| Thu 20 Jun 2013 |
Will Universal Health Care Be Achieved When the Exchanges Kick in Next Year?
Huffington Post It is no surprise that the Obama administration has done a poor job of explaining Obamacare, aka the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or simply - and ironically - the Affordable Care Act ("ACA"). After all, we have been waiting for four-an... |
Che: Present now and forever
Granma Internacional “The past tense can never be used when talking about Ernesto Guevara.” -Fidel Castro | Amelia Duarte de la Rosa & Michel Hernández Sánchez | THAT asthmatic and underdeveloped boy, as on one occasion his father Don Ernesto Guevara Lynch desc... |
Spanish Foreign Minister - Spain Is Working to Ensure 'Real' Control to Status of Human Rights in Occupied Territories of Western Sahara
All Africa [SPS]Algiers -The Spanish Foreign Minister, "Jose Manuel Garcia Margalo" said on Wednesday that his country is working in the direction to ensure "effective control" of the status of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara. ... |
Tsarnaev listed as gun violence victim at NH rally
The Tribune San Luis Obispo Tsarnaev listed as gun violence victim at NH rally 10 minutes ago | 10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos 20 minutes ago | US welcomes Qatar decision on Taliban name change 45 minutes ago | Oregon court upholds gover... |
Home-Cooked Challenge: What’s for Breakfast?
The New York Times First off, let me just say that a wiser person than I would not have paired the “Home-Cooked Challege” with the first week of what I should have dubbed the “free-range summer challenge,” the one in which my four children, on t... |
TNI chief regrets assault on Komnas HAM chief during Cebongan trial
Jakarta Post Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Adm. Agus Suhartono said he planned to beef up security measures at the Yogyakarta Military Court during the next trial hearings of the murder of four detainees, following assaults by visitors outside the court aga... |
U.S. Bank fireworks show July 3 to feature 10,000 pounds of fireworks
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The annual U.S. Bank fireworks show will light up the sky over Milwaukee's lakefront July 3 with 10,000 pounds of fireworks, the bank said Thursday. | The show, launched from two barges on Lake Michigan off of Veterans Park, begins at 9:30 p.m. The f... |
New signage at old Delta Center to cost $97,000
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Delta Center signs are coming down and the new Wisconsin Center signs will be up by July 1, Wisconsin Center District officials say. | But the change won't come cheap. The cost of tearing down the old signs and putting up the new signs is $97,000... |
Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel - U.N.
Swissinfo International Geneva | Reuters | June 20, 2013 - 16:55 | By Stephanie Nebehay | GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and ... |
Fast-Tracking Toward War on Syria
The People's Voice America's run by sociopaths. They're out-of-control criminals. They're traitors. They menace humanity. They violate their sacred oaths of office. | Presidents "do solemnly swear (or affirm to) faithfully execute the Office of President of the United ... |
County Board could drop two top Chris Abele appointees
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tensions between the Milwaukee County Board and County Executive Chris Abele get aired Thursday, as the board considers dumping two top Abele staff picks. | Supervisors also take aim at Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.'s controversial radio ads that encou... |
Rocking São Paulo
CounterPunch São Paulo. | Last Thursday, June 13th, I was crossing a bridge on foot in the center of São Paulo with my wife after doing some shopping when the military police stopped us and asked us to open our bags. “What do you have in here? Are there any r... |
Syria rebels seek arms, no-fly zone to avert disaster
The Times Of India DAMASCUS: Syrian rebels urged friendly world powers on Thursday to provide them with heavier weapons and to impose a no-fly zone over parts of the country they control to avert a humanitarian disaster. | On the ground, troops and rebels battled in se... |
Human rights group asks AGO to delay executions
Jakarta Post The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has asked Attorney General Basrief Arief to wipe the executions of two death row inmates, Ruben Pata Sambo and his son, Markus Pata Sambo, from this year's list. | Kontras said that... |
German-American choruses offer free weekend concerts
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel German-American choral groups from around the country will give two free concerts in downtown Milwaukee this weekend as part of . | The choral festival, held every three years, will bring more than 1,200 singers to the city. The last time Sänger... |
Snyder to make final appeal to GOP on Medicaid expansion program
Detroit news Chad Livengood and Karen Bouffard The Detroit News Comments | Lansing � Gov. Rick Snyder planned to return to the Capitol late Thursday morning from an overnight flight from Israel in a last-ditch effort to get reluctant Senate Republicans to approve... |
Shell Lake bear attack victim loses eye, still hospitalized
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Shell Lake — The brother of a man attacked by a black bear in northwestern Wisconsin says he has a long road to recovery. | Bob Brown says his brother, Jerry, lost his left eye when the bear attacked outside a cabin near Shell Lake Monday night. Bo... |
Dental Associates signs marketing agreement with Green Bay Packers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Dental Associates, the state's largest family-owned dental group practice, said it has signed an agreement with the Green Bay Packers to become its exclusive marketing partner in the dental industry, the latest in a series of moves by the company to ... |
Senate digs in for long debate, razor-thin vote on budget
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Madison — The Senate is sending Gov. Scott Walker a state budget Thursday that would cut income taxes, hold down property taxes and university tuition, reject federal aid to expand health care programs and expand voucher schools to all corners of W... |
Liberia sends first post-war peacekeepers to Mali
Swissinfo | Reuters | June 20, 2013 - 16:05 | MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia sent about 50 troops to Mali on Thursday to join the U.N. peacekeeping mission, a first for the West African nation since its 14-year civil war ended a decade ago. | The 12,000-s... |
A third of the world's women suffer physical or sexual domestic violence
Kansas City Star LONDON — About a third of women worldwide have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner, according to the first major review of violence against women. | Order Reprints | Vadim Ghirda, File | AP Photo In this Friday,... |
Maids in the Middle East: wiping clean the record of abuse
The Guardian Improving legal protection is the first step to stopping the abuse and exploitation of migrant domestic workers in Gulf countries | A coalition of regional governments, UN organisations and NGOs are working to empower migrant domestic workers, raise ... |
Afghan women's rights under threat
The Guardian Opposition to a draft law aimed at curbing violence against women bodes ill for human rights in Afghanistan | Afghan women demonstrate in front of parliament in Kabul in support of passing the elimination of violence against women law. Photograph: Sh... |
Butler awaits new police chief
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Village of Butler - It will be at least next week before village trustees will be asked to approve the hiring of Lt. Dave Wentlandt as the new village police chief, after a Village Board meeting this week where village residents indicated they ... |
Messi to appear in court in tax fraud case
CNN June 20, 2013 -- Updated 1324 GMT (2124 HKT) | Lionel Messi celebrates after matching Gerd Muller's record of 85 goals in a calendar year, netting in the 16th minute of Barcelona's match against Real Betis in December 2012. Just nine minutes later th... |
Egyptian court frees Mubarak-era prime minister Nazif
Swissinfo | Reuters | June 20, 2013 - 15:28 | By Tom Perry | CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court ordered the release of former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on Thursday because of a limit on pre-trial detention in a corruption case for which he had been he... |
Ecuador Makes Refugee Protection a National Priority
PR Newswire Ecuador honors World Refugee Day by increasing access for thousands of refugees to jobs, critical services to improve living conditions | WASHINGTON, June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the international community marks World Refugee Day on J... |
Jolie urges leaders to make Syria diplomacy work
Herald Tribune ZAATARI, Jordan - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie says the Syrian civil war is the world's most acute humanitarian crisis and is calling on world leaders to make diplomatic efforts to end it succeed. | Jolie spoke at Jordan's largest camp for Syrian re... |
A Day of Service and a Call to Action
Huffington Post In our increasingly globalized world, the value of public service is higher than ever, and its impact more widespread. As illustrated by its title alone, the recently released underscores the personal stake each of us holds in alleviating the sufferi... |
British Lawmakers Think Ad Mogul Charles Saatchi Was Let Off Too Easily For Choking Celeb Chef Wife
Business Insider Nigella Lawson, celebrity chef and wife of art collector and advertising mogul Charles Saatchi. | LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker questioned Thursday whether police may have treated Nigella Lawson's husband too leniently after he admitted assa... |
Lawmakers make another attempt to legalize sale of raw milk
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Another attempt to legalize the sale of raw, unpasteurized milk to Wisconsin consumers is coming before the Legislature from Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend). | With little exception, state law prohibits the sale of raw milk to the public. Those who... |
Suspect in mental facility after allegedy snatching officer's gun
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A man who wrestled away a Clinton police officer's gun last month and tried to shoot the officer with it is in a mental health facility, . | Terry Robinson allegedly tried to shoot Officer Dave Hooker on May 15, but Hooker was able to keep the gun fr... |
1978 NBA Champion Washington Bullets: Last team to win a Finals Game 7 on road
The Examiner The San Antonio Spurs will try to become the first team since those Bullets to accomplish that feat when they take on the Miami Heat Thursday. The home team is 14-3 in Game 7s in NBA Finals history. Since the Bullets’ win 35 years ago, home teams a... |
Dogs starved, abandoned after Craigslist adoption in Fond du Lac
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Police and humane society workers are looking for those responsible for adopting two dogs off Craigslist, then starving and abandoning them at the prior owner's house in Fond du Lac. | The prior owner, a Fond du Lac woman, then took the dogs to the O... |
Sheboygan woman charged with reckless injury in porch fall
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Sheboygan woman accused of , causing her to break her neck, was charged with first-degree reckless injury. | Sara B. Huston, 38, then fled the area, was arrested naked in the 700 block of Clara Ave. and told police she didn't recall pushing the 4... |
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