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Lawsuit: Florida Is Failing Its Children
Society & Culture  (tags: children, education, family, Lawsuit, Florida, legislators )

Kelli
- 8 minutes ago - tallahassee.com
Parents, advocates file suit that challenges legislators, officials to fix education system
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Today Is Universal Children's Day--November 20--U.N.
Society & Culture  (tags: children, rights, family, world, politics, U.N.culture, education, child, GoodNews, humans )

Cal
- 8 minutes ago - un.org
Celebrated since 1954, it is a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children The Day was to be observed also as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the Charter and the welfare of the world's children
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Senate Bill Would Allow "Mentally Incapacitated" Vets to Buy Guns
Society & Culture  (tags: rights, military, veterans, violence, safety, guns, gun control, society, culture, crime, americans, ethics, politics, children, death )

Cal
- 48 minutes ago - motherjones.com
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says his "Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act" will protect veterans' gun rights. But the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence calls it a "dangerous" proposal that could allow "over 100,000 mentally incapacitated or incompet
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Take Action ~ Demand Investigation Into Killing of Indigenous Guatemalan Lawyer Fausto OtzíN
Society & Culture  (tags: violence, women, HumanRights, crime, death, murder )

Kelli
- 6 hours ago - actions.humanrightsfirst.org
On October 18, 2009, Fausto Otzín, a Guatemalan indigenous human rights lawyer, was found badly injured in a ditch. He suffered multiple machete and stab wounds and passed away shortly after being found. He was only 32 years old and leaves behind a wife
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Child's Rights Law... Too Much Talk, Little Implementation
Society & Culture  (tags: children, abuse, crime, corruption, death, culture, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, society, safety, violence, sadness, rights )

Kelli
- 6 hours ago - childwitches.blogspot.com
Tomorrow November 20, the world will celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. For many in Nigeria, it is an opportunity to look at the states that have passed the law protecting children and the level of implementation of the act.
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Sen. Lugar's Wife Charged With DUI, Hit-and-Run
Society & Culture  (tags: senator, wife, DUI offender, Hit and Run )

Lone
- 13 hours ago - washingtonpost.com
The wife of Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) was arrested in McLean on Wednesday night after crashing into a parked car, and she was charged with drunk driving and hit-and-run, Fairfax County police said Thursday
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Tinley Park Woman Charged With Hate Crime for Tugging on Woman's Head Scarf
Society & Culture  (tags: hate crime, culture, police, religion, rights, women, humans, crime, law )

Lone
- 13 hours ago - chicagotribune.com
A suburban Chicago woman has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly yanking the head scarf of a Muslim woman in Tinley Park two days after the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.
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40th Alcatraz Occupation Anniversary Events!
Society & Culture  (tags: thanksgiving, Alcatraz occupation, Native Americans, interesting, culture )

Lone
- 14 hours ago - indybay.org
Friday, November 20, 11 am - 3 pm, A new Native American Mural Dedication and Unveiling, Cesar Chavez Student Center ~ West Plaza, SFSU, 1650 Holloway Ave. The Mural depicts community activism, self determination, resistance and survivance of Native
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Girl, 10, Hit With Taser By Arkansas Police Officer
Society & Culture  (tags: police, tasered, 10 year old child, wrong doings )

Lone
- 14 hours ago - chicagotribune.com
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - -- A police officer in a small Arkansas town used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission to do so. Now the town's mayor is calling for an investigation
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Veteran Robbed, Killed on Way to Deposit Money From Benefit
Society & Culture  (tags: veteran, murdered, robbed, good deed, sadness )

Lone
- 14 hours ago - chicagobreakingnews.com
William Burtner survived Vietnam and dedicated his life to helping veterans. On Monday, Burtner was about to enter a Midlothian bank to deposit money the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2808 had raised during a benefit.
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Lowak Shoppala' Brings History, Culture of Chickasaws to Life
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, Native Americans, performance, interesting, children, education )

Lone
- 14 hours ago - nativetimes.com
ADA, Okla. - Three renowned Chickasaw artists, Jerod Tate, Linda Hogan and Margaret Roach Wheeler, will help bring Chickasaw culture to life at the Nov. 21 premiere, and Nov. 22 performance
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US Liable in Katrina Flood, Judge Says
Society & Culture  (tags: law, news, Katrina., GoodNews, rights, politics, government, ethics )

Cal
- 18 hours ago - boston.com
A federal judge ruled yesterday evening that poor maintenance of a major navigation channel by the Army Corps of Engineers led to some of the worst flooding after Hurricane Katrina. The ruling was a major victory for homeowners who suffered damage in the
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New York Toughens Drunken Driving Law
Society & Culture  (tags: law, government, drunk driving, society, politics, police, news, safety )

Cal
- 20 hours ago - cnn.com
t is now a felony in New York to drive drunk or under the influence of drugs with a child in the vehicle, and will require first-time driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) offenders to install an ignition interlock device in their vehicles.
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Ritual Sacrifice: "The Reduction of Living Beings to Objects Upon Whom Atrocities Can Be Heaped.
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, education, interesting, sadness, animals, culture, death )

Tierney
- 21 hours ago - upc-online.org
The idea that some groups were put on the earth to suffer and die sacrificially for a superior group goes far back in time. The idea is deeply embedded in human cultures, including the culture of the West, which is rooted in ancient Greek and Hebrew mode
12 comments
BAH, HUMBUG! Sorry, Virginia, But Santa Claus Won't Be Writing to You
Society & Culture  (tags: freedoms, culture, family, SANTA, USPS, children, society, sadness )

Cal
- 22 hours ago - theglobeandmail.com
U.S. Postal Service halts program that answered flood of children's letters sent to Santa at North Pole, Alaska
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