| “(They're) the only age bracket with default rates in the double digits, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.” The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's website offers an info-graphic that shows the differences among various age groups on ... |  Deseret News |
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Defaults on student loans skyrocket among senior citizens
Defaults on student loans skyrocket among senior citizens:
Provo tops nation as best large metro for 'successful aging'
Provo tops nation as best large metro for 'successful aging': ... best large metro areas in the nation for "successful aging" include many of the usual suspects: New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. But at tip top of the list, unexpectedly, is Provo — the metro area with the lowest percentage of senior citizens ...
Haiti - Education : Training workshop on public procurement
Haiti - Education : Training workshop on public procurement:
| Monday, the National Commission on Government Procurement (CNMP) has officially launched a training workshop on procurement, which brought together, at the Karibe Convention Center, more than a hundred executives of the State participated. |  Haitilibre.com |
Miami Pastor Jack Hakimian Agrees to Take Part in Forum on Gays and Religion
Miami Pastor Jack Hakimian Agrees to Take Part in Forum on Gays and Religion
If you follow LGBT news, chances are you've seen the name Jack Hakimian
in the last month or so. Pastor Hakimian made headlines for some of his
sermons, where he compares homosexuality to drug abuse and witchcraft.
Then, he got a slap on the wrist by ...
Nursing homes not prepared for gay seniors
Nursing homes not prepared for gay seniors: "Gen Silent," a one-hour documentary by California director Stu Maddox, allows elderly gay nursing home residents, and their caregivers, to tell their stories of mistreatment and lack of acceptance, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports. In a scene in ...
Mexico: Cautious Hope in Battle Against Transnational Organized Crime
Mexico: Cautious Hope in Battle Against Transnational Organized Crime: The violence brought about in Mexico's drug war may finally be reaching a plateau. At least that is the hope of many, as the nation continues its sixth year of its battle against transnational organized crime. In an announcement last week, Mexican ...
Mexico's Real Movement for Democracy
Mexico's Real Movement for Democracy: The Pentagon-driven Mexico policy requires a willing partner in the drug war. Mexican army troops are now stationed in strategic locations throughout the country, ostensibly to stop the flow of illegal drugs and capture drug kingpins. They have ...
ACLU files lawsuit, calls new Puerto Rico penal code 'unconstitutional'
ACLU files lawsuit, calls new Puerto Rico penal code 'unconstitutional'
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against Puerto Rico's
police chief and justice secretary, saying the island's new penal code
violates the constitutional right to freedom of expression. The lawsuit
comes a week after Gov. Luis ...
Venezuela's Inflation Slows For Seventh Straight Month
Venezuela's Inflation Slows For Seventh Straight Month: CARACAS--Venezuela has managed to wrestle its notoriously soaring inflation rate below the 20% mark in the month of July, the lowest annualized rate in several years, government officials announced Tuesday. Inflation slowed to 1.0% in July compared to ...
Buenos Aires crippled by metro strike
Buenos Aires crippled by metro strike: BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's capital was crippled for a fourth day Tuesday by a metro strike that shut down the city's subways and left roads gridlocked with commuters looking for alternate routes. The metro workers union is threatening to extend its ...
Southern Poverty Law Center Files Complaint Against Escambia Schools
Southern Poverty Law Center Files Complaint Against Escambia Schools:
| The Southern Poverty Law Center announced Tuesday morning that it has filed a series of federal civil rights complaints against Florida School Districts, including Escambia County. The complaints alleged that the districts subject African-American ... |  NorthEscambia.com |
A Coming Wave of Gay Marriage Electoral Victories?
A Coming Wave of Gay Marriage Electoral Victories?: The electoral process has not been kind to advocates of gay marriage. Again and again, states -- 32 in all -- have voted against it at the ballot box, even in liberal bastions like California, which passed Proposition 8 in 2008. The latest blow came in ...
Nursing homes not prepared for gay seniors
Nursing homes not prepared for gay seniors: "Gen Silent," a one-hour documentary by California director Stu Maddox, allows elderly gay nursing home residents, and their caregivers, to tell their stories of mistreatment and lack of acceptance, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports. In a scene in ...
Half of U.S. seniors die broke: report
Half of U.S. seniors die broke: report
Nearly half of all Americans reach the end of their lives “with
virtually no financial assets” after spending years dependent on Social
Security, a new study found.
Cuba's aging population will test economic reform
Cuba's aging population will test economic reform: The aging of Cuba's population has its roots in some of the core achievements of Fidel ... meals and social activities such as singing and dance classes.
America's Hand in China's Drug Detox Prisons
America's Hand in China's Drug Detox Prisons:
| Fu Lixin, an exhausted Chinese woman, made a momentary bad decision. A friend had offered her a "special cigarette," and instead of saying no, she took it. But the next day, she told the New York Times, policemen arrived at her door. "My friend had been arrested and turned me in," she said. "It was a drug test. I failed on the spot." |  The Atlantic |
The third annual Sato Reunion raises awareness for animal welfare in Puerto Rico
The third annual Sato Reunion raises awareness for animal welfare in Puerto Rico: Thanks to Project Animal Worldwide (PAW) and their partnerships formed with the Humane Society of Puerto Rico, amongst others, these happy dogs were rescued and able to celebrate their day in the sun. Project supporters and the general public also ...
Argentina Officially Recognizes Gay Couple's Son
Argentina Officially Recognizes Gay Couple's Son:
| Alejandro Grinblat and Carlos Gustavo Dermgerd, who have been together 13 years, are reported as being the first gay couple in Latin America to be legally recognized as the fathers of a baby. The couple's son, Tobias, was carried by a Canadian woman in ... |  On Top Magazine |
Puerto Rico turns to lottery to light up gray economy
Puerto Rico turns to lottery to light up gray economy: Both won their cars with numbered shop receipts used in Puerto Rico's fledgling government lottery aimed at food-cart sales and other tiny cash transactions in the Caribbean island's untaxed $14 billion gray economy. Urgently looking to boost revenue ...
Why you may retire in poverty
Why you may retire in poverty: The decline of pensions, the erosion of Social Security and the housing crash all are pointing toward a new crisis of poverty among lower- and middle-class seniors in the years ...
Two Watertown Students Taught and Learned During a Trip to Haiti
Two Watertown Students Taught and Learned During a Trip to Haiti: Watertown residents and MassBay students Rebecca Melnick and Maria Vasquez joined a group of faculty and students from MassBay Community College and UMass Boston which traveled to Haiti this past semester as part of a project to enhance ...
Venezuela's Olympic Hero Gets A Parade To Celebrate Long-Awaited Gold
Venezuela's Olympic Hero Gets A Parade To Celebrate Long-Awaited Gold
The streets of Caracas, Venezuela, were awash in joy Monday, as
fencer Rubén Limardo brought home the country's first gold medal in 44
years. That's right: the last time a Venezuelan Olympian won gold was in 1968. So, Limardo's fans could be forgiven ...
Children hide poverty to protect parents, study finds
Children hide poverty to protect parents, study finds: CHILDREN from poor families deny their own needs to protect their parents from blame and social stigma, a new study has shown. They claim not to like joining a sports team or going on a school excursion, which they know their families can't afford.
Native American tribe to run an A.C. casino
Native American tribe to run an A.C. casino: The tribe that runs the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut has a partnership deal to take over Atlantic City's oldest casino, Resorts, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. There had been questions about the casino's future after part-owner Dennis Gomes ...
Morales vows to fight Bolivia poverty
Morales vows to fight Bolivia poverty:
| The speech focused on his goals for fighting poverty and improving access to basic services by the time Bolivia celebrates its bicentennial in 2025, 200 years after the country gained independence from Spain. He also called for improved food security ... |  Aljazeera.com |
lunes, 6 de agosto de 2012
Former Puerto Rican Teacher Sentenced to 15 Years for Producing Child Porn
Former Puerto Rican Teacher Sentenced to 15 Years for Producing Child Porn
A former teacher at the Bayamon Military Academy in Puerto Rico
was sentenced to 15 years in prison in district court last week for
production of child pornography, following an investigation by U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland ...
Puerto Rico mayor plans to sleep on streets to prove his city is safe
Puerto Rico mayor plans to sleep on streets to prove his city is safe: San Juan, Puerto Rico's mayor says his streets are safe. And he'll sleep on them to prove it. Jorge Santini, the mayor of Puerto Rico's capital, said he and his family will spend several nights on a bus parked in different neighborhoods. He also plans ...
7 Inmates die in prison fire in Brazil
7 Inmates die in prison fire in Brazil: Seven inmates burned to death in a fire over the weekend at a prison farm in Rondonia, a state in northern Brazil, media reports said. The victims were in one of the restrooms when the fire started during visiting hours on Sunday, Rondonia Justice ...
Colombia: nothing like Brazil
Colombia: nothing like Brazil: “We have systematically and purposefully over-performed,” says Juan Carlos Echeverry, Colombia's finance minister. For him, it is a virtuous circle: confidence, which leads to job creation, which leads to poverty reduction. “Confidence in the economy ...
Florida ranks poorly in elderly life study
Florida ranks poorly in elderly life study: Anusuya Chatterjee, a co-author of the study, said South Florida ranked poorly in areas including crime rates, number of caregivers available for the elderly and percentage of hospitals with geriatric services. Dave Bruns, spokesman for AARP Florida ...
Chile Imacec Rises 6.2% on Year in June; Forecast Was +5.2%
Chile Imacec Rises 6.2% on Year in June; Forecast Was +5.2%: SANTIAGO, Chile--Despite expectations of a deceleration, the Chilean economy continues to expand at a robust pace, fueled by resilient domestic demand. The country's monthly economic activity index, or Imacec, grew 6.2% on the year in June, the central ...
Why does America have so many people in prison compared to other ...
Why does America have so many people in prison compared to other ...
I was going through the List of top international rankings by country
and started laughing pretty hysterically when I scrolled down to America and came across ...
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The War on Drugs, A Policeman's Perspective
The War on Drugs, A Policeman's Perspective:
| Mexico has reported 47515 people have died in the drug war since 2006, and an estimated one in eight prisoners incarcerated in the United States in 2006 were there for cannabis offenses. Phil Terhaar, a sergeant in the San Diego police department and a ... |  Independent Voter Network |
The Deceptive Gains of the War on Drugs
The Deceptive Gains of the War on Drugs:
| Former presidents Henrique Cardozo from Brazil, Colombia's Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, and Mexico's Ernesto Zedillo, have joined the Global Commission on Drug Policy in an attempt to reevaluate the current, and not so successful approach on the drug war. |  World Policy Institute (blog) |
Federal appeals court overturns death penalty of Oklahoma City man, cites ...
Federal appeals court overturns death penalty of Oklahoma City man, cites ...: OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal appeals court has overturned the death sentence of an Oklahoma City man convicted of killing his common-law wife and her fetus. The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver found that Victor Wayne Hooks did not receive ...
In search of camas, a Native American food staple
In search of camas, a Native American food staple: Skull Island sits in Massacre Bay, in Washington's San Juan archipelago. Here, in 1858, Haida raiders killed a band of Coast Salish and left the bones behind. I can think of other, perhaps more cheery spots to look for flowers, but Madrona Murphy's ...
Historic plant cultivation in Northwest native tribes
Historic plant cultivation in Northwest native tribes
The idea that the Coast Salish and other Northwest Native Americans cultivated plants was disputed until relatively recently. Famed anthropologist Franz Boas and his disciples argued that Native Americans didn't need to cultivate plants thanks to ...
Simplified Solutions of WNY Offers Key Tips on How to Qualify for Medicaid if ...
Simplified Solutions of WNY Offers Key Tips on How to Qualify for Medicaid if ...: Williamsville, NY (PRWEB) August 06, 2012. Simplified Solutions of WNY, a trusted resource for senior citizens in New York, recently offered key information to educate married couples on how to utilize Medicaid allowances to help cover nursing home costs.
2nd Cuban offshore oil well also a bust
2nd Cuban offshore oil well also a bust: HAVANA (AP) - Cuba says that a second exploratory offshore oil well has proved unviable, dealing another setback to the island's dreams of petroleum riches. A statement published Monday in Communist Party newspaper Granma says the drilling operation ...
No death penalty for inmates charged in slaying
No death penalty for inmates charged in slaying: (AP) - Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty for two inmates charged with killing an Ohio businessman in Mississippi after they escaped from a prison work program in Louisiana. Sheila Wilbanks, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's ...
Judge rules death penalty can be sought against NE Pa. man accused of killing ...
Judge rules death penalty can be sought against NE Pa. man accused of killing ...: A judge has ruled that prosecutors in northeastern Pennsylvania may continue to seek the death penalty against a man accused of having killed two people and buried their bodies on his property more than a decade ago. Hugo Selenski, 38, is charged in ...
Death penalty upheld in 1984 case of double slaying
Death penalty upheld in 1984 case of double slaying: The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for Las Vegas killer Randolph Moore who has had three penalty hearings in the shooting of a middle-age couple in 1984. The court rejected the arguments there were errors made in jury selection, ...
Plant compound slows breast cancer; Prozac may have anti-viral properties ...
Plant compound slows breast cancer; Prozac may have anti-viral properties ...
From California - Eye conditions such as glaucoma and cataracts are associated with an increased risk of fractures in the elderly. A report in JAMA examined data on over 1 million men and women over 65, diagnosed with cataracts. During the study ...
Alzheimer's More Aggressive in Younger Elderly
Alzheimer's More Aggressive in Younger Elderly:
| Alzheimers More Aggressive in Younger Elderly New research shows that Alzheimer's disease hits people in their 60s and 70s harder than people who are 80 years and older. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine note ... |  PsychCentral.com |
Elder financial abuse allegations leveled against California woman ...
Elder financial abuse allegations leveled against California woman ...
Elder financial abuse is a very serious type of abuse. Such elder abuse can cause a great deal of harm to elderly indivi.
Florida Gov. promises funding for nursing homes
Florida Gov. promises funding for nursing homes: Florida Governor Rick Scott promised adequate funding for nursing homes at a conference for providers of elderly care, but protesters criticized his opposition to President Obama's health care overhaul and his refusal to enforce some of its provisions.
We're taking aim at elderly exploitation
We're taking aim at elderly exploitation
In Florida during that same period the population over 65 grew
only 16.4 percent. All of this is good news. More of us are living long
enough to become senior citizens. But, it also underscores additional
responsibilities for law enforcement and the ...
1.2 Million Dollar Grant To Help Clark County School District
1.2 Million Dollar Grant To Help Clark County School District:
| ccsd las vegas school. LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of more than $1.2 million in grants to school districts in California, Florida, Nevada and New York to train arts educators serving high-poverty schools. |  CBS Local |
Program will answer what poverty is like
Program will answer what poverty is like: Bridges to Circles of Bay County, a program offered by Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida, is holding a Poverty Simulation 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 21. Barbara Moore, Circles Campaign community organizer, said the program helps those who have never ...
Awareness of climate change risks are low
Awareness of climate change risks are low
SANTO DOMINGO (IPS) - One of the major difficulties to overcome in climate change adaptation policies in the Dominican Republic is society's low awareness of the risks, even though the country is seriously exposed to the impacts of the phenomenon.
domingo, 5 de agosto de 2012
Hispanic unemployment rate up as more Latinos without jobs
Hispanic unemployment rate up as more Latinos without jobs: Bad news: More Latinos are unemployed, proportionately, than the population as a whole. And even though the Hispanic unemployment rate dropped from 11 percent in June to 10.3 in July, it is still two points higher than the general public, which rose ...
Colombian leader vows to cut poverty rate below 10 pct
Colombian leader vows to cut poverty rate below 10 pct: ... percent in 2010, which means 1.2 million people were lifted out of poverty in that period. Colombia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America, and poverty reduction was a key campaign promise of Santos, who was now half way into his four ...
TO company provides school supplies to Haitian kids
TO company provides school supplies to Haitian kids: Gavin said he saw little evidence of school infrastructure in Haiti, and it was only through the dedication of teachers, volunteers and church groups that children received any education at all. Gavin is heading to Haiti again to distribute 33000 books ...
Cuba Takes Another Foreign Hostage
Cuba Takes Another Foreign Hostage: Photo: Associated Press. If human-rights advocates had the technology to create, in a laboratory, the perfect dissident to challenge Cuba's military dictatorship in Havana, they couldn't do better than what God made in Payá. The 60-year-old pacifist ...
Argentina pays debt crisis bond's last $2.2b quota
Argentina pays debt crisis bond's last $2.2b quota: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez says international banks have played her people for fools. Her government paid its final $2.2 billion quota Friday to cancel a bond issued a decade ago when money fled the country as ...
Buenos Aires offers lessons in tango and the dance's rich history
Buenos Aires offers lessons in tango and the dance's rich history:
| There are many tango instructors and schools in Buenos Aires, mostly recommended by word of mouth. Depending on the instructor and type of lesson – group or private – rates vary widely. Many of the top teachers are bilingual, and travel to the United ... |  NorthJersey.com |
Venezuela Presidential Elections: Thumbprint Readers Stir Vote Fairness Fears
Venezuela Presidential Elections: Thumbprint Readers Stir Vote Fairness Fears: CARACAS, Venezuela — With President Hugo Chavez in his tightest re-election race yet, some of his opponents are warning that the use of thumbprint readers at Venezuelan ballot boxes could scare away voters, adding to fears about the fairness of the Oct.
Poverty rate for kids climbing
Poverty rate for kids climbing: "In Missouri in 2010, it was 21 percent of children lived below the poverty line, which is about $22000 for a family of four, and that's an increase of over 19 percent since 2005." While most states increased the number of children in preschool, the ...
Younger Elderly are More at Risk of Being Felled by Alzheimer's
Younger Elderly are More at Risk of Being Felled by Alzheimer's
According to a new research at the University of California, San Diego, Alzheimer's disease hits the 'younger elderly'
harder than it hits the older people. The study notes that people in
their 60s and 70s are affected much faster than those who show ...
How America's Losing The War On Poverty
How America's Losing The War On Poverty: According to a recent survey by The Associated Press, the number of Americans living at or below the poverty line will reach its highest point since President Johnson made his famous declaration of war on poverty in 1964. Close to 16 percent of ...
Americans for Tax Fairness » New York Press Release
Americans for Tax Fairness » New York Press Release: New York - 96% of New Yorkers would see a cut in their taxes under Obama's ... Those are among the key findings in a new report released today by Citizen Action of ... ensure clean drinking water, and deliver meals at home to senior citizens.
How the Militarized War on Drugs in Latin America Benefits Transnational ...
How the Militarized War on Drugs in Latin America Benefits Transnational ...
As Truthout pointed out in "The US War on Drug Cartels in Mexico
Is a Deadly Failure," the attempt to curtail trafficking in narcotics
"in many of the southern nations of the Western Hemisphere is basically a
bloody game of whack-a-mole.... There is no ...
Prop 8 backers call on Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage - KPCC
Prop 8 backers call on Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage - KPCC: Backers of the ballot measure that put a halt to gay marriage in California are asking justices to review a lower court's ruling that declared Proposition 8 ...
Obama's gay marriage support fails to sway Americans
Obama's gay marriage support fails to sway Americans
It's not terribly surprising that Obama's decision hasn't moved numbers much. Gay marriage, despite steadily gaining in popularity over the years, remains a very divisive issue with many Americans firmly in either camp and not inclined to move based on ...
Native American heritage on display at powwow
Native American heritage on display at powwow:
| The event was organized by the Wyoming Trail Council, a Native American organization, and continues today. The group's last powwow was in 2001, said organizer Lynn Little Wolf. "Learning our culture, that's what it's all about," said Little Wolf, of ... |  Standard Speaker |
Leader's Torture in the '70s Stirs Ghosts in Brazil
Leader's Torture in the '70s Stirs Ghosts in Brazil
Such satirical derision on television of a Brazilian leader would have been almost unthinkable at the time of Ms. Rousseff's incarceration, when Brazilians faced censorship, prison sentences — or worse — for criticizing military rulers. Her ...
Young Haitian man learns English, then tutors others
Young Haitian man learns English, then tutors others: In Haiti, Deshauteurs had grown up in an accomplished household, guided by parents who worked in the ministry and in education. He had studied a little English before graduating from high school in 2009, but it wasn't enough to do much more than say ...
Shamed Mexican Generals Transferred to Prison at ...
Shamed Mexican Generals Transferred to Prison at ...: The office of PGR (Attorney General) released a statement announcing the Third District Judge of Federal Criminal Proceedings in the State of Mexico, issued an ...
Puerto Rico mayor camps out to prove streets safe
Puerto Rico mayor camps out to prove streets safe: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The mayor of Puerto Rico's capital says he will sleep aboard a bus on the streets of San Juan to prove they are safe. Jorge Santini said Thursday that he and his family will spend several nights on a bus parked in different ...
'Breastfeeding can curtail infant mortality rate by 20pc'
'Breastfeeding can curtail infant mortality rate by 20pc': Provincial Nutritional Focal Person, Programme Coordinator, World Food Programme, Sindh Health Department, Dr Dure Shehwar Khan has said that there could be 20 per cent less mortality rate if provision of proper nutrition is ensured to the baby. She ...
Opinions vary on pros, cons of Native American–run casinos
Opinions vary on pros, cons of Native American–run casinos
YOUNTVILLE — While members of the Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander
Valley continue their fight in federal court to regain federal
recognition, Native Americans and others gathering for this weekend's annual pow-wow voiced varying opinions on tribal ...
Poor women in Mexican prisons - Home - e-feminist
Poor women in Mexican prisons - Home - e-feminist: Margarita Lopez Gomez, an indigenous girl from Mexico, married Juan Velasco Lopez at the age of twelve. Juan was an alcoholic who battered his wife ...
Woman who suffered poverty as a child had to learn to do without
Woman who suffered poverty as a child had to learn to do without: Qualimetra Chapman overcame difficult social and economic struggles in her youth. Chapman went on to graduate from Texas Tech and will start her new job as a school counselor this fall in the Frenship school district. (PHOTO ILLUSTRATION Zach Long) ...
Aging adults, child poverty stress system
Aging adults, child poverty stress system: Johnson also pointed out that there is an increase in child poverty in cities such as Manchester and Nashua, even though the state itself has the lowest child poverty rate in the nation. "This will put additional demands on health care as well," he said.
Elder abuse by public guardians: August 5 Truth Squad
Elder abuse by public guardians: August 5 Truth Squad: Sunday evening at 7:00CST, we will again be addressing the issue of elder abuse and predatory guardianships occurring in the state of California. At issue is the failure of public officials to respond to calls for assistance in the protection of the ...
America does a lot of 'fist shaking'
America does a lot of 'fist shaking': ... of Christian supporters who came out last week to show their support by organizing a national support day, encouraging people to eat at Chick-fil-A. Two days later, the backlash prompted gay Americans to have a same-sex “kiss-in” outside the ...
viernes, 3 de agosto de 2012
Allow light to shine in America's jails and prisons
Allow light to shine in America's jails and prisons: Yet he and other Muslims over the years have been imprisoned unjustly as government authorities on different levels tried to thwart the teaching of Islam and the spread of truth among the children of America's once slaves. If you think that the abuses ...
Mexico Turns to Surveillance Technology To Help Fight Drug War
Mexico Turns to Surveillance Technology To Help Fight Drug War:
| As a new president prepares to take on Mexico's drug war, the country's army is turning to high-tech spy technology. But could it be used for more than just monitoring criminals? Mining text messages from mobile phones, intercepting voice calls and ... |  Slate Magazine (blog) |
The poverty of inheritance
The poverty of inheritance:
| Beating a child over the head incessantly or tying them up for weeks at a time to a crib is going to cause damage. We don't know what deprivation means when we talk about Western “poverty.” To many social engineers I have to suggest that poverty “Ain't ... |  Discover Magazine (blog) |
WikiLeaks in Latin America: Online Whistleblower's Wide Impact in Region ...
WikiLeaks in Latin America: Online Whistleblower's Wide Impact in Region ...: If Julian Assange is granted asylum in Ecuador, he will become a resident of Latin America, where the trove of classified U.S. State Department cables he strategically disseminated through WikiLeaks has generated hundreds of headlines, from Mexico to ...
The State of America's Children 2012
The State of America's Children 2012: State tables show how children are faring state by state and how each state compares to other states in protecting children. For example, when we looked closely at poor children across the nation, ten states plus the District of Columbia had child ...
Global Headwinds Bite Deeper In Latin America As Colombia Orders First Rate ...
Global Headwinds Bite Deeper In Latin America As Colombia Orders First Rate ...
Already over the last year South America's favorite economic
success story, Brazil, has come crashing to earth with economic growth
over the last three quarters slowing to less than two percent. ... developed economy such as the U.S. This can be ...
Gay activists vandalize California Chick-fil-A
Gay activists vandalize California Chick-fil-A: View slideshow: Gay activists vandalize California Chick-fil-A. The restaurant chain has been targeted by gay activists after Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy voiced his support for traditional marriage. In response, millions of Chick-fil-A supporters turned ...
Private Prisons Spend $45 Million On Lobbying, Rake In $5.1 Billion For ...
Private Prisons Spend $45 Million On Lobbying, Rake In $5.1 Billion For ...
Nearly half of all immigrants detained by federal officials are held in facilities run by private prison
companies, at an average cost for each detained immigrant is $166 a
night. That's added up to massive profits for Corrections Corporation of
...
Prison Chief's Unnerving Suicide-Prevention Memo: 'I Want You To Succeed'
Prison Chief's Unnerving Suicide-Prevention Memo: 'I Want You To Succeed'
This memo was sent to hundreds of thousands of federal prisoners, including some of the most deadly and violent America
currently has in custody. For example: If you are unable to think of
solutions other than suicide, it is not because solutions do ...
Key political risks to watch in Cuba
Key political risks to watch in Cuba: HAVANA Aug 3 (Reuters) - Cuba is moving along with reforms aimed at boosting its economy, but has also laid out new taxes that angered many and pose a threat to the growth of small businesses critical to the government's economic plans.
Texas to execute prisoner with mental disability
Texas to execute prisoner with mental disability: The Texas authorities should commute the death sentence of a prisoner assessed as having a mental disability who is facing execution next week, Amnesty International said today (3 August). Marvin Wilson, a 54-year-old African American, is due to be put ...
Native American Schools in Arizona to Install Wind Turbines: A Wind
Native American Schools in Arizona to Install Wind Turbines: A Wind: Thanks to funding from the Arizona Renewable Energy Investment Fund (REIF), eight Native American schools in the state recently received $1.3 million to build ...
Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade Protested as 'Impurity and Abomination'
Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade Protested as 'Impurity and Abomination':
| "We must work together to strengthen Jerusalem as a modern, open capital and to foster welcoming, inclusive communities across the Jewish world," said American philanthropist Lynn Schusterman, who made the opening remarks. "It is vital to the health ... |  Christian Post |
Four children killed by Haiti witch doctor: official
Four children killed by Haiti witch doctor: official
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Four children from the same family have been found dead in Haiti
after being treated by a witch doctor who claimed to be able to cure
them of a mysterious illness, a local official said Friday. "Three girls
and a boy, the eldest of ...
Chile, China Sign Deal to Promote Investment
Chile, China Sign Deal to Promote Investment: CHILE, SANTIAGO — Chile's Foreign Investment Committee (CIE) announced that it has signed a number of agreements with China to promote investment in Chile's mining, energy and public works sectors.
Eagle Scouts divide over protest against ban on gays
Eagle Scouts divide over protest against ban on gays: After publishing a story Thursday on Eagle Scouts who have returned their medals, badges and other regalia to protest the Boy Scouts of America policy banning gays and lesbians, we received more than 100 emails from current and former Scouts, many of ...
MEND Named California's Nonprofit of the Year
MEND Named California's Nonprofit of the Year: MEND, a homegrown San Fernando Valley charity combating poverty through empowerment, Tuesday night received California Volunteers' 2012 Governor's Volunteering and Service Award for Nonprofit of the Year. Marianne Haver Hill, president and chief ...
State Supreme Court upholds death sentence in Maryville's school shooting
State Supreme Court upholds death sentence in Maryville's school shooting: The California Supreme Court Thursday unanimously upheld the death penalty of a Yuba County man who killed a teacher and three students in a shooting rampage at his former high school 20 years ago. Eric Houston, 41, was sentenced to death in Napa ...
No death penalty for inmates charged in slaying
No death penalty for inmates charged in slaying: Sheila Wilbanks, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Jackson, Miss., said the Justice Department decided against seeking the death penalty for Ricky Wedgeworth and Darian "Drake" Pierce. She had no other comment. Wedgeworth and Pierce ...
Elderly shop owner fires at gang of thieves
Elderly shop owner fires at gang of thieves: An elderly jewellery shop owner in California has foiled a robbery, taking out her handgun and firing at the five perpetrators as they made a frantic dash for the exit. The 65-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was in the back of the store ...
Colombia To Cut Poverty Rate Below 10 Per Cent, Says President
Colombia To Cut Poverty Rate Below 10 Per Cent, Says President: BOGOTA, Aug 3 (BERNAMA-NNN-XINHUA) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday his government would reduce the South American country's extreme poverty rate to a single digit. "We still have double-digit extreme poverty rate, we ...
Colombia To Cut Poverty Rate Below 10 Per Cent, Says President
Colombia To Cut Poverty Rate Below 10 Per Cent, Says President: BOGOTA, Aug 3 (BERNAMA-NNN-XINHUA) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday his government would reduce the South American country's extreme poverty rate to a single digit. "We still have double-digit extreme poverty rate, we ...
Alzheimer's hits harder earlier in life as people in their 60s decline more ...
Alzheimer's hits harder earlier in life as people in their 60s decline more ...:
| A team from the University of California said the 'younger elderly' showed faster rates of brain tissue loss and cognitive decline than Alzheimer patients who were over 80 years old. The findings have profound implications for both diagnosing the ... |  Daily Mail |
South Florida LGBT activists Friday plan 'Same Sex Kiss Day' protest at ...
South Florida LGBT activists Friday plan 'Same Sex Kiss Day' protest at ...
Gay activists around the nation are planning "kiss-in" protests today at Chick-fil-A restaurants, including Pompano Beach in South Florida. From Associated Press: The gatherings come two days after hundreds of thousands of customers, many of them ...
Venezuela's opposition wants to scrap preferential oil deals ...
Venezuela's opposition wants to scrap preferential oil deals ...
PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela, (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles said yesterday he would scrap preferential oil deals with foreign allies.
jueves, 2 de agosto de 2012
Study: Puerto Rico's children mired in poverty that dwarfs rest of US
Study: Puerto Rico's children mired in poverty that dwarfs rest of US: San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- More than 80% of children in Puerto Rico live in high-poverty areas, according to a recent report. That's a sharp difference from national figures measured by the same study, which indicates that 11% of minors across the ...
Puerto Rico mayor camps out to prove streets safe
Puerto Rico mayor camps out to prove streets safe
(AP) — The mayor of Puerto Rico's capital says he will sleep
aboard a bus on the streets of San Juan to prove they are safe. Jorge
Santini said Thursday that he and his family will spend several nights
on a bus parked in different neighborhoods. He ...
Number of children living in poverty is up
Number of children living in poverty is up: While she was not surprised to see an increase in child poverty locally, she said the numbers are a testament for the importance of community involvement in childhood development. "We certainly see the need in the counties that we serve," she said.
Amid drought, Native American farmers to receive settlement funds earlier
Amid drought, Native American farmers to receive settlement funds earlier
With drought conditions persisting across much of the country, lawyers for Native American
farmers and ranchers have successfully amended the terms of a historic
settlement with the government to speed up the distribution of money to
class members.
Cemetery vandalism 'deplorable'
Cemetery vandalism 'deplorable': BUENOS AIRES - The Argentinian foreign ministry called for an "impartial investigation" into the desecration of an Argentinian cemetery in the Falkland islands. The request came Wednesday night in a letter from the foreign ministry to ...
Argentines find remains of Cuban diplomat slain by junta
Argentines find remains of Cuban diplomat slain by junta: What turned out to be the remains of Crescencio Nicomedes Galañena Hernandez were discovered in June by some boys who spotted bones sticking out of cement-filled barrels while playing on a field in the Buenos Aires suburb of San Fernando.
Visitors warned about recent violence in Mexico tourist hot spot
Visitors warned about recent violence in Mexico tourist hot spot:
| Tourists in a popular Mexican resort town considered mostly safe from the country's violent drug war have been warned about a recent shootout involving members of a drug cartel and several attacks targeting Americans. The town, Puerto Peñasco — or ... |  New York Daily News |
Think-tank study advises against swift UN exit from Haiti
Think-tank study advises against swift UN exit from Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A new report is advising against the swift departure of a United Nations mission in Haiti
despite some debate over the peacekeeping force's eight-year presence.
The International Crisis Group's study notes that discussion about ...
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