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Poll: Most African-Americans Support Immigration Reform
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
A new poll commissioned by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights finds that black Americans solidly support legislation to overhaul the immigration system in the country.
A reform proposal that includes a path to citizenship received the support of 66 percent of the more than 800 African-American ...
FBI Asks For Public's Help In Benghazi Investigation
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking the public for help in finding three individuals who were on the grounds of the U.S. mission in Benghazi, the day an attack killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
"These individuals may be able to provide information to help in the investigation," ...
Mountain Dew Pulls Ad Called 'Most Racist ... In History'
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
PepsiCo announced today that it was pulling a Mountain Dew ad from all its online channels, after it was buffeted by criticism.
Boyce Watkins, a professor at Syracuse University and an outspoken social critic, called the commercial "arguably the most racist commercial in history."
WATCH: Civil Unions Are Legal In Colorado
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
At midnight, civil unions became legal in Colorado. The state joined eight other states with similar laws and nine others — plus the District of Columbia — to permit gay marriage.
As has become the custom, couples lined up at courthouses across the state in the middle of night, waiting ...
Boston Police: Three More Individuals In Custody
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
(Most recent update: 4:36 p.m. ET.)
Three 19-year-old men — two of them University of Massachusetts Dartmouth college students from Kazakhstan who were friends with Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — were taken into custody Wednesday by authorities in Boston. The third individual, an American citizen, was also a student ...
Poll: Most Americans Are OK With Surveillance Cameras
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
A few polls following the twin bombings during the Boston Marathon paint a mixed picture of where the American public stands on privacy and security.
Today, a poll released by The New York Times and CBS News finds that 78 percent of "people said surveillance cameras were a good idea."
...Yahoo's Marissa Mayer Expands Parental Leave
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Mask Recovered From Suspect's Trash Tests Positive For Ricin
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
FBI agents witnessed J. Everett Dutschke trying to get rid of items authorities say would implicate him with the mailing of ricin-laced letters to President Obama and other officials.
As we've reported, the FBI originally arrested Paul Kevin Curtis in the case, but Curtis told them he was being ...
Spanish Judge Orders Bags Of Blood Destroyed In Doping Case
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
By all accounts, it was a less-than-spectacular end to one of Spain's biggest doping cases. El País, the country's biggest newspaper, summed up the trial of Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes saying it ended without blood and without a sentence.
Fuentes was convicted of endangering public health and was given a ...
Female Soldier Sentenced To 10 Months Over Desertion
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The first female to desert during the Iraq war was sentenced to 10 months in prison after she pleaded guilty late Monday during a court-martial.
The AP reports that Pfc. Kimberly Rivera, 30, deserted during a two-week leave in 2007. Rivera headed to Canada when she was ordered back to ...
'A Rare Bird Sighting': 'Slash' As A New Conjunction
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
If there is one piece we recommend you read today, it would be the latest from Anne Curzan at The Chronicle of Higher Education's Lingua Franca blog.
Curzan explains that in a history of English course she teaches at the University of Michigan, she requires students to teach her ...
Hagel: Claims Syria Used Chemical Weapons Are 'Suspicions'
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday tried to tone down Israeli claims that the Syrian government has been using chemical weapons.
Chemical weapons use is important, because the United Staes has repeatedly said their use marks a "red line" in the conflict. President Obama and the United Nations have warned ...
WATCH: Nevada Lawmaker Comes Out During Gay Marriage Debate
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
With all the other news demanding our attention in the past week, we missed an interesting dispatch from Nevada: Just as the state Senate began moving toward repealing a ban on same-sex marriage, a state senator surprised his colleagues with an announcement.
The Las Vegas Sun reports this happened ...
Judge Throws Out 3 Murder Charges Against Philly Abortion Doctor
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday threw out three out of seven murder charges against Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion doctor being tried for "killing viable fetuses while performing abortions," The New York Times reports.
The Times adds:
"Judge Minehart also granted a motion for acquittal in five ...
Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union Will Charge Undergrads Tuition
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Citing financial strain, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art announced that beginning in the fall of 2014, it would begin charging its undergraduate students tuition.
The college is one of the few institutions that doesn't charge students tuition.
In a press release, the board of ...
Charges Dropped Against Mississippi Man In Ricin Case
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Update at 6:02 p.m. ET. Charges Dropped:
Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a Mississippi man they accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama and two other public servants, according to a court order obtained by the AP.
"In a court order calling for the charges to be dismissed, ...
Early Thinking: Boston Suspects Were Working On Their Own
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
(Most recent update: 8:39 p.m. ET.)
As investigators learn more about the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings and what Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, allegedly did, the initial theory is that "these two young men were working on their own," NPR's Dina Temple-Raston
TSA Delays Plans To Allow Knives On Planes
Monday, April 22, 2013
The Transportation Security Administration said today that it was delaying implementation of a plan that would allow air travelers to carry small knives, golf clubs, hockey sticks and other sporting equipment onboard aircraft.
John Pistole, head of the Transportation Security Administration, proposed the policy ...
Reuters Fires Editor Charged In Anonymous Hacking
Monday, April 22, 2013
Reuters announced today that it was parting ways with Matthew Keys, a social-media editor who was indicted in March of "conspiring with members of the hacker group 'Anonymous' to hack into and alter a Tribune Company website."
Keys is fighting those allegations, but he was suspended by Reuters following ...
Former Teacher Charged For Child Porn Detained In Nicaragua
Monday, April 22, 2013
Nicaraguan authorities say they have detained Eric Justin Toth, a former teacher at a Washington, D.C., private school accused of producing child pornography.
Back in April 2012, Toth took Osama bin Laden's place on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list.
The Washington Post reports Toth has been on the ...