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AP NEW YORK - A 39-year-old man who was critically injured after being struck by a train while attempting to help a drunken man off the tracks on Staten Island has died.
2.26.2012
Santorum Calls for Sharia Law, Fundamentalist style: Santorum: Church/state separation not absolute CBS News
CBS News -
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum continued to make controversial statements Sunday. The latest is about the separation of church and state, which Santorum says prohibits people of faith from the "public square.
Obama crooning, GOP gone wild Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times -
Barack Obama is singing and swinging. While the president still faces a long, hard slog to a November re-election victory, the increasingly fractious Republican nominating contest must be music to his ears.
GOD BLESS YOU LUCY: Actress Lucy Lawless Arrested in Oil-Ship Protest ABC
Actress Lucy Lawless Arrested in Oil-Ship Protest
ABC News - 5 minutes ago
Police have arrested actress Lucy Lawless and five Greenpeace environmental activists after the group spent four days protesting aboard an oil-drilling ship docked in New Zealand. Police on Monday removed the group from their perch atop a 174-foot ...
'Xena' actress arrested in New Zealand oil protest
AFP - 7 minutes ago
WELLINGTON — "Xena: Warrior Princess" actress Lucy Lawless was arrested in New Zealand Monday after occupying an oil-drilling ship for three days to protest plans to search for oil off Alaska, Greenpeace said. Police climbed a 53-metre (175-foot) ...
Warrior princess Xena arrested
Herald Sun - 15 minutes ago
THE occupation of an Arctic-bound Shell ship by six Greenpeace activists - including actor Lucy Lawless - ended today after police climbed the ship's drilling tower and arrested the group, a police spokeswoman said. "The protesters are all under arrest ...
Lucy Lawless arrested after Shell oil protest ends
Stuff.co.nz - 25 minutes ago
Actress Lucy Lawless and five other Greenpeace protesters have been arrested after spending four days on board the Noble Discoverer, which was due to travel to the Arctic in exploration of oil. Lawless and a group of Greenpeace activists scaled the ...
ROBERT CHARLES/Taranaki Daily News ROBERT CHARLES/Taranaki Daily News ROBERT ...
Stuff.co.nz - 40 minutes ago
DOING IT FOR THE KIDS: Lucy Lawless says she wants to save the Arctic from drilling. Actress Lucy Lawless and five other Greenpeace protesters have been arrested after spending four days on board the Noble Discoverer, which was due to travel to the ...
Greenpeace Activists, Including Lucy Lawless, Arrested After New Zealand ...
Fox Business - 1 hour ago
WELLINGTON – The occupation of an Arctic-bound Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) drillship by six Greenpeace activists--including actor Lucy Lawless--ended Monday in New Zealand after police climbed the ship's drilling tower and arrested the group, ...
Lucy Lawless group ends oil ship protest
Ninemsn - 1 hour ago
Six Greenpeace protesters have been arrested in New Zealand after agreeing to end their occupation of a Shell-contracted oil exploration ship at Port Taranaki. The protesters, including actress Lucy Lawless, came down from the 53-metre drilling tower ...
Greenpeace ship protesters arrested
TVNZ - 1 hour ago
Police have climbed the drilling tower of a ship at Port Taranaki and arrested six protesters. The protesters, including actor Lucy Lawless, had spent a third night on the drilling tower of the Noble Discoverer. Police said at 11am that they had sent ...
Lucy Lawless, fellow protesters abandon ship
NEWS.com.au - 1 hour ago
SIX Greenpeace protesters in New Zealand have ended their occupation of a Shell-contracted oil exploration ship. The protesters, including actress Lucy Lawless, came down from the 53-metre drilling tower aboard the Noble Discoverer today.
Police arrest oil ship protesters
New Zealand Herald - 1 hour ago
By Herald Online staff and Jeremy Olds Officers scaled the vessel's drilling tower and arrested the protesters, which included actress Lucy Lawless, who have been there since late last week. The Noble Discoverer was meant to leave Port Taranaki over ...
Pr. Obama's Clinically Depressed by News - Brewer won't attend Obama dinner for governors USA TODAY
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By David Jackson, USA TODAY President Obama is hosting a White House dinner tonight for the nation's governors, but one prominent state executive won't be there.
Democratic governors: Republicans returning to 'dark ages' Politico
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The nation's Democratic governors are gleeful at the heavy play social issues are suddenly getting in the Republican presidential primary.
Warrior: Lucy Lawless and protesters spend third night aboard oil drilling ship NEWS.com.au
Lawless protesters prepare for third night
The Australian - 6 hours ago
A group of protesters on board a Shell-contracted oil-drilling ship in Taranaki, New Zealand, are preparing for a third night on board but their water is running low. The protesters, including TV actor Lucy Lawless, boarded the Arctic-bound Noble ...
Warrior: Lucy Lawless and protesters spend third night aboard oil drilling ship
NEWS.com.au - 6 hours ago
Actress Lucy Lawless is spending her third night on board an oil-drilling ship bound for the Arctic with a group of protesters. Picture: Greenpeace Source: AP Source: AP A group of protesters on board a Shell-contracted oil-drilling ship in Taranaki, ...
'Guantanamo' tactics won't put off Greenpeace protesters
New Zealand Herald - 6 hours ago
By Jeremy Olds Greenpeace protesters say "Guantanamo" style tactics will not bring them down from a tower aboard a Shell ship bound for the Arctic. The Noble Discoverer was meant to depart Port Taranaki this weekend on a 6000 nautical mile journey to ...
Protesters weather second night on ship
TVNZ - 13 hours ago
Five Greenpeace protesters and actor Lucy Lawless have spent a second night aboard the oil drilling ship the Noble Discoverer in Port Taranaki. The protesters are on the drilling tower of the vessel, and say that they have used locks on the access ...
Lawless foregoes comforts to fight oil drilling
New Zealand Herald - 19 hours ago
By Kirsty Wynn Lucy Lawless and Greenpeace activists protesting on board a Shell-contracted oil drillship in Port Taranaki. Photo / Greenpeace Eco-princess Lucy Lawless has given up home comforts for a second night up a gusty tower with no place to ...
2.25.2012
Shoot the journalists: Syria's lesson from the Arab spring The Guardian
The Guardian -
The media centre in the Homs suburb of Baba Amr is nothing more than a family house. Once it had four storeys and a satellite dish on the roof.
WWII Vet Says Nobody Helped After He Was Carjacked NPR
NPR -
by AP DETROIT (AP) - A World War II veteran said nobody helped him in the minutes after he was attacked and carjacked during daylight at a busy Detroit gas station and he had to crawl across a concrete parking lot to get help.
Obama's Christian Appology to Muslims Infuriates the GOPig Satan Crowd newsok.com
NewsOK.com -
Republican president candidate Rick Santorum accused President Obama of "showing weakness" in responding to the killings of US servicemen by their Afghan military allies.
UVA Football Player Protests Unequal Staff Wages With Hunger Strike News One
News One -
In a political move not often seen from college athletes, University of Virginia football player, Joseph Williams, has joined the Living Wage Campaign in a campus hunger strike “to protest the economic and social injustices perpetrated by the UVa ...
Xena (her) Lucy Lawless on Arrest Warning: 'We have no choice but to hold our ground.' (details)
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/protester-pulled-off-oil-drilling-ship-and-arrested-4742115
Greenpeace protester arrested
Courier Mail - 2 hours agoArrested: A protester was arrested after leaving a Shell-contracted ... Seven protesters, including actor Lucy Lawless, boarded the Arctic bound ship, ...
Xena's Lucy Lawless spends night with protesters in New Zealand
Bikya Masr - 8 hours agoSYDNEY: In protest against oil giant Shell's efforts to drill oil off the Alaskan coast, television star of Xena: Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless spent the ...
Oil-drilling ship protester arrested upon pulling out
TVNZ - 8 hours agoEarlier today actor Lucy Lawless and the other protesters on-board were told by ... Lawless said, "Shell has said that they are very disappointed with ...
Drill ship protestor arrested
Radio New Zealand - 9 hours agoFive Greenpeace activists and the actor Lucy Lawless remain in occupation of an ... Shell says it is good that he has come down, and looks forward to other ...
Activists Vow to Continue Arctic Drill Ship Occupation
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - 9 hours agoAuckland, 25 February 2012 — Actor Lucy Lawless and Greenpeace New Zealand activists this afternoon vowed to continue their occupation of Arctic bound Shell ...
Protestors will occupy ship a third day
Newstalk ZB - 10 hours agoLucy Lawless says overnight 95 thousand people have written to Shell, to ask boss Peter Voser to cancel its plans to open up the Arctic to oil drilling.
One gone, five remain on ship with Lawless
3News NZ - 10 hours agoActress Lucy Lawless and five other protesters remain onboard as the ship prepares ... and are demanding Shell cancel the ship's exploration to the Arctic.
One arrested in Lawless' Greenpeace protest
Manawatu Standard - 10 hours agoATTENTION-GRABBING: Greenpeace protesters, including actress Lucy Lawless, boarded the Noble Discoverer at Port Taranaki on Friday.
Second activist in custody
Stuff.co.nz - 11 hours ago... from Port Taranaki by police after he came down from the Shell drill ship. ... including actress Lucy Lawless, were still very committed to the cause.
'Xena', Greenpeace activists climb oil-drilling ship in protest
Hamilton Spectator - 14 hours agoWELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND Television actress Lucy Lawless climbed aboard an ... The ship is chartered by oil company Shell. Shona Geary, the company's New ...
2.24.2012
Ahhh. Of, by and for the People: Romney's Wealth Emerges as Subtext in 'Cadillac' Remark BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek -
By Brian Faler (Updates with comment from analyst Duffy in sixth paragraph. For more on the 2012 campaign, see {ELECT }.) Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Mitt Romney is a wealthy man, as he keeps reminding voters, even if it's unintentional.
Obama Peace Maker: Obama: It's time for the killing of Syrian citizens to end Jerusalem Post
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By REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The international community must band together in pressuring Syrian leader Bashar Assad to step down and put and end to the killing of Syrian citizens, US President Barack Obama said on Friday. His comments came as rescue ...
Former Reagan advisor Arthur Laffer says to tax pollution, not income The Tennessean
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But he sees a backwards system that imposes taxes on things people want more of: income and jobs. At the same time, the United States allows something people want less of - carbon dioxide pollution - to be emitted without penalty.
Gates says future begins with revolution in agricultural productivity Western Farm Press
Western Farm Press -
Bill Gates: More productive small farmers are the key to achieving the Millennium Development Goals on hunger and poverty. If you care about the poorest, you care about agriculture.
Netanyahu is demolishing the strategic alliance with US Haaretz
Haaretz -
The Netanyahu government had 20 months to set up an excellent firefighting service in advance of the planned war, but did nothing.
Israeli Gestapo Murders with Impunity: 'Palestinian dies after Temple Mount Clashes' Jerusalem Post
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President Obama's millionaire tax proposal is popular: poll New York Daily News
New York Daily News -
By AP / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Most people like President Barack Obama's proposal to make millionaires pay a significant share of their incomes in taxes.
2011 Was Ninth Warmest Year in Decades, NASA Finds LiveScience.com
LiveScience.com -
Average temperatures around the globe in 2011 were 0.92 degrees Fahrenheit (0.51 degrees Celsius) warmer than the baseline in the mid-20th century.
Putin Says Iran Nuclear-Weapons Ability Would Risk Stability BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek -
24 (Bloomberg) -- Russia opposes Iran developing nuclear-weapons capability because it would endanger global stability, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
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