Once upon a time there were two princesses. The older sister was good and always did the right thing. She had a wonderful smile. When she grew up and became queen, she was going to single-handedly bring about a second Golden Age. Just like the first queen of the same name. Only better. Read full article > >
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“The Real Elizabeth” and “Elizabeth the Queen”
What? Huh? Are you talking to me? Can’t you see that I’m in the middle of a very important e-mail on my BlackBerry? If you stand to the RIGHT side of the escalator, I might pull my earbuds out and roll my eyes while you ask me where the Hope Diamond is. But sorry, I don’t have time to show you how to use your Metro Farecard. Read full article > >
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D.C.: Rude, busy or both?
The European Commission is to propose a new law that gives users the right to demand that social networks “forget” status updates and other uploads.
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EU ‘right’ for data to be deleted
The European Commission is to propose a new law that gives users the right to demand that social networks “forget” status updates and other uploads.
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EU ‘right’ for data to be deleted
Sheldon Adelson is supposedly a bad man. The gambling mogul gave $5 million to a Newt Gingrich-loving super PAC and this enabled Gingrich to maul Mitt Romney — a touch of opinion here — who had it coming anyway. Adelson is a good friend of Gingrich and a major player in Israeli politics. He owns a newspaper in Israel and supports politicians so far to the right I have to wonder if they are even Jewish. This is Sheldon Adelson, supposedly a bad man. But what about Howard Stein? Read full article > >
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A defense of big money in politics
In a call to her Pakistani counterpart this month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated the Obama administration’s counterterrorism “red line”: The United States reserved the right to attack anyone who it determined posed a direct threat to U.S. national security, anywhere in the world. Read full article > >
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As U.S.-Pakistani relations sink, nations try to figure out ‘a new normal’
Hoping to defuse a three-decade-long feud over whale hunting , three academics are making an audacious proposal: the world should put a price on killing whales, and allow conservationists and whalers alike to bid on the right to take them. Read full article > >
CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood’s powerful political wing has backed down from demands that Egypt’s new parliament should have the right to quickly replace the military-appointed government. The secretary general of the Freedom and Justice Party, which is poised to win by far the most seats of any party in the lower house of the next parliament, said that the party wants to avoid conflict when the legislature is seated Jan. 23 and get through the transitional phase without angering the country’s military rulers. Read full article > >
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Egyptian Islamist party backs down from demand to form government
The National Labor Relations Board concluded that a federal law affirming the right of workers to engage in concerted action trumps any agreement barring group claims.
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N.L.R.B. Backs Workers on Joint Arbitration Cases
The rights to Marvel Comics hero Ghost Rider – played by Nicholas Cage in two films – belong to the firm and not the writer who conceived him, a judge rules.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A sinkhole that forced about 25 people to evacuate their homes Thursday spread to a nearby cemetery, threatening dozens of graves, authorities said. A Lehigh County judge granted Coroner Scott Grim the right to determine if the graves should be exhumed from the Union and West End Cemetery. No immediate decision was made, Grim said. Read full article > >
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Allentown graves may be exhumed amid water main break, sinkhole; about 25 residents evacuated
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes the Football Association made “the right decision” in banning Luis Suarez for eight games after he racially abused Patrice Evra.
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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes the Football Association made “the right decision” in banning Luis Suarez for eight games after he racially abused Patrice Evra.
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Suarez decision right – Ferguson
BEIRUT — The Syrian army battled military defectors and armed opponents of the government for a second day Tuesday, in a sharp increase in violence that human rights groups say has killed as many as 150 people over two days, with some citing a much higher figure. The fighting has centered on villages near the northwestern city of Idlib, said Wissam Tarif, an activist with the rights group Avaaz. He said that he had spoken to local activists and medical groups who put the death toll in that area Tuesday at 269 — 97 security forces and nine civilians, with the rest defected soldiers who had staged ambushes against the army. Read full article > >
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Violence in Syria leaves at least 150 dead over two days
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Up and down all season, cornerback DeAngelo Hall is riding high again. The Washington Redskins ’ mercurial playmaker made another big play. At least for a game, Hall got his swagger back. Chances are, it could be gone again next week. That’s just how this strange ride has been for him. But for the moment anyway, Hall rediscovered the right path Sunday and made a significant, positive contribution in Washington’s surprising 23-10 victory over the New York Giants . Read full article > >
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Redskins’ DeAngelo Hall expects more of himself and delivers
As U.S.-Pakistani relations sink, nations try to figure out ‘a new normal’
Monday, January 16th, 2012Egyptian Islamist party backs down from demand to form government
Monday, January 9th, 2012Allentown graves may be exhumed amid water main break, sinkhole; about 25 residents evacuated
Friday, December 30th, 2011Redskins’ DeAngelo Hall expects more of himself and delivers
Monday, December 19th, 2011
