In France, some rouge states are about to turn bleu.
This past week, at dinner with my host family, the topic of the ongoing French regional elections came up. The streets of Paris have been littered with campaign posters for every party imaginable, one for every shade of political belief.
Earlier this month, students, concerned citizens and members of the press crammed into a hearing room on Capitol Hill. Before them sat Senator Mark Pryor, D-Ark., who apparently represented an entire subcommittee of the Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security. He convened a hearing about ongoing corruption problems among the agencies tasked with protecting American borders.
The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists said Sunday.
The Web’s impact was made clear at the meeting of the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES. Delegates voted overwhelmingly Sunday to ban the trade of the Kaiser’s spotted newt, which the World Wildlife Fund said has been devastated by the Internet trade.
U.S. Rep. Baron Hill said Saturday that he will vote in favor of health care reform legislation being considered by Congress because the measure addresses his concerns about taxpayer-funded abortions and deficit reduction.
A pair of House Democratic leaders predicted Sunday the final tally on President Barack Obama’s historic health care bill will meet or exceed the 216 votes required for passage. But they acknowledged having yet to nail down commitments from a handful of members, some of whom remained concerned about the abortion issue.
A series of aftershocks from last month’s devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged coastal residents to move to higher ground in case of a tsunami.
The strongest aftershock, magnitude 6.9, was nearly as strong as the quake that devastated Haiti on Jan. 12. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.
The Chilean Navy issued a tsunami warning while the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the aftershocks were too small to cause dangerous waves beyond Chile’s central coast.
Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer
to uniform — and more rigorous — standards Wednesday as drafts of new
national guidelines were released.
Supporters of the project led by the National Governors Association and
the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) hope the lists of
things kids should learn at each grade level will replace a patchwork
of systems across the country.
A grand jury indicted four members of an assisted suicide group Tuesday on charges that they helped cancer patient John Celmer, kill himself.
The Final Exit Network’s former president Thomas E. Goodwin, ex-medical director Dr. Lawrence D. Egbert, regional coordinator Nicholas Alec Sheridan and member Claire Blehr are charged with offering assistance in the commission of suicide, tampering with evidence and violating state anti-racketeering charges.
Accused of killing two people, Floyd Wayne Williams Jr. wants the charges dropped — or at least his trial delayed — until the 2010 Census is done so a jury more accurately reflecting the county’s racial makeup can be chosen. Williams, who is black, is to be tried in Atlanta’s Clayton County, which has seen a surge in black residents since the 2000 Census.
One bride wore a knee-length lace dress and pearls. The other bride
wore a yellow shirt and white suit. And when a pastor pronounced them
“partners in life this day and for always” Tuesday they hugged and
smiled as wedding guests and nearly a dozen TV cameras and reporters
looked on.
Tuesday was the first day same-sex couples could marry in Washington,
D.C. Brides Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend were the first of
three couples taking the plunge in morning ceremonies at the offices of
the Human Rights Campaign, which does advocacy work on gay, lesbian and
transgender issues.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio State University janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a maintenance building for his early morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one and fatally shooting himself.
The small West African country of Togo re-elcted its national leader Thursday when Faure Gnassingbe won with 1.2 million votes.
Gnassingbe has been the President of Togo since 2005, following the
death of his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, and his family has lead Togo
for more than 40 years.
Virginia’s attorney general has advised the state’s public colleges
they don’t have the authority to ban discrimination based on sexual
orientation, saying only the General Assembly has that power.
The letter sent by Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli to state college
officials Thursday drew swift criticism from Democrats and gay rights
activists.
As nature ushers in spring with warmer weather and longer days, people
all over India and Indian diaspora populations around the world
celebrate the beginning of March with Holi, the festival of colors.
Christian-based texts dominate a growing home-school education market that encompasses more than 1.5 million U.S. students. And a Bible-based version of Earth’s creation is just what most home-school parents want. 2007 federal statistics show 83 percent of home-schooling parents want to give their children “religious or moral instruction.”
With Democrats in control, Congress seems increasingly willing to loosen its grip on Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s city and allow it to function more like a state — no laughing matter for its some 600,000 city residents.
A firestorm about racially and ethnically charged incidents at several University of California campuses spread Tuesday as UC San Diego announced a KKK-style hood was found on campus and students in Los Angeles and Irvine demonstrated against intolerance.
In America, shopping for food is fairly simple. One can travel to the grocery store once every two weeks to stock up on provisions. In Italy, just figuring out which cheeses to purchase at the local market can be a daunting task.
As I sat at the outdooring (baby naming) ceremony, I couldn’t help but notice the intense interactions between tradition and modernity in Ghanaian society.
Senior Stephanie Foreman was at a club listening to Justin Timberlake blare through the speakers when she began to feel the ground shake below her. At first she thought the vibration was from the people around her jumping, but soon she realized nobody was jumping as the ground began to increasingly tremble.
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