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Ron Paul suspends presidential bid
Ron Paul has just announced the suspension of his campaign for the Republican nomination.Paul says he wants to focus on recruiting and electing "limited government Republicans.""“We want to elect...
Kindergarten twitterati?
Classrooms are utilizing social media solutions to promote interactivity in learning."A 5-year-old tech start-up called Smartroom Learning Solutions, based in Georgia, offers an interactive classroom system called... Tornadoes kills 2 in Kansas
Tornadoes in Kansas killed two people and caused extensive damage at Kansas State University. The town of Chapman was devastated. The town of 1,400 residents saw 100 homes destroyed and one death."Brad Homman's reaction epitomized optimism: "We've still got half...Evacuation orders for Des Moines residents
Des Moines residents have been told to evacuate the Birdland area north of downtown because of the rising Des Moines River."Police Chief Judy Bradshaw says the area has about 220 homes and 20 to 30...NY summer Food + Film festivities
Mmm...delicious food + outdoor films + beach = mmmNew York City Food Film Festival has found the right equation, in my humble opinion. It will run a series of 18 films with related dishes to tempt all...S. Africa assess attacks on migrants
The South African government reported that a third of those killed in last month's xenophobic riots in South Africa were indeed citizens. The rioters mistook them for foreign migrant workers."Twenty-one South Africans died in the riots, spokesman Themba Maseko said. He... MP Davis resigns from UK parliament
Tory MP David Davis resigned from his position as shadow home secretary and will force a by-election. He plans to make the new terrorism bill the focus of his campaign in his Haltemprice and Howden... PM Brown wins vote on terror law
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has won a close vote on a new terror bill that extends the maximum time police can hold terror suspects to 42 days."Thirty-six Labour MPs joined forces with Conservatives and Lib... Chinese babies named 'Olympic Games'
Naming your kid "Olympic Games" may seem eccentric but Chinese parents beg to differ."More than 4,000 children in China have been given the name Aoyun, meaning Olympic Games, in the past 15 years."The... Beef protests in Korea: street democracy, candlight vigils, storming barricade
The US beef protests in South Korea is reaching fever pitch. Participants and observers are comparing the protests, marches and vigils to the solidarity movements in Europe and to the Korean democracy...Flooding threatens towns in Iowa, Wisconsin
As storms pound away at the midwest, the Cedar River is dangerously close to flooding nearby areas.Luckily, sandbagged levees prevented flooding overnight however Cedar Falls city officials say the situation is...Chinese quake survivors finding religion
The Chinese Communist government is growing worried as increasing numbers of quake survivors are seeking religion for comfort following their ordeals.The Communist party is for the moment allowing displays of... PM Harper to apologise for residential schools
This Wednesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will give a formal apology to Canada's aboriginal peoples and declare his government's support for a truth and reconciliation commission on the abuses of the... Japanese reaction to knife rampage
The knife attack in Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district was perpetrated by 25 year old Tomohiro Kato. Seven people were killed and many more were left injured."In Japan's deadliest crime in seven years, Kato... 100,000 Koreans protest against US beef
Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Seoul and other cities across South Korea to rally against the resumption of US beef imports. Organizers say that the numbers will swell to a...
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