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- Supreme Court agrees to hear case in which feds claim right to ignore deadlines for suit-filing because of Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act (WSLA), passed in 1942 [my new Cato post, earlier]
- As we've advised before, don't run 10K races while your claim of low-speed-crash injury is pending [Philly.com]
- Incentivizing complaint-filing: State Bar of California pushes "urgency legislation" empowering it to collect $2500 per enforcement action from targets of its efforts against unauthorized practice of law; association of non-lawyer preparers of legal documents calls it "a cleverly designed effort by the Bar to seek additional revenue from non-members of the Bar." [Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee via KafkaEsq]
- Feds get earful on Hawaiian tribalization plan [KHON, Indian Country Today, more, earlier]
- BP: "Legal feeding frenzy continues four years after the spill" [Melissa Landry, The Hayride]
- Danke schön! "Overlawyered ist übrigens ein vorzügliches Blog, das sehr oft sehr gute Postings hat zu den Irrungen und Wirrungen des US-amerikanischen Rechtssystems" [Lawblog.de comment]
- There'll always be a Berkeley: California city requires medical marijuana dispensaries to set aside some product for free use by indigent and homeless [Reason, KCBS]
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Maria Francisco fell off her bus seat and was injured when an Alameda-Contra Costa transit bus driver, according to Francisco's lawyer, took a speed bump at 30 mph. Francisco can walk, but has been awarded $15 million for her injuries, and her daughter, then 4, a further $1 million for witnessing her mom's fall. I'm quoted in Britain's Daily Mail expressing misgivings about the level of damages ("spin to win").
One reaction via @LauraKMcNally on Twitter: "Compare re: soldier injury comp."
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That was in happier days, when California State Sen. Leland Yee was winning national applause for his gun-control efforts. Yesterday the San Jose Mercury-News reported:
In a stunning criminal complaint, State Sen. Leland Yee has been charged with conspiring to traffic in firearms and public corruption as part of a major FBI operation spanning the Bay Area. … Yee asked whether he wanted automatic weapons, and the agent confirmed he did — about $500,000 to $2.5 million worth."
Is it time to retire our "Do as we say" tag yet? Eliot Spitzer got exposed after crusading for longer sentences for "johns." Czars of alcohol-abuse programs keep getting nabbed on the road after having a half dozen too many. Rep. Bob Filner groped his way to the podium to chair hearings on women's issues.
Now there's this. Maybe Sen. Yee came down so hard on private gun dealers because he wanted to muscle into the business himself.
The entire criminal information, which beggars belief in its colorful detail (Chinese gangs, Russian arms runners, Muslim insurgents in the Philippines) is here, with highlights summarized by Scott Lucas of San Francisco magazine. The San Francisco Chronicle editorialized: "Few observers of San Francisco politics are surprised by [Yee's] arrest on corruption charges." Then there's this sidelight: "Keith Jackson, accused by the FBI on Wednesday of being involved in a murder-for-hire scheme and a gun- and drug-trafficking conspiracy, was San Francisco's top elected educator during the late 1990s." [San Francisco Chronicle]
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Menlo Park, Calif.: A 90-year-old lawyer's BMW SUV jumped the curb and pinned two 6-year-old twin brothers against a wall, seriously injuring them. Now the driver, Edward Nelson, "states in his response to the lawsuit that the plaintiffs 'carelessly, recklessly and negligently conducted and maintained themselves' in a way that contributed to the accident. Furthermore, 'knowing the probable consequences thereof, (they) placed themselves in a position of danger and voluntarily participated in all the activities,' and so assumed any related risks. Finally, the plaintiffs failed to 'reasonably mitigate' any damages they sustained." [Sandy Brundage, The Almanac (Peninsula communities, Bay Area)]
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- Harassing Google executives at their homes: what better way to show you truly care about privacy? [Ars Technica]
- Feds arrest Bitcoin executive on charges of "money laundering" and running an unlicensed cash transmission service, latest of what looks very much like a series [Reason, Rob Wile/Business Insider, earlier on Bitcoin]
- Know (and babysit) your customers: "HSBC imposes restrictions on large cash withdrawals," then backs off [BBC, earlier on KYC as outgrowth of money-laundering law]
- "Banks say no to marijuana money, legal or not" [NY Times]
- Randy Maniloff on the Target data breach and the example of the T.J. Maxx case [Coverage Opinions and more on class actions] "Swipe fee" price controls don't help in allocating the costs of response and prevention for card data breaches [John Berlau, CEI "Open Market"] and
- "Financial Disclosures as Regulation" panel video, part of Vermont Law School symposium "The Disclosure Debates" that I participated in last fall; participants include Tennessee lawprof Joan Heminway and moderator Jennifer Taub [YouTube]
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- "A Milestone to Celebrate: I Have Closed All My Businesses in Ventura County, California" [Coyote, earlier]
- "Louisiana Judge Ends Katrina Flooding Lawsuits Against Feds" [AP/Insurance Journal]
- "Some shoppers who reuse plastic bags to dispose of animal waste will miss them" [L.A. Times via Alkon]
- Alameda County, Calif. conscripts out-of-state drugmakers into product disposal program: public choice problem, constitutionality problem or both? [Glenn Lammi, WLF]
- "Connecticut, Drunk on Power, Uses Bottle Bill to Steal Money" [Ilya Shapiro]
- "If successful, the New York lawsuits would extend the scope of the [habeas corpus] writ to an undefined array of nonhuman creatures." [Jim Huffman, Daily Caller]
- Clean Water Act citizen suits never intended to be race to courthouse between officialdom, bounty hunters [Lammi, WLF on Eleventh Circuit ruling]
- Let's stop measuring congestion, it just makes our environmental plans look bad [Randal O'Toole, David Henderson on California policy]
In the season's highest-profile case of alleged medical negligence, 13-year-old Jahi McMath, described as suffering from sleep apnea, went in to Oakland Children's Hospital for surgery. After the surgery she began bleeding profusely, went into cardiac arrest and suffered brain death.
A hundred press accounts have described the procedure McMath underwent as a "routine tonsillectomy." Not so, according to Brandon Peters, M.D. at About.com:
There is a paucity of known facts in this situation. The family and their lawyer have released few specific details. Oakland Children's Hospital, bound by the privacy restrictions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), has offered even less. Jahi underwent three surgical procedures for the treatment of her sleep apnea. This included a tonsillectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP), and removal of nasal turbinates. Though initially described as a "routine tonsillectomy," this degree of surgery in children is not routine. It is extensive. When performed on a child, the risk is high.
More here and on uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (or "UP3″) and its indications and risks here. It should be apparent that with the sparsity of facts agreed on it is still extremely early to begin speculating what went wrong in McMath's case and what kind of medical negligence if any might have been involved. (& Alkon)
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The ban applies to privately owned homes that share a party wall with another home. [ABC News] The rationale, per city official Rebecca Woodbury:
"It doesn't matter if it's owner-occupied or renter-occupied. We didn't want to discriminate. The distinguishing feature is the shared wall." As justification for the rule, she cited studies showing that secondhand smoke seeped through ventilating ducts and walls, even through cracks [emphasis added -- W.O.]. "It depends on a building's construction," she said, "but it does affect the unit next door, with the negative health impacts due to smoke."
San Rafael is in affluent Marin County just north of San Francisco. Woodbury said there had been hardly any opposition to the ordinance: "We have a very low percentage of smokers in the county," she said. On proposals in Berkeley, Calif. to ban some smoking in private homes, see this recent post.
P.S. With end-of-year donation time coming on, I won't be writing any checks to groups like the American Lung Association that support this sort of thing. Plenty of deserving health and research charities do great work while being respectful of individual liberty and property rights.
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Berkeley, Calif. councilman Jesse Arreguin proposes banning smoking in private single family homes when children, seniors or lodgers are present [San Francisco Chronicle]
More: I'm quoted by Chronicle columnist Debra Saunders:
In deference to the secondhand smoke rationale, Arreguin suggests that the ban apply if a minor lives in the home, "a nonsmoking elder, 62 years of age or older is present" or any other "non-smoking lodger is present."
Walter Olson of the libertarian Cato Institute compares the Berkeley nanny ordinance to secondhand smoke itself: "They are seeping under our doors now to get into places where they're not wanted."
He faults "ever more ambitious smoking bans" that rework the definition of private space. "Now they're really just saying it doesn't matter if you have the consent of everyone in the room." Olson savored Arreguin's suggestion that 63-year-olds cannot consent to being near a smoker.
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Inspired in part by the work of Cornell law professor Robert Hockett, the city of Richmond, Calif. is planning to 1) use eminent domain to seize private mortgages for considerably less than their actual worth; 2) cut a deal with existing residents of the homes to install FHA mortgages in place of the seized mortgages; 3) use the windfall surplus — derived by paying the private mortgage holders less than the actual value of their forcibly seized holdings — to subsidize the local residents, thus buying their political favor, as well as leaving a goodly sum to pay off the private outfit called Mortgage Resolution Partners that's pushing the scheme (written up sympathetically in a recent New York Times account).
What could go wrong, aside from to the spirit of the Constitution and the rule of law? Gideon Kanner points out that even California eminent domain law still requires the payment of "fair market value, not some bargain basement figure pulled out of thin air":
…we believe that not even California courts will stand still for that. Why not? Because under our law, if the condemnor tries to lowball too much, and makes an unreasonable pre-trial offer, it may have to pay the condemnees' attorneys' and appraiser's fees, plus other litigation expenses, on top of the "just compensation" required by the constitutions. And, of course, any diminution in value brought about by the the market's reaction to the imminence of the condemnation, cannot be considered in determining fair market value. The property has to be valued as if unaffected by the condemnor's plans or by any preliminary steps taken toward the condemnation. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. Sec. 1263.330.
For other reasons the scheme may prove much more expensive to the city of Richmond and its taxpayers, see Ilya Somin [more, yet more] Other commentary: Matt Welch, Richard Epstein. Earlier here, here, etc.
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Does the system protect its own? "A former Alameda County Superior Court judge charged with swindling a 97-year-old neighbor out of her life savings pleaded no contest Thursday to elder abuse and perjury and will not face jail time." [San Francisco Chronicle, earlier]
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When representing the leader of a violent sect, don't smuggle out of jail purportedly personal papers that in fact contain your client's alleged hit list of witnesses, then lie to investigators about it [Lorna Brown, recommended for a two-year suspension, KTVU, Contra Costa Times; a disciplinary judge recommended against disbarment because Brown, who had represented Yusuf Bey IV of the notorious Your Black Muslim Bakery, "eventually admitted what she did and expressed remorse," did not appear to realize the papers' contents, and lacked a prior disciplinary record] In a character letter, "veteran Oakland criminal defense attorney James Giller, a former president of the Alameda County Bar Association, told the judge" that Brown has an excellent reputation: "She may have made a mistake but we all do that. We all screw up." [Berkeley Patch] More: Ted Frank.
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They were seeking a second opinion on whether the baby needed heart surgery, and didn't trust the care they were getting from Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento, so parents Anna and Alex Nikolayev went over to Kaiser Permanente to get a second opinion. Police and Child Protective Services then showed up at their house to seize five-month-old Sammy. "A judge ordered Monday that the child be moved to Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, a decision which the Nikolayevs consider a win," and also ordered that they obey all medical advice. [KSL, Today, Good Morning America (auto-plays)]
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Well, yes, he would, wouldn't he? "By suing the 90-year-old Greenbrae man he allegedly tried to kill during a burglary, Samuel Cutrufelli lit a roaring grease-fire of vitriol on social media, much of it from gun-rights advocates." Attorney Sanford Troy said of his client that "Mr. Cutrufelli is entitled to the presumption of innocence" and expects to get six if not seven figures from Jay Leone, the elderly man who shot him. "The prosecution says Cutrufelli entered Leone's house, put a gun to his head, tied his hands with a belt and rummaged through his bedroom for valuables" before Leone managed to wriggle free and defend himself. Troy said the shooting arose from a drug deal gone wrong. Complicating his efforts, however, a jury has now proceeded to convict Cutrufelli on all counts after a few hours deliberation. [Gary Klien, Marin Independent Journal: Oct. 23, Oct. 26, Oct. 31]
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"California Divorce Lawyer Is Charged in Plot to Bug Cars of Her Clients' Spouses" [ABA Journal] "The indictment doesn't mention allegations that have surfaced in civil suits claiming the spouses of Nolan's clients were set up for drunken driving arrests by the private eye, Christopher Butler, the Contra Costa Times says."
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The San Jose Mercury-News has an investigative series. Among the highlights: "At some point, this endless wasting of Danny Reed's trust assets must stop," said Judge Franklin Bondonno, throwing out $30,000 in fees billed to the special needs trust of a 37-year-old brain-damaged man, and regretting that he could not reach $145,000 previously billed. The "judge — in a highly unusual gesture — implored a higher court to overturn his decision." Among recurring problems: "fee on fee" billing in which lawyers charge fees to persons under conservatorship for the legal effort expended in defending earlier fee bills. [editorial and links to articles in the series]
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"A former Albany High student is suing the school district because of the grade his chemistry teacher, Peggy Carlock, gave him last year, in hopes of getting a court order for the district to change the grade to an A+." [Steven Lau, Albany (Calif.) Patch]
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The good, the bad, and the beyond belief:
- "Ten Commandments" judge no favorite with business defendants: "Trial lawyers putting their campaign cash behind Roy Moore for Alabama chief justice" [Birmingham News via Charlie Mahtesian, Politico; same thing twelve years ago]
- From James Taranto, a brief history of Supreme Court leaks [WSJ "Best of the Web," mentions my Daily op-ed]
- Pennsylvania: Judge's swearing-in ceremony "was filled with appreciation to those who helped him get elected, including some convicted felons" [Judges on Merit; Walter Phillips, Philadelphia Inquirer]
- Roberts just carrying forward the Frankfurter-Bickel-Bork tradition of judicial deference? [Steven Teles, Carrie Severino, further Teles] Ted Olson on just-finished Supreme Court term [FedSoc and video]
- Columnist-suing attorney doesn't lack funding in race for appellate judgeship in Illinois' Metro-East [Chamber-backed Madison County Record]
- Study: SCOTUS Justices time their resignations depending on political party of President [James Lindgren, Volokh]
- Alameda County judge charged with elder theft, perjury [The Recorder]
- Profile of 5th Circuit's Edith Jones; law wasn't her first career choice, and Cornell riots influenced her path [Susanna Dokupil, IWF]


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Hayli Nobles, Commercial Star and Cancer Survivor
This holiday season, one-year-old Hayli Nobles from Goshen, KY will be celebrating the gift of life thanks to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Nobles was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia as an infant and endured several chemotherapy treatments while at St. Jude.
Now in remission, Hayli will appear in a commercial with actress Jennifer Aniston for St. Jude's Thanks and Giving campaign, which begins Thanksgiving week.
We spoke to Hayli's mother, Amanda, to find out about Hayli's battle with leukemia and how St. Jude has given Hayli a second chance at life.
What exactly is acute myeloid leukemia?
It's different because it mainly affects adults. It's rare for children to get it. It's a high-risk type of leukemia compared to the normal childhood leukemia.
What type of treatments did Hayli receive?
The protocol was five chemo treatments. She did go into remission after her first round of chemo. Then she underwent an NK (natural killer) cell infusion – It's another type of white blood cell. It was completely experimental so it was up to us whether we wanted to do it. I thought we might as well go ahead and do it. I donated (NK cells). The whole process was really easy and Hayli didn't really have any side affects.
How was Hayli chosen for the commercial for St. Jude?
They called us and asked us if we'd be interested in shooting a commercial with Jennifer Aniston. I was in the commercial with Hayli. It was definitely an interesting experience.
What was it like meeting Jennifer Aniston?
It was neat getting to meet her, she was very nice. Hayli did a lot of the commercial and they wanted her to get used to the set before Jennifer arrived. Probably for about an hour or so it was (Aniston) and Hayli together while I was just running through lines.
Why is the Thanks and Giving campaign important?
People need to realize what St. Jude does for these kids and how much money it takes to run it. It's very expensive. The hospital gives top-of-the-line care and everything is free. They cover all your medical bills and put you up in housing. The Thanks and Giving campaign is important to help raise more money to treat the kids and help with medical bills.
How would you describe your overall experience at St. Jude?
It was awesome. The doctors and nurses were amazing. It was the worst and best place we could've been.
Will this upcoming holiday season hold any special significance after all of this?
It's so ironic because Hayli's birthday falls on Thanksgiving day – she'll be two. We're very thankful for St. Jude – its going to be a super-holiday. It was a life-changer.
For more information on the Thanks and Giving Campaign and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, visit www.givethankswalk.org and www.stjude.org.
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Hi,we are from Montevallo Middle School and we are raising money for St.Jude's. Can we sponsor Hayli Nobles and we would like to get in touch with ya'll. We would like you to know that we have raised almost $300 in 2 days and we would like to donate it to little Hayli. We will keep raising money for you and Hayli. <3
Thanks a million,
Abby, Kaelyn, Emily, Georiga! 7th Grade!

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The Ladies Circle and other congregation members at Hoods Chapel UM church filled 70 Christmas stockings that were delivered on Dec. 18 to the MUSC childrens hospital.
The Town of St. Stephen would like to thank each and every person that participated in the 2014 Annual Christmas Tree Walk and Parade.
The Victory Baptist Church American Heritage Girls Troop 1603 packed 98 boxes and raised $700 in donations for Operation Christmas Child in St. …
Betaw Christian Church, Santee River Road, Hwy 45 East in St. Stephen will celebrate with a homecoming worship service on Sunday, Dec. 14 beginning …
Macedonia Middle School will have its band concert on Thursday,Dec, 11 at 7 p.m. and again on Friday, Dec. 12 at 1:30 p.m. MMS will also be represented at the Celebrate the Season at Santee Canal Park on Friday, Dec.12 from 7:30 to 8:50 p.m.
A gospel concert to benefit the Kidney Fund for Christine Simmons, conducted by the Road to Recovery Kidney Organization, will be held Dec. 6 at 4 p.m., at Greater Saint James A. M. E Church (1831 Jedberg Road in Summerville).
The Oak Grove PH Church teens are hosting a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Wednesday, Dec. 17 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the church Family Life Worship Center.
The annual Town of St. Stephen Christmas Tree Lighting , Tree Walk and Parade will be on Friday Dec. 5.
Last Sunday Friendship United Methodist members and friends welcomed the Rev. Greta Bridges as interim pastor.
Argh! Dealing with common names of plants makes me sound like a pirate.
Two Timberland students were victorious at the S.C. Association for Pupil Transportation competition held Nov. 15 at Westwood High School in Blythewood.
The 20th Annual Cross Christmas Parade is set for Saturday, Dec. 13 at 11 a.m.
The St. Stephen Community History Room and Café will be open on Thursday, Nov. 13 from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The menu will consist of a Thanksgiving roasted turkey with dressing and gravy, candied yams, garden peas, cranberry sauce, roll and homemade dessert.
Members of the Belle Isle Garden Club presented the November Yard of the Month award to Bob and Carol Bailey for their beautiful gardens and …
Macedonia Middle School eighth graders showed their commitment against bullying on Unity Day, Oct. 22, by wearing orange and signing a pledge to make MMS a bully-free school.
Pastor and Mrs. Robert McCutchen Jr. recently celebrated their Sixth Ministerial Anniversary as shepherds of the Jerusalem Baptist Church in …
Christian Outreach Ministries annual fall bazaar will be held on Friday, Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
The Town of St. Stephen will host an informational event on Monday, Nov. 10 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hut (180 Ravenell Street).
The election for new members of the Cross Fire Board was held on Oct. 7, which was a lovely day but a very small turnout.
The Baptist Womens World Day of Prayer happens each year in November.
Students and faculty at Timberland High School were recently treated to internationally renowned motivator, educator and author, Principal Baruti …
Such a friendly plant, and so easy to please but once youve got it in your backyard, it may never want to leave.
Dot DeHay recently had a visit from her son and his wife from Oklahoma.
The Town of Bonneau Peanut Festival will begin on Friday, Oct. 17 and end on Saturday.
The American Heritage Girls at Victory Baptist Church are still collecting for Operation Christmas Child and trying to ship 100 boxes next month. …
St. Stephen Elementary will host Family Literacy Night on Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. Please come for a night of learning and fun.
On the occasion of her 89th birthday, Victoria Addison Middleton enjoyed a celebration with family and friends.
The annual Town of St Stephen October Festival begins at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. and continues on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The Timberland High School Drama Department will host a Fall Festival on Oct. 21st from 4 to 7 p.m. on the practice field. Admission is $5, which includes 10 tickets.
Hoods Chapel UM Church celebrates homecoming on Sunday, Oct. 12 at 11 a.m.
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It took a while, but Congress may have finally found some common ground on a way to avoid the periodic federal budget crises that it creates.
On Thursday, the House passed a bipartisan two-year spending deal that will allow the federal government to operate through Sept. 30, 2015, without any threats of partial government shutdowns, like the one that hit in October. Congress also won't have to OK stopgap spending plans during that period.
One of the more positive aspects of this deal is that neither conservatives nor liberals particularly like it. That means neither side felt like it go enough of what it wanted to be satisfied. And while it is almost certainly an imperfect creature of politics, it does have two things going for it. One, it creates a certain degree of certainty that enables businesses and individuals to know what they have to deal with over the next two years. Second, it's expected to pass the Senate this week, which means it will actually go into effect.
Two things the deal does is it dulls the clumsy, indiscriminate knife known as sequester in defense and domestic programs. Both are important to our area of Southwest Georgia.
"The legislation will restore $31 billion of irresponsible sequester cuts for our defense over the next two years," said U.S. rep. Austin Scott, R-Tifton, who voted for the measure. "The fight is not over, but we have made significant progress in halting the decline in our military strength and the erosion of defense readiness.
"While this agreement does not go as far as I think it should, it does achieve real budgetary reforms and is a step in the right direction that gets Washington back to a budget process where meaningful entitlement reform can be achieved. I hope this bipartisan agreement will pave the way for continued work toward putting our country back on a fiscally responsible path and securing economic security for hardworking Americans."
Some of the bill's provisions include reducing deficit spending by $23 billion over the next decade, raising some taxes and fees by $7 billion in that time and raise discretionary spending to a little over $1 trillion a year for the current and next fiscal year. Medicare payments to doctors won't get cut, but payment to some Medicare providers will be. And airline passengers are going to see higher ticket fees because of it.
We want to hope that lawmakers have finally decided that butting heads at every turn in Congress only leads to headaches, especially for the American public. There were no real "winners" in this agreement, at least politically. But it was something that needed to be done, something that should have taken this long to do. It's oddly reassuring that no political side is smiling broadly. It's also nice that, unlike this time last year, we're not looking for fiscal cliffs to fall from when the new year rolls in.
This also appears to be a good time for senators and representatives to take another, closer look at a proposal by U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Marietta, in regard to the way the federal government handles its budgeting. Isakson has been a proponent of a two-year budgeting cycle that he co-introduced with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.
Under the proposal, Congress would move to a biennial budgeting process. In each two-year cycle, one year would be devoted to appropriating federal funds. The second year would be focused on oversight of federal programs.
The result would be less opportunity to play politics with the federal spending plan and debt spending caps.
Perhaps this ending to 2013 will lead to some progress in this area in 2014.
— The Albany Herald Editorial Board
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- Biennial budgeting a better process ( October 8, 2013 )
- Congress may be going back to work ( April 6, 2013 )
- Congress needs antidote for fiscal poison pill ( August 25, 2012 )
- Congress only delays problems ( October 17, 2013 )
- Sequester Day is nearly here ( February 27, 2013 )


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Cameras capture eagle killing deer in RussiaSeptember 26, 2013 @ 8:31 am
LONDON (AP) - The eagle, red-handed.
Remote cameras intended to monitor Siberian tigers in Russia instead caught a golden eagle's fatal attack on a deer, snapping three photos as the massive bird dug its talons into the distressed animal's back.
London's Zoological Society, which distributed the pictures to journalists, said the sequence showed a rare but not unheard of attack by a golden eagle. The society's Linda Kerley said she first realized something was up when she approached the wildlife-monitoring device _ also called a camera trap _ and found a mangled deer carcass nearby.
"Something felt wrong about it," she said in a statement accompanying the photographs. "There were no large carnivore tracks in the snow, and it looked like the deer had been running and then just stopped and died.
"It was only after we got back to camp that I checked the images from the camera and pieced everything together," she said. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing."
Golden eagles are large birds. Their wingspan tops more than 2 meters (6 1/2 feet) and, while they typically eat small birds, mammals, or snakes, they've been known to target larger animals as well.
It's rare for a camera to catch such an attack in progress, and the photos have been an online sensation.
The zoological society said the photos were shot in the Lazovsky State Nature Reserve in the Primorye region of Russia's Far East on Dec. 8, 2011. The pictures were released only after the publication of a scholarly article by Kerley and co-author Jonathan Slaght of the Wildlife Conservation Society in the Ohio-based Journal of Raptor Research earlier this month.
Raptor Research Foundation: http://www.raptorresearchfoundation.org/
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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says ... on Thursday, Mar 22 at 6:50 PM
...And they're still standing at 7:50p tonight! HA!