Your Vote: A Guide to Races that Affect Elmhurst in the Nov. 6 Election
Elmhurst, IL -- It has been a long election season, but it's all about to come to a head as voters hit the polls Tuesday, Nov. 6. Local campaigns in DuPage County, and Elmhurst in particular, have...
View ArticleRick Jacobs: Meet Koch Brothers Employee David Spady, Darling of LA Fox "News"
Want to know how the right-wing astroturf machine works? Want to see how they use power and money to drown out the voice of the people? Want to see the motivations behind the Koch Brothers' hit man in...
View ArticleGenerosity after boy's gift card is rejected by store
Plymouth -- KIND-hearted benefactors have stepped in to help after a Comet store refused to accept a £500 gift card from a disabled boy. Maria Horton had been given the gift card by the Family Fund...
View ArticleNadia Petrova wins WTA Tournament of Champions
*Nadia Petrova of Russia won the women's tennis Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions beating former World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-2, 6-1. * Petrova won her second victory in five matches...
View ArticleUS presidential election: who does the world want to win?
Some countries have moved away from their strong support for Barack Obama four years ago – but it is by no means a done deal for either candidate *Israel and the Palestinians* Two weeks ago, Randi...
View ArticleGrandview’s Historic Knotty Pine Grill in Receivership
Gryphon Asset Management and its principals Richard and Melissa Kruse have been appointed as receiver and ordered to take over management of the historic Knotty Pine Pub & Grill in the City of...
View ArticleWhat's Closed and Open on Election Day?
Malvern, PA -- The following schools and government buildings in the Malvern area will be open or closed Tuesday, Nov. 6, for Election Day, as stated below. If we've missed one, please tell us in the...
View Article'Cézanne,' by Alex Danchev
'Cézanne,' by Alex Danchev The solitary brooder from Aix-en-Provence, in southern France, transformed the way that the portrait, the still life and the landscape were painted. Yet Cézanne's biography -...
View ArticleJimmy Savile scandal: BBC, star's estate and hospitals face 43 lawsuits
Legal actions begin as corporation says the number of current staff facing allegations of sexual misconduct has risen to 20 Jimmy Savile's estate, the BBC and five other institutions including Stoke...
View ArticleMaking a Commitment to End Domestic Violence, All Year Long
Coronado, CA -- October was National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but we spend all year reaching out and asking you to join us in making a pledge of hope to end relationship violence in our...
View ArticleMaria Rodale: On Sandy and Leadership
This is my first blog post since Sandy swept through and my last blog post before the election on Tuesday...so I have some stuff to say. Let's face it, we had a rough week. I am massively grateful that...
View ArticleNUJ comes out in support of statuatory regulation of press
Statement referencing Irish system puts journalist union at loggerheads with most newspaper proprietors and editors The National Union of Journalists has come out in support of statutory regulation of...
View ArticleVatican IT technician distances himself from jailed butler in court
Claudio Sciarpelletti is accused of aiding and abetting Paolo Gabriele, who was convicted and jailed in Vatileaks scandal A Vatican IT technician on trial as part of the Vatileaks scandal has tried to...
View ArticleViewfinder: Cantwell, Inslee, Demo Candidates Rally the Vote in Issaquah,...
Sammamish-Issaquah, WA -- Washington State Democrats pulled out the party’s big guns Friday to stump for candidates for state office, Congress and the Legislature in a “get out the vote” tour. U.S....
View ArticleGet the Look: Look Twice
Harper’s Bazaar Russia’s Fashion Editor, Maria Kolosova, has a magic touch—or at least a quick way with sleight of hand. Snapped in Paris by street-style photographer Vanessa Jackman, Kolosova looked...
View ArticleStranger steps in with £500 gift to help boy snubbed by Comet
*A boy was given £500 by a stranger after being told by struggling retailer Comet that he could not use a gift card to buy an iPad.* Comet refused to accept a £500 voucher that Samuel wanted to use to...
View ArticleCristina Manzano: A View From Spain: Why Obama Deserves A Second Chance
As it seems to happen elsewhere, this year's race for the White House is not so present in the Spanish public opinion as the 2008 contest was. At that time, the excitement about Barack Obama that blew...
View ArticleKimi Raikkonen deals a sportsman's blow against march of the robots | Richard...
F1 driver fights back against trend towards technicians or coaches micromanaging teams through radios or from touchlines Notoriously a man with little to say for himself, Kimi Raikkonen certainly made...
View ArticleEcuador to celebrate beatification of religious missionary
Quito, Ecuador, Nov 5, 2012 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholics in Ecuador are preparing to mark the upcoming beatification of Sister Maria Troncatti, an Italian missionary who helped evangelize the...
View ArticleJeff Biggers: Arizona's Election Promise: Record Early Latino Vote Taking on...
When 20-year Phoenix resident and businesswoman Maria Maqueada turned in her emergency ballot today at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, thanks to the assertive efforts of Citizens for a Better...
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