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Library to host Banned Books Week events (Southern Illinois University System)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Sep 2016
The events mark the library's dedication to protecting intellectual freedom and First Amendment rights ... While books have been and continue to be banned, Hackbart-Dean noted that Banned Books Week recognizes that in the majority of cases 'the books have remained available and this happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read....

Crowning of high school homecoming king will warm your heart (PHOTOS)

Edit Lehigh Valley 25 Sep 2016
Adam Recke's classmates in the Bethlehem Area School District have never focused on his disease ... Thanks to his classmates, the Freedom High School senior was able to add the title of homecoming king to his list of accomplishments. He learned of his win during Freedom's homecoming dance, where he was crowned along with queen Shalyn Banas ... ....

Air Corps vet, 95, flies back through time at Wings of Freedom Tour

Edit Worcester Telegram 25 Sep 2016
Iannitelli said of the crew after his flight.The Wings of Freedom Tour ... ....

Life after freedom for the wrongly convicted

Edit Clarion Ledger 25 Sep 2016
Once they regain their freedom, those wrongly convicted are returned to society like unwanted refugees in a foreign land ... ....

UN rights experts call for immediate halt to violent repression of electoral protests in the DRC

Edit Topix 25 Sep 2016
The DRC security forces have repeatedly used excessive force to quash protests related to proposed presidential elections, firing teargas and live ammunition into crowds of protestors and inflicting numerous casualties, said Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, in a news release issued by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ... ....

Black history finds home on National Mall with new museum

Edit Times Free Press 25 Sep 2016
Lewis, who is featured in the museum, said he could feel the weight of history around the museum, with slave voices whispering of escape and church choirs singing of freedom ... The honor of helping Obama open the doors went to Ruth Bonner, 99, daughter of a Mississippi slave who escaped to freedom ... The church, believed to be among the first Baptist churches organized entirely by black people, acquired its Freedom Bell in 1886 ... ....

India exports software, Pak terror: Narendra Modi

Edit DNA India 25 Sep 2016
--> Amita Shah . Sun, 25 Sep 2016-06.30am , Kozhikode , dna ... If both countries got freedom at the same time, why is it that India is exporting software and Pakistan terror." ... "You can't control PoK ... Modi, who expressed the commitment of his government and party to Deendayal Upadhyay, said the 21st century should be pledged to freedom from poverty, injustice, corruption, unemployment, atrocities on women and hopelessness ... ....

Geneva’s Offense Shows Off in Front of Homecoming Crowd; 35-27 Win Over Thiel (Geneva College)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Sep 2016
(Source. Geneva College). Beaver Falls, PA - Sophomore Trewon Marshall (Leetsdale, PA/Quaker Valley) led Geneva's offense with 175 yards from 13 carries breaching the Thiel Tomcats end zone three times ... The 35-27 win raises Geneva's overall record to 2-2, 1-1 in the Presidents Athletic Conference ... It was a good win ... In the air, Jared Hogue (Freedom, PA/Freedom) broke up two passes and added an interception for an eight yard return ... U.S....

Ted Cruz calls his decision to back Trump 'agonizing'

Edit Palm Beach Post 25 Sep 2016
Ted Cruz, R-Texas, center, talks with Cathie Adams, past president of Texas Eagle Forum, at the annual Grassroots America We The People Champions of Freedom award dinner Friday, Sept ... (Andrew D....

Scots teachers 'dangerously overstretched' by vacancies

Edit BBC News 25 Sep 2016
There were nearly 730 teacher vacancies in Scotland's schools as pupils returned after their summer break, figures have shown. A freedom of information request by the Liberal Democrats showed 388 primary teacher vacancies and 341 for secondary schools as of 9 August. Argyll and Bute recorded the most vacancies at 200 ... He said ... She added ... Related Topics. ....

On South Street, just about everything was welcome - but cars

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 25 Sep 2016
Advertisment. of. Gallery.. Facebook icon. Twitter icon. Pinterest ... Of the nearly 1,000 people Saturday who walked, jogged, biked, or used some other form of human-powered wheels (rollerblades, skateboards, push-scooters, and hoverboards among them) to get around where motorized transportation was not allowed, several described a sense of freedom ... ....

Snapchat introduces Spectacles video sunglasses

Edit WPXI 25 Sep 2016
Snapchat is breaking into the fashion industry — kind of. The company just revealed Spectacles. sunglasses that record video. The glasses allow wearers to record their daily activities in first person ... >> Read more trending stories   ... It also records circular video ... But that technology and the freedom to use both hands comes at a price; the glasses cost about $130 ... ....

Book Review: A Long Watch – War, Captivity and Return in Sri Lanka

Edit DNA India 25 Sep 2016
--> Jiby J Kattakayam ... Book ... Author ... In the eight years he spent in captivity, Boyagoda not just faced loss of freedom, he missed out on his children's growing up years and his career never recovered from the ignominy of losing his ship and the insinuations of professional incompetency ... Freedom was only a nod away, but Boyagoda would have to turn traitor and offer tacit support to the LTTE in Colombo; a bait he steadfastly refused ... ....
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