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October 26th, 2012
Written by Jerome Pugmire - AP Sports Writer in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
PARIS (AP) — A week after UEFA opened disciplinary proceedings against both Serbia and England, Michel Platini said Tuesday that the governing body of European football is doing its utmost to combat racism.
"We have a lot of associations that we finance and that we help to fight racism," said Platini, the president of UEFA. "It's not an easy issue, but we are doing everything in our power to...
October 26th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 1 Comment
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a brief look into the issues voters should view as important in the upcoming Presidential election and how it impacts the American people.
Immigration:
An estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants are living and often working in the United States. Figuring out what to do with them has confounded Washington for years.
Lax enforcement could mean more illegal...
October 25th, 2012
Written by Russell Roberts in Cultural Uniqueness, Latest News with 0 Comments
Halloween is one of the most tradition-filled holidays on the calendar. Far from just a day for kids, within the last decade or so Halloween has gone mainstream. In 2011, Americans spent $6.86 billion on Halloween, which is a scary amount indeed.
Halloween means the evening before All Hallows Day (also known as All Saints’ Day), which is November 1. The roots of Halloween go all the back to...
October 25th, 2012
Written by Cain Burdeau - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 20-year-old black woman told police she was set on fire by three men who wrote the initials KKK and a racial slur on her car in northeastern Louisiana.
Louisiana State Police spokeswoman Lt. Julie Lewis says Sharmeka Moffitt was found with burns on more than half of her body when police responded to her 911 call Sunday night.
Moffitt was in critical condition Monday at a...
October 25th, 2012
Written by Geir Moulson - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
BERLIN (AP) — Germany opened a long-awaited memorial October 23, to the hundreds of thousands of Gypsies, or Roma, who were killed by the Nazis in what one survivor called "the forgotten Holocaust" — and pledged to fight the discrimination the minority still faces in Europe today.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joachim Gauck inaugurated the memorial at an official ceremony in Berlin's...
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