A ring of steel is being erected around the Grove, site of Bilderberg 2013. … Read More
Palestine – IDF urged to punish soldier who deliberately shot, wounded photographer
Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the action of an Israeli soldier who deliberately shot a Palestinian photographer in the face with a rubber-coated steel bullet during an incursion by the Israeli Defence Forces into the Aida refugee camp, 2 km north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on 8 April. The incident took place at around 5:30 p.m., when Mohamed Al-Azza, a photographer for http://www.pnn.ps (PNN), was taking photos of the Israeli soldiers from the Lajee Centre, a (…) … Read More
Mexico opens controversial memorial for drug war victims
Mexico opened a memorial Friday honoring tens of thousands of victims of a brutal drug war, but the garden of towering steel walls has been rejected by some relatives of the dead and missing. Built with funds seized from drug cartels, the memorial was built during the administration of president…
Steubenville residents reflect on town’s demise: Football was city’s one bright light
In Steubenville, a small, struggling former steel town on the bank of the Ohio River, the last five days of an excruciating rape trial and the months leading up to it have been racked with angst and division. But at issue for many residents was not the specifics of the case alone: whether two stars…
State Rep To Introduce Bill To Allow Medical Pot Distribution
Operators of Michigan’s medical marijuana distribution facilities are hiding behind steel doors with peepholes and growing warier than ever of strangers after a state Supreme Court ruling this month turned them into outlaws.
That’s the word from marijuana users, cannabis lawyers and operators of facilities called dispensaries and compassion clubs.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie enter winemaking business
The next target in Brangelina’s plan for world domination, after furniture-making and advocacy, is winemaking. The Web site Decanter.com has reported that the two have been working with French winemaker Marc Perrin to produce a rose wine from vineyards at their second home in Sourthern France, Chateau Miraval. (The wine, Miraval, was previously called “Pink Floyd” because the iconic band recorded their album “The Wall” at the Chateau in 1979). The 2012 Miraval will be sold under the label Perrin and Jolie-Pitt.
“They were present at the blending sessions this year, and are relooking at everything from the installations in the winery – where we have already switched to stainless steel tanks – to reworking the labels across the range of wines,” Perrin told Decanter.
DC Comics hires anti-gay writer for Superman series
Superman fans are up in arms at the decision of the publisher to appoint a noted anti-gay writer to pen the Man of Steel’s latest adventures. Comic giant DC has commissioned Orson Scott Card, author of the award-winning and best-selling Ender’s Game sci-fi series, to write for…
