Senate passes ultrasounds before abortions requirement
WDBJ 7 Roanoke Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:38 AM PST
House passes voter identification, repeal of one-handgun-a-month RICHMOND â€" Three major pieces of socially conservative legislation advanced in the General Assembly Wednesday as the Senate passed a measure requiring women to get an ultrasound before receiving an abortion and the House of Delegates voted to repeal the state's one-handgun-a-month limit and to require voters to show identification ... |
888poker Offers Players Las Vegas Packages to the 2012 WSOP
PR Newswire Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:38 AM PST
GIBRALTAR, February 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 888poker, one of the world's most popular online gaming providers, is offering players the chance to play in The World Series of Poker (WSOP). The WSOP Main Event, held annually in July in Las Vegas, is the biggest poker event on the planet... |
Facebook Expected to File $5B Initial Public Offering of Stock
KEZI 9 Eugene Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:38 AM PST
(CNN) -- If you want a piece of Facebook, you may be able to get one. The company is reported to be filing papers to sell its stock on the open market. Both The New York Times and CNBC report that paperwork is expected to be handed over to the Securities and Exchange Commission Feb. 1. Several reports say Facebook is expected to file documents with regulators for a $5 billion IPO or Initial ... |
Should China change international trade rules?
GlobalPost Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:38 AM PST
Global Times says China should reconsider its attitude toward the WTO and global trade practices. Kathleen E. McLaughlin The World Trade Organization's latest ruling against China drew a typical response from China's Ministry of Commerce, but a somewhat more intriguing one from one of the country's main patriotic newspapers. While official China said it "regretted" the WTO's ruling on its ... |
Door open; fire burning; no one home
WDTN-TV 2 Dayton Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:38 AM PST
Dayton firefighters responded to a call of people trapped in a burning house, only to find no one home. |
Purdue pitcher on awards list
Journal & Courier Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:38 AM PST
Purdue closer and McCutcheon graduate Nick Wittgren is one of 45 players named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's preseason Stopper of the Year watch list. |
Mitt Romney, Jon Stewart and Bain Capital
GlobalPost Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:38 AM PST
What happens when the private equity industry goes through the Daily Show satire machine? Very funny things. Thomas Mucha Jon Stewart and the brainy writers at The Daily Show know a good satire opportunity when they see one. Enter Mitt Romney, and his tenure at private equity firm Bain Capital, fresh off his primary victory in Florida . Of course, Romney has staked his electability claims on his ... |
Local Color: Knoxville's North Central Neighborhood
Metro Pulse Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:38 AM PST
Central Street is Knoxville’s defining axis. All addresses in the county from here to Farragut are numbered from it. Few blocks suggest its role as the spine of a metropolitan county of more than 400,000 people. It seems altogether too easy to cross on foot. But it’s also one of Knoxville’s most colorful neighborhoods. Starting a new series of photo essays, Shawn Poynter takes his camera to ... |
Health care as a global language
Craig Daily Press Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:38 AM PST
As a young girl growing up in Marl, a small northwest German town, Gisela Garrison always sensed she was destined to one day live among people in a foreign land. Exactly where, however, was a mystery that wouldn’t be resolved until many years later. Marl, an industrial town for so long, had become dependent on the local coal industry. Garrison’s parents, Anne and Franz, were blue collar people ... |
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