Kentucky Rising: A Statement from Wendell Berry,

 February 12, 2011, 10:58 a.m.

It is now Feb. 12.  By now we expected to be either in jail or bailed out.

  Instead, by Gov. Beshear’s invitation, we are staying in his 

reception room in the Capitol

Gov. Rick Scott's budget slashes spending for homeless

, other vulnerable groups - 

TALLAHASSEE — Last year, agencies that help Florida's homeless

 received nearly $7 million in state funding to assist more than 74,000 people.

64-Year-Old Kayaker Completes Trans-Atlantic Voyage

US Chamber’s Lobbyists Hired Hackers To Sabotage 

Unions, Smear Chamber’s Political Opponents 

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ThinkProgress has learned that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,

 the big business trade association representing ExxonMobil, AIG,

 and other major international corporations, is working with set

 of “private security” companies and lobbying firms to undermine

 their political opponents, including ThinkProgress, 

with a surreptitious sabotage campaign.

Flagler on national list of most-stressed counties 

PALM COAST -- Just a few years ago, Flagler County was

 at the top of the list of the nation's fastest-growing counties. 

Now the county has made another list, but it's one officials 

probably would have preferred to avoid.