Supreme Court -- Health Care

Today saw an interesting development from the Supreme Court on Health Care Reform that the news media has seemed to miss. On the same day that the Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision protecting Harry Connick, Jr.

New regulations to add millions to pool of those protected by Americans with Disabilities Act

Come May, employers will be required to provide accommodations for a new range of issues and diseases that have recently been given the distinction of “disability” after an update to the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Supreme Court Reverses $14 Million Judgment in Wrongful Conviction Case

Here's just another example of the difference it makes who gets appointed to the Supreme Court. In 2009, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $14 million judgment for former death row inmate John Thompson against the New Orleans District ...

Massachusetts: Health Reform is a Lifesaver for Women

Massachusetts passed groundbreaking health care reform legislation in 2006, and national health care reform is largely based on the Massachusetts model.

Anaheim OKs bonds for Kings relocation

Mar. 29, 2011 (United Press International) - The Sacramento Kings moved a step closer to Southern California Tuesday when the Anaheim City Council approved a bond measure to cover the costs.

New York – Cuomo to Bloomberg Stop Whining about Budge Cuts

New York - Gov. Cuomo told Mayor Bloomberg to quit his whining yesterday as Hizzoner railed against “outrageous” state cuts that he said would force him to go ahead with plans to lay off thousands of teachers under the hard-times budget pact ...

Nine die in Alabama during bacteria outbreak

Nine patients in Alabama have died after receiving intravenous nutrition that authorities say was contaminated, but it was unclear whether the bacteria contributed to the deaths.

US Airways Plane Lands With Small Hole, FBI Investigates

CHARLOTTE, NC -- A US Airways plane was grounded after a pilot making a pre-flight inspection found a hole in the fuselage and the FBI is investigating.

Does This Look Like the Face of an Honor Roll Student Who Pistol Whipped Her Mom Into Buying Her a Used Sports Car?

FORT MYERS, Fla. - An honors student is accused of using a stolen gun to pistol-whip, then threaten her mother in order to get a sports car, according to Lee County Sheriff's Office reports.

SEC Charges FDA Chemist with Insider Trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Food and Drug Administration chemist who worked on new drug applications with at least 27 instances of trading in 19 company stocks ahead of FDA approval announcements.

Suspect in Georgia Police Officer's Death Surrenders And Frees Hostages On Live TV

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- The suspect in a Georgia police officer's slaying is behind bars after police allowed him to surrender on live TV in exchange for freeing hostages at an Athens apartment.

Threats kill plans for Iowa anti-terror exercise

Threats kill plans for Iowa anti-terror exercise --'The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Department is now actively investigating the threats.

City Plans to Challenge Census Estimate

The Bloomberg administration announced plans to officially challenge the US Census Bureau's population count for New York City. The challenge comes in response to the bureau's tally of 8.175 million people within the five boroughs - a headcount ...

The Problem with Taxing the Rich

Why are states like California in dire budget crises nowadays? Sure, state expenditures have risen quite a bit, but according to Brad Williams, a former economic forecaster for the state of California, the root cause of all these budget woes is ...

Hilton Worldwide initiates matching Disaster Fund in response to relief efforts in Japan

MCLEAN - Hilton Worldwide announced it has made an initial donation of $75,000 to assist in relief efforts for survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Casey Anthony Drama Approaches Final Act

By Diane Fanning As we get closer and closer to the trial of Casey Anthony for the murder of her toddler daughter Caylee, it is looking more likely that the end will be anticlimatic.

Investigation of dolphin deaths in Gulf kept confidential by US government

BILOXI, Mississippi -- The US government is keeping a tight lid on its probe into scores of unexplained dolphin deaths along the Gulf Coast, possibly connected to last year's BP oil spill, causing tension with some independent marine scientists.

Rebecca Coriam's Family Meets Investigators At Disney Cruise Ship

LOS ANGELES - Family members of a 24-year-old British employee reported missing from a Disney cruise ship last week met with investigators Sunday after the vessel returned to its home port in Los Angeles.

Paris Hilton, Dianna Agron And Fergie Join Josh Duhamel At Tokidoki Relief Run for Japan

... Relief Run for Japan in Santa Monica, CA. Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton, Dianna Agron, and Fergie all participated in the run to raise funds for the American Red Cross's Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami fund.

Wal-Mart asks Supreme Court to deny class-action suit by female workers

Like the retail behemoth at its center, everything about the Supreme Court extravaganza known as Wal-Mart v. Dukes is super-sized.

Latina Teen Wins Fight For Miss San Antonio Crown

In Lone Star State culture, there are two things that Texans revere: King Football and beauty pageants. In the eight years I lived in Kentucky I never saw either the Miss Kentucky USA or Miss Kentucky Pageants televised live on local ...

Rahm Emanuel Wants To Get Rid Of Half Of Chicago's City Council Seats

The Chicago Sun Times reports that, in a recent private meeting with city alderman, Emanuel opened with a bold budget proposal: Cutting Chicago's City Council in half.

Georgia Police Use Facebook To Talk To Cop Killer

The Athens-Clark Police County Department has been communicating with a murder suspect via Facebook. Police have been looking for Jaime Hood, suspected of killing Senior Patrol Officer Elmer “Buddy” Christian, since last Tuesday.

The New Black Migration: Home is Where the Job Is

Newly released census numbers show a 2 percent decrease in the African American population of New York City, a drop that echoes across the Northeast, the rust belt, and the West coast.

What's Wrong With Calling A Place “Fat Ho Burgers”?

Here's a very local news report about a lady in Waco, Texas who's named her burger joint “Fat Ho Burgers.” It basically plays out like any truly great story would - the owner believes we need a sense of humor in this world, referencing ...

UW System chancellors pitch their own plan

A plan to split UW Madison from the rest of the UW System has competition. The chancellors of UW extension and all the UW campuses - with the exception of UW Madison's Biddy Martin, have signed on to this Wisconsin Idea Partnership, a reaction...

Drug-Resistant ‘Superbug’ Hits Southern California

Today, Los Angeles public health officials report an outbreak of the drug-resistant superbug carbapenem-resistent Klebsiella pneumoniae in local healthcare facilities.

Indiana School Shooting: Police Say One Shot At Martinsville Middle School

State police say a person has been shot at a middle school in south-central Indiana and that a suspect is in custody. Sgt. Kirk Durnil says the victim was shot twice in...

Michelle Obama's Commencement Address Schedule: First Lady To Speak At Northern Iowa, West Point, Spelman

Michelle Obama will deliver commencement addresses at three colleges this spring, the White House announced today. The First Lady will address the 1,900 members of the Class of 2011 at the University of Northern Iowa on May 7. On May 15, she ...

Iowa terror drill: White supremacists shoot dozens of people amid rising tensions

Iowa terror drill: White supremacists shoot dozens of people amid rising tensions --About 42 agencies are scheduled to participate in the exercise.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Update

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office and Anglo-Suisse Offshore Partners are working together to clean up oil that has made landfall in the Grand Isle area.

Palmyra Bologna E. coli O157:H7 Sicken 14 in Maryland (3 cases), New Jersey (2 cases), North Carolina (1 case), Ohio (2 cases)

Palmyra Bologna Company, of Palmyra, PA, is recalling approximately 23,000 pounds of Lebanon bologna products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.

Experimental Batteries Charge In Minutes (slashdot)

Zothecula writes "Of all the criticisms of electric vehicles, probably the most commonly-heard is that their batteries take too long to recharge - after all, limited range wouldn't be such a big deal if the cars could be juiced up while out and ...

Congestive Heart Failure Claims Life of Elizabeth Taylor (Video)

Congestive heart failure claimed the life of Elizabeth Taylor, but as news that Elizabeth Taylor died made headlines, people are wondering what is congestive heart failure?

Hispanic students now the majority in Texas schools

Hispanic students for the first time make up slightly more than half of Texas public school children. Enrollment data from the Texas Education Agency show that this school year Hispanic students reached 50.2 percent of Texas' 4.9 million public ...

Group organizes student effort for Japan; Organization will create origami cranes as symbol

Students from multiple organizations are mobilizing Dawgs for Japan - a movement focused on raising funds to donate to Japan as the country repairs damages caused by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck March 11.

Miami Police Chief Under Fire After Deaths Of 7 Black Men

Miami, Floridaâ€" Miami city commissioners and community leaders are calling for the dismissal of a police chief Miguel A. Exposito after seven African-American men were shot and killed by his officers within eight months.

Woman, 92, shoots neighbour's house after he refused to kiss her

Who needs Cupid's arrows when you have a loaded semi-automatic handgun? A 92-year-old Florida woman allegedly fired several shots into the home of a neighbour after he refused to kiss her.

100 Years After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

“The average work week was 84 hours, 12 hours every day of the week,” said Ellen Rothman with the Jewish Women's Archive in Brookline, Mass.

Detroit, the once grand Motor City, reels from census losses

Poor Detroit. Still reeling from a decade when the three auto companies, formerly known collectively as the Big Three, imploded with two of them taking federal loans to survive, the Motor City lost almost 25 percent of its residents, according ...

McGinnis Reviews The Legal Academy and an Overlawyered America

John O. McGinnis (Northwestern) reviews the new book by Walter Olson (Cato Institute), Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America (2011) in today's Wall Street Journal: Law schools wield more social influence than any other ...

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Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Universal Music Eminem Royalty Lawsuit

The United States Supreme Court has refused to consider Universal Music's appeal of the 9th US Circuit Court ruling that said that FBT Productions and Eminem were entitled to a 50 -5- split with UMG for tracks liscened to iTunes and other ...

New Oil Spill in Gulf ... 100-Mile Slick

The Coast Guard says that it is probably "silt" instead of oil. While definitive chemical tests have not yet been conducted, and so silt can't be ruled out, many witnesses said that the substance had an oily smell.

Boston Hospital Performs Full Face Transplant

BOSTON - A Texas construction worker badly disfigured in a power line accident two years ago has received the nation's first full face transplant at a Boston hospital.

Expanding Charter Schools in Texas a Win, Win, Win

Shapiro's Senate Education Committee Addresses Allowing the Permanent School Fund to Back Charter School Bonds By Josie Duckett Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas - Senator Education Chair Florence Shapiro's legislation - SB 597 - would extend ...

Pinetop Perkins -- 'Last of the Great Delta Bluesmen' -- Dead at 97

Recent Grammy winner and longtime blues legend Pinetop Perkins passed away at the age of 97, on Monday. Reportedly, Perkins died in his Austin, Texas home after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Wisconsin Judge Maryann Sumi & Her (SEIU, AFL-CIO) Political Operative Son

On Friday, unions scored a temporary victory to maintain their ability to collect union dues from Wisconsin public employees when Judge Maryann Sumi (the same judge who refused to order striking teachers back to work in February) issued a ...

NHTSA Recommends Kids Stay in Car Seats, Boosters Longer

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has revised its child-safety seat guidelines to make them easier for parents to follow.

Does This Look Like the Face of a Man Who Went On A Shooting Spree At Taco Bell After They Raised the Price of the Beefy Crunchy Burrito from $.99 to $1.49?

Daily Mail - Faced with a price hike, most people would settle for a strongly-worded letter of complaint. But one Taco Bell customer was so enraged after his favourite Beefy Crunch Burrito went up by 50 cents that he allegedly tried to shoot the ...

Silver Linings in the Drop in Law School Applications?

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that law school applications are down 11.5% from last year after several years of growth.

Roundup of developers and apps to help Japan

The developer community is stepping up its offers of help to disaster-struck Japan with increasing ways to send money to those in need.

Michael McGregor Arrested In Connection With Fatal Shooting Near CU

BOULDER, Colo. - Police in Colorado have arrested a man in connection with the fatal shooting of a University of New Hampshire athlete.

Ex-Goldman Sachs Programmer Gets Eight Years For Stealing Codes

(Reuters) - A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) computer programmer was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday for stealing secret code used in the Wall Street bank's valuable high-frequency trading system.

The Omnibus Roundup – Shetlers, Prefab Yards, MAS Context and Things to See and Do

This week brought renewed controversy over the Atlantic Yards site, this time in prefab form. The New York Times reports that Forest City Ratner may erect a modular 34-story residential tower to meet low-income housing requirements at the site.

Workers express anger at Costa Mesa city leaders after suicide of colleague facing layoff

The suicide death of a Costa Mesa city employee facing a possible layoff has sparked mourning and anger at Costa Mesa City Hall. City maintenance worker Huy Pham jumped to his death from atop City Hall on Thursday, hours after the city ...

John Joe Thomas Killed 70-Year-Old Because Bible Told Him Homosexuals Must Be Stoned To Death

John Joe Thomas, a 28-year-old Philadelphia-area man, spent nearly every day with his friend Murray Joseph Seidman, a 70-year-old man born with brain damage, who valued the friendship so much he made Thomas the executor and sole beneficiary of ...

Synthetic Drug 2C-1 Kills Teen, Ten More Hospitalized

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Amid efforts by authorities to stop the use of illegal synthetic drugs, revelers at a spring break party in a Minneapolis suburb overdosed this week on the risky substances, leaving one dead, officials said on Saturday.

Artists Protest Abu Dhabi Guggenheim

As the New York Times recently reported, a group of over 130 international artists has announced plans to boycott the Guggenheim museum being constructed in Abu Dhabi on the grounds of unjust treatment of foreign laborers.

Hundreds attend peaceful rally to counter neo-Nazi event in Claremont

CLAREMONT - Hundreds of people attended a rally Saturday against hate. The Claremont for Peace rally was held at Memorial Park to counter a neo-Nazi rally by the National Socialist Movement.

Notorious Chicago Cop Reports to Prison

CHICAGO (CN) - Former Police Cmdr. Jon Burge began serving a 4½ year federal prison term Wednesday for lying about police torture.

Health Reform's Next Act: A Focus On Achieving Health Equity

Then President Barack Obama met with the nation's governors last month and offered to allow states to establish their own plans to reform health care in place of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, he insisted that states meet or ...

Raymond Clark, Yale Killing Suspect, Pleads Guilty To Murder Of Annie Le

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A former animal research technician pleaded guilty Thursday in the 2009 killing of a Yale University graduate student under an agreement with prosecutors that calls for a 44-year sentence.

DEA Seizes Georgia's Sketchy Stash of Lethal Injection Drug

The Drug Enforcement Agency seized Georgia's sketchy stash of sodium thiopental, an essential ingredient in the state's lethal injection cocktail.

Organ recipient infected with HIV in live donor transplant in NYC

The recipient of a kidney from a living donor unknowingly carrying HIV has contracted the virus, public health officials have confirmed.

Dreams From My Feijoa: Michelle Obama to Write Book About White House Garden

The first lady has signed with the Crown Publishing Group for a book about the garden she started on the South Lawn of the White House and the benefits of healthy eating.

Bruce Ratner Aggravates Construction Workers by Considering Modular Buildings at Atlantic Yards

While many Brooklynites and conservationists protested Bruce Ratner's massive Atlantic Yards project, one group that was steadfastly on his side was construction workers.

DOJ Accuses New Orleans Police of Misconduct

The Justice Department has issued a blistering report accusing the New Orleans Police Department of a litany of misconduct, ranging from shooting unarmed people following Hurricane Katrina to poorly training their K-9 unit to a point that dogs ...

Petey Pablo Pleads Guilty to Stolen Gun Charge

On September 11, 2010, Petey Pablo attempted to board a plane with a 9mm handgun hidden in his carry-on luggage. After being indicted by a grand jury, the North Carolina native plead guilty Wednesday (March 16) to possession of a stolen firearm.

LivingSocial’s Newest Deal: Matching Donations to Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief

LivingSocial, Groupon's largest and most prominent competitor, has launched a new daily deal across its entire network to raise money for relief efforts in Japan.

TSA made mistakes with X-ray body scanners, subjecting people to 10x the radiation promised

The Transportation Security Administration is re-analyzing the radiation levels of X-ray body scanners installed in airports nationwide, after testing produced dramatically higher-than-expected results.

Red Cross Japan Fund

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What Is Your Health Reform IQ?

by Stuart Shapiro From canards like “death panel” to crazy talk and untruths like “government takeover of health care” few pieces of legislation have been willfully and mistakenly characterized as often as the Affordable Care Act.

Anil Kumar Has A Message For Raj: "Look Who's Laughing Now!"

In the morning session of his testimony on the witness stand in front of the defense, Anil Kumar heard Raj Rajaratnam and Rajat Gupta trashing him behind his back.

NYC Bus Crashes On New Jersey Turnpike, Killing 2

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Police said they will examine the wreckage of a luxury tour bus on Tuesday to help determine what caused it to crash as it traveled from New York City's Chinatown to Philadelphia, killing the driver and a passenger.

Alzheimer's in US claims $202 billion in unpaid care

Alzheimer's affects more than 26 million people globally and can stretch on for years, slowly robbing patients of their mind and memories.

DEA Apparently Has An Issue With Georgia Buying It’s Lethal Injection Drugs From An Unlicensed Pharmacy In The Back Of A London Driving School

The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized Georgia's supply of a key execution drug over questions about how it was imported to the United States.

Even Jewish Prayer Rituals can get you Mistaken as a Terrorist

Three Jewish Mexican passengers caused a security scare on March 13 after their Jewish prayer ritual was confused by flight attendants as a possible Muslim suicide chant.

Bus Driver In Crash That Killed 15 Did Prison Time For Manslaughter

New York - The Bronx bus driver who crashed in a horrific accident that killed 15 has done prison time for manslaughter and forgery in the past.

Florida – Miami Dade Voters Recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez

Florida - Miami-Dade County residents have voted to remove Mayor Carlos Alvarez from office. Residents cast their ballots in favor of recalling Alvarez on Tuesday amid mounting frustration over a property tax rate increase and simultaneous ...

Crescent City Struggles To Deal With Tsunami Aftermath

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. - Harbor crews are assessing the damage caused by powerful tsunami surges that pounded this northern California port, sinking or damaging dozens of boats and wreaking havoc on port facilities.

El Segundo Helicopter Crash Seriously Injures Pilot

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Authorities say a helicopter lifting a load at an office complex near Los Angeles has crashed and caught fire, seriously injuring the pilot.

Arrest Warrant Issued for 'Kill Bill' Star

Cops are on the hunt for " Kill Bill" star Michael Madsen ... who allegedly owes around $570,000 in child and spousal support debts ... TMZ has learned. According to court documents, Madsen failed to show up for a hearing in his ...

NYPD Veteran Officer Alain Schaberger Pushed to Death by Ex-Con George Villanueva During Domestic Disturbance Call

Veteran New York police officer Alain Schaberger dies after being pushed and falling nearly nine feet by ex-con George Villanueva during domestic disturbance call in Brooklyn.

Religious Jews’ Tefillin (Once Again) Causes Flight to Be Met By FBI Agents

Pilots on an Alaska Airlines flight from Mexico City to Los Angeles became (for lack of a better word) freaked out when Jewish passengers on their plane began putting on tefillin (small boxes that Jews tie around their arms with leather straps ...

Nassau County Cop Geoffrey Breitkopf Shot & Killed by MTA Officer During Domestic Disturbance Call in Massapequa, Suspect Anthony DiGeronimo Also Killed

Nassau county, NY, police officer Geoffrey Breitkopf killed by MTA officer in case of mistaken identity during domestic disturbance call, knife-wielding suspect Anthony DiGeronimo also killed.

A Gruesome Account of the Bronx Bus Crash

New accounts are coming out of yesterday's Bronx bus crash that killed 14. The bus, which had been traveling from Connecticut's Mohegan Sun casino to Chinatown, overturned on the New England Thruway in the Bronx, killing 14 of its 33 passengers.

2 Va. deputies fatally shot, suspect killed

AP VANSANT, Va. - A gunman opened fire on sheriff's deputies responding to a robbery call at a rural salvage yard on Sunday, killing two and injuring two others before being killed in a shootout, Virginia State Police said.

Even NAACP Is Opposed to Lowering Test Standards

DAYTON -- "The Dayton Police Department is lowering its testing standards for recruits. It's a move required by the US Department of Justice The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations after it says not enough African-Americans passed the exam.

At State-Run Homes, Abuse and Impunity

Nearly 40 years after New York emptied its scandal-ridden warehouses for the developmentally disabled, the far-flung network of small group homes that replaced them operates with scant oversight and few consequences for employees who abuse the ...

Golden Gate Bridge Jumper Survives Plunge

SAN FRANCISCO - A California high school student visiting the Golden Gate Bridge on a Thursday morning field trip climbed over a railing, jumped - possibly on a dare by fellow classmates - and somehow survived the 220-foot plunge into San ...

Japan tsunami: Waves of 30-40cm reach New Zealand - Japan tsunami

Via the NZ Herald News: Japan tsunami: Waves of 30-40cm reach New Zealand - Japan tsunami. Excerpt: Waves hitting New Zealand from the Japanese earthquake-generated tsunami have increased in height to about 40cm this morning, Civil Defence says.

It Takes Al Jazeera to Report on BP Oil Spill Sickness

I've heard the American media described accurately at a bunch of 7 year-olds at a youth soccer game. There's nothing strategic about the game; all the kids chase the soccer ball in a pack.

It Had To Happen Sooner Or Later: FDA Slaps J&J With A Consent Decree For Permanent Injunction

The US Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced that a consent decree of permanent injunction has been filed against McNeil-PPC, the consumer products division of Johnson and Johnson, and two of its senior executives, for “failing to ...

Tsunami warning for Bay Area after 8.9 quake in Japan

The National Weather Service has issued a tsunami warning for Northern California, following last night's magnitude 8.9 quake off the coast of Japan.

Daylight Saving's Time: One Man's Noon is Another's 11:50

Don't forget to change the clocks this weekend. Perhaps Howard Mansfield's op-ed in today's New York Times will remind you. This is a nice historical piece on time zones and daylight savings time in American history.

SXSW 2011: The music stories to watch

Part industry gathering and part spring break party, festival/conference South by Southwest Music will experience something of a growth spurt in 2011.

Less Talk and More Action on Gulf Coast Drilling

Administration officials, and not least the President himself, insist they want to have a good faith dialogue with Gulf Coast community and business leaders.

Ex-Federal Judge Jack Camp Sentenced to 30 Days For Drug Use

Former federal judge Jack Camp of Georgia was sentenced to 30 days in prison today, 400 hours of community service and he must pay the costs of prosecution.

Tsunami: Crescent City harbor destroyed; 4 people swept into sea, 1 feared dead [Updated]

Eight-foot waves from the Japan tsunami destroyed much of Crescent City harbor, battered boats, closed the 101 Freeway and left one person missing.

Alleged Arizona Shooter Jared Lee Loughner Pleads Not Guilty To 49 Federal Charges

Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused of fatally shooting six people and wounding 13 others, including US Representative Gabrielle Giffords at an Arizona supermarket on January 8, has pleaded not guilty to a new,expanded 49-count indictment, RadarOnline.

FDA approves Human Genome's Benlysta for lupus

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Benlysta, a treatment for lupus from Human Genome Sciences .

$3/1 SalonPas Pain Relief Patches Coupon = FREE at CVS

You can print a new coupon for $3/1 SalonPas Pain Relief patches. You can find the four-count boxes for a little less than $3 at CVS and possibly other stores like Walmart and Target.

California Census 2010: Hispanics RULE

Latino children for the first time made up a majority of California's under-18 population in 2010, as Hispanics grew to 37.6% of residents in the nation's most populous state.

Brad Lander and Park Slope Residents Rally For Prospect Park West Bike Lane

City Council Member Brad Lander, joined by Park Slope community leaders, defended the Prospect Park West bike lane in the wake of yesterday's lawsuit.

Catholic Church Suspends 21 Priests For Allegations of Child Abuse

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has suspended 21 priests for involvement in the sexual abuse of minors. The suspensions come after a grand jury found that 37 priests in the diocese were implicated in such abuse.

Latin Music Guide to SXSW 2011

There may be no better place to experience the breadth and depth of Latin American music than South by Southwest. Austin is a deeply bicultural city, and SXSW has addressed this in all aspects of its programming.

Countless millions of dead fish found floating in Redondo Beach harbor

(NaturalNews) In what is perhaps the most startling and disturbing mass animal die-off yet, countless millions of dead anchovies were found this morning floating in King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach, Calif.

NEW YORK: Anti-Gay Sen. Carl Kruger To Surrender On Corruption Charges

Tomorrow morning anti-gay New York state Sen. Carl Kruger will surrender to federal authorities on charges that he accepted campaign donations in return for favors doled out to powerful businessmen.

MLK Day Parade Bomber Suspect Arrested

SPOKANE, Wash. - A man accused of leaving a sophisticated bomb along a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade route in Spokane is known to an organization that tracks hate groups.

Joran Van der Sloot To Plead Guilty in Death of of Stephany Flores in Peru … To Plead Temporary Insanity

Joran Van der Sloot is supposed to plead guilty in the death of 21 year old Stephany Flores in Peru. According to his attorney, Joran Van der Slootacted in a fit of rage and will plead guilty of manslaughter.

New York – Video: New 9/11 Helicopter Footage Shows WTC Towers Up Close

New York - It's a heart-breaking bird's eye view of New York's worst tragedy. Nearly 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, a shocking and powerful 17-minute video taken by an NYPD helicopter on that fateful day surfaced Monday on the web.

Lady GaGa Sues Over Breast Milk Icecream Supposedly Named After Her

Page Six: Even Lady Gaga has limits - and putting her name on ice cream made from human breast milk appears to cross them. The most outrageous pop star on the planet is suing a London ice-cream shop for trademark infringement after it began ...

The live sex show at Northwestern University was a dumb idea

Professor J. Michael Bailey had a really dumb idea and now he's apologizing for it. The daft Northwestern University prof allowed a man to use a sex toy on his girlfriend after a class in "Human Sexuality.

Congressional Delegation Gathers at City Hall to Brace for GOP Budget Cuts

A number of members of the New York City Congressional delegation gathered at City Hall this afternoon to discuss with Mayor Bloomberg and members of his administration strategies to blunt some of the cuts being proposed by the Republican House ...

Beyonce Teaming Up With Michelle Obama For Let's Move! Campaign

The National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation (NABEF) has announced that it is spearheading a “Let's Move! Flash Workout” featuring 16-time Grammy Award winner Beyoncé to demonstrate support for First Lady Michelle Obama's ...

Does Whitney Houston Enable Daughter Bobbi Kristina's Cocaine Use?!

The National Enquirer reported last week that Bobbi Kristina Brown has been caught doing cocaine, and although she's since publicly denied any drug use, the tabloid has revealed now that not only is this false, but that her mother, Whitney ...

Catholic church official faces criminal charges for protecting dozens of pedophile priests

In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, Monsignor William Lynn is shown. Lynn, the former secretary of clergy under Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, is charged with felony endangerment according to a grand ...

(VIDEO) Kilauea Volcano Erupts in Hawaii (2011)

by the Left Coast Rebel AP video of the Kilauea eruption: The Kilauea volcano, one of five volcanoes that form the Big Island of Hawaii, has erupted putting on a spectacular display of flowing molten rock.

Missing: Marizela Perez

She is a University of Washington undergrad and she has been missing since Saturday afternoon, when she left the Rainier Beach neighborhood headed to the UW Seattle campus.

Mom Charged After Body Of 3-Year-Old Son Found In Oven

A Mississippi mother was arrested Wednesday when authorities found her 3-year-old son's body in an electric oven. The coroner reported that the child had been burned in the oven, but an autopsy was ordered to determine whether he died before or ...

Border patrol agent equipped with BEAN BAGS shot dead by illegal alien

The Obama administration equipped Border Patrol with bean bags, and the illegals shot back at them with real bullets. Because the Obama administration is lousy on border security, or national security for that matter.

Candidate for Bell City Council dies days before election

Miguel Alejandro Sanchez, a longtime Bell resident and candidate for the City Council, has died. He was 34. Sanchez was pronounced dead Friday afternoon from complications of an unknown illness at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, ...

Amateur Video; Women Protesters Gunned Down, Ivory Coast

*GRAPHIC*Army guns down women protesting against Laurent Gbagbo. Gunfire starts @ around 3:40 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — At least six women were shot dead here on Thursday as they protested against the continued rule of Laurent Gbagbo, ...

March 6, 1836. The Alamo. Remember?

“One hundred and seventy-five years ago, on March 6, 1836, some two hundred American immigrants died trying to secure the liberation of Texas from the sovereign nation of Mexico.

Iams Mail In Rebate: Buy one, Get One Free

Buy one bag of pet food, get one free with the Iams Mail in Rebate. Purchase one bag of Iams Dry Cat Food (1.8 lb. or larger) or Iams Dry Dog Food (2 lbs.

Is ATF gun-running operation a ploy to demonize US gun rights? [Reader Post]

Agent Dodson and other sources say the gun walking strategy was approved all the way up to the Justice Department. The idea was to see where the guns ended up, build a big case and take down a cartel.

Is 20-year-old Mexican female chief seeking asylum in US?

By Aileen B. Flores El Paso Times EL PASO, Texas - A city official of the town of Praxedis G. Guerrero denied police chief Marisol Valles Garcia is asking asylum in the US Valles Garcia, 20, made international headlines last year when she ...

Lady Gaga takes on Baby Gaga in breast milk ice-cream battle

The planet's most flamboyantly dressed pop star is threatening legal action against British manufacturers of the world's most bizarrely flavoured ice-cream.

Hazelnuts recalled because of E. coli threat

WASHINGTON (AP) - Certain packaged and bulk containers of in-shell hazelnuts and mixed nuts made by DeFranco Sons of Los Angeles have been recalled because they could contain E. coli bacteria.

New York City Passes Law Requiring Disclosures By Crisis Pregnancy Centers

The New York Times reports that yesterday New York City Council passed Int. No. 371 which requires crisis pregnancy centers that do not provide abortion or contraceptive services to disclose these facts (in Spanish and English) on a sign in ...

Mayor elect Rahm Emanuel to meet with Obama on Friday at the White House

WASHINGTON--Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel will make his first return to the White House since he left as President Obama's Chief of Staff on Friday, as he spends the next two weekends here to be with his family--now that the campaign is over.

Robert Levinson, Ex-FBI Agent Who Vanished In Iran, Is Alive, According To US

WASHINGTON - Four years after a retired FBI agent mysteriously vanished inside Iran, US officials have received irrefutable proof he is alive, a dramatic development that has sharply intensified secret negotiations to bring him home, The ...

If Texas College Students Can't Carry Guns Then No One Is Safe [Crazies]

Texas is only the most stereotypical of the nine states currently debating whether to allow students to carry guns on college campuses.

Phoenix police chief reassigned amid stats review

PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix officials have reassigned the city's police chief amid scrutiny over kidnapping statistics that were used to win a federal grant.

The Public Sector Premium for School Teachers Is As High as 100% for Less Than a BA Degree

The chart above is based on Department of Education data available here for the 2007-2008 school year comparing average salaries for public and private school teachers at the elementary and secondary level.

Bishop Eddie Long's New Birth Cuts Salaries & Eliminates Staff Members [Video]

The drama continues for Biship Eddie Long as its been reported that his New Birth Missionary Baptist Church has laid off two-full time ployees and will be reducing salaries by 10%.

Good News! Tape From Wisconsin Protest Signs Could Cost $7.5 Million In Damages

State officials said Thursday that damage to the marble inside and out the State Capitol would cost an estimated $7.5 million. Cari Anne Renlund, chief legal counsel for the state Department of Administration, said in Dane County court that ...

Wife’s Charity Offers Corporate Tie to a Governor

WASHINGTON — Louisiana’s biggest corporate players, many with long agendas before the state government, are restricted in making campaign contributions to Gov.

Northwestern University Defends Sex-Toy Demonstration

EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern University's president says he is troubled that a psychology professor allowed a couple to engage in a sex act involving a motorized sex toy in front of dozens of students and is calling for an investigation.

Following suicide of student Tyler Clementi, Rutgers to allow male, female students to shack up

AP NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ -- New Jersey's largest university will offer a gender-neutral housing program in three dorms that aims to make the campus more inclusive for gay students.

White House Releases First Comprehensive Federal Report on the Status of American Women in Almost 50 Years

WASHINGTON - Today, the White House released a new report entitled Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being, a statistical portrait showing how women are faring in the United States today and how their lives have changed over time.

Hang with Blogger @ SXSW2011

The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas is just around the corner, and once again Team Blogger will be on the scene and hoping to mingle with as many of you as we possibly can.

Proposed Budget Cuts Shared Revenue, School Aids, UW System, Maintenance of Effort for Public Libraries

Governor Walker introduced the 2011-13 Executive State Budget in an address to a joint legislative session Tuesday at 4 pm He outlined cuts to shared revenue totaling $96 million in fiscal year 2012, and capped local levy increases at the ...

'Food Terrorism By Mice': Pizzeria Owner Nabbed For Sabotaging Rivals

UPPER DARBY, Pa. - A pizzeria owner with mice problems he blamed on competitors tried to sabotage two rival shops by dumping mice in them Monday, authorities in suburban Philadelphia said.

Gun in ICE agent's death traced to Texas man

AP DALLAS - Federal investigators say the gun used to kill a US immigration agent in Mexico has been traced to a Dallas-area man. Agents of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested the man and two other suspected gun ...

Texas DPS urges spring breakers to avoid Mexico because of drug cartel violence

In light of the continued drug cartel violence raging in Mexico, particularly the border areas, the Texas Department of Public Safety has put out an advisory urging folks to think twice before heading across the Rio Grande to whoop it up on Spring Break.

Fake Pot is Now Illegal Via DEA Emergency Ban on Chemicals Used to Make It

K2, Spice, Blaze and Red X Dawn are some of the products mentioned below and users smoke the contents for the buzz. Emergency rooms across the US have been experiencing patients with over doses of the “fake pot”.

Women drivers hit by ECJ ruling

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has issued a ruling preventing insurers from charging different motor insurance premiums based on gender, the BBC has reported.

Free Pancakes as IHOP Celebrates National Pancake Day

How else do you celebrate National Pancake Day 2011 but with free pancakes at IHOP? Today, Tuesday is Pancake Day in America and across the land, from 7am till 10pm, the International House of Pancakes is offering free pancakes.