Ferguson decision highlights local divisions
Protesters rallied downtown and on the edge of the University of Rochester campus. A racially charged debate simmered most of Tuesday on Mayor Lovely Warrens Facebook page. On the radio and on Twitter, wrangling over the grand jurys decision not to .
Oklahoma House seeks to impeach half of the state Supreme Court
This story hasnt garnered a lot of attention nationally yet, but it definitely will be of interest in terms of questions surrounding activist judges and courts as well as issues of states rights. To put the background in thumbnail version, there are.
How to Stomach a Hot Dog Eating Contest
George kicked it into high gear with the aforementioned speech, bringing out each competitor to his own raucous, stadium rock theme music and equally epic introduction.. Put a ball in hoop? Kick a ball in a net? Hit another human being in the face.
Face the Nation Transcripts November 23, 2014: Brooks, McCaul, Durbin
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: To those members of Congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better or question the wisdom of me acting where Congress has failed, I have one answer: pass a bill.. MARK STRASSMANN (CBS News.
Secret Service agents reassigned after drinking incidents on presidential trips
Before he was reassigned, he ordered the tougher rules on drinking as a response to the incident during the Presidents visit to the Netherlands last month. A source told the Washington Post that one of the agents caught drinking just hours before a.
Chicago teen invited to Obama speech wants to shoot hoops with president
WASHINGTON ��� Malik Bryant, the Chicago teen who asked Santa for safety at Christmas and was invited to sit with first lady Michelle Obama at the State of the Union address, has a new suit and a new ambition: to shoot hoops with President Barack.
Let them eat McMansions! The 1 percent, income inequality, and new-fashioned.
This form of development wants nothing to do with the superficial community-mindedness of the postwar suburb, and the reason the giant house looks the way it does is to inform you of this. Have the security guard. In 1986 and 87 the booming luxury.
Degrade and destroy? Unclear military goals are an American tradition
Perhaps more candidly, Dempsey said Obama has asked the general to come back for ���case-by-case��� authorization on involving US troops in combat, even as the president again forswore ground combat in a speech at MacDill air force base on Wednesday.
Rutgers students decry Rice as commencement speaker
On Monday, more than 150 Rutgers students protested the decision because of her role in launching wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, staging a sit-in at the office of Rutgers President Robert Barchi. Charges were threatened against 20 students who remained .
The fake patriotism of Fox News: What the right doesnt understand about.
(D) On Memorial Day, 2010, President Barack Obama attended a Memorial Day ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, while Vice President Joe Biden participated in the customary wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown.
Tory MEPs join forces with German Ukip: Alliance with Merkels enemies is.
The decision also scuppers an informal deal between the two leaders in which Mrs Merkel would soft-pedal on her support for arch-federalist Jean-Claude Juncker, her favoured candidate for European Commission president, in return for Mr Cameron vetoing .
Texas Governor Rick Perry says theres a very real possibility that Islamic.
For many Americans, of course, just the last thing we want to think about is more conflict in Iraq and what that might involve, he said. But we better get on top of this crisis by every means necessary because events are moving fast and the price is.
Polygamous living is legal in Utah after judges Sister Wives ruling
The ���Sister Wives��� have won another victory in their long battle to find acceptance for their big, polygamous family. A Utah judge issued a final ruling Wednesday in the lawsuit filed by reality TV stars Kody Brown and his four wives, officially.
Francis Creek mom touts nursing as natural, healthy
As part of her studies, she wrote a paper and gave a speech about the stigma of breastfeeding in the United States. ���It is very difficult. If youre out in a. Fogeltanz wants other new moms to know that there is help available locally. ���Juli really.
Editorial roundup: In-danger bats deserve attention
The long-eared, pointy-toothed bat isnt a cuddly creature that rallies save-the-whale types to its aid and defense. But bats are vital to the ecology of Earth, which is where humans also live. Bats consume tons of insects, including crop pests and.
Editorial roundup: Drilling has helped US gas prices
During his State of the Union speech in January, the president noted that America had produced more oil at home than it bought from the rest of the world ��� ���the first time thats happened in 20 years,��� Obama marveled. A president who came. Chicago.