Sen. Sarah Palin? Tea Partiers dream, but some Republicans are wary
Posted by: PrairieDogPress
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 15:00:57 -0700 | political-news
Former governor of Alaska, former vice-presidential candidate, former reality TV star and former Fox News contributor Sarah Palin has struggled to remain relevant in the past year, but she is still a rock star in Tea Party circles. Ultra-conservative constituents...
China pressurizes North Korea to resume nuclear disarmament talks
Posted by: prabirghose
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-25 08:58:50 -0700 | political-news
The world would be happy to learn that China has succeeded in pressurizing North Korea to resume nuclear disarmament talks. As per the Chinese state media, in a meeting between vice-marshal Choe Ryong Hae and Liu Yunshan, a senior figure...
Survivor describes escape from floating car after falling from bridge into river
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 10:50:21 -0700 | political-news
The Seattle Times has provided a riveting report on 20-year-old Bryce Kenning's fall from the Skagit Bridge, and his harrowing escape. Kenning was on his way to a pickup hockey game in Bellingham, Wash. on Thursday night. As Kenning’s Subaru...
Scandal fever afflicts Republicans
Posted by: perrydiaz
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 10:52:24 -0700 | political-news
Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz During the McCarthy witch-hunting era, the “duck test” was used to identify a person’s ideological leaning. It works this way: “If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then...
UK: Far-right protesters hit streets amid anti-Muslim backlash
Posted by: Mirjana Pantic
Newcastle upon Tyne :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-25 14:54:50 -0700 | political-news
Far-right demonstrators hit the streets of Newcastle in the north of England Saturday, expressing their rage over the brutal murder of a British soldier. Police said between 1,500 and 2,000 people gathered for a protest organized by the far-right English...
Rebuilding rules as rain soaks Jersey shore
Source: The Boston Globe
Manasquan :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 13:33:14 -0700 | political-news
N.J. (AP) Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues under covered porches as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey shore since Superstorm Sandy roared through. Seven months after the devastating storm pummeled large swaths of...
Homeless pair charged in string of Near North burglaries
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 12:20:47 -0700 | political-news
Lamont Gordon, 46, and Stacy Yearby, who turned 42 on Friday, both face burglary charges in the break-ins that began about May 4 and continued throughout the month. Gordon is charged in nine burglaries, at least four of them matching...
Seattle's Bird optimistic after knee surgery
Source: The Boston Globe
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-25 12:31:26 -0700 | political-news
The Seattle Storm point guard is recovering from recent left knee surgery that will sideline her for the entire summer season...She's optimistic her knee will heal in time for her to play in Russia this fall and return to the...
Law for Afghan women faces backlash
Source: Washington Post
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-25 11:19:03 -0700 | political-news
Since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, Afghan women have made substantial gains in access to jobs, education and public life. But the position of girls and women in family life has remained weak, subservient and vulnerable to abuse....
Probe into fatal Ridgefield police shooting
Source: The Boston Globe
Ridgefield :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 11:32:08 -0700 | political-news
Conn. (AP) Connecticut state police are investigating after Ridgefield police officers responding to an emergency report of a possible domestic dispute fatally shot a man armed with a handgun in the yard of a private home. Authorities say a Ridgefield...
Memorial Day Poppies' Story
Source: Fox
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-25 12:42:34 -0700 | political-news
Published May 24, 2013 FoxNews.com Every Memorial Day, when I run into the grocery store to pick up those last minute items for the three day weekend's picnic, I'm met with members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) selling...
Chafee orders Memorial Day flag tribute across RI
Source: The Boston Globe
Providence :: RI :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 12:31:27 -0700 | political-news
Rhode Island flags to fly at half-staff until noon on Memorial Day in tribute to those who died while serving in the United States armed forces. Chafee's order covers flags on all public buildings and grounds across Rhode Island. It...
Umpire Rauf will fight to clear name says family
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-25 11:57:42 -0700 | political-news
Troubled Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf will fight to clear his name in an ongoing spot-fixing scandal in India, family sources told AFP on Saturday, saying he had returned to his home in Lahore. The International Cricket Council (ICC) this week...
Western Aid Finances Afghan Projects From Silly to Sublime
Source: The New York Times
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-25 11:52:44 -0700 | political-news
Aimed at creating a stream of shared instances of unexpected happiness in a war-torn land, the project is the brainchild of the New York-based artist Yazmany Arboleda, who said he had the support of the minister of culture and a...
Leaks Inquiries Show How Wide a Net Is Cast
Source: The New York Times
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-25 12:35:29 -0700 | political-news
In a separate case last year, F.B.I. agents asked the White House, the Defense Department and intelligence agencies for phone and e-mail logs showing exchanges with a New York Times reporter writing about computer attacks on Iran. Agents grilled officials...
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