| Nov 29, 8:04 AM EST
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Two televangelists have resigned their posts as regents at Oral Roberts University, as the debt-ridden school tries to regroup following a spending scandal involving its former president. The university on Thursday also settled with one of three professors who filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the school. Benny Hinn and I.V. Hilliard resigned as regents, where they were involved in making major school decisions, university spokesman Jeremy Burton said Thursday. Burton declined to say why the two resigned, but said both wrote the board to express their support for the school's mission. The resignations come a month after the resignations from the board of regents of two other televangelists, Jesse Duplantis and Creflo Dollar. Hinn and Dollar are among six televangelists being investigated by Iowa Sen.
Product Recalls
More than a quarter-million shop lights are under a voluntary recall because of an electrical shock hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Cooper Lighting say there is a potential problem with the prongs on the electrical cord. To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled product, please go to: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08089.html VISUAL PRESENTER RECALL About 54,000 Visual Presenters (sold as Image Presentation Cameras by Epson) are being recalled due to a fire hazard. The product was sold at dealers, office supply stores, and other retailers nationwide from December 1993 to June 2006. Consumers should stop using the recalled visual presenters immediately and contact Elmo USA at (877) 275-3566 for all models except Epson.
July 2006
An American car company can move its factories to Mexico and claim it's a Free Market. An American toy company can outsource to a Chinese sub-contractor and claim it's a Free Market. An American branded shoe company can produce its shoes in India and claim it's a Free Market. An American bank can move its corproation to Bermuda to avoid U.S. twes and claim it's a Free Market. We can buy cheaper ink-jet printers made in Mexico and cheaper sports shorts made in Bandladesh, because it's a Free Market. In fact, we can purchase almost anything we want (and save money by doing so) from twenty different foreign countries because it's a Free Market... Free for some, but illegal for you and me But Heaven help the Elderly and Disabled who dare to buy their prescription drugs from a Canadian Pharmacy! That, our leaders say, is Un-American.
School, Lindsay Roberts deny all
Oral Roberts University and its president's wife, Lindsay Roberts, issued written statements Saturday saying that claims and accusations added to a lawsuit Friday are untrue.
A report attached to the lawsuit Friday contains allegations that Roberts, 51, spent a great deal of time with an underage male.
"I live my life in a morally upright manner and throughout my marriage have never, ever engaged in any sexual behavior with any man outside of my marriage as the accusations imply," Roberts said in her statement.
"Allegations against me in a lawsuit .
The CNN Wire: Thursday, Oct. 18
House Dems fail to override president's veto on children's health care bill WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Failing to garner a two-thirds majority, the Democrat-led House Thursday was unable to override President Bush's veto of a plan to expand the state-run Children's Health Insurance Program. The vote was 273-156, 13 short of the two-thirds majority needed, even though 44 Republicans sided with the Democrats for the measure. House Democratic leaders have vowed to continue the fight to get some kind of legislation passed on the issue. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was adamant the plan -- which would provide $35 billion for children's health care and which supporters say will cover 10 million children -- would not be scaled back. (Posted 1:37 p.m.) Tornado damages Pensacola church (CNN) -- A tornado accompanied by heavy thunderstorms and gusty winds touched down in Pensacola, Fla., Thursday, damaging a church with an attached day care center, and snapping power lines and trees in the Gulf Coast community.
Pennsylvania's slot machines the richest of the East
But usage can be so heavy that gamblers must wait for the most popular versions. At the busiest casinos, such as Mohegan Sun near Wilkes-Barre, some patrons avoid gambling during peak hours -- after 3 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Analysts say the demand is good -- and understandable -- given the state's young and rapidly growing gambling industry. In just over a year of operations, slots income has exceeded expectations, and this year will yield lower property tax rates statewide.
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