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January 4th, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Cultural Uniqueness, Latest News with 0 Comments
You’ve probably watched John Quinones setting up scenes that push the boundaries of acceptable behavior and then asking, “What would you do?” Read the following scenario and decide if there is anything you would have done differently. (I confess: I was there and I wouldn’t have.)
The scene is a large employee-appreciation/development conference, held in Hawaii, for hundreds of federal employees....
January 4th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Latest News, Travels' Tapestry with 0 Comments
Yeh mon, today we travel to Jamaica, a land of sugar sand beaches, lush rain forests, towering waterfalls, and rushing rivers. If the overwhelming beauty of the country doesn’t win you over, the warmth and inclusiveness of the island’s people will definitely make you want to stay longer than planned. Jamaica is a healing place, rife with vegetation, and hot mineral springs touted to revitalize...
January 3rd, 2013
Written by Jack Elliott Jr. - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A sixth man has pleaded guilty in connection with racially motivated attacks by young whites against blacks in Jackson.
Joseph Paul Dominick, 21, of Brandon pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit a hate crime. He faces up to five years in prison. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves will sentence him later.
Prosecutors say that starting about April 2011, the group...
January 3rd, 2013
Written by Martha Waggoner - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue issued pardons Monday to the Wilmington 10, a group wrongly convicted 40 years ago in a notorious Civil Rights-era prosecution that led to accusations that the state was holding political prisoners.
Perdue issued pardons of innocence Monday for the nine black men and one white woman who received prison sentences totaling nearly 300...
January 2nd, 2013
Written by Tim Reynolds -AP Sports Writer in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 0 Comments
Diversity is the theme of this season's U.S. women's bobsled roster.
The nine-person team includes an Olympic sprinting gold medalist, an elite hurdler with more than 300,000 Twitter followers four other athletes with extensive track and field backgrounds, a personal trainer, a volleyball player, and a softball shortstop. They come from California to New Jersey, to Georgia, to Illinois.
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