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February 22nd, 2013
Written by Darlene Superville - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama argued Friday for keeping a key provision of federal voting rights law in place, saying it will become harder but not impossible to help people who believe their rights at the polls have been violated if the Supreme Court decides to strike down that part of the law.
The court has scheduled oral arguments for Wednesday on a challenge from Shelby County, Ala...
February 21st, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
With its tremendous reach, social media is playing an increasing role in intercultural communication and understanding for many people around the world. As a result, the social networks serve a number of useful purposes for those exploring new places virtually or in their travels.
According to Mark Zuckerberg, “If Facebook were a country, it would be the sixth most populated country in the world...
February 21st, 2013
Written by Monika Scislowska - Associated Press in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish language experts launched a campaign Thursday to preserve the challenging system of its diacritical marks, saying the tails, dots and strokes are becoming obsolete under the pressure of IT and speed.
The drive, initiated by the state-run Council of the Polish Language, is part of the UNESCO International Mother Language Day. The campaign's Polish name is complicated...
February 20th, 2013
Written by Nebi Qena - Associated Press in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) - It was a quick affair: the couple met in a restaurant and wed the next day. A Kosovo Serb man and an ethnic Albanian woman joined in marriage, unusual in war-torn Kosovo. Fifteen years later, they were an apparent target of a bombing in the ethnically split city of Mitrovica.
Slavoljub Masic, Nerxhivane Rrustolli, and their children weren't injured in last week's hand...
February 19th, 2013
Written by Ike Wilson - The News-Post of Frederick in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Dr. Robert Slawson and his wife, Mavis, attended a lecture in 2004 about African-American physicians in the Civil War. That experience prompted the retired oncologist to write a book dedicated to black men and women who practiced medicine during the war.
Slawson, a volunteer at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, had just finished a research project on medical...
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