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FOIA case closed
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.Circuit Court Judge Susan B. Tucker dismissed David McKain's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against Monongalia County Assessor Mark Musick on Thursday. McKain sued Musick for FOIA violations regarding a request for 2012 and 2013 tax data he...Tags: Litigation, Laws, Lawyers, Trials, Politics
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Evangelicals advocating for immigration reform
The Columbus DispatchA "troubling" experience in Birmingham, Ala., helped cement Carl Ruby's resolve to work within the evangelical Christian community on behalf of immigrants in Ohio and across the U.S. Ruby was an administrator at Cedarville University in Greene County...Tags: Career and Workplace, Immigration, Politics, United Nations, The Ohio State University
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Crowds break up gay rights rally in Georgia
ReutersBy Margarita Antidze TBILISI, May 17 (Reuters) - Priests and thousands of other Georgians broke through police barricades and forced gay rights activists to flee on Friday, cutting short their rally to mark the international day against homophobia....Tags: Tbilisi (Georgia), Minority Groups, Christian Orthodoxy, Gay Rights, Christianity
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Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
Tags: Career and Workplace, National Government, Justice and Rights, Ali Abdullah Saleh, U.S. Congress
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Pro-Assad hackers attack UK newspaper FT's website, Twitter feed
ReutersLONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - The website of British newspaper the Financial Times was hacked on Friday, apparently by the "Syrian Electronic Army", a group of hackers and on-line activists who say they support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Stories on...Tags: France, Politics, Justice and Rights, Bashar Assad, Twitter, Inc.
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Syria rebel 'heart eater' says ready to face trial if Assad does
ReutersBy Erika Solomon BEIRUT, May 17 (Reuters) - The Syrian rebel commander who rose to international notoriety for footage of him cutting out and eating the organ of a slain soldier said he was willing to face trial for his actions if President Bashar al-...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Wars and Interventions, Politics, United Nations, Rebellions
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Teel Time: W&M's Shaver, VT's Johnson say college basketball rules changes should help offenses
Given their teams’ contrasting styles, it’s no surprise that William and Mary’s Tony Shaver and Virginia Tech’s James Johnson differ on the duration of college basketball’s ideal shot clock. But on this they concur:...
Tags: College of William and Mary, Atlantic Coast Conference, North Carolina Tar Heels, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Chad seeks arrest of exiled president's allies
ReutersN'DJAMENA, May 17 (Reuters) - Chad has charged four allies of the country's former president with human rights abuses and issued warrants for their arrest, a senior government source said on Friday. The source, who asked not to be identified, said they...Tags: International Court or Tribunal, Africa, France, International Law, Politics
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Former Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87
ReutersBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Argentina, Elections, Punishment, Politics
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The Mount Airy News, N.C., Jessica Johnson column
The Mount Airy News, N.C.The human body contains an estimated 30,000 genes. We must pay over $3,000 to access some of the information in two of those genes, information that reveals our chance of dying of a terrible disease. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are two genes that can contain a...Tags: Genetics, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, The New York Times, Breast Reconstruction, Diseases and Illnesses
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Gay couples in Portugal win limited adoption rights
ReutersLISBON, May 17 (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament on Friday handed same-sex couples the right to adopt the children or foster children of one partner, a partial victory for equality campaigners that fell short of their call for full adoption rights. The...Tags: Social Issues, Portugal, Politics, Austria, Anibal Cavaco Silva
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Bahrain forces raid top cleric's house: opposition
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Bahraini security forces raided the house of top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Friday, the opposition said, an act likely to enrage the island's majority Shi'ite population which is at loggerheads with its Sunni rulers....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Bahrain, Human Rights, Politics
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