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Letters: Solitary is too cruel for kids
Re "Too young for solitary," Editorial, May 12 Your editorial had such a promising beginning. Unfortunately, rather than saying the cruel solitary confinement of juveniles should be banned, the editorial recommend that it "should at the very least be...Tags: Abusive Behavior, American Academy of Pediatrics, Human Rights Watch, Politics
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Area athlete goes from orphanage in Uzbekistan to all-American girl
Christa Rusnic only can imagine what her life would be like. She doesn't like where her imagination leads. "I probably would have been living an impoverished life," said Rusnic, a senior goalie on Bishop Moore's water-polo team. "I wouldn't have...
Tags: Civil Rights, Adoption, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Diving
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Sears won't sign Bangladesh safety accord
Sears said Wednesday it does not plan to sign a fire and building safety agreement backed by some of Europe's biggest apparel brands aimed at trying to prevent another disaster like the one in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers. Instead, the...
Tags: Collective Contract, Bangladesh, Fashion Trends, National Retail Federation, Work Rules Contract Issues
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Legal challenges begin against ND abortion laws
Abortion rights activists today filed the first of what they expect will be several legal challenges to laws recently approved in North Dakota that would make that state the most restrictive in the country for women to terminate their pregnancies. The...Tags: Judges, Trials, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics
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Bidder pays $600k for coffee with Apple CEO
An anonymous bidder will pay $610,000 for an hour of chat. Why so much? It's a chance to chat with Apple's chief executive, Tim Cook. The online auction site Charity Buzz started accepting bids on the experience about three weeks ago. The winning...
Tags: Auction Service, Politics
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Duckworth makes first trip to war zone since copter shot down
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Making her first trip to a war zone since she was gravely injured in 2004, Rep. Tammy Duckworth visited Afghanistan last weekend with five other congresswomen. Duckworth, who lost her legs when her Black Hawk helicopter was shot down...Tags: U.S. Congress, Susan Davis, Tammy Duckworth, Travel, Army National Guard
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Florida should stop putting its youths in solitary confinement
The time is now to end solitary confinement of Florida's youth. Several years ago, I taught English as a second language to students from all over the world. Two young students, newly arrived and excited to see the United States, decided to do some...Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Students, FBI, Laws, Tampa
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Sweat-free labels to change the garment trade [Blowback]
In a May 7 Op-Ed article, Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch exhort consumers to support the workers who make our clothes rather than the global apparel industry that exploits them with low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet exactly how we...
Tags: Immigration, City University of New York, Sales, Northern Mariana Islands, George Washington
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International court to explore investigating Israeli flotilla raid
JERUSALEM -- The International Criminal Court will hold a preliminary inquiry to decide whether a full investigation into Israel's deadly 2010 raid on a Turkish ship will be opened, according to a court statement Tuesday. In May 2010, Israeli naval...
Tags: Barack Obama, Government, National Government, International Criminal Court, International Law
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U.S.-Russia 'reset' thwarted by Syrian war, spy scandal
Just when it seemed that Russia was poised to collaborate with Western powers on a new peace mission for Syria, a spy scandal has erupted to revive Cold War-era mistrust and division. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State...Tags: Bashar Assad, Barack Obama, Government, National Government, Vladimir Putin
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Syria's government presses battle in key rebel city of Qusair
BEIRUT -- Renewed clashes were reported Monday in the strategic Syrian city of Qusair, where government forces pressed an offensive aimed at chasing rebels from the supply and logistics hub. There were conflicting accounts from the government and the...
Tags: Government, News Agency, Tripoli (Libya), Emergency Incidents, Lebanon
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Turmoil at Florida Atlantic
FAU has received attention for several recent controversies, including: January: James Tracy, an associate communications professor, questions in his private blog whether the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre in Connecticut happened as reported, or...Tags: Allen West, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Politics
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