[...] the activists have had to dig deeper into their bag of tricks and revive a proven strategy for obstructing progress: litigation that challenges the procedural steps government agencies take when approving individual gene-spliced crops. Since 2007, a coalition of green activist groups and organic farmers has used the courts to overturn two final approvals for gene-spliced crop varieties and the issuance of permits to test several others.
BUCKSPORT - The stage is set for town councilors to condemn historic Wilson Hall and to order it repaired or demolished. The three-story former seminary building has been vacant for nearly four decades, and the New York owner has done little or nothing to maintain the building except what has been required by the town.
The El Paso County Democratic Party is calling on Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach to publicly condemn an attack that police have characterized as an anti-gay hate crime. Local Democratic Party officials said community members will join them at noon Tuesday in front of City Hall, 107 N. Nevada Ave., for a news conference at which they'll ask the mayor and City Council to back a resolution stating violence and intimidation against people because of their race, ethnicity, age, gender or sexual orientation won't be tolerated.
On the night of Oct. 19, militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) staged a terrorist attack against the Turkish armed forces, killing 24 and wounding 18 servicemen. The four-hour assault took place in eight remote locations in the Yuksekova and Cukurca districts of the Hakkari province of Turkey, near its border with Iraq. The PKK is designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, Turkey and other nations. Since the 1980s, more than 30,000 people have been killed in terrorist attacks launched by the PKK against Turkey. While it claims to represent interests of Turkey's Kurdish-speaking minority, the PKK's separatist claims, compounded by its terrorist agenda, have been strongly rejected by the absolute majority of Turkish Kurds. The latter have been...
The Erie County Legislature on Thursday refused to condemn state attempts to tax cigarettes and other merchandise sold to non- Indians on Seneca Nation land a setback for Legislator Timothy M. Kennedy, D-Buffalo. Kennedy had asked lawmakers to join him in criticizing efforts to force Native American-owned businesses to charge the sales tax and funnel it to Albany, like most retailers do. He wanted the Legislature to collectively say that Seneca Nation sovereignty must be respected and that Seneca treaties with the federal government bar taxation.
Bill Tatters leaned on his cane for support, his paralyzed left arm dangling at his side as he stood in front of Kittanning's post office, a building borough council wants to condemn. Nine concrete steps, crumbling at the corners and reinforced with slippery metal end caps, make it difficult for disabled customers to climb from the McKean Street sidewalk to the first floor lobby, Tatters said. Downstairs, the basement offices of Armstrong County Federal Employees Credit Union lack disability access and do not provide a second fire exit for workers at the building 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Out of fear of negative public reaction, a political action committee took credit for the Willie Horton ad. William Horton's name was changed to "Willie" Horton. "Willie" has an association with descendants of enslaved Africans - compare William "Bill" Ayers. In a clever way, the political campaign against Sen. Barack Obama is a replay of "Willie" Horton. Barack Hussein Obama is a substitute for "Willie" Horton. It is a double whammy. The subliminal message is one of racism and religious bigotry. It is also interesting to note that PaUn asked Sen. Joseph Biden for permission to call to him "Joe." She made no similar effort before proceeding to call Sen. Obama by his first name. No senator can be referred to by his first name without bis permission unless he is Black. This is a sad comme...
Congressional leaders Sunday denounced the recent Koran burning in Florida that is being blamed for days of deadly anti-American riots across Afghanistan and hinted at possible congressional condemnation or hearings. The book burning, done by Florida pastor Terry Jones with little publicity at the time almost two weeks ago, is being blamed for attacks that led to the deaths of seven U.N. workers on Friday.
Occupy Wall Street supporters who staged rallies that shut down the nation's fifth-busiest port during a day of protests condemned on Thursday the demonstrators who clashed with police in the latest flare-up of violence in Oakland, Calif. Riot police arrested more than 80 protesters in the city's downtown, where bands of demonstrators threw chunks of concrete and metal pipes as well as lit roman candles and firebombs, police said. Five protesters and several officers were injured.
Many Americans were disappointed when President Obama devoted a Saturday radio address to a celebration of the progress of women in society. Most of us were more interested to hear about the progress (or lack of it) in dealing with the crisis that threatens to become a new war in Libya. The president was excited about a new White House report on the status of women, the first such report in 48 years. John F. Kennedy assigned Eleanor Roosevelt to explore the subject on that occasion. Mr. Obama told us that women earn more high school diplomas and college degrees than men, and the number of women in the work force almost equals the number of men. But women still don't hold as many power positions.
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