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GUEST OPINION: Here are a few observations to ponder in this day and age Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:15PMYou know what irks me?
July 20 — ENMU briefs Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:08PMStudents visiting Guatemala Students from multiple Eastern New Mexico campuses are participating in a Spanish language immersion trip to Guatemala this summer. Seventeen people went on the trip, which began July 3 and will end July 28. Participant...
Sports Fix: Cadel's move and Waugh's test Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:28PMBACKHEEL penalty not cool, Green v Tarver, F1 more exiciting, Waugh wants corruption gone & Harbhajan Singh's mum to the rescue.
How the NBA Lockout Is Like the Debt-Ceiling Debate Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:01PMWith the nation’s capital gripped by a tedious-yet-terrifying standoff over the federal debt ceiling, I’d like to take solace in the world of professional basketball. But not only is it the off-season, the NBA is locked in an intractable dispute of its own. Congressional Republicans say they won’t raise the debt ceiling without massive concessions on spending cuts from President Obama; the NBA ...
The real problem with Murdoch (hacking is just the start) Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:23PMPress lord Rupert Murdoch isn't accused of doing anything some of his notorious forebears wouldn't have attempted given the technology. "You supply the pictures and I'll supply the war," William Randolph Hearst is said to have instructed his Cuba correspondents as he ginned up circulation on eve of the Spanish-American War. The hacking and cover-up are bad, but what makes them worse, dangerous ...
When the tide of revolt rose against neoliberalism Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:30AMGenoa is one of the cities where, at the end of the Middle Ages, capitalism began to emerge. On 20 and 21 July 2001, it was the scene of mass protests against the system to which it had helped give birth.
Solidarity with the Five over the airwaves Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:37AMPORT-AU-PRINCE. – Haitian journalist Jean Gary Apollon is well-known in his country as a result of his popular radio program Sabor Latino, broadcast Radio Signal FM 90.5, one of the most important stations in the country, located in Pétion-Ville, just outside of Port-au-Prince.
POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:37AMThe CNN Washington Bureau’s morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world....
FTSE live: market report - as it happened July 18, 2011 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:17AMEuropean shares fell on Monday, as stress test scepticism saw banking shares slide.
West clears the way for “Hizbullah”, Israel Today Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:12AMThe organizers of the next voyage to the shores of the Gaza Strip announced that the fleet will leave the court in the sea on Tuesday. Initially, it was announced on sailing today, but in the end the organizers decided that this would happen after the press conference which is scheduled for Monday.
Connie L. Knox, Sun copy editor and Guild leader, dies Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:04PMFeatures copy editor and Sunday Sun Magazine writer had also been active in the Newspaper Guild for decades Connie L. Knox, a veteran Baltimore Sun copy editor and Sun Magazine writer who had been active in the Newspaper Guild for decades, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack at her Sparks home.
Past Tense: Milan veterans of war can be difficult to find Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:13PMSome people think the names of Milan's veterans from the past are all waiting on the Internet, like apples ready for harvest.
Nazi doctor Mengele's diaries up for sale Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:59PMThe diaries of feared Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, the so-called "Angel of Death" who carried out gruesome medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz, will be auctioned in the United States.
Kosher chicken is with four legs? Israel today Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:57PMHome » Opinion » Kosher chicken is with four legs? Israel today Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of “Hezbollah”, said today at a presentation by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon UN prosecutors arrest warrants for members of the leadership of a terrorist organization, accused of preparing and implementing the assassination of Rafik Hariri in 2005. In his television speech, two days after ...
U.S. Soccer: The Top 13 Greatest Games in United States National Team History Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:45PMThe game of football, as it is called by just about every country outside of the United States, has been part of the culture of some of the oldest countries in the world for centuries with the game taking on so much more than being just a hobby or pastime. In football-crazed nations across Europe and South America, soccer is a way of life, an escape from the struggles of what reality creates for ...
Nervous investors flee to safe havens Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:27PM"Safe haven" was the watchword on investors' lips as deepening debt concerns on both sides of the Atlantic prompted a flight to defensive equities and precious metals.
End of Royal dynasty as Otto von Habsburg is laid to rest... and his heart is buried in a crypt 85 miles away in ... Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:38AMSurrounded by a wreath of flowers and leaves in the colours of the Hungarian flag, a silver urn containing the heart of Otto von Habsburg was interred.
Abstract sentiment Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:08AMWill Eno's slim collection of vignettes shows how the human spirit perseveres
Markets Stumble on Debt and Deficit Worries Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:06AMAmerican and European shares fell as investors took stock of the debt crisis in Europe and the deficit talks in the United States.
End of a Royal dynasty as Otto von Habsburg is laid to rest... with his heart buried in a crypt 85 miles away Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:22AMAs a tradition usually reserved for Royals and religious leaders, it was certainly a fitting way to mark the end of a 640-year European dynasty.
Air Conditioning, Cable TV, and an Xbox: What is Poverty in the United States Today? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:38AMAbstract: For decades, the U.S. Census Bureau has reported that over 30 million Americans were living in “poverty,” but the bureau’s definition of poverty differs widely from that held by most Americans.
Our broken escalator Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:00PMYAMHILL, Ore. - The United States supports schools in Afghanistan because we know that education is ...
Meet the Fútbol Moms Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:11PMA new website aimed at Latina mothers launches today. Bryan Curtis on America’s hottest demographic—and its power in 2012.
“Obama – the most anti-Israel president in U.S. history”: Israel Today Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:43AM“Hezbollah” in the event of non-refoulement threaten the killers of Rafik Hariri. Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri said that the authorities have arrested four members of the Shiite movement “Hezbollah”, accused of killing his father – former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
The Next Page / Are yinz from Pittsburg? Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:51PMRichardson Clover had a problem, and a pretty good idea how to fix it. As assistant hydrographer in the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Navigation in 1889, Lt. Clover was in charge of producing its maps. He'd noticed that many place names were spelled several different ways, especially in Alaska, where there were 20 indigenous languages.
Melungeons celebrate Appalachian heritage Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:00PMTales of Melungeons are packed with mystery and meaning in the Appalachian region.
‘American Emperor’ offers a compelling, provocative portrait of Aaron Burr Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:31PMIn “American Empire,” David O. Stewart, a lawyer practicing in Washington, D.C., and the author of “The Summer of 1787,” examines Burr’s audacious attempt to form a new empire on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico “that would rival or even dwarf the United States.”
Augusta memorial respects Spanish-American war Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:23PMGeorgia's last Spanish-American War veteran, Joseph Reese, died in 1984. Nathan Cook, the nation's last veteran from the short war in 1898, died eight years later.
The phoney war Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:05PMAuthors of historical fiction commonly make niches for themselves by sticking to a general time and place, be it ancient Rome, the Napoleonic wars, the Wild West, the KGB era, Arab terrorism, etc. On occasion, scribes poach on others' domains.
Augusta ceremony honors Spanish-American War vets Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:36PMGeorgia's last Spanish-American war veteran, Joseph Reese, died in 1984, and the nation's last veteran from the short war in 1898, Nathan Cook, died eight years later.
Long live the tabs: A defence of the gutter press Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:26AMThe News of the World phone-hacking scandal has uncorked a flood of snobbish nattering about tabloid journalism, but Michael Posner argues that gossip is a core human activity, as often a healthy equalizing force as it is a harmful one
Melungeons revel in curious Appalachian heritage at Asheville area conference Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:21AMMelungeon girls from Vardy, Tenn., in front of their Asheville boarding school about 1916. From about 1874 until the late 1920s, Melungeon children were sent to Asheville to be educated.
Francisco Villagrán Kramer, Guatemala Official, Dies at 84 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:44PMThe legal scholar and left-of-center politician dismayed some supporters by joining a harsh military government, though he later left it for exile.
My son, the 'American Taleban', is innocent Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:21PMJohn Phillip Walker Lindh, my son, was raised a Roman Catholic, but converted to Islam when he was 16 years old. He has an older brother and a younger sister. John is scholarly and devout, devoted to his family, and blessed with a...
Stoner crashes out in Germany Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:00PMADAM Scott's weapon, Danny Green the plasterer and your overnight footy scores. Video: Who's got the scariest pre-game dance?
Bolton launches security group Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:57PMIt is aimed at boosting the level of dialogue about national security, with an eye toward 2012.
Secrets of a garlic grower Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:22AMIn the Garden: The writer Stanley Crawford's garlic farm in New Mexico holds secrets for a better harvest.
Local Red Cross merger process ongoing Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:49AMThe 113-year-old Chester-Wallingford branch of the American Red Cross has been in the process of merging its operations with the Southeastern Pennsylvania offices in Philadelphia over the last six weeks.
Royal St. George's is tough, gnarly, and kind of mean -- in other words, perfect for the Open Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:48AMSANDWICH, England -- You never fall out of love with your first girlfriend, not completely, and so it is with your first links course. She -- do you remember when golfers, like Foreign Service officers speaking of far-away countries, gave courses the feminine pronoun treatment? -- becomes part of you, part of your golfing education. Royal St. George's, on a long stretch of linksland on the ...
For First Time, Majority in U.S. Supports Public Smoking Ban Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:33AMA majority of Americans (59%) support a ban on smoking in all public places for the first time since Gallup initially asked the question in 2001. At the same time, fewer than 2 in 10 support the idea of making smoking totally illegal in this country.
A Better Life: 'Bicycle Thieves' in the mean streets of east L.A. Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:16PMBut the Italian neorealist classic is an inspiration, not the style, of this richly detailed, beautifully scripted film
Letters to the Editor Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:32AMHAUPPAUGE Steve Levy responds You claim in your editorial “the first thing an editor might ask a reporter returning from an event might be ‘what’s the lead,’ in other words what’s the news hook?” Had you sent a reporter to the event, instead of commenting on something you did not report on, perhaps you would [...]
Colfax Pharmacy served town for 125 years Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:08AMBefore closing in 1995, the historic Colfax Pharmacy at 33 North Main Street was the fourth-oldest business of this type in the state of California. Started by N.R. Traphagen in 1870, it was ...
Merlene Davis: Teachers get up close with civil rights history Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:56AMHope Brown, a teacher at Rowan County High School, has a passion for the civil rights movement.&#x
Activist seeks US asylum from Chile he once knew Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:13AMCLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK Victor Toro rarely passes unnoticed as he ambles down the busy streets of the south Bronx, wearing a red bandana over his white beard and ponytail. People who have seen him in the newspaper and on TV call out to him by name. After three decades as an immigrants' rights activist in New York, feeding the poor in soup kitchens and fighting to keep kids off ...
Rosa/Luisa: The California Whirlwind, Part Two Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:51PMLuisa Moreno said she would never be “a free woman with a mortgaged soul.” “Strange things are happening to this land,” said Luisa Moreno in 1949. “Yes, tragically the unmistakable signs are before us…who really love America.
How Obama's Presidency Has Widened The Gap Between Rich And Poor Black Americans Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:15AMThe election of the first African-American president was widely hailed as a giant step forward for American racial politics.
AFS host family delighted with Argentine student Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:00AMTom and Karen Furey originally wanted to host a French-speaking exchange student to interact with their daughter, Megan, a Bellbrook High School freshman, but instead they were delighted to provide a home for Felipe Jové, a 17-year-old student from Argentina. Not only does Jové speak Spanish fluently and English extremely well, he also came with the added bonus of speaking Portuguese and French ...
Nominal Record Gold Highs in USD, GBP & EUR Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:04AMGold for immediate delivery rose to new record nominal highs of 987.58 British pounds and 1575.18 US dollars in London this morning. New record nominal highs were seen for gold in euros (1,123.50 euros per ounce), pounds and dollars yesterday.
Delving into the world's largest children's museum Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:12AMThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis, which launched in partnership with the National Geographic Society, draws well over a million visitors a year.