Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trappedSunday, May 1, 2011 @ 1:40AMGabrielle Labonte, of Norwich, Conn. prays and sings for the people of the Caribbean Islands, at the First Haitian Baptist Church of Norwich, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, in Norwich. Her mother, siblings, and other relatives are in Haiti.
Haiti Earthquake: One Year Later (Part 1)Wednesday, March 9, 2011 @ 4:02PMOn the Ground in Haiti: Mark Summer is co-founder and chief innovation officer at Inveneo, a San Francisco-based nonprofit whose mission is to get communications technology to people in developing nations.
iPhone-Loving Quake Survivor Releases Enhanced eBookMonday, February 21, 2011 @ 9:35AMDan Woolley spent 65 hours in darkness treating his injuries, shock and despair. Now releasing enhanced ebook featuring unreleased audio, video & photos (PRWeb February 21, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Don-Woolley/Haiti-earthquake-survivor/prweb8151778.htm
Modesto author making a splash in teen genreTuesday, February 1, 2011 @ 12:32AMIn the pre-Internet days of book publishing, first-time authors wrote their manuscripts and shopped them to publishers. The emergence of Internet-based publishing has altered the landscape, though. Nobody knows that better than Modesto's Sarah Jamila Stevenson.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: President Obama’s State of the Union Speech Already under FireSunday, January 23, 2011 @ 2:17PM*President Obama’s second State of the Union Speech scheduled for Tuesday, January 25 is under fire before he has even uttered one word of it. This was predictable. The State of the Union speech is generally one of the most watched and listened to political speeches. It’s a President’s report card on the accomplishments, the [...]
Briefing: Irish premier quits leading party, not nationSunday, January 23, 2011 @ 12:08AMDUBLIN — Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced Saturday that he has resigned as leader of Ireland's dominant Fianna Fail party but intends to keep leading the government through the March 11 election. Outraged opposition chiefs demanded his immediate ouster as premier.
Parents’ New Problem: Porn and other Undesirable Content Via Mobile AccessThursday, January 20, 2011 @ 11:40AM*Every day, Teresa DiFalco’s children clamor for her iPhone.The kids, ages 9 and 11, use the smart phone and DiFalco’s iPod Touch to play such games as “Angry Birds” and “Zombie Farm.” Around the nation, other kids are doing the same, either on their own or on their parents’ mobile devices, such as smart phones, [...]
Was Obama-Hu Summit a Failure or Did the Prez Cop Out?Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 9:10AM*President Obama didn’t get the concessions he wanted from Chinese President Hu Jintao. But then, Obama didn’t have the cards he needed. That didn’t stop his critics, notably, Colorlines.com, from highlighting their feelings about the situation with this headline: “Halfway Through Term, Obama Still Hasn’t Earned His Nobel Prize.”But The Daily Beast’s Leslie H. Gelb [...]
EUR Special Report: Did the Washington Post Poll Ask the Right Question about Obama and Race?Wednesday, January 19, 2011 @ 11:10AM*Like similar national polls before it, the Washington Post Monday released the results of a public opinion survey addressing the issue of whether the presidency of Barack Obama has improved race relations in America. The answer was generally “no!” Indeed, only 35 percent of those polled felt that Obama’s election and presidency had improved relations [...]