Fed Judge: Calif. School Was Right to Forbid Students American Flag T-Shirts on Cinco de Mayo
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:56:31 AM
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| Should public school officials have the right to prevent students from wearing pro-American garb on Cinco de Mayo? This question has been at the heart of a California court battle between the Morgan Hill Unified School District and students who were told by a principal and assistant principal that they could not wear American flag t-shirts on the Mexican holiday back in 2010. Following the incident, a lawsuit against the district was launched by the students and their families. This week, the case came to a close, with a federal judge ruling against the students a blow that is... |
Mexico and the War on Drugs: Time to Legalize
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:56:31 AM
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| 70 minute VIDEO- Former President of Mexico Vincente Fox speaks on ending the drug war. |
'Danny the Red' in Ramallah
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:56:31 AM
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| Danny Cohn-Bendit, who led extreme leftist riots in Paris in 1968, in PA to identify with its unilateral bid for independence. Former student revolutionary Danny Cohn-Bendit, aka "Danny the Red," visited Ramallah Thursday together with what was termed "a delegation of French Jews," in a show of support for the bid by the Palestinian Authority (PA) for a unilateral declaration of statehood. Cohn-Bendit, who led the ultra leftist Paris student riots in 1968, joined the Green Party in the 1980s and is now its European co-president. In Ramallah, Cohn-Bendit and the other "French Jews" met in the Muqata compound with... |
City turning red-light cameras back on
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:56:31 AM
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| The city of Houston will turn its red-light cameras back on today, Mayor Annise Parker announced after this mornings City Council meeting. According to a statement from the mayors office, tickets will be issued after a short period of equipment testing. |
Volcano ash turns Asian eclipse blood red
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:56:31 AM
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| SYDNEY (AP) Asian and African night owls were treated to a lunar eclipse, and ash in the atmosphere from a Chilean volcano turned it blood red for some viewers. The Sydney Observatory said the eclipse was to begin at 3:25 a.m. Thursday (1:25 p.m. EDT, 5:25 p.m. GMT Wednesday) and last until after 5 a.m. Scientists said the specific phenomenon happening Thursday known as a "deep lunar eclipse" often exudes a coppery color. But the intensity of the color depends on the amount of ash and dust in the atmosphere. Luckily for moon-gazers, there was plenty of... |



