In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls. ~Lenny Bruce

Holdout law schools to accept military recruiters

Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:34 PM EDT

By John Curran, Associated Press (Clipped by Vincent Bartning)

For Vermont Law School, the price of standing on principle was $500,000.

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Maurice Johnson Is Homeless With Two Master's Degrees (VIDEO)

Seeded on Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:13 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

He's articulate, intelligent and very well educated, but Maurice Johnson says he can't find a job.

homeless, us-news, homelessness, educated, maurice-johonson, 60-days-and-60-nights

Graduate Students Hit Hard In Debt Deal

Seeded on Tue Aug 2, 2011 12:45 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

As part of the savings to trim the deficits, Congress would scrap a special kind of federal loan for graduate students. So-called subsidized student loans don't charge students any interest on the principal of student loans until six months after students graduated.

education, loans, student-loans, graduate-school, graduate-students

Homosexual bigots commit hate crimes, Part 8 -- WA petition signers

Seeded on Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:15 AM EDT (RenewAmerica.com)

"A hate crime...involves threats, harassment, or physical harm and is motivated by prejudice against someone's...religion..." — USLegal.com"A threat is also defined as a menace that keeps the mind of a person upon whom a threat operates unsettled.""Harassment is unwanted, u …

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OpEdNews - Article: What Osama bin Laden, Troy Davis, and You Have in Common

Seeded on Thu May 5, 2011 4:38 PM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

So, the United States invaded Mexico, lied about it, killed, raped, pillaged, and stole half the country for the cause of expanding slavery in our growing continental empire.

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'Three Cups Of Tea' Author Greg Mortenson Still Being Burned By Fraud Scandal

Seeded on Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:45 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

"Three Cups Of Tea" author Greg Mortenson continues to face charges that his story was fabricated and the financial statements for his foundation, Central Asia Institute (CAI), are faulty. As fallout from the controversy continues, contributors are questioning their support for …

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Court OKs blind student's software for bar exam

Seeded on Thu Jan 6, 2011 1:26 AM EST (The San Francisco Chronicle)

A blind Bay Area law graduate was entitled to use computer-assisted reading devices that gave her the best chance of passing the California bar exam, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a broad interpretation of disability laws.

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The Precarious Position of Lt. Reese - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Thu Jan 6, 2011 1:22 AM EST (The New York Times)

Today Disunion begins an occasional series about the lives of individual soldiers during the Civil War — North and South, black and white. Compiled and written by Ronald S.

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Social inequality makes you fat | San Francisco Bay Guardian

Seeded on Wed Jan 5, 2011 11:37 AM EST (sfbayguardian.com)

This is one of my favorite bits of social science research of the past year: The kind of gross inequality that we see in the United States not only harms productivity, damages the economy and is unsustainable -- it makes you fat...

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Rich Americans cut back on charitable giving

Seeded on Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:27 AM EST (msnbc.com)

NEW YORK — Charitable giving by wealthy Americans dropped by more than a third between 2007 and 2009 as the worst U.S. recession in decades put pressure on the nonprofit sector, according to a study released Tuesday.

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Will They Get the Message?

Wed Nov 3, 2010 7:12 AM EDT

… If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

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Sixth Annual KIA Thunder Run, Military-Vehicle Show, and Swap Meet Will Take Place in Northern California on Saturday, September 4, 2010

Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:43 AM EDT

By USAKIA (Clipped by Vincent Bartning)

The free event in the north Monterey Bay Area will have an hour and a half ceremony at 12:30PM to honor our nation's killed in action and others who died while serving in the military and public service.

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UC regents endorse test of online instruction

Seeded on Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:45 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

(07-15) 11:39 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The University of California Board of Regents reacted enthusiastically Wednesday to developing a fully online undergraduate degree program at the top-tier research institution they oversee, and endorsed a pilot program to test it.

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Montana fugitive hid 40 years in plain sight

Seeded on Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:07 AM EDT (post-trib.com)

HELENA, Mont. — The aging Frank Dryman, a notorious killer from Montana's past, had hidden in plain sight for so long that he forgot he was a wanted man.

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Divided Koreas commemorate start of Korean War

Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:17 AM EDT

By Kelly Olsen, AP Business Writer (Clipped by Vincent Bartning)

Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in their capital to condemn the United States and South Korea on the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, while Seoul told Pyongyang to admit responsibility for a deadly warship sinking.

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Formal Complaint Against Regis University

Wed Jun 9, 2010 12:31 AM EDT

By USAKIA (Clipped by Vincent Bartning)

A USAKIA executive committee responsible for inter-organizational and governmental relations has approved a resolution formally protesting the treatment by Regis University of the nonprofit’s president and assistant Webmaster, Vincent Bartning.

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A Birth Control Pill for Men? In Your Dreams

Seeded on Sun May 16, 2010 1:21 PM EDT (Politics Daily)

Now that the balloons have come down from 50th-birthday celebrations of the Pill, I want to delicately point out the elephant in the room on biological destiny: Women remain the only ones in charge of preventing pregnancy...

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Scientists Testing 'Ultrasound' Birth Control on Men

Seeded on Thu May 13, 2010 8:12 AM EDT (AOL)

Scientists have moved one step closer to giving men more responsibility in preventing pregnancy.

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NKorean navy boats violate sea border amid tension

Sun May 9, 2010 11:36 AM EDT

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press (Clipped by Vincent Bartning)

Two North Korean naval boats briefly crossed the tense western sea border with South Korea in the first violation since a South Korean warship sank in the area following a mysterious explosion in March, the South's military said Sunday.

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Census workers get ready for door-to-door count

Sat May 1, 2010 2:14 AM EDT

By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press (Clipped by Vincent Bartning)

It sounds simple enough. Knock on some doors, ask some questions, get some answers.

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Robert Grimes dies - wounded pilot evaded Nazis

Seeded on Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:46 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

Col. Robert Grimes, an Army Air Forces pilot who evaded capture in World War II when his B-17 bomber was shot down over Nazi territory, died April 21 at his home at Fort Belvoir, Va., of complications from prostate cancer. He was 87...

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Supreme Court to hear Hastings law school case

Seeded on Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:26 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case with Bay Area roots and broad implications. The question is whether UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco can refuse to recognize and fund a Christian student group under an anti-discrimination policy...

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NASA might be rethinking Constellation program, could spare Utah jobs

Seeded on Thu Mar 4, 2010 1:20 PM EST (deseretnews.com)

SALT LAKE CITY — Amid anger in Congress, NASA may be rethinking plans to cancel its Constellation program.

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Italian TV Chef Giuseppe Bigazzi Suspended for Love of Cat Stew

Seeded on Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:09 PM EST (AOL News)

LONDON (Feb. 19) -- The Italian region of Tuscany is famed for gastronomic delights like bistecca alla Fiorenta (a 3-inch-thick steak marinated in olive and garlic) and ribollita, a hearty broth of borlotti beans and cabbage.

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A catfight over neutering program

Seeded on Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:40 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

The line forms even before the doors open at FixNation in Sun Valley. The trappers come, five days a week, back seats and trunks loaded with feral cats.

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