Scandal convergence: The Obama administration's perfect storm
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Benjamin Burton Jr.
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 02:06:15 -0700 | political-news
The big movement in journalism a few years back centered around convergence. The industry sought fourth-estaters who not only chronicled but also photographed, edited, shot video and used Google Maps with reckless abandon. Convergence can be a good thing, an...
John Kerry fighting new kind of 'cold war' at Arctic Council meeting
Posted by: Robert Myles
Kiruna :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-18 04:05:03 -0700 | political-news
Secretary of State John Kerry was engaged in a different type of “cold war” last week as he met with representatives of nations bordering the Arctic at the conclusion of Sweden’s two year chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Just like...
Russia defends support for Assad regime
Posted by: kiranriz
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 02:45:00 -0700 | political-news
Russia has apparently supplied Syria with sophisticated anti-ship missiles. The modern "Jachont" missiles could be directed against the international community by the Assad regime. Russia still defends itself against criticism. According to a report in the "New York Times"...
North Korea launches short-range missiles
Source: Al Jazeera English
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-18 04:56:07 -0700 | political-news
42 North Korea has launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast, according to South Korea's Ministry of Defence quoted by Yonhap news agency. The ministry said it detected two missiles fired on Saturday morning, followed by...
Obama: Middle-class wages need to grow
Source: United Press International
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 03:37:41 -0700 | political-news
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on job creation at Ellicott Dredges, a manufacturer of dredging equipment, in Baltimore, May 17, 2013...President Barack Obama said Saturday the U.S. economy needs to create more "good, middle-class jobs, and we need to do...
ET: Why India's crowded roads need quadricycles
Source: Times of India
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-18 01:32:22 -0700 | political-news
Quadricycles, this comment will argue, is what India needs given its urban and larger economic characteristics. Vehicle technology needs to be rethought in India, where incomes are low. India needs vehicles that are less costly and less consuming of road...
Mukhriz denies permission for Pakatan rally
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-18 04:15:11 -0700 | political-news
Datuk Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir has denied Pakatan Rakyat permission to hold a rally at the Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium in Suka Menanti here on Tuesday, saying it was not a wise thing to do. Mukhriz, who is also Kedah...
N Korea 'fires short-range missiles'
Source: BBC
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-18 02:46:17 -0700 | political-news
North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast, South Korea's defence ministry said. Two missiles were fired on Saturday morning and one in the afternoon, the ministry said in a statement. Officials at the ministry said they...
Student activist arrested for alleged involvement in street rally
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-18 02:05:43 -0700 | political-news
Student activist Adam Adli Abd Halim was arrested on Saturday for his alleged involvement in the May 13 street rally, KL police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohmad Salleh confirmed. Adam Adli Abd Halim Adam was arrested under Section 124 of...
DEEP says 14 types of snakes live in Connecticut
Source: The Boston Globe
Hartford :: CT :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 01:38:03 -0700 | political-news
Conn. (AP) The black rat, eastern hognose, northern redbelly, and timber rattlesnake are among the 14 snakes the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says can be found in the state. Twelve of the species, including the northern black...
Two killed as car rolls off A419
Source: BBC
Swindon :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-18 04:08:06 -0700 | political-news
Two women dead and three men injured The group's Renault Clio left the A419 near the junction with the A420 Two women were killed and three men were seriously injured when their car left the A419 in Wiltshire. The 19-year-old...
Can art change the world?
Source: CNN
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 02:54:37 -0700 | political-news
If you give me Times Square, I want to give it back to the people." JR, the 30-year-old globetrotting French street artist, could well say the same about the slums of Kenya or the favelas of Brazil, where he has...
Umno probing reports of sabotage by party members during polls
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-18 02:05:47 -0700 | political-news
Investigations are being carried out following reports of sabotage by Umno members against the party during the 13th general election. Acting chairman of the Special Committee of the Umno Disciplinary Board, Tan Sri Megat Najmuddin Megat Khas expected that whatever...
Sacred Heart, Mystic Aquarium collaborate on crabs
Source: The Boston Globe
Fairfield :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 01:38:02 -0700 | political-news
Conn. (AP) With their spiky, armor-plated shells, they look like miniature tanks mounting a surprise invasion on local beaches except they have been at it for nearly a half-billion years. But the American horseshoe crab, the homely, humble distant relative...
Emergency aid for farmers to begin
Source: BBC
New York :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 02:04:41 -0700 | political-news
Emergency fodder aid for Northern Ireland farmers to begin Minister Michelle O'Neill said it was important to make the aid available as early as possible An emergency aid scheme for farmers facing difficulties with fodder shortages has come into will...
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