| Fri 11 Jan 2013 |
Newport News event marks 150 years of African-American freedom
Daily Press | Iris Goode-Middleton said she's inspired by the strength of spirit displayed generations ago by African-American slaves. | Despite deprivation and dehumanizing conditions, many managed to make beautiful art — stories, pictures and songs. "Thr... |
With Laos Disappearance, Signs of a Liberalization in Backslide
The New York Times VIENTIANE, LAOS — He was last seen driving home in his old, rusty jeep. And then he vanished. | Connect With Us on Twitter | Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. | Twitter List: Reporters and Editors | The disappe... |
| Thu 10 Jan 2013 |
Unworthy Governments and the Paine of It All
WorldNews.com Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | "Lay then, the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind." -Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man" | If alive today, Thomas Paine would recogn... |
Bombings kill 115 people in Pakistan
Newsday | Photos | QUETTA, Pakistan - (AP) -- A series of bombings killed 115 people across Pakistan on Thursday, including 81 who died in twin blasts on a bustling billiards hall in a Shiite area of the southwestern city of Quetta. | Pakistan's minority Shi... |
Human Rights Campaign Names PG&E One Of The Best Places To Work
PR Newswire Utility receives perfect score on Corporate Equality Index for the tenth year in a row | My news for Investors | AtLeast one of the check box should be selected You are following news about Follow the latest news about PCG | Google | SAN FRANC... |
Barrett, Flynn, other officials demand quick action at Midwest gun summit
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Minneapolis - As the conversation over gun violence unfolds in Washington and across the nation, a group of Midwestern mayors, police chiefs, prosecutors and other law enforcement personnel gathered here Thursday to push for new ways to keep their co... |
The Joy of Zadie Smith and Thomas Aquinas
The New York Times | The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers on issues both timely and timeless. | Tags: | Happiness, joy, Thomas Aquinas, Zadie Smith | What place does pleasure have in a good life? Should we, following Epicurus and John Stuart Mill, take ... |
Special session on health care planned for end of month
Business Journal | Kathy Robertson Senior Staff Writer- Sacramento Business Journal Email | Twitter | One new thing about the proposed state budget: it has a whole section related to health care reform, which will seriously kick in during the next budget c... |
Syria Denounces U.N. Envoy as 'Flagrantly Biased'
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Syria's government appeared to distance itself from further engagement with the special peace envoy of the United Nations and Arab League on Thursday, declaring him "flagrantly biased" even as his efforts aimed at a politica... |
Blasts in Pakistan Kill at Least 115 and Raise Fears Over Elections
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Bomb blasts in two Pakistani cities killed at least 115 people on Thursday and wounded more than 270, offering harrowing evidence of how the country's myriad internal conflicts could destabilize it as elections approach.... |
NC health agency picks LA official for Medicaid
The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This | Text | tool name | tool goes here | The Associated Press | The Associated Press | Tags: | RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's administration has moved quickly to name a new leader of the state's h... |
A chance to talk about torture
The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This | Text | tool name | tool goes here | By Barbara Fedders and Jason Langberg | By Barbara Fedders and Jason Langberg | Tags: | | | | | | | The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School leaves us speechless and stunn... |
Teen shot by off-duty officer charged with attempted armed robbery
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A Milwaukee teen shot by an off-duty police detective he tried to hold up at gunpoint was charged Thursday with attempted armed robbery. | Breon Eskridge, 17, suffered a clean-through gunshot wound to the abdomen early Sunday evening as he ordered hi... |
Will the children be alright this year?
The Examiner | A nation can be measured by how it treats its children and elderly, so I have been told. Unfortunately, America’s treatment of both is woefully disgraceful and the children become blameless victims. | The animal kingdom | The National Geographic ... |
Islamists clash with military, take key Mali town
STL Today | The Islamists who rule northern Mali clashed with government forces for the first time in nearly a year, seizing a strategic city Thursday as the al-Qaida-linked militants pushed toward the government line of control in the center of the troubled c... |
A Google+ Hangout on Modern Slavery
The New York Times | Today I participated in a Google+ Hangout with two of my heroes, Somaly Mam of the Somaly Mam Foundation, and Rachel Lloyd of GEMS Girls. Both have devoted their life’s work to fighting sex trafficking, and here’s our discussion. Let me... |
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel An 18-year-old Milwaukee man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the brutal death of 15-year-girl, and hiding her body in a crawl space of an abandoned south side house. | Eduardo Ivanez won't be eligible to seek parole until he's 70, under ... |
Packers' Donald Driver embraces special teams, hopeful for Saturday
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Green Bay – There was a strange, awkward sight on the Green Bay Packers' sideline last weekend. The team's all-time leading receiver – a receiver with 49 catches, 675 yards and three touchdowns in 14 career playoff games – has been ... |
Funeral fund started to help family of teen who was shot
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Ald. José Perez is asking residents for their assistance in helping the family of Brendaliz Morales Rodriguez, the 15-year-old who was shot earlier this week, pay for funeral expenses. | The South Division High School freshman was shot on Tues... |
Hickenlooper: 'Why Not Have Universal Background Checks For All Gun Sales?
Huffington Post | Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered the annual State of The State speech before a joint session of the Colorado Legislature in the chamber of the House of Representatives in the State Capitol in Denver on Thursay, Jan. 10, 2013. | Gov. John H... |
Debate: With Chávez Ailing, Venezuela’s Longstanding Divisions Threaten New Political Upheaval
Democracy Now | Venezuela has postponed today’s presidential inauguration as Hugo Chávez remains hospitalized in Cuba. The Venezuelan Supreme Court says Chávez is still president, but the opposition is calling for a caretaker government and new elections. ... |
Islamists clash with military, take key Mali town
San Francisco Chronicle | BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Islamists who rule northern Mali clashed with government forces for the first time in nearly a year, seizing a strategic city Thursday as the al-Qaida-linked militants pushed toward the government line of control in the ce... |
Text of Colo. gov.'s State of the State speech
San Francisco Chronicle | DENVER (AP) — Prepared text of Gov. John Hickenlooper's State of the State address on Thursday: | Thank you Mr. President. It's good to see so many friends . and so many new faces. Two years ago you welcomed me to this chamber; today, let me welc... |
Kenya's Special High Court Confronts Challenges
GroundReport | Proposals for an international division of Kenyan high court are widely welcomed, though experts say securing justice for past election violence remains a challenge. | | By Bernard Momanyi | Experts on international justice and victims of th... |
Zimbabwe hits voter roll snag
Independent online Harare - Voter registration for elections in Zimbabwe, due to have started last week, has been delayed due to a lack of funds, a cabinet minister said on Thursday. | The presidential and parliamentray elections are part of a 2010 agreement between Pr... |
Bomb blasts across Pakistan kill 104 people
The Los Angeles Times | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In one of the deadliest days in Pakistan in recent years, a series of bomb blasts rocked the southwest city of Quetta and the country’s northwest Thursday, killing at least 104 people and injuring more than 245 oth... |
Syria calls joint envoy Brahimi 'biased'
Al Jazeera | Syria has denounced international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi as "flagrantly biased", casting doubt on how long the UN-Arab League mediator can pursue his peace mission. | The Syrian foreign ministry was responding to remarks by Brahimi, a veteran Algeri... |
Human Rights activists outraged by Saudi man, 90 weds girl, 15
The Examiner | Human Rights activists are up in arms over the Saudi man 90, who wed a girl of just 15. Social media activists spurred the outrage tweeting harsh criticism of the parents for giving their daughter to a man that old. | The man who gave an interview ... |
Why global labor reforms are vital to protect vulnerable workers
CNN January 10, 2013 -- Updated 1936 GMT (0336 HKT) | (File photo) Sri Lankan women protest outside the Saudi Arabia embassy in Colombo on November 9, 2010. | Jo Becker is the Children's Rights Advocacy Director for Human Rights Watch and author of 'Camp... |
Former aide apologizes to Walker during sentencing for county crimes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Darlene Wink made a tearful apology to Gov. Scott Walker Thursday during her sentencing for doing fundraising work for the governor while at her taxpayer-paid county job in 2009. | Wink, 62, was sentenced by Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Danie... |
National survey projects decline in college enrollments
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel An annual survey of colleges and universities found that a growing number of schools face declining enrollment and less revenue from tuition, particularly smaller, tuition-dependent schools and lower-rated universities with less ability to raise pric... |
Pakistan bombings kill at least 100
The Guardian | Attacks in city of Quetta, including two bombs in ten minutes at snooker club, come at time of heightened political tension | People search for the victims of two bomb attacks in a snooker hall in Quetta, south-west Pakistan. Photograph: Banaras Kh... |
Islamists clash with military, take key Mali town
Philadelphia Daily News | BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON , The Associated Press | Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2013, 3:07 PM | BAMAKO, Mali - The Islamists who rule northern Mali clashed with government forces for the first time in nearly a year, seizing a strategic city Thu... |
Walker will propose an income-tax cut phased in over a few years
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Madison - Gov. Scott Walker pledged Thursday to cut income taxes in the state budget he signs this summer, calling it the best way to spark the economy, but he also said the reduction would be phased in over a number of years. | "For us, one of ... |
Haudricourt, McGinn named Wisconsin sportswriters of the year
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Journal Sentinel reporters Tom Haudricourt and Bob McGinn have been named the 2012 Wisconsin co-sportswriters of the year by the . | Haudricourt, who has covered the Milwaukee Brewers since 1985, won the award for the second year in a row. McGinn, wh... |
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