The New Jim Crow - Nation
Obama's mere presence in the Oval Office is offered as proof that "the land of the free" has finally made good on its promise of equality. There's an implicit yet undeniable message embedded in his appearance on the world stage: this is what freedom

Pompey rock bottom while Sunderland savour victory - YAHOO!
Portsmouth , the 2008 FA Cup winners, beat Birmingham 2-0 at their south coast home on Saturday to reach the decides Portsmouth cannot overcome debts said to be totalling 76 million pounds (115 million dollars ) they could be liquidated and go

Holdouts in Pa. town above decades-old mine fire claim condemnations - Minneapolis Star Tribune
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Centralians have long believed the government's demolition of their beloved town in the 1980s was part of a plot to swipe the mineral rights to anthracite coal worth hundreds of millions of dollars — and not, as state and federal

Mandatory insurance proposed for UK dogs - San Francisco Chronicle
The British government have launched a new proposal which requires that all new dog owners fit their pets with microchips is far pricier — and could cost pet owners hundreds of dollars a year, especially for high-risk breeds. Most pet insurers