Vigils are planned Wednesday across the nation to remember slain teen Trayvon Martin on the two-year anniversary of his death. Rallies in major cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta, will honor Martin. Participants are being asked to wear hooded sweatshirts and hold signs.Theyl...
I had the opportunity to visit my older son's first grade classroom last Friday and was struck by - as I always am when I go into my kids' classes - the visible, exuberant love of learning that every student displayed, their sheer enjoyment and being in school, doing their work, talking with their teach...
Anything great happening in your life this week? Anything not-so-great? Anything you're looking forward to coming up the rest of the week? I am SUPER excited that one of my BFFs Mrs. Switzer, who is one of the teachers/people who most inspires me, got named a PYLUSD Teacher of the Year during second p...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-23/most-wanted-drug-leader-guzman-captured-in-pacific-mexico-resort.htmlJoaquin Guzman "El Chapo", notorious drug lord was captured in the ocean town Mazatlan in Mexico this Monday. He has been the worlds most wanted drug lord...
In Lagos, Nigeria, Islamic militants from the group Boko Haram rounded up female students at the Federal Government College Buni Yadi, and killed 29 16-18 year old boys, due to their anti-secular Islamist beliefs. They then told the women to read the Quran and go home and find husbands. This hasn't b...
Australia wants to start a new credit reporting system called CCR. If using this, a much wider range of information will be available, from details of credit cards and personal loans to monthly bill repayment history. Changes mean companies will be able to access additional information around...
The Oscars are this weekend!! Do you care? Any predictions for some of the big awards? How many Best Picture-nominated films have you seen? Any favorites? Best Picture: "American Hustle" "Captain Phillips" "Dallas Buyers Club" "Gravity" &q...
The U.S and Mexican government capture notorious drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. He is the kingpin of the Sinaloa cartel. The United States filed to extradite to stand trial here, yet it was postponed. He is being charged with Drug trafficking and arms trafficking. http:...
The turmoil in Venezuela has increased drastically as there have been 137 injuries and 8 more deaths in the Venezuelan protests. President Maduro of Venezuela has called out extra forces in armored vehicles to quell the disturbances in the cities even though many( but not all) of the protesters ar...
The leader of a powerful al-Qaida-linked group in Syria gave a rival breakaway group a five-day ultimatum to accept mediation by leading clerics to end infighting or be "expelled" from the region. More than 2,000 people have been killed in the fighting between the Islamic State and reb...
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