Mass. lawmaker: Recoup benefits from terrorists
Source: The Boston Globe
Gloucester :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 09:56:59 -0700 | disasters-news
A Republican lawmaker is pushing for a law allowing Massachusetts to recoup public benefits given to anyone later convicted of using of a weapon of mass destruction. Gloucester state Sen. Bruce Tarr is offering the proposal as an amendment to...
Thurston County woman wins $75K for dog bite
Source: Associated Press
Olympia :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 11:04:37 -0700 | disasters-news
A Thurston County jury has awarded $75,000 to a woman bit by a neighbor's dog. The Olympian ( http://is.gd/OvULOb ) reports the woman was seeking payment for medical expenses, plus pain, inconvenience, emotional stress, scaring and other general damages. After...
$900,000 per detainee
Source: CNN
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 04:28:10 -0700 | disasters-news
They're protesting their ongoing imprisonment by going on hunger strikes for what is now 100 days. Not only has Guantanamo Bay become a lightning rod for America's critics -- it's no prize for America's taxpayers, either. Running the prison camp...
Veterans from World War II carrier hold final reunion
Source: Fox
Mount Pleasant :: SC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 05:38:53 -0700 | disasters-news
Published May 18, 2013 FoxNews.com Veterans of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Franklin held their final planned reunion Friday in South Carolina. The gathering, held at the USS Yorktown at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in...
1 arrested, 1 sought in fatal Statesville shooting
Source: SF Gate
Statesville :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 10:18:37 -0700 | disasters-news
N.C. (AP) Investigators say they have arrested one suspect and are looking for another man in a fatal shooting outside a home in Statesville. Witnesses told police that two men on scooters shot and killed 22-year-old Dantae Stokes on Thursday...
UK weather: Flooding hits north east as one month's rainfall of nearly TWO INCHES falls in just 24 ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Durham :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-18 08:44:55 -0700 | disasters-news
Motorists were seen inching their cars through floodwater on Scotswood Road in Newcastle today, before the busy route was eventually closed to traffic as council workers worked to divert the water off the road. In Durham a stranded driver had...
Terrified passengers escape alive as US Airways flight makes belly landing at Newark airport after ...
Source: Mail Online UK
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-18 06:43:08 -0700 | disasters-news
21 Nice bit of flying, & as they say "Any landing you walk away from, is a good landing" However, I am always puzzled by the word hero, applied to a pilot who achieves such a landing. Ian , East...
Rod Stewart drops a clanger as he hints that daughter Kimberly and Harry Styles did spend the night ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 06:36:35 -0700 | disasters-news
18 May 2013 Most dads wouldn't want to know details of their daughter's overnight house guests. But Rod Stewart hinted that his daughter Kimberly's relationship with One Direction band member Harry Styles might have been a little more than mild...
Tia Sharp relatives cash in on murder: A home life based on benefits, drugs and sex - what hope did ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-18 05:34:36 -0700 | disasters-news
NOW, what are we going to do about the many other children trapped in similar situations. Rose , Birmingham, United Kingdom, 18/5/2013 10:48 Click to rate Rating 377 What a sad place Britton is becoming where this...
Andrea Rebello murder: Harrowing account of neighbors who heard Hofstra University sorority girl ...
Source: Mail Online UK
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-18 04:20:43 -0700 | disasters-news
Terry, Anywhere, Any Given Time, 18/05/2013 10:17 @Terry I wish I lived in your world then I wouldn't worry about my own child so much; But I don't and the truth is the truth and facts are facts. - I'm...
U.S. should heed Russia, include Iran in Syria talks
Source: War In Context
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-18 08:43:53 -0700 | disasters-news
Secretary of State John Kerry, appearing on Wednesday, May 15, at a press conference in Sweden with counterparts from Sweden and Russia, stood silently while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized the need to mobilize support for new peace talks...
On the American Association of University Professors' opposition to academic boycotts
Source: War In Context
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-18 08:43:58 -0700 | disasters-news
Statement on Academic Boycotts which states, not for the first time, its opposition to academic boycotts as a matter of principle...Rockefeller Conference Center in Bellagiothus effectively engaging in censorship...The academic boycott is not merely being advocated by some pro-Palestinian...
Saudi Arabia's new crackdown on dissent
Source: War In Context
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-18 08:43:56 -0700 | disasters-news
He tweeted that he found them in handcuffs, and prison officials were unwilling to remove them. Saudi authorities denied that the defendants had been shackled , though other witnesses supported Hussan's account. The Saudi government didn't appreciate Hussan drawing attention...
Top Vt. game warden honored for service
Source: Boston.com
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 08:09:22 -0700 | disasters-news
Vt. (AP) A West Windsor man has been named Vermont's game warden of the year. Eight-year veteran Stephen Majeski received the honor Thursday in Montpelier by Gov. Peter Shumlin, who says Majeski was chosen for his professionalism, law enforcement work...
The biggest Obama scandals are proven and ignored
Source: War In Context
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 11:56:32 -0700 | disasters-news
Has this president broken the law, lied under oath, or authorized war crimes?...Has he knowingly sent his cabinet out to tell lies about his sex life? Has he sat by idly as an American city was destroyed by a hurricane?...Has...
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