At Curry graduation, a call for resilience

Kenneth Feinberg, a Brockton native and administrator of the One Fund Boston, spoke to Curry College’s 811 graduates on Sunday about the resilience of the community in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. “We are one community, one village, forged by crisis and committed to coming to the aid of our fellow...

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Teens Raped Girl, Put Video On Facebook

Three Chicago teens accused of gang-raping a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and posting the video to Facebook will face charges as adults, Cook County prosecutors announced Friday. A judge ordered Justin Applewhite, 16, Kenneth Brown, 15, and Scandale Fritz, 16, each held on $900,000 bond. The teens each face one...

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Feinberg: All money to bombing victims next month

MILTON, Mass. - The administrator overseeing efforts to provide financial help to victims of the Boston Marathon bombings says he will keep to the June 30 date for release of donated money. Kenneth Feinberg spoke at the commencement of Curry College on Sunday. He said he is determined to deliver all available money...

bostonherald.com (14 hours ago)

3 Chicago teens accused of raping girl, posting attack on Facebook

Three Chicago teenagers are accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl and posting the attack on Facebook. Prosecutors say 15-year-old Kenneth Brown, Justin Applewhite and Scandale Fritz, both 16, attacked the girl at Fritz' home on Dec. 15. According to court records, Fritz took the girl to the basement of...

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American imprisoned in North Korea spared death gulags, say experts

It's bad for Kenneth Bae, the Washington man arrested in North Korea last year and sentenced to 15 years in prison, but it could be worse, according to people familiar with the workings of one of the world's most secretive and repressive regimes. Bae began serving a 15-year, hard labor sentence on Tuesday for what...

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Kenneth N. Waltz, Who Helped Shape International Relations as a Discipline, Dies at 88

Mr. Waltz, who was a senior research scholar at Columbia, was a pre-eminent thinker who was known for his contrarian, debate-provoking ideas.    

nytimes.com (1 day ago)

Kaleta blames Hamburg for loss of building

Patrick Kaleta thought he had found the perfect place to open a multisport complex for underserved youth in a long vacant Walmart store on McKinley Parkway in Hamburg.But the Buffalo Sabre, several family members and the foundation they created apparently have been thwarted – and they blame the Town of Hamburg.They...

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Michael Kinsley Feels Your Pain, Middle Class, But Pain Makes You Beautiful

The austerity policies that gripped the world in the face of the global economic downturn have not worked. Unless the intent was to make a bad situation almost intractably worse. In which case they have worked like gangbusters. Pop some Cristal! The good news is that people are starting to wake up from this...

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Montclair police decoy in crosswalk teaches drivers a lesson

Kenneth Miscia Jr. looked just like another suburban guy relaxing on a Saturday morning, cradling cigar in his fingers and clad in a button down blue and white checked shirt and baggy cargo pants while waiting at a crosswalk for cars to stop on Bloomfield Avenue.

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Feinberg to speak at Curry College commencement

MILTON, Mass. - The man overseeing a fund set up to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings will deliver the commencement address at Curry College. Kenneth Feinberg is the administrator of The One Fund Boston. He will be the main speaker at Curry's commencement Sunday at the D. Forbes Will Athletic Complex on...

bostonherald.com (1 day ago)

Police Investigate Student Shooting Death

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her blog. Less than a week later, Nassau County police announced that Rebello, who was with her twin sister...

huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)

Police investigate killing of 21-year-old Hofstra student in home invasion

Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her blog. Less than a week later, Nassau County police announced that Rebello, who was with her twin sister Jessica and several...

foxnews.com (1 day ago)

Entire Lockport Council running for re-election

LOCKPORT – All six members of the Lockport Common Council said this week they will be running for re-election this fall.John Lombardi III, R-1st Ward, will be seeking his second term in that ward, after having previously served in the 5th Ward for eight years. Council President Anne E. McCaffrey, R-2nd Ward, will be...

buffalonews.com (2 days ago)

Kenneth Francis Johnson

PARKMAN – Kenneth Francis Johnson, born Dec. 21, 1942, passed away peacefully May 16, 2013, at his home, surrounded by his wife and their five daughters. He was predeceased by his father, Francis J. Johnson in 1946; mother, Priscilla (Parker) Packard in 1999; and stepfather, Elden Packard in 2004. He ...

bangordailynews.com (2 days ago)

Police receive multiple missing gun reports

Four guns have been reported missing to Johnson City police this month. On Friday, Kenneth Laduke, 62, was unable to take one of his guns to a handgun carry permit class after realizing they were missing, he told police. Two Berettas – a 92FS and a semi-automatic 950 Jetfire – were removed from a drawer in Laduke’s...

johnsoncitypress.com (2 days ago)

Boston Fund Director Worries Donations Won't Be Enough

Double amputees and families of victims killed during the Boston Marathon attacks will get the most money from the One Fund Boston. Kenneth Feinberg, the attorney overseeing the fund for the victims most affected by the attacks, released a statement Wednesday explaining how and when the money collected will be...

huffingtonpost.com (2 days ago)

Police and Fire briefs for May 18, 2013

Authorities arrested at least nine people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish - including Kenneth Briggs of Baton Rouge on a fourth-offense DWI - and booked them into Parish Prison between 2:30 p.m. Thursday and 2:30 p.m...

theadvocate.com (2 days ago)

Judge forbids teen convicted in puppy-burning case from owning animals

A Buffalo teenager who said he acted as a lookout when another teen doused a Jack Russell terrier with lighter fluid and set the puppy on fire last fall, was sentenced today to six months in jail. But because of the time Diondre Brown has already served, he was expected to be released from custody later today.Erie...

buffalonews.com (2 days ago)

Stokes, two state reps endorse Lumumba for Jackson mayor

Two state lawmakers and Hinds County Supervisor Kenneth Stokes on Friday became the latest political leaders to endorse Chokwe Lumumba for mayor of Jackson.

clarionledger.com (2 days ago)

Cramer Quick Take: Learning About Vine

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Jim Cramer sat down with 'Mad Money' research director Nicole Urken and TheStreet's Ross Kenneth Urken. The Urken siblings are hoping to help Cramer understand Vine and its impact on the social media world. Vine, which was acquired by Twitter in October 2012, is an app that allows users to...

thestreet.com (2 days ago)

Economics and the perils of big data

The brouhaha over Carmen Reinhart's and Kenneth Rogoff's article "Growth in a Time of Debt" may be the most conspicuous and incendiary scholarly controversy since 1974, when two earlier economists, Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman, published a notorious book, Time on the Cross, defending the efficiency of American...

guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)

Hofstra student shot dead during home invasion

[caption id="attachment_130564" align="alignnone" width="614"] File photo: Rikard Larma / Metro[/caption] A Hofstra student and an armed suspect were shot dead early Friday morning during an apparent home invasion. Police say a man wearing a ski mask forced his way into 213 California Ave. in Uniondale at...

metro.us (2 days ago)

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Hofstra student, armed suspect killed during home invasion, police say

Police say a Hofstra University student and an armed suspect were fatally shot during a break-in at a Long Island home. Nassau County Deputy Inspector Kenneth Lack says a man with a ski mask forced his way into the house at 213 California Ave. in Uniondale at 2:30 a.m. Friday. Three females and one male were in the...

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Susquehanna County Court Notes 5/17/2013

Susquehanna County Court notes appear each Friday in The Times-Tribune. MARRIAGE LICENSES - Kenneth Mason III, Hop Bottom, and Kala Zehnal, Montrose. - Stephen Cannon and Carly Jo Hosbach, both of Syracuse, N.Y. - Dustin Watts and Emily Travis, bot

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Glover's family questions verdict; juror explains decision

On May 7, a Henderson County jury found Jermaine Deprie Glover guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, Misty Lynn Carter. But nearly two weeks after the verdict, Glover's family members say he is innocent and there isn't enough evidence to say otherwise. After examining evidence presented at...

blueridgenow.com (2 days ago)

Human Rights Watch advocate Cynthia Brown dead at 60

(Reuters) - Cynthia Brown, who played a key role for Human Rights Watch for almost two decades, has died after a battle with cancer, the global advocacy group said. She was 60 years old. Brown, who joined the organization in 1982 as a researcher and became program director in 1993, died Sunday in New York City,...

yahoo.com (3 days ago)

You'll Be Able To Get Facebook And Twitter On Your Face With New Glass Apps

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social networking services Facebook Inc and Twitter are coming to Google Glass, the wearable computer made by the Internet search company. Google Inc announced on Thursday a half-dozen apps specially designed to work on its Glass devices. News network CNN, fashion...

huffingtonpost.com (3 days ago)

Gadgets on planes: The electrified debate goes on

When Kenneth Kirchoff notices that an airline passenger has failed to power off his gadget as instructed, he’ll politely point out the oversight. He might use a nonconfrontational line such as this: “Excuse me - did you realize that you didn’t turn off your device?” What he doesn’t mention during this brief...

washingtonpost.com (3 days ago)

Cops ID intruder killed by Washington CrossFit trainer - but motive for break-in remains mystery

The man who was stabbed to death after he invaded a young couple's house in Washington State has been identified, but his motives for the break-ins remain a mystery. Kenneth E. Boonstra also lived in North Bend, Wash., a town about 30 miles east of Seattle, King County Sheriff's Sergeant Katie Larson said.    

nydailynews.com (3 days ago)