Opinion: Two winners and one loser at the Summit of the Americas
By Joaquín Roy From Inter Press Service In this column Joaquín Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of the European Union Centre at the University of Miami, argues that U.S. President Barack Obama earned a place in…
Amazon files first lawsuit to block companies from selling fraudulent positive reviews
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist For the first time in the 20 years that Amazon has allowed users to review products, the company is taking legal action against businesses it claims sells fake reviews to third-party sellers. The Seattle Times…
D.C. Court: no sanctions for former prosecutor who violated ethics rule
By Zoe Tillman, From Legal Times, A former federal prosecutor in Washington violated his ethical obligation to turn over information to defense lawyers, an appeals court ruled this week. But the court did not impose sanctions, citing earlier confusion about…
pirate attack survival story
Canadian couple chronicles pirate attack survival story on video By Nick Logan World Reporter/Global National Web Producer From Global News What was supposed to be the start of a sailing adventure for a Canadian couple turned into an ordeal in…
Olwomen story of the week
7 Highest Calorie Fast Food Items By awais239 Storyteller from Olwomen The best and easy option when you are feeling hungry and in a rush is fast food. Fast food restaurants are always there to give you yummiest options and…
New bill to create financial rogues’ register makes perfect sense US Outlook
By Andrew Dewson from the Independent UK Some might say that American justice is a little skewed in favour of white-collar criminals. Compare the fate of your average rogue Wall Street trader with that of Junior Allen, a North Carolina…
Cape Town University votes to remove Cecil Rhodes statue
From Jamaica Observer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa’s oldest university voted Wednesday to remove a statue of colonial-era businessman Cecil Rhodes from its campus, following a month of student protests against a perceived symbol of historical white…
A woman’s place: Supreme Court, and the frozen-food section
By Marcia Coyle, From Legal Times, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been the subject of law review articles, books, editorials, T-shirts and now—ice cream activism? Yes, that’s right. A petition on change.org is approaching 4,000 signatures urging Ben & Jerry’s…
Bahamas police question minister in judicial interference probe
By Candia Dames Nassau Guardian Managing Editor From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — Deputy Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson interviewed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Alfred Gray on Friday as police in The Bahamas continued to investigate an allegation…
Rat brains are basically wired up like miniature Internets
By Andrew Tarantola From Engadget Drawing on forty years of peer-reviewed research, a team of researchers from the University of Southern California have generated the world’s first “wiring diagram” of a rat’s central nervous system. And, as it turns out,…
