Kane told the high court in April in sealed papers that the judge was no longer fit to run a grand jury. Among other concerns, she cited an episode in which Feudale, stopping at her offices, showed a secretary a 10-inch knife…
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Explanation of a Kremlin Ideologist
Yuri Gusakov is one of the ideologists of the Russian ruling party United Russia and the founder and director of the semi-official Internet TV channel Russia.ru. He made a sensational statement that was published by the website Uraldaily.ru and reposted by numerous other Russian websites.
Sex on Campus: She Can Play That Game, Too
Typical of elite universities today, Penn is filled with driven young women, many of whom aspire to be doctors, lawyers, politicians, bankers or corporate executives like Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg or Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer.
LANCASTER SUNDAY NEWS
Columnist Gil Smart writes in “Bad roads are likely to get worse”: “I think we’ll continue to see a continued slow but unmistakable deterioration as the state, and local municipalities, struggle to come up with the money necessary to keep the system functioning.
EDITORIAL: Library System Administer Op-Ed Misleads; Sunday News Editor Negligent
The major point of contention, of which the Sunday News editor certainly should be aware, is that each library has one vote regardless of number of users. To add insult to injury, the downtown Lancaster Public Library, the largest in itself with about 1500 visitors a day, has two non-voting suburban branches that are larger than some voting libraries.
Girl Shot by Taliban, Makes Appeal at U.N.
She was greeted by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of South Korea. He introduced her to the youth assembly. “By targeting Malala, extremists showed what they feared the most: a girl with a book,” Mr. Ki-moon said
The fate of the Euro Zone… and Harrisburg
In re-reading Al Gore’s fascinating “The Future”, we note that Gore sets forth two “options” concerning resolving the problems of the Euro Zone.
All-Male Iowa Supreme Court Rules Firing Of Woman For Being Too Attractive Was Legal
The ruling upholds a judge’s decision to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit filed against Fort Dodge dentist James Knight, who fired assistant Melissa Nelson, even while acknowledging she had been a stellar employee for 10 years. Knight and his wife believed that his attraction to Nelson – two decades younger than the dentist – had become a threat to their marriage.
Rules for Reverse Mortgages May Become More Restrictive
NEW YORK TIMES: …Most reverse mortgages, which allow homeowners 62 and older to tap their home equity, are made through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, whose Federal Housing Administration arm insures the loans.
Inmate in the ‘hole’ … for practicing journalism?
Ferranti has been in prison since 1993—when at the age of 22, he received a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense. He has been in recovery from addiction for 10 years and has written regularly for The Fix since May 2012.
Justice Department to Limit Ability to Seize Journalist Records
NEWSMAX / REUTERS: …A revised set of guidelines proposed by the department said that search warrants would not be sought against journalists carrying out “ordinary news-gathering activities.”
Stopping the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Global Revolt Against Corporate Domination
Richard McIntyre, who serves as the US Trade Representative for the Green Shadow Cabinet, states that agreements such as the TPP are not really about trade at all. They are designed to protect the property rights of foreign investors in a way that works outside of the traditional legal system.
PA Senators split on rising student loan rates
But Republican Sen. Pat Toomey is opposed to an extension — as well as to his own party’s plan, which would tie student loan rates to a variable rate set by the U.S. Treasury…
AG Kathleen Kane’s growing problem with political patronage
John Estey, the brother-in-law of AG Kane’s chief of staff, Adrian King, has been named as Milton Hershey School “interim president.” This follows by some two months Kane declining to impose meaningful MHS reforms.