One Town for Sale.
Source: CNN Money. CNNMONEY REPORTS A small town in Wyoming is for sale, well technically. Current population of the town is one. Yes, there is a post office and a zip code. Link
NYPD’s ‘stop, question and frisk’ policy is racial profiling,critics say
Source: CNN Author: Steve Kastenbaum Every time a cop car slows down near him, Djibril Toure worries that he’s about to be stopped and questioned. Not because he did anything wrong […]
Private sector adds 209,000 jobs in March
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Private companies continued to add jobs in March, albeit at a slightly slower pace than in February. Businesses added 209,000 jobs in March, according to a report issued Wednesday by payroll-processing company ADP. Those job gains were slightly lower than forecasts for 217,000, and marked a […]
“BACKS FAITH WITH HIS LIFE” NY Times Article Dec 3, 1899
BACKS FAITH WITH HIS LIFE.; East Indian Wants to Prove Mohammed’s Greatness. Courtesy: The NY Times PM article on NY Times Dec 3 1899 Link to NY Times archive […]
U.S. Car Sales Keep Up Their Firm Growth
DETROIT — Automakers on Tuesday reported strong sales across the board in March, pushing the industry to its best quarter since before the recession, even though gasoline prices climbed to more than $4 a gallon in many states. Nissan, Hyundai and Kia each posted record sales last month, while Chrysler […]
U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Pakistani Militant
NY Times: …………..Wendy Sherman, the United States under secretary of state for political affairs, announced the reward for Mr. Saeed, described as the leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba, during a visit to India on Monday. […]
Did the US just break the secret Israeli-Azerbaijani alliance against Iran?
Russian TV: According to an alleged leak, Israel is secretly staging an airstrike on Iran in neighboring Azerbaijan. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been salivating over the thought of […]
The Fierce Urgency of Now : Why We, Too, Are Shaima Alwadi
Huff Post It doesn’t take much to look around and see that there is a need for understanding and love, instead of fear and hate. Still reeling from the death of Trayvon Martin, the resulting protests and revelations, and stories that abound about people who die every day in this […]
After grad job slump, big hiring is back at U.S. colleges
(Reuters) – Sean Chua expected the hunt for his first job after college to be tough. After all, he watched his brother struggle to find a position when he graduated back in 2008. But his fears were unwarranted. The 21-year-old justice major at American University sent out only seven resumes […]
Slain Iraqi emigrant returns home for burial
Source: CNN Author: Mohammed Tawfeeq Najaf, Iraq (CNN) — An Iraqi woman who died in California after a brutal beating was laid to rest in her native country Saturday. Shaima Alawadi, 32, was taken off of life support last week after being found unconscious in her living room in San […]
What if Israel bombs Iran?
Source: CNN Author: Gary Sick Imagine that you wake up tomorrow morning and discover that during the night. Israeli planes had conducted a bombing raid on Iran. How would your […]
Europe Agrees to $1 Trillion Bailout Fund for Euro
COPENHAGEN — European finance ministers agreed Friday to create a permanent bailout fund for the euro zone with temporary lending capacity of €800 billion, the latest signal sent by Europe to show its determination to overcome a two-year-old crisis of confidence. The decision gives Europe a so-called firewall against future […]
$106,000 College Education For Free? Antioch College Waiving Tuition For Students Enrolling In Next 3 Years
Source: Yahoo finance How would you like to go to a private liberal arts college that will give you a full-ride tuition scholarship for four years? Sounds crazy? Actually, I’m serious. Antioch College in Yellow Spring, Ohio, is waiving the tuition for all its students, who enroll in the next three years. How much […]
Academic Built Case for Mandate in Health Care Law
After Massachusetts, California came calling. So did Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin and Wyoming. They all wanted Jonathan Gruber, a numbers wizard at M.I.T., to help them figure out how to fix their health care systems, just as he had helped Mitt Romney overhaul health insurance when he was […]
Symmetry of slaughter
By GWYNNE DYER ARABNEWS After Mohamed Merah died in a hail of French police bullets last week, people who had known him talked about “a polite and courteous boy” who liked “cars, bikes, sports and girls.” His friends had trouble believing that he had murdered seven people, including three children, […]
Afghanistan conflict: Rogue soldiers ‘eroding morale’
Source: BBC Author: David Loyn After an Afghan National Army lieutenant shot dead a British soldier and Royal Marine, injuring a third serviceman, the spotlight has fallen on relations between international and Afghan troops. For a soldier there is nothing worse than facing the prospect of death at the hands […]
Thousands march in protest to Florida hearing on Trayvon Martin slaying
Source: US News March 26 Updated at 5:42 p.m. ET: Thousands of people streamed through the streets of Sanford, Fla., on Monday to demand that authorities prosecute the man who […]
Supreme court weighs all-or-nothing on healthcare law
(Reuters) – The Supreme Court opened its final day weighing the fate of President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, considering on Wednesday whether the entire law can stand should the court rule against its centerpiece mandate that most people buy insurance. On this, the third and last day of historic arguments, […]
Pakistan Among World’s Worst Violators of Religious Freedoms
Worthy Christian News: WASHINGTON D.C. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended that the Secretary of State name Pakistan as a Country of Particular Concern in its 2012 Annual Report. […]
Is ‘Year of the Bible’ making Christianity official religion of US?
Russian TV: Are some faiths more ‘legitimate’ than others in the US? The Freedom from Religion Foundation has filed a lawsuit over a State House resolution announcing 2012 as ‘the […]