Lesbian teen in prom flap sues, returns to school
(AP) 12.03.2010, 04:10:59 AP - Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. On Thursday, a day after the Itawamba County school board did just that, the 18-year-old lesbian high school senior reluctantly returned to campus to some unfriendly looks, she said. |
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Norway doomsday seed vault hits 1/2 million mark
(AP) 11.03.2010, 00:01:58 AP - Two years after receiving its first deposits, a "doomsday" seed vault on an Arctic island has amassed half a million seed samples, making it the world's most diverse repository of crop seeds, the vault's operators announced Thursday. |
Teacher killed by wolves in Alaska, police say
(Reuters) 12.03.2010, 02:15:17 Reuters - A schoolteacher found dead this week near a remote Alaska village was probably killed by wolves, Alaska State Troopers said on Thursday. |
First Lady marks International Women’s Day with Hillary ‘President’ joke
(The Newsroom) 11.03.2010, 20:50:31 The Newsroom - In a fitting show of solidarity for International Women's Day, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made light of the brutal 2008 battle Clinton conducted to defeat Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. As Michelle Obama launched a State Department commemoration of International Women's Day, she briefly stumbled over Clinton's job title. "Let me thank my dear friend, Senator - Secretary Clinton. I almost said, 'President Clinton,' " said the first lady to laughter and applause. "But let me thank you for that kind introduction, and most of all thank you for your friendship, thank you for your support, and thank you for your indispensable advice in getting me through this first year and helping me figure out how to get my family settled in our new life in D.C." |
Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul
(AP) 12.03.2010, 04:09:37 AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year. |
2-second video causes headache for ABC News
(AP) 11.03.2010, 11:29:31 AP - For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles. |
Democrats to use reconciliation, so what is it?
(The Newsroom) 12.03.2010, 00:24:58 The Newsroom - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid confirmed today that he plans to use the "reconciliation process" to pass the final changes to the Senate's health care reform legislation. So... what the heck is it? |
'Jihad Jane': How does Al Qaeda recruit U.S.-born women?
(The Christian Science Monitor) 10.03.2010, 22:58:00 The Christian Science Monitor - The case of Colleen R. LaRose – also known as “Jihad Jane” and “Fatima Rose” – raises troubling questions about the ability of Al Qaeda to attract US-born women to terrorism. |