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Does Local Texas News Play Favorites & Refuse to Report Story?

     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...

Fatal Tower Block Fire Blamed On TV Fault!! Breaking News

"Fatal Tower Block Fire Blamed On TV Fault " "A fire which killed six people in a tower block was started by an electrical fault in an old television, police have confirmed." " The portable TV set, which...

Police to investigate MP expenses

" Scotland Yard has decided to launch an investigation into the alleged misuse of expenses by a small number of MPs and peers, the BBC has learned. Police say its economic and specialist crime command will...

Indian Editor arrested for 'outraging Muslims'

The editor and publisher of a major Indian newspaper have been arrested for "hurting the religious feelings" of Muslims after they reprinted an article from British daily The Independent. Ravindra Kumar and Anand Sinha, the editor and publisher of the Kolkata-based English...

Robovox in Ljubljana

Robovox arrived to Ljubljana to give people a voice. I heard that it will come to Ljubljana but still seeing a 8m high robot is quite impressive." RoboVox is a large (8m high) interactive public sound...

New UK law to criminalise men who pay for sex with trafficked women

The UK government has unveiled new laws for cracking down on men who pay for sex. The new laws will apply specifically to trafficked women, or women who are being controlled and pay money to a pimp."New prostitution laws to be set out today will mean a plea of ignorance is no...

The Met's Costume Institute Collection of 30,000 Now Available Online

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has transformed one of the world's largest collections of clothing and accessories, The Costume Institute, into a digital format which is now available to view online within the...

Chicago's Cook County won't evict in foreclosures

Sheriff in IL upholds law; refuses to carry out foreclosures on properties where tenants were not properly notified by the bank. Over a million people are in foreclosure now; some estimates say it could grow to...

UK Government refuses to rescue councils caught in Iceland bank collapse

The UK's consumer savings protection laws will be put to the test for the first time after the colapse of Iceland's Landsbanki, which had banking outlets in the UK under the name ICEsave. However it has emerged...

Chief speaks out on police racism

The slave trade might have been over but for minorities in the British police force things are not as it should be claims a top minority police chief Constable MIke Fuller of Kent police force.Ethnic minority police have to work harder than their white colleagues to succeed,...

NYC sues Indian reservation over tax-free cigarettes

New York City has decided to crack down -on smuggling, and sue smoke shops on an Indian reservation in Mastic.  Eight shops are accused of selling tax-free cigarettes to bootleggers.  Only 279 people...

Another Week Another Train Crash :: Train Hits Bus in Los Angeles

"September 19, (by Otto Smyth) According to reports a Metro Blue Line light rail train struck a bus in the Long Beach downtown area. This collision occurred during the morning commute and injured 14 passengers...

Bus collides with commuter train in LA, 13 injured

Another commuting accident in Los Angeles injured 13 Friday, after a light train collided with a Metro Blue Line bus.  The accident happened during the Friday morning commute, raising more questions about the safety of public transportation in California."The light rail...

Ministers plotting to oust Met police chief Sir Ian Blair, report says

According to reports, UK ministers are planning to request that the Metropolitan Polive commissioner of London to step down, after he has been embroiled in a series of controversies including accusations of institutionalized racism within the department."Ministers, officials...

London police 'bombard top officer with death threats'

In the years since the Metroplitan Police were accused of deep rooted intstitutional racism in the Lawrence Report there have been visible changes including more black and asian officers in senior positions but...

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