Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later

" Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast three years ago this week. The president promised to do whatever it took to rebuild. But the nation is trying to fight wars in several countries and is dealing with economic crisis. The attention of the president wandered...

New drive to ban race preferences

Backlash can be hell. "Tensions are running high in the latest affirmative-action battlegrounds. In Arizona, Nebraska, and Colorado, supporters of ballot initiatives that would ban "preferential treatment" are counting up petition signatures – and opponents are...

Nurses to be rated on how smiley they are

Well a smile is great but getting a 'drip' in a vein well and with as little pain as possible will do - smile or not. " Nurses are to be scored on how compassionate they are towards patients as part of a government plan to improve quality in the NHS to be unveiled in...

Team news for Leeds v Carlisle Play Off Semi Final

Leeds v Carlisle (Mon)" Leeds v Carlisle (Mon) LEAGUE ONE PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEGVenue: Elland Road Date: Monday, 12 May Kick-off: 1945 BST Coverage: Live scores on BBC Sport...

And then there were two: Edwards drops out

I know this happened yesterday but I didn't have internet access.  Anyway, I was happy to see it.  I never really liked Edwards for some reason.  He talked about poverty the way Princess Dianna talked about land-mines.  Who isn't against such...

Edwards drops out of presidential race

"by The Times-Picayune Wednesday January 30, 2008, 7:34 AM By David Hammer and Bill Walsh Staff writers Ending his presidential bid in the same city he started it 13 months earlier, Democrat John Edwards told a crowd at the Musicians' Village in the 9th Ward today that he is...

Selfless cop's story made into children's book

"The story of a police officer hit and killed by a train last year in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, while trying to rescue a woman on the train tracks has been turned into an illustrated book. The commemorative publication will be offered at a memorial service in Tokyo on Saturday to...