Just Neli
I grew up in Arizona in the 40s and 50s, went to a State Land Grant College in 1959. My tuition was so low that I could work part time for $5 an hour, and keep a roof over my head while I went to school. Those were the days when we dreamed of, [...]
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sent a bouquet of flowers and a note to the woman whose 911 call led to his arrest earlier this month.
Wendy Murphy, attorney and spokeswoman for Lucia Whalen, said today that Gates had sent her client a bouquet of flowers as an “expression [...]
By James P. Tucker, Jr.
(What is your opinion on this story….we want to know.)
A veteran Air Force mechanic called to help clean up the Sept. 11, 2001 explosion at the Pentagon says the U.S. government’s blaming a plane for the damage makes no sense. The evidence was staged, he said.
He agreed to a face-to-face interview [...]
By Brady McCombs
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.30.2009
The searing summer heat in Arizona’s desert is taking its toll on illegal border crossers — the same as it has done every year since the start of the decade.
Officials have recovered the bodies of six illegal border crossers since Monday along Arizona’s stretch of U.S.-Mexico border, [...]
DECATUR, Georgia – Authorities are investigating two Atlanta-area police officers accused of using government computers to run a criminal background check on President Barack Obama.
William Miller, public safety director for DeKalb County, said Wednesday that the officers have been put on leave until an investigation is finished. The officers’ names were not released.
Miller says the [...]
By Mark Karlin
The goal of Wall Street in terms of consumers is to drive people into debt.
Given that America has been a nation that has experienced a steady decline in producing real “things,” our biggest product now — by far — is debt and the interest consumers pay on it. As some perceptive economists [...]
WASHINGTON — Congressional officials say the government plans to suspend the popular “cash for clunkers” program amid concerns it could quickly use up the $1 billion in rebates for new car purchases.
The Transportation Department called congressional offices late Thursday to alert them to the decision to halt the program, which offered owners of old cars [...]
A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. compliance lawyer was formally charged in New York state court after being arrested for allegedly soliciting what he thought was a 15-year- old girl, prosecutors said.
Todd Genger, 33, is accused of attempted dissemination of indecent material to a minor, Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore said in a statement today [...]
The iPhone’s text-messaging system has a dangerous flaw that hackers could exploit to take control of your phone, researchers say. They’ll reveal the trouble at a conference tomorrow, Forbes reports. So if you get a text with a “single square character,” turn off your phone right away—it could mean someone’s already trying to take advantage [...]
The fallout from the Henry Louis Gates arrest continues: A Boston cop has been suspended for referring to Gates as a “jungle monkey” in an email, the Globe reports. Officer Justin Barrett, 36, faces a disciplinary hearing next week and could be fired. He used the phrase while describing media coverage of the arrest to [...]
