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Undernews: November 17, 2012

Monday, 19 November 2012, 11:39 am | Undernews

Israel has targeted the headquarters of Hamas leaders and other key facilities in Gaza, on the fourth day of Israeli air strikes in the territory. Prime Minister Ismail Haniya's office, which Egypt's PM had visited on Friday, was among the buildings ... More >>

Undernews: November 16, 2012

Monday, 19 November 2012, 11:34 am | Undernews

College Park man's garden will continue to grow in his front yard after the city of Orlando was inundated with emails following a Local 6 story that generated national headlines. The city of Orlando received hundreds of emails that focused on Jason ... More >>

Undernews: November 14, 2012

Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 12:15 pm | Undernews

There are record numbers of student borrowers in financial distress, according to federal data. But millions of parents who have taken out loans to pay for their children’s college education make up a less visible generation in debt. More >>

Undernews: October 22, 2012

Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 2:03 pm | Undernews

It's important to keep in mind that, contrary to the capitalist myth, corporatized schools are not about private enterprise at all but about taking public tax dollars and converting them into private profit. More >>

Undernews: October 15 2012

Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 5:33 pm | Undernews

The head of a northeast Ohio charity says that the Romney campaign last week “ramrodded their way” into the group’s Youngstown soup kitchen so that GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan could get his picture taken washing dishes in the dining hall. More >>

Undernews: October 2, 2012

Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 12:43 pm | Undernews

This is a stunning article about the teacher evaluation system that Michelle Rhee put in place in the District of Columbia. The article was written by Ben Nuckols of the Associated Press. He is not usually an education writer, but he dug deeper ... More >>

Undernews: September 296, 2012

Monday, 1 October 2012, 1:07 pm | Undernews

The New York Organ Donor Network pressured hospital staffers to declare patients brain dead so their body parts could be harvested and even hired “coaches” to train staffers how to be more persuasive, a bombshell lawsuit charged. More >>

Undernews: September 26, 2012

Monday, 1 October 2012, 12:20 pm | Undernews

Immigration Impact - The latest data on immigration enforcement show that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained a record high of 429,247 noncitizens in the 2011 fiscal year, an increase of 18 percent over 2010. Immigration detention has been ... More >>

Undernews: September 20, 2012

Friday, 21 September 2012, 5:13 pm | Undernews

Governors: Democrats stand to win one state with 4 Democratic seats held in doubt. GOP stands to pickup one with 3 GOP seats in doubt. Senate: GOP is on target to pick up three seats with five other possibles. Democrats could possibly pick up two. More >>

Undernews: September 10, 2012

Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 12:16 pm | Undernews

In the past three and a half years, more than 90 D.C. police officers -- from detectives to captains to the rank-and-file cops on the street -- have been arrested. They've been arrested on charges ranging from to child pornography to murder. More >>

Undernews: July 21, 2012

Monday, 23 July 2012, 2:06 pm | Undernews

Shooting up a movie theater is clearly not a good way, but America offers lots of other opportunities for violence. And you won't even get arrested. For example you could check with Barack Obama on how to use drones to kill innocent civilians. More >>

Undernews: May 12, 2012

Friday, 18 May 2012, 12:09 pm | Undernews

In the 1960s of Don Draper you had to flip the LP over every 20 minutes to keep the music going. In 2012 music never stops, but people stopped actively listening. Music is always "on," in a supportive role as a soundtrack to other activities. More >>

Undernews: May 1, 2012

Friday, 4 May 2012, 10:16 am | Undernews

After three decades of national policies damaging the average American, it is amazing that the reaction has been as calm has it has been. Highly deceptive propaganda, the collapse of liberalism, and the atomizing ipodization of ordinary life have all ... More >>

Undernews: April 19, 2012

Monday, 30 April 2012, 10:36 am | Undernews

A Kentucky man is facing a misdemeanor rap after he siphoned gasoline from a police car, a theft that came to the attention of cops after the perp posted a Facebook photo memorializing the crime. More >>

Undernews: April 3, 2012

Thursday, 5 April 2012, 4:35 pm | Undernews

The American Civil Liberties Union said a split Supreme Court ruling that people arrested for even minor offenses can be subjected to a strip search puts the privacy rights of millions of Americans at risk. More >>

Undernews: March 19, 2012

Thursday, 22 March 2012, 10:16 am | Undernews

Having reported upon and/or observed corruption in DC, Philadelphia, Boston and St. Louis, I was more than a little startled by a story that began: Maine has earned an “F” from a national organization’s first-in-the-nation assessment of accountability ... More >>

Undernews: March 5, 2012

Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 2:14 pm | Undernews

Craigslist asked who they would rather buy a car from: More Republicans (47%) in the Super Tuesday states say that they would not buy a used car from Romney than the percentage that would (46%). Only 27% of them say they would not buy one from ... More >>

Undernews: January 28, 2012

Friday, 3 February 2012, 12:34 pm | Undernews

We were talking to a DC journalist friend who recalled a 2005 visit to the Maine state legislature...He had mentioned to one of the members that he noticed that Maine had a Green legislator: John Eder...The disgusted reaction: "Yeah, he rents and he ... More >>

Undernews: January 16, 2011

Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 4:45 pm | Undernews

Attorneys Carl J. Mayer and Bruce I. Afran filed a complaint Friday in the Southern U.S. District Court in New York City on my behalf as a plaintiff against Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to challenge the legality of the Authorization ... More >>

Undernews: January 11, 2012

Friday, 13 January 2012, 11:17 am | Undernews

If their islands are deluged by rising seawater, the people of the Maldives would have to evacuate, becoming the first refugees driven from their homes by global warming. Their president considers this an eventuality, not a possibility, and so he is buying ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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