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Labyrinthian is a good word to describe the tangle of explanations given by Senate members for failing again on Sept. 29 to fund the settlements of Pigford II and Cobell, the class action discrimination lawsuits filed by black and Indian farmers.
Police in a western Pennsylvania town say a blood bank worker won’t be charged for accidentally showing gay pornography to high school students during a blood drive presentation last month.
NEWARK, N.J. – Two weeks after Newark schools received a $100 million donation from the founder of Facebook, students in one high school there used the social networking site to stage a protest. On Thursday, students at Barringer High School in Newark walked out of class in protest, saying their school is unsafe and unsanitary. […]
On Monday, a guy in California posted pictures of an FBI tracking device his friend found on his car to the social news site Reddit. Tuesday afternoon the FBI showed up at his friend’s house and demanded it back.
Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Wisconsin GOP, referred to the “execution” of Obama three separate times during a recent media conference call.
Albertina Walker, known as the queen of gospel has died at the age of 81. She had been in the intensive care unit since last month. She is perhaps best known for her songs Lord Remember Me, Walk Around Heaven and Lord Keep Me Day by Day. She was born in Chicago and is known […]
A Duke student’s risque PowerPoint has firmly implanted itself in the annals of legendary internet stories for generations to come.
A Louisville, KY mother of 3, ages 9 and 3 (twins), died after making a heroic effort to save her sister and her sister’s children along with her own children. The house fire apparently caused a massive amount of smoke and trapped those children and her sister inside. Tomarra Finley, age 31, risked her own […]
Within a matter of days last month, the promising lives of two New Jersey college students are destroyed. The story of one tragedy becomes a cautionary tale, heard around the world, about indifference, humiliation, and threats to privacy posed by uncontrolled, computer-based social networking. The details of what happened to Tyler Clementi at Rutgers University […]
KENSAL, N.D. – A Kensal man faces charges for allegedly castrating a woman’s dog. Television station WDAY reported 55-year-old Kevin Gienger was arrested on suspicion of stolen property and mistreating animals in last weekend’s incident. He’s since been released from jail. The Stutsman County sheriff’s office said the purebred poodle was found at Gienger’s home, […]