A lone gunman opened fire at a Bay County, Fla. school board meeting Tuesday afternoon, taking aim at the school’s superintendent but injuring him, as shots were fired. a security guard returned fire and the suspect ended up fatally shooting himself. Clay A. Duke, 56, shot himself to death after exchanging gunfire Tuesday with Bay [...]
In a Washington hospital on Monday Richard Holbrook, the famous American diplomat, died of a torn aorta. Among his colleagues in the Department of State he was better known by the nickname of ‘Bulldozer’ and ‘Raging Bull’ because of his dramatic and sometimes uncompromising style of work. On Friday afternoon 69-year-old U.S. special envoy for [...]
A former Washington DC Education Chancellor, controversial for her clashes with the teacher’s union during her tenure, recently launched a national organization called “Students First”. The objective of the group is to promote education reform and be an advocate for parents, teachers, and students who feel alone against established bureaucracy. The announcement was made on [...]
The greatest difficulty facing the ratification of any deal regarding emissions control is the home front in the United States. According to Todd Stern, the Special Envoy representing American interests, China’s recent move may help facilitate US participation in an international treaty to fight global warming. Around 200 countries are supporting modest measures. China, one [...]
The Dream Act passed the House of Representatives by a close margin. The Senate’s Republicans have vowed to obstruct this bill and several others like the Social Security (S. 3985) bill, which would provide senior retirees with a cost of living adjustment; the collective bargaining (S.3991) bill, aimed at protecting the right of public safety [...]
For Several days government entities and large companies, which utilize the internet for business, have gone to considerable length to close down WikiLeaks. It started with the deactivation of its primary web address due to Amazon’s discontinuing their service citing breach of the terms and conditions. This was followed by PayPal deciding to stop receiving [...]
Oil traded at above 88 dollars per barrel after jobless claims in the US lowered and fueled optimism for an economic recovery that would boost demand for fuel in the world’s largest oil-consuming country. Jonathan Barratt, who is the managing director of the Commodity Broking Services Pty based in Sydney, says “the market is reading [...]
The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange last Tuesday in Britain has complicated efforts by the US to extradite and try him for disclosing confidential documents which has caused embarrassment and strained US international relations. Assange has been both called worldwide as a dangerous agent for releasing secret documents and as a champion for the [...]
Last Tuesday, a federal judge threw out the lawsuit filed against the placement of a Yemeni cleric into “kill-or-capture” terrorist link of Al-Qaeda. Anwar al-Aulaqi, the said Yemeni cleric, is a propagandist and plotter of the Al-Qaeda. He is also a US citizen. US District Judge John D. Bates ruled that the father of the [...]
Among the ranks of long time breast cancer survivors she became a public figure when her husband, John Edwards ran for the US Presidency in 2004. Today, despite her passing on December 6th at age 61, she has left a memory of strength of character and dignity that people can take courage and inspiration from. [...]