In regard to a NowPublic story about alleged physical abuse, forced wage-cuts, non-payment of overtime wages, discrimination, retaliation, and more, supposedly done against...
opinion by Mortal | 19 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 351 views | 11 recommendations | 1 comment
" Topics:Henry Paulson | Banking Sectors:Financial Services | Banks U.S. lawmakers Sunday were set to sign off on a deal to create a $700 billion government fund to buy bad debt from ailing banks...
opinion by pankaj kumar | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 68 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Coast Guarding in Louisiana 2008 " Last July, the wetlands flyover tour was co-sponsored by the state, the America's Wetland Foundation and the National Guard. The intention? To...
IMHO, this woman deserves the death penalty, by dying in the same manner as her son."HOUSTON -- A 3-year-old boy who died when he was left inside a pickup truck tried to save himself from the sweltering heat, detectives told KPRC Local 2."The child was aware," said Lt. John...
Forest fires are ravaging the southwest region of Cyprus and have caused 6 villages to evacuate. Coupled with the worst droughts, Cypress has called in help from Greece to battle the flames."Six villages in a mountainous region between the coastal towns of Larnaca and...
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Florida, the land of sunshine, fresh fruit and a cornucopia of colorful birds waiting to be enjoyed. Home to over 257 species of birds the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is a birders dream or in...
"An ancient forest of cypress trees, estimated to be eight million years old, has been discovered in Hungary.
Archaeologists found the 16 preserved trunks in an open cast coal mine in the north-eastern city of...
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"Hikers thwart bizarre suicide bid
Vancouver Sun
Published: Wednesday, August 01, 2007
A party of hikers searching for a lost dog on the North Shore thwarted a bizarre suicide attempt when they came across a man...
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"There is Sea Salt and then there is "See Salt". Many love to experiment with different types of salt this great Earth provides while others don't get much farther than ripping open the paper packets or breaking...
Editor's Note: Calder Lorenz, our great colleague and arguably NowPublic's first newsifier, posted this article last September. It's a great pointer to what makes her "so damn rad", in Calder's sharply worded ...
created by clorenz1 | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1197 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
Over 120 protestors crowded the steps of the B.C. Supreme Court this morning as environmental activist and great grandmother, Betty Krawczyk, received a 10 month sentence for her involvement in the protest at...
created by OliviaM | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 727 views | 15 recommendations | 2 comments
This is a nice Valentine's Day story coming out of San Francisco. The city knows people from all over the world love the celebrity parrots which make their home on Telegraph Hill. So, they decided to make sure...
created by clorenz1 | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1287 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
"Boardwalks provide link to waterfront attractions
By Tonya Root
The Sun News
A pelican perches on a piling along the Murrells Inlet Marshwalk as a man tries his luck fishing.
CHARLES SLATE/The Sun News file photo
A pelican perches on a piling along the Murrells Inlet...
If you do nothing else on NowPublic today, read the highlighted article on Lucky Cole, the wild man of Loop Road in Florida. Here's a guy you could turn into a TV series without even working up a sweat. Great...
"I was raised in Southern Louisiana and first became sensitized to political struggles during the Civil Rights movement. This political sensitization increased during the Vietnam War and I immigrated to Canada in...
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