In parts of India such as the Sundarban Islands of West Bengal, humans are encroaching more than ever into the habitat of local wildlife. But here, the familiar story has a twist: elephants and tigers are responding by killing and even eating humans, ABC News reports. The latter is a…
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Demonstrations and protests spread around the Middle East after the toppling of Egypt’s Mubarak. Steve Bell
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The US and president Barack Obama continue to waver in their position regarding the unrest sweeping through the Middle East. The country says it will not dictate events in the region. But Obama has criticised the Iranian government’s violent response to protests there, while at the same time maintaining a more neutral tone with Bahrain. Many find the US’s response disappointing, and some feel the White House will only react strongly to those governments it does not have a stake in. Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane reports.
Continue reading …What’s a human life worth? Quite a bit, according to the Obama administration. The New York Times rounds up some examples: The EPA values the cost of a life at $9.1 million, up from $6.8 million under Bush. The FDA comes in at $7.9 million, up from…
Continue reading …Wisconsin’s political theater is now a two-state show: Democrats who fled the capital today to stall the governor’s anti-union bill are holed up in a Best Western in Rockford, Illinois, reports WTMJ of Milwaukee . It’s not clear whether all 14 senators are there or when they’ll return. Republicans need at…
Continue reading …The teen at the heart of the latest sex scandal to ensnare Silvio Berlusconi said she deserves to be paid for the suffering she has endured. Dancer Karima el-Mahroug, aka “Ruby,” says she’s been “treated as a prostitute by all the Italian and foreign media,” she wrote in email to…
Continue reading …A 62-year-old man has been charged with criminal mischief in a crime that cuts to the heart of Auburn University. Harvey Updyke Jr. allegedly poisoned the 130-year-old oak trees at Toomer’s Corner on the edge of campus that serve as mascots of sorts for the school. Generations of students have…
Continue reading …A 21-year-old singer-songwriter apparently thought a viral video could bring attention to his fledgling career. But Michigan’s Evan Emory got more notoriety than he anticipated: His joke-gone-wrong has left him charged with “manufacturing child sexual abusive material,” a felony that carries a 20-year sentence. Emory’s gag was to appear to…
Continue reading …A woman in Canada has been awarded $30,000 over her claim that she had to leave her job because of sexually related texts from her boss. The single mother of two worked at an aluminum company in British Columbia and previously had a consensual sexual relationship with her superior….
Continue reading …They don’t call it tobacco country for nothing: A Kentucky County has bucked a national trend and repealed a smoking ban for bars and restaurants. Campbell County officials voted 3-1 to kill the measure, which had been adopted in December and was supposed to go into effect in April. Opponents…
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