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Replanting the Rust Belt
The New York Times - 7 May 2013 23:59
Around Cleveland and Pittsburgh, a web of chefs, butchers and farmers is trying to bring the landscape back into balance.
Dr. Phil Files Federal Lawsuit
ABC News - 7 May 2013 23:17
Dr. Phil claims copyright infringement in federal lawsuit filed in East Texas against Gawker
Gunslingers
OpEdNews - 7 May 2013 02:09
Dozens of dead school children in Newtown last December. Dozens more shootings of children every month since. When does it stop? Will our society ever value children more than bullets? Must we wait until their tiny bodie...
The Dynamic Diversity of Independent Watch Brands At Baselworld 2013
Forbes - 7 May 2013 01:15
Some of the most creative and innovative watchmakers at Baselworld 2013 were not only housed inside of Hall 1, where the most renowned global watch brands resided. They were located throughout the multi-building Basel fa...
Child Victims Allege Multiple Abuses at NY Deaf School
ABC News - 7 May 2013 16:54
Marlene Hodge and others allege a dorm supervisor sexually abused deaf girls as young as 4 during the 60s and 70s at Fanwood deaf school in White Plains, N.Y.
Missing for nearly 10 years, 3 women found alive
CNN - 7 May 2013 07:48
Three women who went missing in separate cases have been found together in the city of Cleveland, police say. A 52-year-old man and his 2 brothers are arrested.
Four plead guilty in 2011 Woburn jewelry store robbery in which police officer was shot
Boston - 7 May 2013 04:15
Robert DeNapoli watched silently from the front row of a Middlesex Superior courtroom today as the man who shot him over and over during the robbery of a Woburn jewelry store pleaded guilty to more than 30 charges for pl...
Man City victorious, Wigan crestfallen
CNN - 7 May 2013 23:54
The biggest occasion in their 81-year history is approaching for minnows Wigan but the FA Cup final might prove an unwelcome distraction in their battle to retain English Premier League status.
Art Recreated as Edible Masterpieces
ABC News - 7 May 2013 23:41
Ida Skivenes brings a new meaning to "playing with your food." Skivenes, a 29-year-old food enthusiast who lives in Oslo, Norway, makes creative and edible masterpieces out of breakfast food, including her favorite meal ...
Charter schools pioneer addresses Maine panel
Boston - 7 May 2013 19:49
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A national pioneer in the charter schools movement says Maine is seeing the same kind of growth pains in establishing the schools as Minnesota did two decades ago.
Brian Lam: What I Read
The Atlantic Wire - 7 May 2013 13:28Barnard College Gets Its Very Own Ivy League Cheating Scandal
The Atlantic Wire - 7 May 2013 23:58
Harvard was only the beginning. Eight months after allegations of widespread cheating rocked the Ivy League university, another cheating scandal emerged on Tuesday afternoon at an affiliate college of Columbia University...
Can States Decline to Enforce Federal Laws?
Mother Jones - 7 May 2013 23:56
As long as we're on the subject of shiny new gun laws, Steve Benen points out yet another offering from the great state of Texas: Perhaps the most controversial of the gun-related items, HB 1076 would ban state agencies ...
Colorado Shootings Suspect to Enter Insanity Plea
The New York Times - 7 May 2013 23:41
Lawyers for the James E. Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in a Colorado movie theater, say he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
On Inflation, Russia Takes The Cake
Forbes - 7 May 2013 23:37
And here I was thinking that Brazilian inflation was bad. Russia is ahead of the curve, with inflation at 7.2%. That puts Russia's real interest rate at just 1.05%. The refinance rate is 8.25%.
France pledges to keep fighting al-Qaeda
Al Jazeera English - 7 May 2013 23:28
Hollande says he is taking AQIM threats seriously and that operations in Mali should continue for "as long as it takes".
Jason Collins Is Everything to Anybody
The Atlantic Wire - 7 May 2013 23:26
It's been more than a week since he came out, with more than a week of reactions both positive and positively idiotic, including a book publisher that says "his story already has been told." But our private conversations...
Psychic Claimed Amanda Berry Was Dead
ABC News - 7 May 2013 23:24
A year after Amanda Berry disappeared in Cleveland, her mother agreed to go on the Montell Williams show to speak to a psychic to find some real answers about what happened to her daughter.
IKEA breaks ground on Miami-Dade store
Miami Herald - 7 May 2013 23:22
IKEA's first Miami-Dade store, in Sweetwater, is now under construction, and is set to open next summer.
Convicted of double murder, Miami man lunges, spits at prosecutor
Miami Herald - 7 May 2013 23:21
Jurors took just over two hours to convict Walter Bailey of September 2006 slayings; he now faces the death penalty.
Execution without Due Process
OpEdNews - 7 May 2013 23:20
The Constitution no longer is relevant in the post 9/11 world. Obama says its okay to kill 'em all.
Azevedo looks to resurrect WTO with patient diplomacy
Reuters - 7 May 2013 23:18
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