NEW YORK TIMES: …“I was not here in the run-up to Iraq in 2003,” he told a group of visitors who met with him in the White House before histelevised speech to the nation, according to several people who were in the meeting. “It would have been fascinating to see the momentum and how it builds.”
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A promising change in LNP’s editorial pages
We don’t want the opinion pages to be an echo chamber, but rather a forum that reflects the diversity of opinions in this area in which people can engage and work through issues respectfully ..
World Leaders Call for Regulatory Alternatives to Drug Prohibition
“Health-based approaches to drug policy routinely prove much less expensive and more effective than criminalization and incarceration,” said former Mexican President Zedillo.
Is high school football child abuse?
Perhaps the greatest health secret of the past century is the long term dangerous effects of concussions. Problems manifest themselves in a variety of ways, from dementia to obesity.
Judge removes Penn State trustees from Paterno lawsuit against NCAA
Judge John Leete denied the bid by Penn State and the NCAA to throw out the civil case, but he pared it back and gave the remaining plaintiffs a month to amend their claims to be more specific…
POLL: Wolf devours Corbett in Pennsylvania governor race
Wolf leads 91 – 7 percent among Democrats and 53 – 39 percent among independent voters, while Gov. Corbett has a lackluster 66 – 28 percent lead among Republicans, the independent.
Detroit, key creditor reach bankruptcy deal
ALJAZEERA: Detroit has reached a tentative deal to pay a key creditor 26 cents on the dollar and offer it valuable leases, a move that that could clear the biggest hurdle in the city’s plan to reduce its debts and emerge from bankruptcy protection.
Exposition of captured weapons
From 1943 to 1948 there was a permanent exposition of the captured German weapons in Moscow’s Gorky Park. I lived across the street from the Park and this expo was the favorite playground of my boyhood. I could be one of the boys on this photograph.
NewsLanc looks back at a decade of service
At 77, we cannot be confident that there will be future paper editions of NewsLanc although the web site continues at www.newslanc.com and is updated daily.
Poll: People around the globe sour on economic recovery
USA TODAY: …Most people in advanced economies (64%) and emerging ones (59%) describe their country’s economic condition as bad, while 51% of people in developing countries call it good…
NCAA further reduces sanctions against Penn State.
The NCAA has lifted the post-season bowl ban on Penn State’s football program and is allowing the team to offer the maximum number of athletic scholarships next season, further paring down punishing sanctions against the school.
NCAA seeks to end legal challenges to Endowment Act
In a motion filed Friday, the NCAA asked a Commonwealth Court judge to allow the organization to withdraw statements made in a previous filing that led a judge to question the validity of the Consent Decree, which laid out the terms and conditions of the fine and other sanctions against Penn State
LANCASTER SUNDAY NEWS
“Heroin is now the number one abused drug in Lancaster County,” said John Burkhart who heads the county-wide drug task force. “It’s the most dangerous drug and it’s everywhere, in every single town and borough in Lancaster.”
LETTER: NY Times is always hawkish in its reporting on war
Ukraine: This is much of the US making. Ambassador Nuland admitted the US has spent $5 billion to build NGOs to challenge the previous democratically elected government.