On Thursday, August 25th, The Kurdish Human Rights Watch, one of eleven national resettlement agencies providing reception and placement services to refugees in the United States, held a social dinner reception at Taza Restaurant in Warren, Michigan. Pary Karadaghi, Executive...
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Emanuel "Tiki" Mayben, a point guard at Binghamton University, has been arrested with possessing and selling cocaine. New York police claimed to have found 3.4 grams of cocaine on Tiki Mayben when they arrested...
created by Jon Azpiri | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 642 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Dinosaur BBQ is a small chain of very good Bar B Q restaurants with locations in Rochester, Syracuse and New York City. The city of Troy, NY has an empty restaurant on their waterfront and when Dinosaur expressed interest in opening a location there, Mayor Harry Tutunjian...
opinion by Rodge | 3 years ago 579 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Apparently Red Bull really does give you wings. A man from Colorado sponsoring a sports beverage company successfully proved that jet packs are the wave of the future and that some people will do anything for...
created by TFleming | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 500 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
Troy Davis was convicted in 1989 for killing a Georgia Policeman. The Appeals court has halted the execution since 7 of the 9 witness who testified against him have since recanted their testimony. "The 11th...
created by Albert Milliron | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 826 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Popular tales do far more than entertain, however. Psychologists and neuroscientists have recently become fascinated by the human predilection for storytelling. Why does our brain seem to be wired to enjoy stories? And how do the emotional and cognitive effects of a narrative...
created by ryanborja | 4 years ago 547 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
900-kilogram block of cheddar. First thing that comes to mind is how big is this thing!? Second is what a waste of cheese. I wonder what they are going to do with the sculpture after it has been displayed. I think...
created by JeffHuang | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 193 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
This ex-con had been sought in the deaths of eight people, ranging from a 2-year-old boy to a 93-year-old man. And all the victims appeared to have died of blunt force trauma to the head. "Authorities have...
created by sweet east pearl | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 123 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" For thrill-seekers, it's a 65-foot free-fall rite of passage. For law enforcement, it's the root of an endless cat-and-mouse game that too often ends in a 911 call. "
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The auto industry has been hit hard with the rising fuel prices and the effects echo through the ranks. More than one quarter of GM's auto workers have decided to take their buyout offers - some ranging up to...
created by jessica.lam | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 574 views | 20 recommendations | 2 comments
Iraqi-born, Chicago-based artist Wafaa Bilal has had his exhibition shut down by administrators at Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute in Troy, New York.The work, Virtual Jihadi, uses the trope of video games to...
created by kate | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 3095 views | 25 recommendations | 3 comments
"(03-02) 21:23 PST Oakland -- It's a good thing the Beijing Olympics are five months away - both the Mexican and the Australian soccer teams need to get in a bit more work.
In an exhibition game that had as...
created by Pat Garcia | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 385 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Some prisons are painting cellblocks pink because they say it's a calming colour. So is this the same principle as those pinkish sunglasses people wear? Because those totally work. I'm serious, my...
created by Rob Peters | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1844 views | 8 recommendations | 4 comments
UNEXPECTED NEWS AT BAJA 1000"TWO KILLED TWO INJURED
Two members of a television news crew have been killed and as
many injured in a helicopter crash in the capital of Mexico's
northernmost state of Baja...
created by Pat Garcia | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 10135 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Leave it to the ACLU. Those "uber liberals" never pull any stops when it comes to something this ridiculous in nature. Who and what will they defend next? Those poor pedophiles? Defend...