May 2013
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Boy Scouts of America set to vote on gay youth ban →
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The Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on a proposal to remove its ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout the organization’s 103-year history.
The vote by more than 1,400 delegates comes amid intense lobbying by gay-rights activists and members of conservative organizations. The proposal would not remove the organization’s ban on gay adult leaders.
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U.S. Acknowledges Killing 4 Americans in Drone... →
One day before President Obama is due to deliver a speech on national security, his administration formally acknowledged that the United States had killed American citizens in Yemen and Pakistan.
Read the letter here. (via NY Times)
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VA backs off promise to fix veterans' claim... →
The Department of Veterans Affairs has systematically missed nearly all of its internal benchmarks for reducing a hulking backlog of benefits claims and has quietly backed away from repeated promises to give all veterans and family members speedier decisions by 2015.
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While the Boy Scouts has drawn national attention... →
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Yet another head of military harassment prevention... →
The manager of the sexual assault response program at Fort Campbell, Ky., was arrested in a domestic dispute and relieved of his post, authorities said Thursday.
This marks the third time in recent weeks that an official in charge of preventing sexual assault in the military has been accused of sexual harassement.
(On Tuesday, the Army’s prevention coordinator at Ford Hood, Texas was...
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Documents: White House releases Benghazi e-mails →
The White House released more than 100 e-mails on Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics with national security following the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
You can read the e-mails for yourself, courtesy of CNN.
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$6 million of hair donations to Locks of Love... →
104,000: The estimated amount of donated hair Locks of Love receives each year.
2,080: The amount of hairpieces they should be making each year, when you factor in that only 20% of what they receive is usable.
317: Number of hairpieces Locks of Love actually made in 2011.
Nonprofit Investor, who conducted the analysis, explains their math here.
Experts Say Prize-Winning Photo Of Gaza Funeral Is... →
The World Press Foundation, which commissioned an independent forensic analysis of the image after signs of a controversy over its authenticity emerged, agrees with Hansen. World Press announced the results of that analysis Tuesday evening.
World Press announced the results of that analysis Tuesday evening.
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“There is nothing to prevent sex offenders and others with criminal records from...”
– Hole in California law allows sex offenders to become addiction counselors
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April 2013
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In case you missed it, three stories that will get...
In case you missed it, three stories that will get you to rethink the U.S.-Mexico border:
1. Who is getting caught with drugs at the border? A recent CIR report shows that four of five Border Patrol drug busts — most of it marijuana — involve U.S. citizens.
2. Who is Border Patrol? Would-be Border Patrol agents are confessing to rape, kidnapping and other shocking crimes during the...
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U.S.-Mexico Boarder Drones
The all-seeing drone, dubbed VADER, can reveal every man, woman and child crossing the U.S.-Mexico border under its gaze from a height of about 25,000 feet. The system, which is on loan from the U.S. Army, is also used to identify roadside bombers in war zones.
Between October and December, records show that the remotely operated aircraft detected 7,333 border crossers during its Arizona...
March 2013
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Happy World Water Day! Six cool infographics on... →
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Chicago Bulls, White Sox chairman starts 'global... →
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What do the Chicago Bulls, White Sox, Oakland A's... →
According to incorporation records filed in Arizona, the former director of the U.S. Secret Service, the former U.S. attorney for Arizona and the ex-chief of staff to Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano have joined forces with Jerry Reinsdorf, the chairman of the Chicago White Sox and Bulls. A fifth partner is a prominent Arizona lobbyist and former GOP lawmaker.
Reinsdorf, 77, has...
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“We tell veterans don’t shoot yourself, don’t shoot your wife, just stick with it...”
– Shad Meshad, former Vietnam War combat medic and head of the National Veterans Foundation, said of the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans he counsels.
Since Obama took office, the number of veterans waiting more than a year for their disability claims had increased by more than 2,000 percent – from...
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Google employees face health risks from Superfund... →
Employees at satellite campus exposed to elevated levels of chemical linked to cancer, birth defects:
The main threat from TCE is posed by vapors from the contaminated groundwater seeping into buildings and accumulating in interior spaces.
The new Google campus features four two-story office buildings linked by steel-reinforced fences that require a key card to enter. Inside is a stretch of...
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February 2013
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January 2013
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ONA Issues: Opportunities for Journalists:... →
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Get recognized. Get funded. Here’s a roundup of current opportunities for journalists, including a number of great fellowships and the $20,000 AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship.
Looking for tips to make your application stand out? ONA’s Irving Washington, Jeanne Brooks,…
December 2012
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