Slow Saturday Special: Washington State Mudslides
"Storms unleash Wash. state mudslides" Associated Press August 23, 2014TWISP, Wash. — Rain in Washington state unleashed mudslides on land left bare by wildfires, washing down hillsides, damaging...
View ArticleSlow Saturday Special: Single Mother Sues Catholic School
"Teacher fired for pregnancy sues Catholic school" Associated Press August 23, 2014BUTTE, Mont. — A former Montana Catholic school teacher who was fired for being pregnant and unmarried has sued the...
View ArticleSlow Saturday Special: McDonnell is a Star Witness
Related: McDonnell Speaks in His Own Defense"Former governor of Va. testifies on loans from CEO" by Alan Suderman | Associated Press August 23, 2014RICHMOND — Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell...
View ArticleSlow Saturday Special: Deporting This Post From New Mexico
"The lawsuit comes before what many expect will be a broad effort by President Obama to protect from deportation millions of immigrants already living in the country illegally....It's all a matter of...
View ArticleSlow Saturday Special: Ferguson Residents Fight Infiltrators
Related: Louisiana Getting Rid of Good Old Boy Cops"Tension eases in Ferguson, focus shifts to grand jury charges" by Sara Burnett and Jim Salter | Associated Press August 23, 2014FERGUSON, Mo. — For...
View ArticleSlow Saturday Special: MBTA Kicking Old People Off Buses
So much for the value of protest:"New requirement keeps many older users off The Ride" by Martine Powers | Globe staff August 23, 2014A move by the MBTA to crack down on fraud in The Ride, the...
View ArticleSlow Saturday Special: Putting This California Post to Death
Democrats defending the death penalty?"Calif. to appeal death penalty ruling | Associated Press August 23, 2014SAN FRANCISCO — California’s attorney general will appeal a federal court ruling that...
View ArticleSlow Saturday Special: Putting Out This Pennsylvania Fire
Except it is fanning the flames of doubt in the AmeriKan ju$tice $y$tem:"Inmate in 1990 arson-murder case is freed" | Associated Press August 23, 2014HARRISBURG, Pa. — A former New York businessman...
View ArticleSlow Saturday Special: Ryan Buried Remy Report
Jennifer Martel’s parents remember their slain daughterSee: Remy's Stormy Romance"Review sheds more light on Jared Remy case' Prosecutor says he didn’t know about earlier case" by Maria Cramer | Globe...
View ArticleSlow Saturday Special: Market Basket Upside Down
As usual with my paper, the villain is the hero and vice-versa:"Arthur S. Demoulas shows generosity and resolve" by Shirley Leung | Globe Staff August 22, 2014Detractors portray Arthur S. Demoulas as...
View ArticleRed Cross Convoy a Cover For Russian Incursion Into Ukraine
Sorry I did not read this one:"Russian aid convoy, artillery units cross into Ukraine" by Andrew Higgins and Andrew Roth | New York Times August 23, 2014KIEV — More than 200 trucks from a...
View ArticleNorth Korea Planning Nuclear Attack Against United States
Like WWII, the US is looking the other way and is caught off guard, right?First China takes out the US fleet in the Pacific:"Chinese fighter has close brush with Navy plane" New York Times August 23,...
View ArticleChina Calls Off Attack on U.S. Pacific Fleet
"Beijing denies jet buzzed US planeHONG KONG — The Chinese government on Saturday rejected the Pentagon’s claim that a People’s Liberation Army fighter jet had buzzed dangerously close to a US...
View ArticleRussian Column Retreats From Ukraine
Related: Red Cross Convoy a Cover For Russian Incursion Into UkrainePutin just blinked!"Most of convoy of Russian trucks returns from Ukraine; Germany pledges $690m to aid refugees, rebuild" by Andrew...
View ArticleEbola Emergency Picking Up $peed
"The importance of vaccines and virus-fighting drugs was cast into high relief by the worst Ebola outbreak in history. It started in the rural forests of Guinea, but spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone,...
View ArticleEbola Spreading to Central Africa and Western Europe
Related: Ebola Emergency Picking Up $peedThe virus has mutated again!"34 die in villages attacked by rebelsBANGUI — A local official said that Muslim rebels in Central African Republic have killed at...
View ArticleThe Drone Wars: Domestic $urveillance
"Researchers decry limits on drones; Say FAA’s rules inhibit instruction, gathering of data" by Jessica Meyers | Globe Staff August 18, 2014WASHINGTON — A regulatory battle in Washington has...
View ArticleSunday Globe Special: Green Mon$ter
It will make a dent in your tax bill, trust me:"Growing recognition of ‘real estate’ cuts firms’ tax bills" by Jack Newsham | Globe Correspondent August 17, 2014To the untrained eye, the steel racks...
View ArticleSunday Globe Special: Pope Put to Test
"Papal envoy whisked away after abuse charges emerge" by Laurie Goodstein | New York Times August 24, 2014SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — He was a familiar figure to the skinny shoeshine boys who...
View ArticleSunday Globe Special: Celebrating Casinos
Just take a look:"Closed Las Vegas casino gets new life" by Michelle Rindels | Associated Press August 24, 2014LAS VEGAS — The Moroccan-themed Sahara casino that once hosted Frank Sinatra, Dean...
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