Casket sit in front of the stage of a memorial for firefighters who were killed in the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion prior to President Barack Obama’s arrival, Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Baylor University in Waco,Texas. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) A week after a blast at a Texas fertilizer plant killed at least 15 people […]
Casket sit in front of the stage of a memorial for firefighters who were killed in the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion prior to President Barack Obama’s arrival, Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Baylor University in Waco,Texas. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) A week after a blast at a Texas fertilizer plant killed at least 15 people […]
Trisha Marczak Legislation aimed at cracking down on the animal rights industry is all the rage in state legislatures around the nation, with some bills deeming those who secretly film acts of animal abuse at factory farms “terrorists.” While touting the bill as one that seeks to protect animals living in factory farms, animal rights […]
Trisha Marczak Legislation aimed at cracking down on the animal rights industry is all the rage in state legislatures around the nation, with some bills deeming those who secretly film acts of animal abuse at factory farms “terrorists.” While touting the bill as one that seeks to protect animals living in factory farms, animal rights […]
Martin Michaels Director Brian Knappenberger has raised more than $43,000 from more than 642 contributors to fund a documentary about the life of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide in January after an intense police investigation into his online activities. Utilizing online crowdfunding site, Kickstarter, the director seeks to raise an additional $32,000 in […]
Martin Michaels Director Brian Knappenberger has raised more than $43,000 from more than 642 contributors to fund a documentary about the life of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide in January after an intense police investigation into his online activities. Utilizing online crowdfunding site, Kickstarter, the director seeks to raise an additional $32,000 in […]
Martin Michaels More than 300 students representing 25 different Chicago public schools staged a walkout Wednesday in opposition to standardized testing. The demonstration occurred during a scheduled testing day when thousands of students across Illinois are required to take standardized exams. Six busloads of students representing the Chicago Students Organizing to Save Our Schools (CSOSOS), a burgeoning […]
Martin Michaels More than 300 students representing 25 different Chicago public schools staged a walkout Wednesday in opposition to standardized testing. The demonstration occurred during a scheduled testing day when thousands of students across Illinois are required to take standardized exams. Six busloads of students representing the Chicago Students Organizing to Save Our Schools (CSOSOS), a burgeoning […]
In this Dec. 6, 2012 file photo, Brandon Coats works on his computer at his home in Denver. Coats, a quadriplegic medical marijuana patient, was fired from his job in 2010 as a telephone operator at Dish Network after testing positive for marijuana. The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday, April 25, 2013, upheld the […]
In this Dec. 6, 2012 file photo, Brandon Coats works on his computer at his home in Denver. Coats, a quadriplegic medical marijuana patient, was fired from his job in 2010 as a telephone operator at Dish Network after testing positive for marijuana. The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday, April 25, 2013, upheld the […]
In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that overwhelmingly passed a test vote in the Senate Monday, April 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) Internet […]
In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that overwhelmingly passed a test vote in the Senate Monday, April 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) Internet […]
Pedestrians and cars traverse New York’s Times Square, Thursday, April 25, 2013. The Boston Marathon bombing suspects had planned to blow up their remaining explosives in New York’s Times Square, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Armed with a pressure-cooker explosive and five pipe bombs, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing made a spur-of-the-moment […]
Pedestrians and cars traverse New York’s Times Square, Thursday, April 25, 2013. The Boston Marathon bombing suspects had planned to blow up their remaining explosives in New York’s Times Square, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Armed with a pressure-cooker explosive and five pipe bombs, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing made a spur-of-the-moment […]
