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ConsumerMan: How to get out of debt

Getting out of debt isn’t easy. When the bills keep coming and the money isn’t there bankruptcy may seem like the only option.

A look at services offered by credit counselors

Nonprofit credit counseling agencies offer help on a range of topics. There are no financial requirements to get free or low-cost help. Here are some of the services credit counselors offer:

Report: Women Misled on Abortion Risks

Women who consult with pregnancy resource centers often get misleading information about the health risks associated with having an abortion, according to a report issued Monday by Democrats on the House Government Reform Committee.

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VA admits its failure to give female veterans proper care
Source:

In addition to combat-related PTSD, at least 20 percent of women veterans must deal with mental issues from being sexually assaulted in the military, VA officials said.

Halloween Came Early This Year
Source: The New Media Journal Headline News

The lid was lifted off of the cauldron, known as The House, in Washington DC. Trusty aides lifted out a whopping 1990 pages of a HealthCare Bill! Jaws dropped. Hands went up in the air.

In UK, Kids as young as 9 to receive career advice
Source: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Children in British primary schools as young as nine are to receive advice via internet sites such as YouTube on their future career paths under a new scheme, the government said on Monday.

Congress.org - HC 3200: If I Could Ask Congress
Source: Congress.org

It is my opinion that Health Care Bill 3200 discriminates against the elderly, the ill, veterans, and seniors and favors youth and health as being more productive and profitable for government and corporate America. In my opinion, it de-values human life based on age and health.

$240,000 grant to help returning veterans with ptsd
Source: news-journalonline.com

After serving in Kuwait and Iraq six years ago, Benjamin Rivers was afraid to admit he needed counseling.

Insurance Industry Lies, Shuns Kidney Donors; Reform Can't Wait
Source: Firedoglake

For some reason, misinformation about health care reform has gotten lots of attention while the truth about the current health care system has been no where to be found. The truth is that the insurance industry is lying about the effects of reform.

Mental Health Care for the Military Over the Web
Source: The New York Times

excerpt: ""When we first wrote about American Well, a start-up that offers doctor visits over a webcam, a number of the Bits readers suggested that the service seemed well-suited to visits with therapists. The military will soon use American Well to do just that.

Let the Seniors Eat Cake

Here's a piece that needs to be widely distributed during this health care debate. This proves that the Left has no intention of caring about the elderly any more than Marie Antoinette cared about the peasants.

Government's care Assault On Seniors
Source: Wall Street Journal

Would President Obama have denied his elderly grandmother who he said he loved pain killers; surgery; medical procedures; and Rx drugs and had her counseled 3 x per day explaining how it's better to end her life or would he be willing to do the same along with all the seniors in  …

Even after John Russell tragedy, troops' career fears hamper PTSD counseling
Source: NY Daily News

excerpt: ""The military is spending more time and energy to get stressed-out soldiers into counseling, but many service members say the stigma is tough to overcome.

5 Tips for Finding the Right Counselor
Source: Growthtrac

Good advice for everyone and worth forwarding to your friends and family. You never know who may benefit from it, and too often we do not know that someone is in need of help until they have been hurting for years or it is too late.

Desperate Japanese head to 'suicide forest'
Source: CNN

Aokigahara Forest is known for two things in Japan: breathtaking views of Mount Fuji and suicides. Also called the Sea of Trees, this destination for the desperate is a place where the suicidal disappear, often never to be found in the dense forest.

Elgin pastor: Judge finds him guilty of spanking girl during weekly counseling sessions
Source: Chicago Tribune

A former Elgin pastor found guilty Wednesday of spanking a girl with a piece of wood in his office admitted he wasn't prepared for the task of counseling a child who claimed to have been sexually abused.

How emotional distance ruins marriage
Source: Christian Science Monitor

Going into 'flight mode' to avoid fighting with a spouse just increases emotional distance -- plus increasing the odds for disastrous decisions that can kill the marriage.

Ky. Grant will help prevent foreclosures
Source: Kentucky.com: Homepage

The Kentucky Homeownership Protection Center will receive a grant of more than $1.5 million to assist the estimated 2,200 Kentuckians who are in danger of losing their homes through foreclosure.

Emotional Cheating--worse than physical cheating?
Source: MSN

"Larry and I were toasting our 10th anniversary when he blurted out that he'd fallen for someone else," said Liz, 37, the mother of three sons, 8, 6, and 2. "I nearly choked on my champagne. I'd have run out of the restaurant but didn't want to make a scene.

Infants stabbed at Belgian creche
Source: BBC News

Two pre-school children and an adult have been killed and 13 other people wounded in a knife attack at a creche in north-western Belgium.

Drug-free help for postnatal depression: counseling, support groups
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Postnatal depression, which affects 13% of mothers and can lead to suicide, could be treated without drugs and even prevented, new research suggests today. Two studies published in the British Medical Journal today show that the support of health visitors and of other women who  …

Deron Snyder: Marriages deserve best effort, special attention
Source: News Press

We always presented ourselves as a picture of contentment, embodying the definition of a very happy couple. Even when it wasn't always quite the case. In retrospect, we hit bottom after a slow, steady slide - not a sharp and sudden free fall - making for an inconspicuous descent.

Do You Need a Marital Checkup?
Source: ABC News

..."Marital satisfaction improves for couples who have been through counseling once a year, while control couples didn't improve at all," Cordova said. "People that have been through the marriage checkup are improving in all kinds of ways in comparison to couples who haven't."

Grandparents Hold Vigil For Missing 3-Year-Old Caylee
Source: MyFoxDC

Excerpt: "I'm still in shock," George Anthony told FOX 35 in an interview following the event. "Everyone keeps saying I should see someone to talk to. Maybe I will eventually. Maybe I will tomorrow."

National Vigil For Caylee Anthony - Central Florida News 13
Source: cfnews13

ORLANDO -- A national candlelight vigil was held Sunday night for Caylee Anthony. The event took place at the Eastside Baptist Church on Conway Gardens Road in Orlando at 8 p.m. It was part of several vigils held nationwide Sunday night.

Florida's first gay adoption in 31 years final at last
Source: MiamiHerald.com

Two months after the foster child came to live in Wayne LaRue Smith's two-story Key West home, the brown-eyed 5-year-old boy looked up from the kitchen table and, in a plaintive voice, asked what seemed a simple question. ``Will you be my daddy?''

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