"Atlantic City Casinos Preparing for Full Smoking Ban Next Month by KYW's John Ostapkovich Billboards have gone along the highway heading toward Atlantic City, NJ, advertising the smoking ban that...
We've all experienced the shift that occurs when the climate kicks from warm to cool, and scientists have isolated one of the possible causes for SAD (seasonal affective disorder):"In the first study of its kind in...
The family of renowned American comedian Bernie Mac, who died Saturday from pneumonia at the age of 50, had expected that he would recover from the illness that had hospitalized him since the middle of July....
It's a feisty, contradictory mix of politics, religion, and personal views now sitting as Barack Obama's judge on his Middle East tour. As this article shows, one person may think he'll improve things by with-drawing...
Wine is often found in cells, but how? A report this morning reveals all. Last month, nine prisoners were discovered making wine in the Robeson County Jail. Seemed like these North Carolina prisoners were trying...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne can be sure, Police won't investigate too hard on this one. Karma has a way of evening things out sometimes." Notorious gay basher kills himself in jailQuebec...
" The family of a murdered boy have dropped their 8-year lawsuit against an organization whom their suit claimed spurred the kidnapping, killing, and rape of their son."
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AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...
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(Washington, D.C. – March 10, 2008) Has your community organization cleaned up a stream? Have you enjoyed a day in the woods? Has a wild animal ever sparked your imagination? If you've caught anything like those moments in a photo, share it with U.S....
"A Cook County probate judge on Friday declared wealthy Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett legally dead almost half a year after a plane he piloted disappeared over the Nevada desert.
After a two-hour hearing, Circuit Judge Jeffrey Malak agreed with witnesses who said Fossett...
Some stars live to be in the flashbulb spotlight of the paparazzi, but others have little patience for photo-hungry journos. Björk is apparently one of the latter.
"Icelandic pop singer Bjork attacked a news...
Mixing animation with archival footage, CHICAGO 10 explores the build-up to and unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial of 8 activists set up as scapegoats by The Government of the 1968 Democratic Convention...
"Before making the observation, US Consulate General official Jeffrey Loree visited South Sulawesi Regional Election Commission (KPUD) to obtain various information related to the process of the first ever direct regional election in the province.
In spite of the fact that...
"So what did the Israelis really blow up in the Syrian desert last month? The conventional wisdom says it was a partially-built nuclear reactor, maybe constructed with North Korean help. Arms Control Wonk Jeffrey Lewis isn't so sure.
The New York Times' Mark Mazzetti and...
This raid by the New Zealand police appears to be indeed over the top, with many politicians asking what on earth is going on. It is widely seen as some kind of out of control operation targeting Maori. In my view Dr...
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