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Liberia's Leymah Gbowee: The power of the powerless
Friday morning, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee — along with her country's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Yemeni activist Tawakul Karman — was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A decade ago, this moment would have seemed unthinkable....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Nobel Prize Awards, Social Media
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Dumbo and the Rose float
Dumbo was great and so is the float (Rose float design brings PETA protests, Sept. 1). When I first saw the photo of the float, I thought of all of those elephants that have been, and are still being, slaughtered for their ivory tusks. In the August...Tags: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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Education Matters: Helping to dissolve cyber bullying
Editor's Note: Numerous instances of plagiarism have been discovered in Dan Kimber’s “Education Matters” column, which ran in the News- Press from September 2003 to September 2011. In those columns where plagiarism has been found, a...Tags: Justice System, National Government, Suicide, Social Media, Health and Safety at School
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Small Wonders: Down a runway toward destruction
Ever since M*A*S*H went off the air, I’ve been a little disillusioned with TV. That’s not to say I don’t watch, or like, certain TV shows: “30 Rock” and “Modern Family” stand out. While channel surfing, I will...Tags: Entertainment, Beauty Contests, Long Island, Barbie (fictional character), Television Networks
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Security an issue at Occupy Baltimore
The Occupy Baltimore protest is now entrenched at the Inner Harbor, but its members are questioning whether they can sustain the movement amid a dwindling number of core leaders and allegations of crime and drug use.
Reports that a woman was sexually...Tags: Drug Use, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sex Crimes, Assault, Sexual Assault
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Meghan Daum: What's with the 'hiker hate'?
The story of Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd, the American hikers who in July 2009 crossed the border — inadvertently, all evidence suggests — from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran and were imprisoned for espionage, is back in the...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Josh Fattal, Sarah Shourd, Ban Ki-moon
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What exactly is Team StarKid?
The door at the back of a Wilmette movie house cracked open. A young girl poked her head in. She spotted a half dozen or so twentysomethings standing amid the seats of an otherwise empty theater and her eyes grew wide. “Wow! Hey! Team StarKid!&...Tags: Entertainment, YouTube, Harry Potter (fictional character), Allegra (drug), Music Theater
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Reno pilot was an experienced racer
In the world of airplane racing, Jimmy Leeward was as big as they came.
His story was legendary: Born to parents who made a life flying and selling airplanes, Leeward "was literally raised on the airports his father operated," according to a profile on...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Ocala, here! (tv network), Real Estate Sellers
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Is Ben & Jerry's 'Schweddy Balls' R-rated ice cream?
![<a href="http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/feature/schweddy/" target="_blank">Ben & Jerry's ice cream</a> may not be as family-friendly as you thought.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/65028203-26072350.jpg "<a href="http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/feature/schweddy/\" target=\"_blank\">Ben & Jerry's ice cream</a> may not be as family-friendly as you thought.")
Ben & Jerry's ice cream may not be as family-friendly as you thought.
That's the assertion a group of mothers called One Million Moms is making after the ice cream company released a new seasonal flavor called "Schweddy Balls" earlier this month.
"The...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Alec Baldwin, Foods and Beverages, Ice Cream
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Family Of Teen Killed In Windsor Locks Crash Settles Suits For $420,000
The Hartford CourantThe family of the teenager killed last October when he was struck by a car driven by off-duty Windsor Locks police officer Michael Koistinen has settled lawsuits against Koistinen and the bar where he was drinking moments before the crash for $420,000....Tags: Justice System, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Suffield, Dining and Drinking, Windsor Locks
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Records: Flanagan had threatened suicide before
Former Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan had threatened to commit suicide several times before taking his life last month, police records show.
In an interview with police detectives, Flanagan's wife described several occasions in which he grabbed a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Suicide, Firearms, Dick's Sporting Goods Incorporated, Defense
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Morgan Harrington's Mother files $3.5 million dollar lawsuit against security company at John Paul Jones Arena
![<span style="font-size: small;">The mother of Morgan Harrington has filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the company that provided security at John Paul Jones Arena the night Morgan went missing, Gil Harrington confirmed to News 7 tonight. </span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/126710740-17161449.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">The mother of Morgan Harrington has filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the company that provided security at John Paul Jones Arena the night Morgan went missing, Gil Harrington confirmed to News 7 tonight. </span>")
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterThe mother of Morgan Harrington has filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the company that provided security at John Paul Jones Arena the night Morgan went missing, Gil Harrington confirmed to News 7 tonight. The $3.5 million dollar lawsuit is...Tags: Onions, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Environmental Issues, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Metallica (music group)
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