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Out of Yemen, U.S. Is Hobbled in Terror Fight
NEW YORK TIMES: The evacuation of 125 United States Special Operations advisers from Yemen in the past two days is the latest blow to the Obama administration’s counterterrorism campaign, which is already struggling with significant setbacks in Syria, Libya and elsewhere in the volatile region, American officials said Sunday. The loss of Yemen as a […]
Putin’s Biker Gang Lends Muscle to Rebel Cause in East Ukraine
NEWSMAX: Dressed in leathers and camouflage, motorbike gang leader Vitali waves at two charred Ukrainian tank turrets decorating the entrance to his club as he recounts how his group has fought alongside pro-Russian rebels… The biker — also known by his nickname “Prosecutor” — is boss of the east Ukraine branch of the Night Wolves […]
Tom Wolf’s Rendellian moves
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE COLUMN: …Some Republicans say his tactics are “Rendellian”: • Shortly after taking office, firing Republican Gov. Tom Corbett’s late-term appointee Erik Arneson as director of the Office of Open Records. • Telling lawmakers that his budget, with numerous components and working parts, has to be considered as a whole. “The Republicans are cherry-picking […]
Starbucks ends writing about race on cups
Despite the early difficulties, Starbucks plans to move forward with “a number of planned Race Together activities in the weeks and months to come,” Schultz said in the letter.
Russia delivers nuclear warning to Denmark
FINANCIAL TIMES: Russia has threatened Denmark with a nuclear strike if it takes part in Nato’s missile shield, in some of the most incendiary comments yet directed at a member of the military alliance. Russia’s ambassador to Denmark wrote in a newspaper opinion piece that the Nordic country had not fully understood the consequences of […]
Doctors who diagnosed Shaken Baby Syndrome now defend the accused
WASHINGTON POST: …Once, Arden had been a firm believer in Shaken Baby Syndrome, long considered a deadly form of child abuse. But in rural Warren, Minn., in April 2012, the former state expert took the stand for the defense, describing how a thin layer of old blood on the surface of the baby’s brain was […]
Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singapore, Dies at 91
NEW YORK TIMES: …“To understand Singapore and why it is what it is, you’ve got to start off with the fact that it’s not supposed to exist and cannot exist,” he said in the 2007 interview. “To begin with, we don’t have the ingredients of a nation, the elementary factors: a homogeneous population, common language, […]
Pennsylvania unemployment rate seen as plus in February
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: Pennsylvania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.2 percent in February, down from 6.2 percent in the same month a year ago, the state Department of Labor and Industry reported on Friday. During that same time, employers reported that they added 73,100 jobs. The February unemployment rate was slightly higher than January’s, even […]
Finally, after the best opportunities have been lost, Gray and Patterson see the light
“Under eminent domain, the city would pay fair market value for the property and lien holders would then be paid.”
Time served: Sentencing policy must be driven by public safety
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE EDITORIAL: Corrections officials have argued that criminal justice and sentencing policies, and the funds that support them, should be driven by rational principles such as public safety, not emotions such as rage and revenge. That sound idea should dramatically change the sentencing laws that state officials and Congress enact. Such policies have fueled […]
A vibrator is not a substitute for a partner. But how do you tell men that?
GUARDIAN: A recent novel by dude-lit king Chuck Palahniuk imagined a dystopian future in which “a billion husbands” are replaced by a wildly effective vibrator. Ian Kerner, a sex therapist in New York, told me that, based on what he sees in his practice, it’s “fairly common for men to be threatened” by vibrators. My […]
Can Washington’s Gift Economy in Marijuana Work?
[Professor Mark] Kleiman warns that full-scale commercial legalization comes with costs of its own. The main risk is that marijuana businesses will — as alcohol and tobacco companies did — successfully market their products to heavy users who would be better off using less, and that they will resist regulations that discourage problem use.
Newscaster and reporters are only paid what?
AOL …. Reporters and Correspondents Description: “Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. Report and write stories for newspaper, news magazine, radio, or television.” Annual Wage: $44,360… Radio and Television Announcers Description: “Speak or read from scripted materials, such as news reports or commercial messages, on radio or television. May […]