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Homework Around Him, Boy-12, Killed in Drive-By Shooting
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, IL, MO, children, boy, drive-by shooting, deaths )

Kactus
- 22 hours ago - cnn.com
Books, pencils found near body of Delarrian Davis Marcus Powell charged with first-degree murder in drive-by shooting Powell, 27, was wanted for another shooting, police said
Phoenix, AZ: Criminals Targeted in U.S. "Kidnap Capital"
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, Arizona, drug smuggling profits, Mexican border, smugglers, criminals, criminal underworld, illegal narcotics smuggling )

Kactus
- 21 hours ago - reuters.com
Criminal underworld have long enjoyed the hot money profits from illicit smuggling of drugs and people over the border from Mexico. Now kidnappers stalk THEM, wanting a piece of their proceeds! Kidnap rings snatching the criminals, illegal human smuggling
Crisis Forcing Debt-Saddled Americans to Budget--BIG TIME!
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, budgets, budgeting, learrning to control spending, society, getting out of debt, poor economy, no money, living small-scale )

Kactus
- 21 hours ago - reuters.com
"I know for many of us saving is a foreign concept," Lizbeth Sanchez, a manager at financial counseling service Balance told the crowd. "It's not easy to save because the way our culture works, the person who dies with the most stuff wins, right?"
Troy Davis Granted Stay of Execution By Supreme Court
Society & Culture  (tags: Troy Davis, innocence, Supreme Court, execution, evidence, Innocence Project )

Ombretta
- 17 days ago - ajc.com
This is excellent news - there is a preponderance of evidence to show he is most likely not guilty. 7 witnesses have RECANTED. HURRAY! Let's put pressure on people to finally clear him.
Some of the Hardest Hit: The Elderly
Society & Culture  (tags: elderly, sernior citizens, retirement, pensions, investments, poverty )

Ombretta
- 17 days ago - nytimes.com
Read some stories of American seniors and retirees and how they're being affected - and will be affected - by the mess of the US economy. Gives one pause...
How to Make Friends - Part 1 - Know Yourself | Change Your Thoughts
Society & Culture  (tags: friends news to note )

Hans
- 21 days ago - stevenaitchison.co.uk
Making friends is not easy for a lot of people, and for some the thought of speaking to others is terrifying. You can't make friends with people until you know what type of people you want to like. Interesting thoughts! Read the story its great!
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Brenda
- 23 days ago - care2.com
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Things You Never Knew - Fun Facts About Some First Ladies
Society & Culture  (tags: first lady, presidential wives, history )

Ombretta
- 23 days ago - mentalfloss.com
Entertaining peek at unusual information about presidents' wives - mental_floss "FIRSTS" list.
AllAfrica.Com: Nigeria: Sharia Court Remands Man With 86 Wives in Prison (Page 1 of 1)
Society & Culture  (tags: children, family, law, media, news, religion )

Kelli
- 22 days ago - allafrica.com
The police in Bida, Niger State, yesterday arrested Alhaji Bello Masaba, the man who says he has 86 wives, arraigned him before an upper Sharia court sitting in Minna, which ordered that he should be remanded in prison custody.
Reclaiming the Diversity of Wheat Brings Flavor Back to Bread
Society & Culture  (tags: wheat, flour, farming, bread, local food )

Ombretta
- 25 days ago - nytimes.com
Around the country, small farmers are resisting the mass-production taste and texture of most commercial flours by growing various varieties of wheat, then milling and selling their own. Great article full of interesting information.
 
 
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