar with a provocative performance every now and then.
Chavez : One Show Dropped, Another AddedBy Gerard on Friday, October 27th, 2006
If the young people of Baltimore didn't have enough troubles already, Chavez' December 2 show at Ottobar has been cancelled. That said, we're happy to announce that along with the Dec. 16 show at Brooklyn's Warsaw (supported by Endless Boogie), Chavez will be playing Slim's in San Francisco on December 30th.
Dubious Benefit Gigs Of The 21st CenturyBy Gerard on Friday, October 27th, 2006
From the Boston Globe's Joan Anderton.
Staind frontman Aaron Lewis is performing a concert at his alma mater, Longmeadow High School, to benefit the creative arts department there. Tickets to the show, Nov. 4 at 7:30, are $100 (includes a meet-and-greet with Lewis) and $60 and are on sale now in the school office.
Lewis, while possessing all the talent and charisma of a cardboard box, is clearly a benevolent sort. And based on his body of work, I think we can all agree that Longmeadow's creative arts deparment is sorely in need of help. With that in mind, let's consider the ticket prices ; $100 to witness a solo performance by Lewis is quite reasonable (compared to say, a $600 toilet seat), so why not up the ante a bit? $100 to enter, another $200 to leave early. $1500 for Lewis' frontal lobe. Either you're serious about helping the kids or you're not.
Let Me Sleep On It, I'll Give You An Answer In The MorningBy Gerard on Thursday, October 26th, 2006
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NO ONE AT THE VENUE MAY LOOK MORRISSEY IN THE EYEBy Gerard on Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Though I'm super impressed by these third hand claims of diva-dom, perhaps it is a good idea for support bands and headliners to keep a respectful distance from each other.
Until the end of the evening, all-star jam, of course.
Pitchfork Scraping For News?By Adam F on Thursday, October 26th, 2006
I have much love for Espers, but since when did a $600 mahogany Martin getting dinged up on a flight make the muster for a longish Pitchfork news item. C'mon, this ain't akin to a van full of gear getting stolen nor is it a couple of mild-mannered indie rocker kids getting beat up by Houston's finest. I mean, if you're going to give some ink to La Familia Espers, why not talk about Meg Baird's freshly-minted solo album. Warning: It's okay to delete your copy of Pink Moon on the Nano to make room for this one. Don't sweat it, it's a worthy replacer.
Meg Baird: "Waltze of the Tennis Player" (mp3 deeplink thanks to Philebrity.com)
It's Official : Kurt Cobain Bigger Than SnoopyBy Gerard on Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
From Billboard.com :
Elvis Presley has ceded his crown to Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain (above, middle) on Forbes.com's list as the top-earning dead celebrity. The list, published yesterday (Oct. 24), said Cobain earned $50 million between October 2005 and October 2006. Presley wound up in the No. 2 slot with $42 million, down from last year's $45 million.Forbes.com bases its dollar amounts on licensing deals for using the deceased celebrities' work or image in advertising or elsewhere. This was Cobain's first time on the list in its six years of publication. Presley has ruled the roost since its inception, said Forbes.com staff writer Lacey Rose.
Cobain's coup was thanks to his widow, actress and singer Courtney Love, who sold a 25% stake in the Nirvana's song catalog to New York music publishing company PrimeWave.
Ranked after Presley is "Peanuts" cartoon strip creator Charles Schulz at $35 million. Rounding out the top five were the Beatles' John Lennon at $24 million and groundbreaking physicist Albert Einstein at $20 million, whose estate profited from such licensing deals as the popular "Baby Einstein" educational videos.
No disrespect to the 1921 winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, but if Tupac's estate isn't beating Einstein, someone is screwing up royally.


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ALBANY, GA (WALB) – A former prisoner of war spoke about her war experience and life after the military to a group of ASU students today.
In 2003, Shoshana Johnson, the first African-American female POW, was shot in both her legs and held hostage in Iraq.
Now Johnson is touring college campuses to share her encouraging message of survival and promote her new book.
Shoshana Johnson always looks at the bright side of life.
"I spent 22 days in captivity after being ambushed in Iraq. And it was an experience. But I think there are people who have endured much worse."
Johnson's new book, "I'm Still Standing: From Captive US Soldier to Free Citizen - My Journey Home", details her time in Iraq and the effects combat had on her mental and physical health.
"I was injured and sometimes it is very difficult," she explains. "But I try not to let it hinder me too much and I'm still pursuing my culinary which I have to do on my feet. And I still wear my heels!"
Johnson joined the military to pay for college. But she's not quick to tell others to do the same.
"I would always say college first but college first doesn't work for everyone. Sometimes they really need that outside exposure of the world before they can go to college and follow through."
Now Johnson inspires college students to find their own direction in life.
"As long as the students take away something, it's worth it to put yourself on the line a little bit."
Natasha Rodney, a first semester ROTC cadet, says she needed Johnson's straightforward, but encouraging speech.
"I know it's hard, I know it's going to be intense, but she reassured me and said if you want something, you have to work for it and not give up."
Another ASU student said Johnson's experiences opened his eyes about his own life.
"I'm very spoiled and I have no reason to be after hearing her story," says Abram King. "That makes me think, am I man enough? Hearing a female go through all this stuff."
And through it all, Johnson remains humble.
"It's always amazing to me when I get asked to speak to people in college because I don't see the big deal concerning myself."
She might not see it, but these students know she's an American hero.
Johnson received several awards for her service to our country. She says she now looks forward to finishing her culinary degree and becoming a chef.
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PA replaces prisoners ministry with PLO body
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Liberman thanks US for support during Operation Protective Edge
Naftali Bennett, not Netanyahu is the leader of Israel's Right, poll finds
Netanyahu ally says government failed to properly explain Gaza operation to public
Tibi bill seeks to give Israeli Arabs official national minority status
Israel squad reassembles for short camp
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Israel soccer coach Gutman names national squad for Shefayim camp
Yellow-and-blue sent packing from Europe
Energy, Economy ministries issue grants to convert 16 factories to gas
Peres Center director Sharir to head Science, Tech Ministry
*Putting their heads together*
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in Israel for 2014 EduAction Forum
Analysis: Talansky retrial could seal Olmert's fate on Holyland appeal
Raising a glass to Israeli wines in Jerusalem
Orlando Cinemas chain to open new theater in Jerusalem
Netanyahu hints he will agree to convene regional peace conference, Lapid says
Histadrut declares labor dispute over postal workers
1,800 international high school students kick off new school year in Israel
Protective Edge probe underway in Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Jewish man reported shot by Ukrainian rebels
Birthright alumni more supportive of Gaza op than general population
Thousands in Britain rally against rise in anti-Semitism
Report: Joan Rivers being brought out of induced coma, family to sue doctors
Displaced Jews in Ukraine are once again in harms way
Explosion kills 11 Egyptian soldiers in Sinai
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Fighting breaks out along Syrian border, with captured Fiji troops nearby
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- Chris and Paul Griesedieck know how to crush just about anything.
The brothers and owners of American Pulverizer in St. Louis run the company their great-grandfather started nearly 105 years ago to compress coal for the burgeoning coal mining industry. A century later, the Griesediecks and 150 employees manufacture massive machines with names like jaw crushers and hammermills that pulverize everything from iron clips and water heaters to car engines and wooden pallets. And they still crush plenty of coal.
But these days, the crushers worry about being crushed. The looming threat to the family business doesn't come from competition. Instead, it comes from the machinery of the federal government.
That's because the government says the Griesediecks must do something that violates their Christian beliefs: Pay for so-called "emergency contraception" in their health insurance plan for employees. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the mandate last year as part of the health care bill President Obama signed into law in 2010.
The health care law requires employers with more than 50 full-time workers to provide insurance to their employees or face fines. The HHS mandate requires employers to provide a range of "preventative services" in those insurance plans, including birth control pills, sterilization, and "emergency contraception" that can act as abortion-inducing drugs.
Companies that don't offer the drugs face crushing fines: $100 a day per employee. For the Griesediecks and their 150 workers, those fines could soar to more than $5 million a year. For a company with 13,000 employees like craft retailer Hobby Lobby -- another Christian-owned corporation opposing the mandate -- the burden is even heavier: Fines could reach $1.3 million
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Like Hobby Lobby and other plaintiffs, the Griesediecks filed a lawsuit against HHS. They say the mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (a law designed to protect against government infringement of religious freedom) and their First Amendment rights to free exercise of religion. The brothers made a simple argument based on Christian principles: "It would be sinful for us to pay for services that have a significant risk of causing the death of embryonic lives."
The government doesn't have much sympathy. In a slew of similar cases filed by for-profit companies against the HHS mandate, government attorneys have argued that for-profit, secular companies don't engage in any exercise of religion protected by the First Amendment.
Frank Manion -- an attorney at the American Center for Law and Justice -- represents the Griesediecks, and says the federal government is imposing a stark choice on his clients and all Christian employers who oppose the mandate: "Abandon their beliefs in order to stay in business, or abandon their business in order to stay true to their beliefs."
At least 14 for-profit companies have filed suit against HHS, saying the mandate violates their religious freedom. Courts have granted preliminary injunctions to nine of those companies -- including the Griesediecks' -- shielding them against the mandate as their cases continue through the courts. Other judges denied similar protections to Hobby Lobby and four other companies.
Though only a handful of for-profit companies have filed suit, the mandate applies to all employers providing insurance. That means potentially thousands of companies owned by Christians may grapple with the law's requirements.
So far, most of the for-profit companies filing suit are Catholic-owned and opposed to providing any of the services in the mandate, including birth control pills. Evangelicals own at least four of the companies, and don't oppose offering birth control, but refuse to pay for "emergency contraception" like the "morning-after" and "week-after" pills.
For both groups, the implications are huge: Will the government allow business owners the basic freedom to maintain Christian principles in the workplace?
For the thousands of middle-class employees working for such companies, another question arises: Will the federal government crush their jobs by crushing their employers?
Matt Bowman of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) -- a group representing several plaintiffs -- says the issue is likely headed to the Supreme Court, and the outcome could affect religious freedoms for all Christians who believe their faith extends to every area of life: "The question becomes: Is Jesus Christ the Lord of all human life or not? And the federal government is saying He isn't allowed to be."
For the owners of Christian companies embroiled in one of the country's most important religious liberty issues of the new century, faith isn't an activity the government can sequester to Sundays.
"You have to practice what you preach," says Paul Griesedieck. "And you have to live your belief seven days a week."
That may seem like an obvious tenet of Christianity, but the plight of Christian-owned, for-profit companies is underscored by another reality: The government is oppressing non-profit religious institutions as well.
A narrow exception to the HHS mandate applies mostly to churches, freeing them from the requirement. But for other non-profit religious employers -- like Christian colleges and Catholic hospitals -- the mandate still applies with a deadline of August 2013 to comply.
More than 80 such organizations have filed suit against HHS, and at least two have made significant progress: In December, a federal appeals court reinstated the lawsuits of the evangelical Wheaton College and the Catholic-based Belmont Abbey College -- both represented by the religious liberty firm Becket Fund. (Courts had dismissed the lawsuits in August, saying the litigation was premature.)
HHS attorneys said the government intended to issue a new exception that would protect colleges like Wheaton and Belmont Abbey, but judges demanded action: HHS must update the court every 60 days until it publishes a new exception for religious institutions. The government said it would propose new language by the end of March. For now, it's unclear how far a new exception might reach.
While the decision was a victory for religious non-profits, it offers no protection to owners of for-profit companies with similar religious convictions. For them, the mandate applies now unless they win a court injunction. And exceptions aren't on the horizon.
That has led more than 14 for-profit companies to file suit, including four owned by evangelicals. One of those companies -- Tyndale House Publishers -- is a for-profit corporation, but clearly religious in nature: The evangelical company publishes Bibles and Christian books. (And the company directs most of its profits to non-profit causes.)
ADF attorney Matt Bowman won a preliminary injunction on Tyndale's behalf in November and said, "Bible publishers should be free to do business according to the book that they publish." The court agreed in its written opinion: "... the beliefs of Tyndale and its owners are indistinguishable."
The same reality seems obvious for other evangelical-owned companies as well. Perhaps the highest-profile case is Hobby Lobby -- the massive craft retailer with 520 stores in 41 states. The Oklahoma-based company averages $3 billion in sales each year, according to Forbes, and owner and CEO David Green ranks No. 79 on the magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans. The publication estimates Green's net worth at $4.5 billion. It also notes Green's vast giving to Christian ministries like the OneHope Foundation and Every Home for Christ, and estimates his lifetime giving at $500 million.
Indeed, Hobby Lobby's website says the company is committed to "honoring the Lord in all we do by operating the company in a manner consistent with Biblical principles."
To that end, the stores close on Sundays so employees may rest and participate in worship. The company publishes full-page ads in newspapers at Christmas and Easter with Christian messages. And it starts its pay for full-time employees at 80 percent above minimum wage. Green says it would violate his Christian beliefs to pay for "emergency contraception" that could cause abortions. The company filed suit against HHS in September.
The government contends the required "emergency contraception" drugs aren't abortifacients. But the FDA label on the morning-after pill known as "Plan B" notes the drug "may inhibit implantation" of a fertilized egg.
Since pro-life proponents define fertilization of an egg as the beginning of a pregnancy, they label "Plan B" and Ella -- a similar drug that can be effective five days after unprotected sex -- as abortifacients. The law also requires coverage of intrauterine devices (IUDs) that may block implantation of fertilized eggs.
Meanwhile, Plan B is available over the counter, and many county health clinics and Planned Parenthood offices offer emergency contraception at no cost, low cost, or on a sliding scale depending on income.
Despite the threat that the IRS would levy massive fines (up to $1.3 million a day) for non-compliance, Green said the company wouldn't offer the drugs: "We simply cannot abandon our religious beliefs to comply with this mandate."
Less than three months later, U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton denied Hobby Lobby's request for a preliminary injunction, and the Supreme Court refused to provide an emergency stay as the case proceeds through the lower courts.
In his ruling, Heaton said Hobby Lobby and its sister company Mardel -- a Christian publishing house -- are "not religious organizations." The judge said the court had not found a case establishing that "secular, for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby and Mardel have a constitutional right to the free exercise of religion."
That argument may prove the central issue in each of the for-profit cases, and will likely culminate with the Supreme Court ruling on whether for-profit companies have the right to free exercise of religion. Considering the court's decision in Citizens United that companies have a right to free speech, many attorneys say First Amendment rights to free exercise of religion should be implicit.
For now, Hobby Lobby announced it has found a way to "shift the plan year" for its insurance coverage, shielding the company from fines for a few months. (The fines are effective when a company renews its insurance plan, though it's unclear how and when the IRS would levy the fees.)
Still, the threat remains for Green and the thousands of middle-class workers he employees in a struggling economy. Though the CEO is declining interviews while his case proceeds, in a USA Today opinion piece in September he wrote about his convictions: "... honoring God is more important than turning a profit."
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