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Justice Sotomayor Sworn In

• August 8, 2009 • 3 Comments

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Saturday Night Music, May 30 – Santana, “No One to Depend On”-

• May 30, 2009 • 1 Comment

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Fire chief says city and tech college still working on training agreement May 22, 2013
Fire Chief Steven Davis says the city still intends to share training facilities with Madison College.
Steve Nass vs. Madison College May 22, 2013
It appears public higher education entities in Madison just can't win with at least one Republican legislator.
Bill Lueders: Dollars grease skids for school choice May 22, 2013
Pro-voucher group American Federation for Children told its funders it spent $2.4 million in Wisconsin last year to elect school choice candidates. In filings to the state, it reported spendin…
UW bids out sports concessions contract; longstanding deal with W Club could end May 22, 2013
The National W Club has managed concessions for Badgers events since 1962 but it voted to end its contract early so the UW athletic department could get "new, fresh ideas."
Madison Mallards serve up the winning pitch May 22, 2013
Using unpaid college players, the baseball team turns the Warner Park "Duck Pond" into a popular destination every summer.
State Debate: Child support cuts, sale of state assets, 0.05 booze limit stir the pot May 22, 2013
A daily roundup of interesting newspaper editorials and blog posts from around Madison and Wisconsin.
Officials say tornado tragedy is eye-opener locally May 22, 2013
Despite the fact that children died at a school in the Oklahoma tornado, Madison schools' security chief says the buildings are the safest place to be during a tornado.
Morning briefing: State property sale, state hospitals, double-dipping, child support May 22, 2013
Stories that are making the news today in Madison and around the state and country.

The Chicago Tribune

Trump Tower case: 'He scammed her, he humiliated her' May 22, 2013
An attorney for the plaintiff who said "someone had to stand up to" Donald Trump, put a number to the damages she is seeking from a jury: $6M.
Vote on Chicago school closings draws angry aldermen, parents May 22, 2013
CPS closings blog: Get continual updates on today's board of education meeting as officials prepare to vote on a controversial plan to shut down dozens of local public schools.
Oklahoma governor vows to rebuild, 'regain our strength' May 22, 2013
Even as rescue efforts yielded to recovery today following the massive tornado that hit Moore, Okla., officials were already looking to town's future. "We will rebuild," Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said.
Vote on Chicago school closings draws angry aldermen, parents May 22, 2013
The Chicago Public Schools board heard from alderman, angry parents and community members as they prepared to vote on a list of school closings today.
Urlacher retires: 'Didn't want to play for anybody else' May 22, 2013
Brian Urlacher, former Chicago Bears All-Pro linebacker, announced his retirement from the NFL today, three days shy of his 35th birthday.
Boy, 16, killed in Back of the Yards neighborhood May 22, 2013
A 16-year-old boy was gunned down in the South Side's Back of the Yards neighborhood late Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Senate pension plan savings scaled back by half May 22, 2013
Senate President John Cullerton's pension plan wouldn't cut as much as originally estimated, a fact that could boost chances for the rival House legislation.
Aragon, Riviera face building code complaints May 22, 2013
Court date could complicate plans for Chicago entertainment district, Uptown Theatre rehabThe owners of two key venues in the city's plan for an Uptown entertainment district are due in court today for allegedly violating the city's building code.

The New York Times

Focus in Oklahoma Moves From Rescue to Recovery May 22, 2013
The authorities said they had likely found all the bodies beneath the rubble left by this week’s giant tornado.
2-Year Colleges Getting a Falling Share of Spending May 22, 2013
Even as their student bodies have become poorer, many community colleges are “receiving minimal federal support,” said a senior fellow at the group publishing a new report.
The Caucus: Obama to Travel to Oklahoma to Inspect Tornado Damage and Meet With Victims May 22, 2013
President Obama will travel to Oklahoma on Sunday to inspect the damage from Monday’s deadly tornado, which left two dozen people dead, and meet with victims from the ravaged communities, the White House announced on Wednesday.
Man Being Queried on Tsarnaev Ties Is Killed by Officer May 22, 2013
Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot after the authorities said he tried to attack two officers who were interviewing him about links to the deceased Boston bombing suspect and about whether he had played a role in a triple murder in 2011.
From Neanderthal Molar, Scientists Infer Early Weaning May 22, 2013
Patterns of barium in the fossil tooth of a child indicate that breast-feeding ended after 1.2 years, researchers say — much sooner than in modern nonindustrial populations.
Sergeant Accused of Secretly Filming Female Cadets May 22, 2013
The suspect, Sgt. First Class Michael McClendon, sometimes videotaped West Point cadets when they were in the shower, officials said.
The Damage Along the Tornado’s Path May 22, 2013
Analysis of buildings that were severely damaged or destroyed.
FiveThirtyEight: Is the Economy Saving Obama’s Approval Ratings? May 22, 2013
Political coverage over the last week has focused on a series of stories that reflect negatively on the executive branch, but President Obama’s approval ratings have held steady.

The San Francisco Chronicle

Court rejects Arizona abortion law
Court rejects Arizona abortion law A federal appeals court that included an ardent opponent of abortion struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy Tuesday, citing 40 years of Supreme Court precedents that allow a woman to terminate her pregnancy if the fetus is not yet viable. Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproducti […]
Supplier urged use of banned Bay Bridge rods
Supplier urged use of banned Bay Bridge rods San Francisco Chronicle Copyright 2013 San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:11 am, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Caltrans decided to install high-risk steel rods on the Bay Bridge's new eastern span after a supplier pointe […]
Ray Manzarek, Doors keyboardist, dies
Ray Manzarek, Doors keyboardist, dies Ray Manzarek, the founding member and keyboard player for the Doors whose haunting and sweetly melodic organ riffs loomed large in the psychedelic rock era, died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany. Formed in 1965, when Mr. Manzarek had a chance encounter with aspiring poet and film student Jim Morrison at V […]
Expert: Replace at-risk Bay Bridge rods
Expert: Replace at-risk Bay Bridge rods Caltrans needs to examine hundreds of at-risk rods on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge and replace any that are hard enough to be vulnerable to cracking, says an internationally known expert who serves as an adviser to the state agency. John Fisher, 82, an emeritus professor of civil engineering at Lehigh Univers […]
Senators to query Apple on tax shelters
Senators to query Apple on tax shelters Apple CEO Tim Cook is scheduled to appear Tuesday before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to explain why the Cupertino computer giant is avoiding paying billions of dollars in taxes by diverting nearly two-thirds of its pretax revenue through Irish subsidiaries. McCain called the argument by multinat […]
Deadly twister hits Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa
Deadly twister hits Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:58 pm, Sunday, May 19, 2013 A tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park southeast of Oklahoma City killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an op […]
Israeli-Syrian threats bolster tensions
Israeli-Syrian threats bolster tensions Los Angeles Times Copyright 2013 Los Angeles Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 8:34 pm, Sunday, May 19, 2013 Fears of an escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday with renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons cache […]
News of the day From Across the Globe, May 20
News of the day From Across the Globe, May 20 Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country. The leader of the group, Seifallah Ben Hassine, is wanted for his involvement in a mob attack on the U.S. Em […]

The San Jose Mercury News

Driver dies after impaled by metal rod on I-580 in Livermore May 22, 2013
A man in his 40s was killed on westbound Interstate 580 in Livermore Wednesday morning after a metal rod burst through his windshield and impaled him in his drivers seat, authorities said.
Review: 'The Hangover Part III' short on laughs May 22, 2013
'The Hangover Part III' has none of the humor and fun of the original comedy.
New York hedge fund Starboard Value keeping pressure on Silicon Valley tech companies May 22, 2013
San Jose chip technology company Tessera on Thursday will try to fend off a proxy effort launched by Starboard Value, a New York hedge fund that has targeted several other Silicon Valley companies the firm believes are underperforming.
Missing San Jose woman with Alzheimer's found safe May 22, 2013
Police say the Alert Santa Clara County phone message system was instrumental in locating the missing woman.
Former A's star Jose Canseco accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas May 22, 2013
Las Vegas police are investigating a woman's allegations that former baseball player Jose Canseco sexually assaulted her
Man killed in 'shocking' London attack, apparently a terrorist act May 22, 2013
LONDON (AP) -- A brazen, brutal attack near a military barracks in London on Wednesday afternoon left one man dead and two suspects in the hospital.
National Geographic Bee winner knows Chimborazo beats Everest May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gaining confidence as he nailed questions about obscure island chains, bodies of water, global trade and culture, 12-year-old Sathwik Karnik cruised to victory Wednesday in the 2013 National Geographic Bee.
Ryan Vogelsong promises to help San Francisco Giants at crunch time May 22, 2013
San Francisco Giants' right-hander Ryan Vogelsong not sure when he will return after breaking a finger

The New Orleans Times-Picayune

Louisiana test scores relatively flat amidst concern about next year's tougher tests May 22, 2013
Louisiana standardized test scores for third- through eighth-graders stayed essentially flat this year: 69 percent of those students scored at or above grade level compared to 68 percent last year, according to results released Wednesday. "Good news continues in Louisiana...
Lawmakers, state treasurer spar over $251 million bond bill for technical and community colleges May 22, 2013
Louisiana's technical and community colleges are one step closer to getting an additional $251 million for construction projects, after lawmakers approved a bond bill Wednesday. The approval came over the objections of some legislators and the state treasurer who said...
Fee schedule for Early Steps program backed by Senate health panel May 22, 2013
The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare approved a measure Wednesday building a cost participation schedule for a program providing therapy services to developmentally disabled toddlers and infants under the age of 3.
Covington Police looking for alleged purse snatcher May 22, 2013
Covington Police are asking the public to help identify a man who allegedly shocked a woman with an electric stun gun Monday evening, and then stole her purse, Capt. Jack West said in a news release. The man is described...
NOPD surveillance footage shows brutal beating of man robbed in CBD Sunday morning May 22, 2013
A man was beaten and robbed early Sunday morning in the Central Business District
Dr. Dre a philanthropist? Barack Obama a scold? and other interesting reads on the web: Jarvis DeBerry May 22, 2013
You couldn't have seen this coming. If you were listening to West Coast hip-hop in the late 1980s and early 1990s, no way you'd have predicted that Eazy-E would soon succumb to AIDS, that Ice Cube would star in a...
Final NOPD consent decree monitor selection committee meeting postponed -- again May 22, 2013
Meeting set for May 28 pushed back to May 31
Mary Landrieu complains GOP blocking budget negotiations May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON - For more than a month, Senate Republicans have blocked the Senate from appointing members to negotiate a final budget with the GOP-led House. First, Senate Republicans insisted on an agreement that the negotiated budget not include any tax...

The Guardian, UK

Khomeini daughter attacks Rafsanjani ban May 22, 2013
Zahra Mostafavi, whose father founded Iran's Islamic republic, calls on supreme leader to reverse guardian council's decisionThe daughter of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran's Islamic republic, has protested against the disqualification of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from next month's presidential election.Zahra Mostafavi has […]
New light shed on US rendition programme May 22, 2013
Online project uncovers details of way in which CIA carried out kidnaps and secret detentions following September 11 attacks• The Rendition Project interactive • CIA rendition flights explainedA groundbreaking research project has mapped the US government's global kidnap and secret detention programme, shedding unprecedented light on one of the most con […]
French historian kills himself over gay marriage May 21, 2013
Far-right essayist Dominique Venner, 78, shoots himself at altar after writing blogpost condemning same-sex marriage law A far-right French historian has killed himself at the altar of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after declaring that more radical action was needed in opposition to same-sex marriage in France.Dominique Venner, 78, walked into the building a […]
Oklahoma: the clear-up begins, glamour from Cannes: the news in pictures May 22, 2013
Our photo coverage of the day's events in the UK and around the world
Letters: Hopes for a negotiated settlement of the conflict in Syria May 22, 2013
I hope the Foreign Office is not being persuaded that supplying more arms into Syria will be a constructive solution to the problem (All sides in Syria armed except the good guys – Foreign Office, 16 May). In 2005 the United Nations adopted the doctrine of the "responsibility to protect" populations from mass atrocity crimes, and since then this co […]
Letters: Men, masculinity and matriarchal spaces May 22, 2013
Jack O'Sullivan makes some very important points about the clear difficulty around discussing what men experience and how the post-feminist settlement leaves out matriarchal influences and power relations in the domestic space (A man walks out of a room, 21 May).For men, feminism has been a gift in how it has opened up new ways of being a man, but it ha […]
Country diary: Crook, County Durham: I've often seen bees infested with mites, but rarely one so heavily laden May 22, 2013
Crook, County Durham: I was tempted to relieve it of its burden with a fine brush. But perhaps that would have been a mistakeBumblebees still foraged on the blackcurrant blossom, even though the afterglow of sunset was beginning to fade. One, a queen Bombus pratorum, fell from a truss of flowers and landed almost at my feet, brushing her legs over her furry […]
Google's Eric Schmidt believes one company is an island May 22, 2013
A slip of the tongue by Google's executive chairman speaks volumes about his perception of the company's tax obligationsA week or so ago, Google's chief executive, Larry Page, caused ripples when he suggested at a public event that laws older than 50 years or so shouldn't apply to internet companies, and that it might be fun to have an is […]

The BBC

Boston bomb investigators kill man May 22, 2013
A Florida man was shot and killed as he became violent while being questioned by Boston bombing investigators, FBI officials say.
US mayor to push tornado shelter law May 22, 2013
The mayor of the tornado-devastated town of Moore in Oklahoma vows to push for a new law on shelters, after Monday's deadly twister.
EU in drive against tax evasion May 22, 2013
EU leaders say they are committed to tackling tax evasion and will push for global action to curb banking secrecy.
Ai Weiwei song rages against state May 22, 2013
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei releases a foul-mouthed music video in which he recreates his detention and rages against abuses of state power.
Ethiopian awarded anti-FGM prize May 22, 2013
Ethiopian activist Bogaletch Gebre wins an international prize for her campaign to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM).
Costa Concordia charges announced May 22, 2013
The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner which ran aground off Italy will face trial on 9 July on multiple manslaughter charges, a judge rules.
Kerry condemns Hezbollah over Syria May 22, 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry says Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran are perpetuating President Bashar al-Assad's "campaign of terror" in Syria.
More centrifuges at Iran plant - UN May 22, 2013
The UN's nuclear watchdog says hundreds of advanced centrifuges have been fitted at Iran's Natanz nuclear plant.

The Independent, UK

FBI kills 'friend of Boston bomb suspects' during questioning in Florida May 22, 2013
An FBI agent has shot and killed a Chechen man with alleged ties to deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in what was described as a “violent confrontation” in the early hours of Wednesday in Orlando, Florida.
Oklahoma tornado: The lucky lost their homes. The unlucky lost their lives May 22, 2013
When the sirens started their ominous song shortly after lunch, Pete Prieto barely looked up. “Here comes another hailstorm, whoop-de-doo,” he remembers saying to himself. And when his wife, Diane, declared she was worried enough to drive to the school to pick their two kids up early, he sighed. “They are going to be fine,” he told her.
'I learned some tough lessons': Disgraced Anthony Weiner joins race for New York mayor May 22, 2013
Two years after Anthony Weiner’s political career was undone by revelations that he had been sending lewd pictures of himself to women on Twitter, the former Congressman has announced a bid to return to public life by running in the race to succeed Michael Bloomberg as the Mayor of New York.
Oklahoma tornado: Search nears the end for Moore storm survivors as Mayor vows to ensure shelters are built in new houses May 22, 2013
The search by emergency workers for survivors in the wreckage left by the huge tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma suburb is coming to an end, according to officials.
FBI kills 'friend of Boston bomb suspects' during questioning May 22, 2013
An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, NBC News reported.
In pictures: Nasa images of Oklahoma tornado reveal scale of storm May 22, 2013
Nasa has released images taken by satellites showing the devastating tornado as it struck the town of Moore in Oklahoma.
'I learned some tough lessons': Anthony Weiner launches comeback with bid to become New York Mayor May 22, 2013
Ex-congressman Anthony Weiner whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement that he is running for mayor of New York City. He had said last month he was considering entering the race.
Oklahoma tornado: Family at the centre of iconic image, captured walking away from wreckage of devastated school, identified May 22, 2013
The family at the centre of an iconic image which captured the devastation caused by the F5 tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma suburb and killed at least 24 people, have been identified.

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