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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Convicted dogfighting-ring operator Michael Vick hopes to own a dog again someday.
You may have heard about the prison strike occurring in Georgia right now. Inmates in four facilities have come together in an amazing show of solidarity to demand that they be treated like (gasp) human beings, not slaves or animals. Rather than continuing to fall for the game of divide and conquer that has kept […]
Nearly 30 people busted in an Internet child porn sting in Cuyahoga County. Among the 27 people rounded up, a pastor from Olmsted Falls. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, along with the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office, Cleveland Police Department, North Olmsted Police Department, and 13 other law enforcement partners of the Ohio Internet Crimes […]
Virginia — Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has never been convicted of that crime, nor of any other crime. Despite that, he has been detained at the U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia for five months — and for two months before that in a military […]
Netherlands— The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor named a former Kenyan Cabinet minister and five others on Wednesday as the alleged orchestrators of postelection violence in 2007 that left more than 1,000 people dead. Luis Moreno Ocampo wants judges to charge six Kenyan leaders, including the son of the country’s founding father, with crimes against humanity […]
Red Rooster menu at bottom of page (opens this Friday Dec. 17) Marcus Samuelsson personal website New York — From early in the process, I clearly understood the historical value and importance behind the name of the restaurant I’m preparing to open in Harlem.
Ja MTV Shows y-Z’s book “Decoded” is essentially a love story. No, it’s not about the Brooklyn rapper-mogul’s high-profile marriage to Beyonce Knowles. In fact, Mrs. Z is mentioned only twice, in passing references to President Barack Obama’s inauguration weekend. Instead, “Decoded” is the story of his love of hip-hop — how it seduced him, […]
London – Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore said he has posted $20,000 to help jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange make bail in Sweden.
Germany — Doctors in Germany have claimed that they have cured a man with HIV through a stem cell transplant. Aidsmap reports: Doctors who carried out a stem cell transplant on an HIV-infected man with leukemia in 2007 say they now believe the man to have been cured of HIV infection as a result of […]
LONDON — After a week in detention facing possible extradition, Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks antisecrecy group, was ordered released on $310,000 bail by a court on Tuesday as he challenges a Swedish prosecutor’s demand that he return to Stockholm for questioning about alleged sex offenses. However, Mr. Assange remained in custody pending […]
Haiti — Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin urged Americans not to forget Haiti yesterday, as she wrapped up a weekend visit to the embattled nation in support of a Christian group assisting in the country’s ongoing cholera epidemic and earthquake reconstruction. The question that made its way around the black blogs and magazines […]
Africa — South Africa made a return of just £323m on the £3bn it spent on building stadiums and infrastructure for this summer’s tournament, according to official figures. The country predicted it would receive an initial boost of £570m from tourists flocking to attend the festival of football. However the tournament failed to attract as […]