Stories from Wednesday, October 31, 2012

By MONA CHAREN Let's stipulate that people, and particularly politicians, can get into trouble by attempting to speak for God. But that's not the moral of the story regarding Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock. Responding to a question about abortion, Mourdock offered a grieved response -- his voice breaking a bit -- on the matter of which exceptions he favored. ...

By DAN K. THOMASSON Scripps Howard News Service The U.S. Supreme Court is wrestling once again with the question of racial preference in college admissions. It is entirely possible that it might end the controversial policy of affirmative action, given the conservative bent of five of the nine justices...

By OLIVER NORTH WASHINGTON -- For better than a month, the Obama administration has been dodging and weaving over what actually transpired in Benghazi, Libya, on the night of Sept. 11-12. Questions have been posed about why Ambassador Christopher Stevens was there and not at his embassy post in Tripoli. ...

Are TV anchors favoring Obama? By BILL O'REILLY It is widely perceived that the national television news industry skews left and in some cases actively supports liberal political candidates. While that is debatable on a case-by-case basis, the evidence is overwhelming that the folks who deliver the news to the nation are sympathetic to liberal causes, and that obviously favors President Obama during this election cycle...

Geary Miller Geary R. Miller, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

By SIVAPRASAD D. MADDURI, M.D. Urology Department Northwest Medical Clinic With the presidential race in full swing, health care or its much needed reform has become a strongly debated issue between the presidential candidates. American health care, considered as the best amongst all the industrialized nations, is at its crossroads: escalating health care costs in the middle of dwindling economy, a large segment of population - more than 35 million - without health insurance and scores more under insured, small businesses not able to provide insurance coverage to their employees forcing them to close doors and driving industries overseas, to name a few problems the US is facing now.. ...