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Despite concerns, Jacobs will pool campaign donations for re-election effort
Before she was elected Orange County mayor, Teresa Jacobs pushed to ban corporate political donations and stop supporters from pooling their money beyond the $500 individual-donor limit.
orlandosentinel.com (2 hours ago)
Roenicke still mulling over Narveson's role
A successful 40-pitch bullpen session Saturday pushed left-hander Chris Narveson another step closer to returning from a finger injury. But will he return to the Brewers' starting rotation or bullpen?
mlb.com (5 hours ago)
Health care law’s impact: pay cut, underemployed
Susan Harlow grew up the youngest of 12, on a farm in Nelson County. Her father died when she was 5. She knows about economy and hard work, and pushed herself to earn three college degrees while raisi
newsadvance.com (5 hours ago)
Pushed to the limit
One afternoon in the second week of May, sweat beaded on the forehead of Carol Maddox in the office of Wonderland Enrichment Center, the day care she owns in Verona.
newsleader.com (6 hours ago)
Bear Camp Road to Oregon Coast opens early in southern Oregon
The popular route between Galice, near Grants Pass, and Gold Beach usually doesn't open until Memorial Day weekend but an early snow melt pushed up the opening.
oregonlive.com (7 hours 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...
buffalonews.com (8 hours ago)
Tories just about held it together in the past. This time it's different | Andrew Rawnsley
As the Conservative party has spent the past week tearing itself and the reputation of its leader to shreds, I have been logging the bulletins issued by Number 10 that claim to describe the temperamental condition of the prime minister. Faced with an unprecedented revolt against the government's programme by its own...
guardian.co.uk (10 hours ago)
'US drone' kills four in strike on al-Qaida target in Yemen
At least four people were killed and a number of others wounded in a drone strike on a vehicle carrying suspected al-Qaida members in southern Yemen, a local official said on Saturday. The official said the strike took place at dawn on Saturday on a road to the north of Jaar in Abyan Governorate, near Aden. He did...
guardian.co.uk (11 hours ago)
Where Memaids Sing by Brian Keaney- review
I thought this book was slow but engaging. The story documents in a graphic, modern tale of friendships pushed to the edge and back again! The book proved thought-provoking, introducing a variety of hot topics including teenage romance, group disputes and drug use, whilst also having very relatable characters - a...
guardian.co.uk (13 hours ago)
Gunmen kill anti-terror policeman and family as Iraq violence continues
Gunmen killed an anti-terrorism policeman and his family in Baghdad on Saturday, while kidnappers abducted eight policemen guarding a post on Iraq's main highway to Jordan and Syria as a wave of violence continued to grip the country. Attackers also shot dead a Sunni cleric in the Shiite-majority south. The attacks...
guardian.co.uk (14 hours ago)
ILC pushes for right to work legislation
The Indian Labour Conference on Saturday pushed for sops to working class such as a minimum assured pension of Rs 1000 per month, universal social security coverage and enactment of legislation on right to work.
india.com (15 hours ago)
Kallol Mustafa: Fear, Force and Fabrication: RAB, Human Rights Activists and Media
Allow me to ask some questions: Is it necessary to severe one's genitals to turn him a beggar? Is it the breaking of hands, legs, or severing sexual organ that enables a criminal gang to force children into begging? No, we did not raise these questions when Rapid Action Battalion [a special police force of...
huffingtonpost.com (15 hours ago)
WATCH: How Maya Angelou Told Her Mom She Was Pregnant At 16
When she was just 16 years old, Maya Angelou got pregnant with her son, Guy Johnson. At a time when teen mothers were often shamed and/or pushed into marrying the baby's father, the now-literary icon and renowned poet had a support system many other teen moms lacked. Dr. Angelou's own mother, Vivian Baxter, never...
huffingtonpost.com (15 hours ago)
Supporters and opponents of Ukraine president clash in Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) - Supporters and opponents of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich scuffled as both sides held large rallies in the capital Kiev on Saturday, police and local media said. A dozen young men hurled stones and plastic water bottles at opposition supporters and were then pushed away by police in riot...
yahoo.com (15 hours ago)
Federal judge blocks Arkansas 12-week abortion ban
A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law that would have prohibited abortions in the state from 12 weeks of pregnancy, pending a legal challenge from pro-choice groups. US district judge Susan Webber Wright granted a request Friday for a preliminary injunction against the introduction of the ban,...
guardian.co.uk (16 hours ago)
Bangladeshi Bloggers Face Constant Death Threats Since Arrest
WASHINGTON -- Even though Rasel Parvez is out of prison, he isn't out of danger. "They have pushed my life to a state in which I cannot walk free. I remain in self-confinement day after day, and my social relations are mostly snapped," said Parvez, 36, in an interview with The Huffington Post. He is talking about...
huffingtonpost.com (20 hours ago)
Ruining 1100 East
Many times I have thought about writing to the Public Forum. “City Council: Sugar House Streetcar will run on 1100 East” (Tribune, May 8) finally pushed me to write. I live in Midvale and commute to the Avenues. After a particularly difficult day at work, I find myself heading toward 1100 East on my drive home. It...
sltrib.com (23 hours ago)
The extraordinary story of Erwin Blumenfeld
The pioneering fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld pushed the boundaries in his art and in his life. Tamsin Blanchard recounts his extraordinary story.
telegraph.co.uk (23 hours ago)
Oxford's Shaw House pushed as national landmark
The Oxford Historic Preservation Commission wants the 165-year-old antebellum Shaw House registered as a national landmark so someone will buy and restore it.
clarionledger.com (23 hours ago)
Before its time: Consortium pushed for automated driverless cars in the 1990s
Automated driverless cars have been a popular topic for some months now, brought to the forefront of public attention by Google‘s efforts to develop such vehicles. One would be tempted to believe – science fiction stories and movies aside – that such ambitions are a new reality, the result of our ever-expanding...
slashgear.com (1 day ago)
Provo police looking for business robber
Provo police are looking for whomever robbed an insurance company. About 5 p.m. Friday, a man walked into Advanced Insurance at 363 N. University Ave. and pointed what a 27-year-old female employee described as a 9-mm handgun at her, according to a police news release. The suspect then demanded money from her. She...
sltrib.com (1 day ago)
Testimony: Villalobos pushed wrongful death lawsuit in Livingston case
Witnesses testified Friday that former Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos suggested that the husband of a murdered woman file a civil wrongful death lawsuit and also recommended hi
themonitor.com (1 day ago)
Play day
Powerball mania has pushed tonight’s jackpot to a job-quitting, island-buying $600 million - the third largest in Lottery history - leaving would-be millionaires racing to corner stores. “It’s practically nonstop,” said Brandon Laporte, who works at the Howe Street Superette in Methuen. “We have lines going all...
bostonherald.com (1 day ago)
Jones, McDonough help PHS win fourth straight
The Portsmouth High School softball team pushed its 0-5 start even further into memory with a good all-around effort in a 6-3 win over St. Thomas on Friday.
seacoastonline.com (1 day ago)
Mary Anne Hitt: Big Victory: Minnesota's Landmark Clean Energy Standard Charts Course Beyond...
Minnesota energy has begun a new chapter. Minnesota has taken a first step in outlining the next big leap forward in the state's sustainable energy future. Pushed by more than 60 environmental, labor, business, youth, and faith groups, the jobs omnibus bill -- expected to be signed by Governor Mark Dayton...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Dow, S&P shine in 4th week of gains
Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week of gains in a row as encouraging economic data prompted investors to pick up shares of growth companies. The Dow and the S&P 500 finished at fresh record highs, driven by gains in energy and industrial shares. The indexes...
sltrib.com (1 day ago)
WATCH: Bullied Boy's Inspiring Message For School Board
This bullied 11-year-old has a powerful message for his school board: "You have the power to make the changes." In recently promoted footage from 2011's "The Bully Project," Caine Smith, the son of two lesbian moms, says people pick on him because "they think I'm different... They want me to change who I am. But I...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
How Criminology Might Help Fight Poaching
Douglas Main, LiveScience Staff Writer: Newark, N.J. - With no shortage of human-on-human misdeeds, criminologists haven't typically concerned themselves with crimes against wildlife and the environment. But with poaching raging out of control in several areas of the world, that may be changing. "There is a growing...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Luke Fletcher delivers hope for Nottinghamshire against Surrey
There are those who maintain there is something of the former England seamer Angus Fraser about Luke Fletcher. Given Fletcher's less than athletic figure and somewhat ungainly chest-on action, Fraser, now Middlesex director of cricket, may not be entirely impressed by the comparison, but there is no gainsaying the...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
How A Last Second Flash Crash Pushed The S&P 500 From 1,667 To 1,666
Those who were closely following the S&P cash in the last seconds before the close, and who were eagerly looking forward to a satanic close of 1,666, were likely disappointed when in the last 5 minutes of trading the cash index ramped from 1,665 and easily crossed in and out of 1,666, with the final print...
zerohedge.com (1 day ago)
