A majority of the children of illegal immigrants from Mexico in Los Angeles do not graduate from high school, according to the findings of a new study, the Los Angeles Times reports. Adults with parents who were legal immigrants averaged about 13 years of education, but those whose parents were illegal immigrants went to school
Continue reading …A majority of the children of illegal immigrants from Mexico in Los Angeles do not graduate from high school, according to the findings of a new study, the Los Angeles Times reports. Adults with parents who were legal immigrants averaged about 13 years of education, but those whose parents were illegal immigrants went to school
Continue reading …US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford was pulled from the country this weekend, after the Obama administration received “credible threats against his personal safety,” a State Department spokesman announced today, accusing Bashar Assad’s regime of waging an “incitement campaign” against the ambassador. “At this point we can’t say when he…
Continue reading …The latest satellite en route to Earth has made its landing—trouble is, no one knows quite where it ended up. An American astrophysicist says Germany’s ROSAT seems to have dropped over Southeast Asia after entering Earth’s atmosphere late Saturday night. Though two major Chinese cities were in its projected…
Continue reading …Walter Isaacson’s highly anticipated biography of Steve Jobs is out today, and the author was on 60 Minutes last night for a lengthy interview about the book and its subject. Highlights, via Mashable and BusinessWeek : Jobs admired Facebook: “We talk about social networks in the plural, but I don’t see…
Continue reading …It turns out that the hacker collective Anonymous can do more than just mess with the New York Stock Exchange and protest San Francisco public transit —since the beginning of the month, about a half dozen of its members have been busy infiltrating Lolita City, one of the worst “dark…
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Julian Assange, co-founder of WikiLeaks, announces that the whistleblowing website is suspending publishing operations to fight ‘arbitrary and unlawful’ financial blockades
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Julian Assange, co-founder of WikiLeaks, announces that the whistleblowing website is suspending publishing operations to fight ‘arbitrary and unlawful’ financial blockades
Continue reading …Last year, it was Tina Fey ; this year, Will Ferrell rocked the Kennedy Center as he won the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor last night. The star-studded gala saw speeches from celebrities as diverse as Ben Stiller, Ed Asner, Molly Shannon, and Gwen Ifill, the Washington Post reports….
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Kenyan Red Cross reports one dead and eight injured in explosion, hours after grenade attack at bar in capital At least one person has died in an explosion at a bus stop in Nairobi, hours after a grenade attack at a bar in the Kenyan capital. The second blast, at a crowded bus stop in a working-class neighbourhood, was reported by the Kenyan Red Cross. It said on Twitter that one person had been killed and another eight had been taken to Kenyatta national hospital. The grenade blast wounded a dozen people, three critically. The attacks, which have not been linked, have raised fears of reprisals from Islamist groups for Kenya’s support in fighting Islamists in neighbouring Somalia. The US embassy in Kenya warned two days ago of an imminent attack, Reuters said. Mathew Iteere, the Kenyan police commissioner, said there was no firm link between the two blasts and Somalia’s al-Shabaab rebels, who have been linked to al-Qaida. Kenya Africa Jo Adetunji guardian.co.uk
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