Steak 'n Shake is a bare-bones employer. No vacations or full-time unless you are a manager, and no holiday pay. On top of that, they are taking 2.5% out of server's credit card tips to pay for financing fees. The amount may not seem like much, but can add up very quickly. If someone leaves a $2 tip on credit card, Steak 'n Shake will take a nickel. Every time. That's just on a $2 tip! Tell Steak 'n Shake to stop taking our money to pay for their expenses!

Federal protection has been stripped from Western wolves, and a mandate for cruelly killing them imposed.

More bus and train serive in metro Atlanta

Jamie Kuntz, an NDSCS football player was kicked off the football team because he was seen kissing his boyfriend in the media booth. The coach, Chuck Parsons, told him that his conduct was detrimental to the team and that he was being removed as a player.

Sweeping US legislation that would CLOSE ALL PUPPY MILLS now and forever.

I'd like to petition RNC Head Reince Priebus to explain why George W Bush was absent from the RNC.

Terry Jones is a so called pastor who is trying to start a religious war with the followers of Islam. He began by burning a Koran and posting the recording on YouTube. Then he promoted a hate film which has inflamed Islamist extremists, and led to the death of our Ambassador to Libya, and three other American diplomats. We can't give them peace or justice, but we can prevent this fanatic from spreading his hate. Tell YouTube to remove his hateful rants.

One year ago, Troy Davis was executed in Georgia. In the days leading up to his execution, he said “This movement to end the death penalty, to seek true justice, to expose a system that fails to protect the innocent must be accelerated. There are so many more Troy Davis’. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this unjust system city by city, state by state and country by country.” And that's exactly what we're doing in California this November with Proposition 34. Prop. 34 replaces the death penalty with life in prison with absolutely no chance of parole. A “Yes on 34” vote guarantees we will never execute an innocent person like Troy Davis and it will also save the state of California $1 billion in five years. Prop. 34 in endorsed by the California Nurses Association, the California Labor Federation, the California League of Women Voters, the California Democratic Party, the California NAACP, and the California Catholic Conference of Bishops. Please join us in pledging to vote YES on Proposition 34 to ensure California never executes an innocent person.

Immediate action should be taken to correct problems at The Topeka Correctional Facility! Noone should be subjected to any sexual misconduct or abuse.

"What I think a town hall meeting is, is when you put out the word to a community a week ahead of time, you secure a location and you tell people it's either a general town hall meeting on any issue or a specific town hall meeting on an issue like health care, and you let everybody speak." Ironically, those were the words of our Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick back in 2010 when he was calling on his opponent to hold town hall meetings. But 2010 seems like the distant past. Avoiding town halls like the plague is the new strategy many members of Congress are using to steer clear of backlash over controversial votes on the Ryan Budget, the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and earmarks for their wealthy donors. Unfortunately, Congressman Fitzpatrick is no different. Over the last eight months, Congressman Fitzpatrick has held no public town halls. That’s right, ZERO. That’s why we are calling on our Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick to hold a large public (publicized in advance) town hall in the coming weeks before the election. Congressman Fitzpatrick’s absence is not going unnoticed. Last week, the Bucks County Courier Times ran a front-page article on the fact that Congressman Fitzpatrick no longer holds public town halls. In the article, Rep. Fitzpatrick’s chief of staff claims that groups like PA Working Families are scaring him away from having town hall meetings. As a member of Congress, Mike Fitzpatrick controls military funding, foreign policy and the budget of the wealthiest nation in the world. He should not be running scared from us. We are Medicare recipients afraid of losing our benefits. We are retirees counting on Social Security to be there when we need it. And we are cancer survivors whose lives depend on health care reform. We want Congressman Fitzpatrick to know that we are his constituents and we won’t bite. We just want him to answer some questions on his votes on Medicare and other issues that affect our lives. We want real communication from him, not more campaign ads paid for by corporate donors and lobbyists. Please join us in calling on Rep. Fitzpatrick to live up to his duties as a public servant and meet with all of his constituents, not just the ones who agree with him. As long as Congressman Fitzpatrick collects a $174,000 salary provided by our tax dollars, he should be willing to meet with us. Thanks for helping us hold our elected officials accountable. Sincerely, Walter, Monica and Brenda Walter “Budd” Heinz, Levittown resident, cancer survivor Monica Tomlinson, Bristol resident, Medicare recipient Brenda McCullough, Newtown resident, future Medicare recipient

Ed Diana and the OC Legislature are using divisive tactics to delay maintenance while the historic Paul Rudolph Government Building continues to disintegrate. His plan is to stall until the building is beyond repair then stick the taxpayers with the bill to replace this perfectly useful building with a new monument to politics.

What seems to have been lost in all of the rhetoric is the belief that we can isolate an issue and simply vote on it. Most issues involving the economy, energy, environment, government, and jobs are interrelated. We can solve this in a way that benefits mankind and the country by mandating this one thing.