HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – David Paterson has launched a campaign for a full four-year term as New York’s governor.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama personally welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House Thursday and lauded his goals for the Tibetan people, but he kept their get-together off-camera and low-key in an attempt to avoid inflaming tensions with China.
Via: BoingBoing.Com According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools’ administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their families. The issue […]
VIA: FOXNEWS.COM The boyfriend of one of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s daughters was charged Thursday with punching her in the face and shoving her out of a car, but a defense lawyer said the boyfriend hurled nothing more than words at her.
WWW.CNN.COM Air travelers already have to deal with unruly passengers, excessively talkative ones and many other types who make flying miserable.
Via: CNN.com An Austin, Texas, resident with an apparent grudge against the Internal Revenue Service set his house on fire Thursday and then crashed a small plane into a building housing an IRS office with nearly 200 employees, officials said. Federal authorities identified the pilot of the Piper Cherokee PA-28 as Joseph Andrew Stack, 53. […]
VIA: CNN.COM There was no profanity, no hate. Just the words, “I love my friends Abby and Faith. Lex was here 2/1/10 :)” scrawled on the classroom desk with a green marker.
From USAToday.com: Is each White House tweet one for the record books?
VIA: WRAL.COM More than 1,600 students dropped out of the Wake County Public School System last year, and one organization is fighting that trend.
VIA: WRAL.COM Durham police arrested Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Gale Mangum, 33, late Wednesday after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend, set his clothes on fire in a bathtub and threatened to stab him.
VIA: WWW.WNCN.COM The North Carolina Division of Environmental Health held a pubic hearing Tuesday about proposed amendments to a rule regarding pets in restaurants.
VIA: WWW.WRAL.COM A former aide to two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Tuesday that he has replaced his legal team, adding attorneys with civil court experience.