SALT LAKE CITY TRIBUNE….. Robber with underwear on head stopped by civilians in golf cart By Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 11/25/2008 07:03:39 AM MST A suspected robber wearing underwear on his head to hide his identity was chased down Monday afternoon by customers in a golf cart outside a South Salt Lake [...]
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MASCOTS, COSTUMES, FREE SPEECH, EH WOT? FROM THE LA TIMES….. Claremont parents clash over kindergarten Thanksgiving costumes Some say having students dress up as pilgrims and Native Americans is ‘demeaning.’ Their opponents say they are elitists injecting politics into a simple children’s celebration. By Seema Mehta November 25, 2008 For decades, Claremont kindergartners have celebrated [...]
Barack Obama and the graveyard of hope (THE EAST AFRICAN JUNE 15, 2008) Wambui Mwangi (2008-08-11) I am finding it very difficult to join in the jubilation about Senator Barack Obama. Not that I want to deny the man his victory, but my impulse to celebrate keeps deflating on the idea that the best thing [...]
DID YOU AGREE WITH THE DISPOSITION? Kid can play football Matthew B. Stannard, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, November 24, 2008 (11-24) 17:33 PST OAKLAND — An Alameda County judge ruled today that the organization that oversees high school sports in California violated state law when it found a Placer County foster child ineligible to play [...]
FROM LE MONDE, VIA TRUTHOUT, VIA PROF CARY FRASER…. Thank You, George! Saturday 08 November 2008 by: Frédéric Lemaître, Le Monde Mister President, Dear George At the moment when it’s good form to criticize you – unfortunately, even within these columns – allow me, instead, to inform you of my admiration. And to deplore your [...]
the AP hot off the griddle…..or out of the oven….. NC carjacking suspect clubbed with frozen turkey Monday, November 24, 2008 (11-24) 10:23 PST Raleigh, N.C. (AP) – Stopped. Cold turkey. North Carolina authorities say a shopper clubbed an alleged carjacker with a frozen turkey as he tried to steal a woman’s car in a [...]