The Occupy movement that began months ago in New York and has since grasped hold of the rest of the country turned violent for the first time on November 2nd in Oakland when a small group of protestors smashed the windows of a Wells Fargo bank branch during a protest of wealth inequalities. The Occupy Oakland movement scheduled a noon rally in front of City Hall and then a free lunch afterward. The day's events were planned to wrap up with a "general strike mass convergence, rally, and labor cookout." Each of these were intended to be peaceful protests, but a small faction began passing out fl...

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A landlord of a Philadelphian apartment discovered four mentally handicapped people chained in the basement when he went to investigate a short circuit on October 15th. Turgut Gozleveli discovered dogs locked inside of the boiler room and four adults hiding underneath a blanket. They were hunched together in a space not tall enough for an adult to stand, surrounded in human waste with only a jug of orange juice (Hoye). He unchained them while asking questions about their identity, but he didn't receive any answers. Believing them to be illegal immigrants, Gosleveli called in the police who qui...

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... high. He announced that companies, such as General Electric, United Airlines, and Walgreens, among others, agreed to hire more than 3,000 people since his administration began. He also said the city will focus on filling existing positions to really bring down the unemployment rate (Schneiderman). "There are 120,000 job openings in Chicago," said Emanuel, who served as ... (Schneiderman). Emanuel also targeted the city's community college and job training programs and encouraged them to train workers to succeed in today's modern jobs but also in the jobs of tomorrow. Notoriously known f...

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To add to the growing tension between Iran and the United States, members of the Iranian Parliament's human rights committee have taken a strong, public stand against the planned execution of a woman in Virginia. According to a British newspaper, "the parliamentary human rights committee said her case reflected ...

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The Notre Dame campus is still in shock over the sudden death of Declan Sullivan, a junior studying film marketing and television and theater (Gay). Sullivan was filming a football practice atop a scissor lift, a portable hydraulic lift that allows people to videotape team drills from as high as 40 feet above practice field, when the lift collapsed from high winds (Auman). The afternoon that Sullivan died winds reached up to 51 mph in South Bend, according to the National Weather Service. Students even struggled to walk to class (Hall). Hours before his death, Sullivan tweeted about his predic...

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... Byers, and Michael Moore were found dead in a ditch with their bodies mutilated and hog-tied by their own shoestrings. Police immediately suspected Echols, Misskelley, and Baldwin, claiming that they were driven by satanic ritual, regardless of the extreme lack of evidence that they had to indict the boys. Echols and Baldwin entered an Alford plea on three counts of first degree murder, while ... Misskelley entered his plea to one count of first degree murder and two counts of second degree murder. This ... said Jason Baldwin (CNN). Laser added, "I don't think that it will make the pain ...

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... enriching uranium, Russia invading Georgia, NATO fighting Afghanistan, and a war going on in Iraq; you would think that WWIII is about to begin. The world awaits to see who the United States of America chooses as their President because that person could be the deciding factor. Being a superpower comes with great responsibility; that particular country must be involved in every conflict on earth in ... one way or another. You don't need a television to realize what is going on in the world. There seems to be a new conflict everyday with the United States taking some part in it. When the...

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... a termination settlement," Cain told Fox News (Grinberg). Cain told Politico that he did not recall such an instance, but when pressed later by radio host, Laura Ingraham, Cain suddenly remembered the instance. "The word settlement suggested to me some sort of legal settlement," he explained about the mix-up, "and later as I thought about it and thought about it and I did recall an agreement with ... the lady that left who made the false accusation. So that's when I said yes, there was an agreement." Ingraham and Robin Meade from CNN were ... reluctant to let it go at that, demanding t...

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... edited out. It was not done to upset anyone and we'd like to apologize to those of you who were offended by it (Busbee). NBC's Universal Sports issued a second apology from Chris McCloskey, the Vice President of communications, stating that a "decision was made by a small group of people to edit portions of the Pledge of Allegiance. This was a bad decision" (Marrapodi). The rendition sparked lots of controversy and even ... grabbed the attention of Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), who sent a letter to Comcast/NBC Universal President Stephen Burke expressing "serious concern" about ... ...

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... , I realized that I wanted to be a nurse. I wanted to make a difference for people. I wanted to see the smile on someone's face when I helped him or her with their every day needs. I wanted to make a difference and feel good about myself. I wanted to become a nurse so that I to could come home at night knowing that I was helping people. Becoming a nurse is rewarding. It is challenging at times, but when you see ... a patient able to go home with his or ... get better. Why I want to be a nurse? Because my grandma showed me why she loved her job so much. She allowed me to see the rewards ...

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... , a bear killed a female of the species in her den shortly after she had given birth. In the wild, polar bears do kill each other for population regulation, to exert their dominance, and to gain reproductive advantage. But killing one another for food is much less common. Steven Amstrup, of the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center, says that "During the 24 years of research on polar ... bears in the southern Beaufort Sea region of northern Alaska ... numbers. A research scientist with the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado stated that "Seven million square kil...

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... portal YouTube collaborated on two debates between the candidates, so that potential votes could ask the candidates the questions they wanted answered. Never before has that been done. Because YouTube is such an enormously popular website across a diverse demographic and because the new arrangement allowed for the people's voices to be heard, more and more people ... got involved. People who wouldn't have normally watched a traditional debate, where the questions are pre-determined by political experts tuned in to hear the candidates weigh in on what the ... American people had to ... ...

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Two decades after the Federal Trade Commission launched a massive inquiry into the Microsoft monopoly, the company plans to fight a similar battle against Google. The FTC is currently preparing subpoenas to serve to Google who they believe is abusing its dominance in the search market industry to unfairly promote its own services at the expense of its rivals. Google's ability to innovate has allowed it to far surpass its rival companies prompting the FTC to launch a massive antitrust investigation ... into the Internet company (Huffington Post ... ...

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... fought, not for the chain of command, but for the leader. When Eisenhower sent troops to storm the beaches of Normandy, he knew full well that thousands were never coming home. What's more is that the men knew it too. Eisenhower was so unsure of his plan that he wrote two letters, one praising the valiant men who stormed the beaches in the event of success, the other taking full ... blame in case the offensive was defeated. The men ... 's about making tough choices, but with the understanding that the leader is only as strong as those who follow. Without leaders there can be no army. Wi...

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... of questionable activities. Incomplete Evidence A news conference was held to explain the scientific case that was brought against Ivins. Those presenting the case contradicted themselves during the course of the news conference. Understandably, this did not instill confidence in the general public regarding the case against Ivins. The destruction of the first sample Ivins sent in is also suspect. However, the ability to make the connection between a particular lab and a unique strain of ... the virus was not even developed until after Ivins" first sample had ... ...

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... a man a horse and call it transportation in a world full of cars and freeways, you do him no favors. This is the sort of thinking that is killing analog television. The effects of the full switchover to digital television broadcasts are likely to be as catastrophic as the Y2K phenomenon proved to be - it's a lot of hoopla over a bang that will likely be less than a fizzle. That's likely what lawmakers ... cable will turn on their sets on the day of the switch to see snow, the fact is that those folks represent about 2% of the American populous, and tend to be people who don't consider t...

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... phone has made such an impact on society today is because of the advances they have made with them through modern technology. When the cell phone first debuted, its only function was to make calls. That is not the case today. Now you can hook up to the Internet via your cell phone, and stay up to date on the latest news, banking, entertainment and fashion. You can check your ... email and chat to friends. Cell phones of today also have the technology built in to watch live television no matter where you are. Some ... offer a GPS navigational system to help you find driving ... ...

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... that will hopefully prove this new initiative to be successful (Miller). The Google+ project that launched on June 28th is only available to a select group of Google users who will test the product and then invite others to join. Like Facebook, the social networking site allows people to share and discuss status updates, photos and links. The major difference is that the Google+ project is meant for sharing with groups, such as ... colleagues, roommates, or running buddies instead of all of one's friends or the entire Web. It allows users to segment friends into groups and ... ...

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... Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder, went on record for the first time since leaving the group. From the inside circle, Rathbun and Rinder both saw the abuse being dealt by the church. Their first report listed several issues involving Scientology's highest leaders, particularly David Miscavige, who succeeded L. Ron Hubbard as Scientology's leader. The issues included physical abuse of staff, mental abuse and ... assignation, and threats. Miscavige was reported to have taken ruthless control of the organization after Hubbard's death and assumed chairmanship of the Religious Technology Center,...

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... practicing or his father's atheist beliefs, Obama made a change. Obama was raised to be a skeptic of religion, but a change occurred. " Mr. Wright's blend of scripture and social action resonated with Obama, then a young community organizer in black neighborhoods ravaged by steel-mill closings," (Sabar, CSMonitor.com). Also, according to a recent article, "He realized something was missing in his life and he felt ... drawn to be in Church," (Fairchild, Christianity.About.com). The story goes: one day Obama decided to visit Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, the same church which...

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... think that gangbanging, violence, the degradation of women and a life of crime is what the cool crowd does. The music is no longer about the music, the story, and the enjoyment of a good beat. Being a fan of dancehall music is now about a reverence for the life it portrays. And unfortunately, it's not a life to which most of us would want our children to aspire. The dangerous effects of the dancehall culture aren't just on ... boys, either. Because the dancehall scene has deemed ... ...

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... arm span are considered by his coach Bob Bowman to be at the core of his success. Back in 2000, Michael Phelps was a 15-year old phenom, the youngest to make the U.S. Olympic team. At those games in Sydney, Michael swam well enough in the 200 meter butterfly semi-finals to make the medal round. He finished a respectable fifth, and returned to the United States and to his sophomore year of ... world records. In August of 2008, Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in the history of U.S. sports when he won eight gold medals - one for every event he competed in - at the Beijing...

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... cannot use your money. God is my witness. I'm telling the truth. From my heart. God knows that. And he knows that," she said (BBC). Linda Fairstein, a crime writer, questions Diallo's motives were agreeing to interviews during this stage of the investigation. "As a prosecutor, the rule is you want your witness to speak in the courtroom, and not to the media," she said. "Interviews ... raise problems for prosecutors - even if the story is consistent, each interview gives the defense more possible details to cross examine her with. A mistake or a slip of the tongue becomes 20 minutes of ...

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... Amin). Salwa Hosseini, a 20-year old hairdresser who was among the 17 female protestors arrested offered her account in the Amnesty report. She described how uniformed soldiers tied her up, forced her to the ground, and slapped her, then shocked her with a stun gun while calling her a prostitute. "They wanted to teach us a lesson. They wanted to make us feel that we do not have dignity," she ... window. We begged the female guard to close the doors but she refused. We were ordered to remove all our clothes and were searched while cameras filmed us in order to fabricate evidence of prosti...

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... sifting with less invested- In real life, when relationships go south or when the parties simply don't click, often separating the two parties can be dicey. People in real life generally meet in workplace situations, or in similar social settings, or because of mutual friends. It's hard to simply cut bait. On the internet, you can generally click ignore and move on. If it doesn ... 't work out, all you have lost is time. 4) Intimacy happens more quickly- While physical intimacy is impossible online, core intimacy happens in the mind among people who are communicating. In ... life, a cou...

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