Posted on 20 May 2013.
President Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility for their families and their … (Read Full Article Here)
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The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island. (Read full Article Here)
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With much of Capitol Hill riveted by IRS audits, AP phone records, and Benghazi e-mails, top US scholars gathered to testify in a little-watched congressional hearing Friday about the growing threat the use of drones in US airspace may pose to civil liberties. (Read Full Article Here)
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The Obama administration’s decision to seize phone records from the Associated Press was “unconstitutional” and sends a message that “if you talk to the press, we are going to go after you”, the news agency’s boss Gary Pruitt said Sunday. (Read Full Article Here)
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The federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department has no doubt where she stands with the government. (Read Full Article Here)
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White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell visit Meet the Press to respectively advocate for and rail against the Obama administration. (Read Full Article Here)
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WASHINGTON—Illegal immigrants could become citizens in 15 years under legislation being drafted by a bipartisan (Read Full Article Here)
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Posted on 14 May 2013. Tags: Abortion Doctor Is Found Guilty of 3 Counts of Murder
PHILADELPHIA – Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a West Philadelphia doctor known for performing late-term abortions, was found guilty on Monday of three out of four counts of first-degree murder. (Read Full Article Here)
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Posted on 13 May 2013. Tags: Women rescued in Cleveland happy to be home
Three women rescued from a house a decade after they disappeared said Sunday that they are happy to be home and pleaded for privacy so they can heal and reconnect with their families. (Read Full Article Here)
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Posted on 09 May 2013. Tags: Library of Congress Survey for Those with Visual/Physical Impairments that Make Reading Difficult
The Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) provides free talking books and braille materials to eligible individuals (those with visual or physical impairments that preclude them from reading standard print books) and organizations through a national network of regional libraries. Services include reading materials that can be downloaded online and sent through the mail and free equipment to play the materials. NLS is currently conducting a survey to understand how to better serve the needs of readers of talking books and braille.
NLS is looking for participants who do not currently use the NLS program. The 25 minute survey is designed to learn more about participants’ experiences with talking books and braille, what types of talking book and braille materials and services they are looking for, and what NLS can do to get them interested in the free Library of Congress NLS talking book and braille program. Answers to the survey questions will be kept confidential. If you know of patients, friends, family members, or colleagues who may be eligible for the NLS program but do not use the program, please ask them to go to www.LibraryOfCongressSurvey.com to take the survey online or to learn more about it. Or, have them call 1-866-545-1618 to schedule a time to take the survey over the phone. The survey ends on May 10. Share the survey now to help Library of Congress NLS better serve all readers who use talking books and braille!
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