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Nicole Carty, who works for a television station, spends her free time in Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street’s headquarters, organizing general assembly meetings for the demonstrators. Jill Carty works for a company that assists financial service clients. She said although she agreed with some of the protesters’ sentiments, she did not support more government regulations […]
“TSA views the handwritten note to be highly inappropriate and unprofessional and apologizes for this unfortunate incident,” the spokesperson said. “TSA has zero tolerance for inappropriate behavior by our employees as occurred in this instance. When this is brought to our attention TSA takes swift and appropriate action.” Full Story Story By: Emanuella Grinberg, CNN Pic […]
by Peter Dreier Aracelis “Kuky” Upia, a 39-year-old factory worker in the Dominican Republic, is participating in an experiment that, if successful, could help end sweatshops as a staple of the global economy. A single mother of four, Upia has been sewing in factories since she was 15. For years she earned less than $50 […]
via BBC News Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann has denied reports that her New Hampshire campaign staff have quit. “I don’t know where that came from,” she told Radio Iowa. US media reported a walkout by her five team members in the early voting state, which the Minnesota Congresswoman has been accused of ignoring. Analysts […]
Consumer demand for PCs in the United States, Canada and Europe is slumping badly, but consumers in emerging markets can’t get enough of them, Intel said. Sales in China were up 12%, India 21%, Turkey 14% and Indonesia 23%. China has become the world’s No. 1 PC market, and fast-growing Brazil is now right behind […]
EW has learned exclusively that Kevin Hart (“Little Fockers”) has signed on for a guest-starring role on “Modern Family.” He’ll play Andre, a new neighbor of Phil Dunphy who happens to be a physician. The 32-year-old comedian will see a familiar face when he begins production on the ABC comedy: He co-starred opposite Sofia Vergara […]
Forever stamps — also called first class stamps — will now cost 45 cents, a one cent bump. The change will go into effect Jan. 22. That’s not the only change: Postcard postage will increase 3 cents to 32 cents. Letters to Canada and Mexico will jump 5 cents to 85 cents, while letters to […]
by David Weigel The current frontrunner for the 2012 Republican Party nomination is a 65-year-old black man. Sure, we could talk about how this is a fluke, or how “Herman Cain” is just how voters tell pollsters “I don’t know what to do yet,” or how this is all part of Mitt Romney’s Rube […]
via CNN Three suspects accused of chaining mentally disabled people and stealing their Social Security checks were arrested in Philadelphia. They were arrested Friday after a janitor doing checks at a building found four victims — a 29-year-old woman, and three men, ages 31, 35 and 31 — locked up in a basement boiler room […]
via BBC News A man who spent 26 years in jail for a murder he did not commit has fulfilled his dream by making his professional boxing debut and winning. Dewey Bozella, now 52, became a prison boxing champion while in New York state’s Sing Sing jail. He was freed in 2009 after his conviction […]
via CNN The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial is set to be officially dedicated on Sunday, with lingering controversy still surrounding both the statue and a quote from King. The monument to the slain civil rights leader was due to have been unveiled on August 28, the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington […]
via CNN Thousands of people across the world railed against corporate power, grinding poverty and government cuts Saturday as the Occupy Wall Street movement spread to the streets of Europe, Asia and Australia — and took a particularly violent turn in Rome. Firefighters battled a blaze at an Interior Ministry building near Porta San Giovanni […]