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From CNN.com: (CNN) — War crimes prosecutors Thursday asked a court to order supermodel Naomi Campbell to give evidence in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Click here to view photos. They said Campbell received rough diamonds from Taylor, and claimed her testimony would prove that the former president “used rough diamonds for […]
HECTOR BECERRA, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — On a recent morning, Mexican criminal-court judge Reynaldo Madruga Picazzo sat in the back of a downtown Los Angeles courtroom and watched as a police officer testified in the case of an accused gang member and a gun. Over the years, the 72-year-old had presided over […]
Arizona is threatening to leave Los Angeles in the dark — and its air conditioners without power — if the city doesn’t rescind its order to boycott the state over Arizona’s tough new immigration law. “I feel like if you’re going to boycott the candy store, you’ve got to leave all the candy alone,” said […]
From the New York Times: MIAMI — Off Florida’s Gulf Coast, the seas are calm and the king mackerel are running. Captain Joe Meadows’s telephone should be ringing with bookings for his 42-foot sport fishing boat for the summer season. Instead, the calls are from reservation holders wondering if they should cancel. In a state […]
From the Huffington Post: The Senate Republicans are refusing to allow a vote on the Merkley-Levin amendment, which would put a meaningful version of the Volcker Rule into law (splitting off proprietary trading from major banks). After weeks of dancing around, the Democrats finally have a signature issue on which to fight. Senator Carl Levin […]
From TheGrio.com: Remember years ago when you were down on your luck, out of a job and so desperate that you decided to steal $300 worth of merchandise from a department store? You don’t remember that? Well, your record shows that you were convicted of larceny. Still don’t remember? Oh, that wasn’t you at all? […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland police report that a missing 12-year-old girl was found early Wednesday morning on the city’s east side. Cayla Bolton was reported missing on May 5 by her mother. She was found at about 3 a.m. in the Garden Valley Apartments at E. 79th and Kinsman. Police said that an arrest has been […]
CHICAGO, IL – The social net for high school dropouts is gone forever. When the manufacturing base in the U.S. was strong, a young man could drop out of high school and safely land at a factory with an $18 an hour job. Today, young African American males are dropping out of high school at […]
From The UK Guardian A huge wealth gap has opened up between black and white people in the US over the past quarter of a century – a difference sufficient to put two children through university – because of racial discrimination and economic policies that favour the affluent. A typical white family is now five […]
Students graduating from college this month have enough on their minds — finding a job, a new place to live, a place to dump that really crummy college sofa — without worrying about health insurance. The health insurance industry seems to agree. So rather than waiting for federal and state reforms to begin later this […]
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has announced a five-year, $75 million dollar program called America Healing aimed at promoting racial equality and eliminating opportunity barriers for children. “We must shine a light on racism so that we can put its effects on children and communities behind us,” says Gail Christopher, the foundation’s vice president of programs. […]
A Canadian doctor who has treated Tiger Woods and other elite athletes has been charged with supplying illegal drugs. Dr Anthony Galea is accused of giving unlawful drugs, including human growth hormone (HGH), to at least three US professional football players. The Toronto-based physician has denied any wrongdoing. Woods said recently he had been treated […]