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Blacks in Britain Alert: Masterpiece Theatre, “Foyle’s War VI: Killing Time” Presents Black GIs in Post-World War II Britain

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In Case You Missed It: Ron Johnson grabs headlines, County Board has to write its own May 23, 2013
Our daily afternoon roundup of the best stuff on captimes.com and beyond.
Ron Johnson takes on Apple, and actual apples May 23, 2013
The Wisconsin senator received praise for his tough questioning of Apple executives this week. Not so much for his intention to water down the fresh fruit and vegetable snack program.
Higher ed system increasingly separate and unequal, new report says May 23, 2013
UW prof Sara Goldrick-Rab served on the committee that wrote the report for the Century Foundation.
Facing a dearth of news coverage, the Dane County Board hires its own reporter May 23, 2013
Overture spokesman Rob Chappell will be moonlighting in an effort that officials hope will generate more interest in county government.
Progressives conflicted over anti-obesity and anti-smoking measures May 23, 2013
Democrats have mixed feelings about some of the laws Republicans have been pushing to mandate or encourage healthier lifestyles for certain recipients of government benefits.
Pocan's right: It's Issa who needs to be transparent May 23, 2013
Rep. Darrell Issa's committee meeting on Benghazi should be open to the public.
State Debate: Wisconsin doesn't have many rich people because their taxes are too high, claims John Torinus May 23, 2013
A daily roundup of interesting newspaper editorials and blog posts from around Madison and Wisconsin.
Common Core school standards ruffle feathers among strange bedfellows May 23, 2013
Republican legislators, conservative activists join teachers unions in raising questions about the new instructional guidelines coming soon to a school near you.

The Chicago Tribune

Revised meter deal still a gain for vendor May 24, 2013
Revised city deal still a gain for vendor, analysis findsTribune analysis: Chicago taxpayers still could end up pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the coffers of the company leasing the city's parking meters under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revamp of the much-reviled deal.
Bears to retire Ditka's number 89 May 24, 2013
Hall of Fame tight end will become 14th Bear honored and 1st since Butkus and SayersThere seems to be a budding debate about whether the Bears can build a bridge to repair relations and retire the jersey number of a certain disgruntled former employee.
Hawks one game from elimination May 24, 2013
With Toews in box for 2nd of 3 penalties in 5 1/2 minutes, Wings net game-winner in 2nd periodJonathan Toews barked at officials from the penalty box, venting his frustration during an almost-surreal string of three penalties called against the Blackhawks captain in a span of 5 minutes, 34 seconds.
One-on-one with Phil Jackson May 24, 2013
Legendary Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson discussed his new book, "Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success" with Tribune sports reporter K.C. Johnson Thursday evening. Watch the live interview and learn how the "Zen master" grew to be one of the most innovative coaches in sports.
British police ponder conspiracy in slaying of soldier May 24, 2013
Police investigating the murder of a soldier hacked to death on a busy London street were looking on Friday into whether the two suspected killers, British men of Nigerian descent, were part of a wider conspiracy.
Jury sides with Trump in condo dispute with Evanston woman May 23, 2013
Dispute over condo became theatrical slugfest; lawyers get last digs in during closing argumentsDonald Trump won a heated court fight today when a federal jury in Chicago awarded no damages to an 87-year-old Evanston resident who sued the TV celebrity over a disputed condo deal at his high-rise Chicago hotel.
Urlacher open to TV analyst role May 23, 2013
Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher ended his illustrious NFL career Wednesday when he announced his retirement. Now it’s time for the next chapter in his life.
McDonald's CEO questioned on nutrition, wages at annual meeting May 23, 2013
McDonald's executives fielded a number of questions at the company's annual shareholder meeting Thursday, including its role in the global obesity epidemic, marketing to children and wages for entry-level workers at its restaurants.

The New York Times

Interstate Bridge Collapses in Washington State May 24, 2013
Three people were injured after the failure of an Interstate 5 bridge north of Seattle dumped vehicles into the Skagit River, the authorities said.
Interstate Bridge Collapses in Washington State May 24, 2013
The failure of an Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River north of Seattle dumped vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.
National Briefing | Northwest: Washington: Highway Bridge Collapses May 24, 2013
The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.
National Briefing | Washington: Cartel Chief Admits Deadly Ambush May 24, 2013
A Mexican drug cartel commander, Julian Zapata Espinoza, pleaded guilty in federal court to ordering the ambush and killing of American immigration agents.
DealBook: Banks’ Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills May 24, 2013
In a sign of Wall Street’s resurgent influence in Washington, bank lobbyists are aiding lawmakers in drafting legislation that softens financial regulations.
Tyrone Brooks, Georgia Legislator, Is Defended by Ex-Gov. Roy Barnes on Fraud Charges May 24, 2013
State Representative Tyrone Brooks, a veteran lawmaker and civil rights leader, has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal counts of mail, wire and tax fraud.
Racing the Clock and a Storm: A Way of Life in Tornado Alley May 24, 2013
In the breeding ground of Oklahoma tornadoes, people prepare for the season with the care that the defensive coordinator for their Sooners prepares for the inevitable autumn.
Obama, Offering Support for Press Freedom, Orders Review of Leak Investigations May 24, 2013
President Obama asked Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to scrutinize Justice Department investigations and said he was “troubled” that such inquiries could hinder reporters.

The San Francisco Chronicle

Bikes pass BART tests, ban may be lifted
Bikes pass BART tests, ban may be lifted After two experiments with allowing bikes on all BART trains at all times failed to cause chaos, the transit agency's Board of Directors Thursday night was considering ending its policy that bans bicycles from trains during commute hours. At a rare night meeting, the BART board was expected either to permanently […]
SF Chronicle names new management team
SF Chronicle names new management team Hearst Corp. on Thursday named a new management team to lead The San Francisco Chronicle, picking a newspaper industry veteran to serve as publisher and a seasoned digital media executive as the paper's president. Incoming Chronicle President Joanne Bradford, in contrast, has spent much of her career in online medi […]
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Boy Scouts vote to allow gay youth
Boy Scouts vote to allow gay youth The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to allow openly gay Scouts to join troops for the first time in the group's 103-year history, but sought a political middle ground by retaining a ban on gay adults serving as leaders. The Scouts didn't appear to satisfy many people with their decision, leaving local troop l […]
S.F.'s new tack in fighting metal theft
S.F.'s new tack in fighting metal theft San Francisco prosecutors have opened a new front in the battle against copper theft, filing a $10 million lawsuit against a scrap-metal recycler that allegedly chose to shut down and trash its files rather than comply with a city subpoena seeking sales records. The unusual suit against J&S Recycling, which un […]
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 […]

The San Jose Mercury News

Purdy: The Sharks are desperately hoping their series sgainst the Kings goes seven games May 24, 2013
No one from San Jose proves to be a decisive player, as L.A. is just too tough at home in 3-0 win
BART board votes to allow bikes on rush hour trains May 24, 2013
After July 1, BART riders with bicycles can enter trains during peak hours as long as they follow a rule restricting the two-wheelers from overcrowded train cars.
Sharks notebook: Kings dismiss comments concerning goalie Jonathan Quick by San Jose's TJ Galiardi May 24, 2013
As the Sharks tried to turn around Vancouver defenseman Kevin Bieksa's charges that Sharks players were diving, Kings defenseman Drew Doughty pointed to Galiardi as being guilty of the same thing for which he's faulting Quick
San Jose Sharks lose to Los Angeles Kings 3-0, trail playoff series 3-2 May 24, 2013
LOS ANGELES -- The Stanley Cup playoffs have reached "win or go home" time for the Sharks.For a fifth consecutive game, the road proved inhospitable Thursday night, as the Los Angeles Kings shut out San Jose 3-0 to take a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven series.
49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has ally in housemate May 24, 2013
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Authorities hunting for Northern California suspect in murder of family of four May 24, 2013
The only suspect in a grisly quadruple murder in the Czech Republic is a 20-year-old American whose Facebook page identifies him as Kevin Dahlgren from Palo Alto. Except that he is not.
San Francisco Giants confront Ryan Vogelsong's absence amid starting rotation woes May 24, 2013
San Francisco Giants' loss of Ryan Vogelsong a blow for starting staff that had combined 9.82 ERA on latest road trip.
Stanford University students study own DNA May 24, 2013
Stanford University personalized genomics course contributes to the growing movement to advance a new era in modern medicine, where genetic information allows us to not only look into our medical futures but take action, similar to actress Angelina Jolie, who underwent a double mastectomy to prevent hereditary breast cancer.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune

Despite best efforts, Landrieu administration couldn't sway judge to vacate NOPD consent decree May 24, 2013
City invoked rogue federal prosecutor as well as labor law in its efforts
JPSO investigating cutting incident in Marrero May 24, 2013
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is reporting a cutting with non-life-threatening injuries to a female in the 5200 block of Savannah Lane in Marrero on Thursday night.No further details were available at this time. Stay with NOLA.com | Times-Picayune for...
Jefferson Parish charter board completes report, declines again to endorse contracting changes May 24, 2013
Jefferson Parish activists Thursday night urged a charter review committee to submit as charter amendments contracting proposals that have stalled at the Parish Council. But members of the Charter Advisory Board declined to add the proposals to their final report
Mandeville City Council pushes plan for long-range budget forecasts May 24, 2013
Two contentious resolutions designed to modify the way the Mandeville municipal budget is formulated were brought before the City Council for a second time Thursday night, with one being approved and the other deferred.NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive The resolutions,...
Former TeachNOLA fellow feels honored to speak at Sci High graduation May 24, 2013
Gwyneth O'Neill and her husband, Geoff Sweeney, are flying into New Orleans this weekend to celebrate their wedding anniversary."Sunday will be our one-year anniversary, and there's no better place to celebrate," O'Neill said, when we talked by phone a few...
SUNO to launch forensic science degree program May 24, 2013
Southern University at New Orleans will add a new bachelor's degree program in forensic science, the first of its kind in the state of Louisiana, Chancellor Victor Ukpolo said. Beginning this fall, the university will offer a 120-credit-hour degree...
Gulf restoration draft plan lacks required priority list, spending allocation plan May 24, 2013
The federal-state body that will oversee the spending of billions of dollars in Clean Water Act fines resulting from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Thursday released a “draft initial comprehensive plan” for spending the money on projects that...
Jindal officials say public hospital privatization is ahead of schedule, more expensive May 24, 2013
Deals to privatize nine of the state's public hospitals are nearing completion, carrying a larger price tag than initially envisioned, an official in Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration said Thursday. Overall, the plan will involve spending more than $1 billion...

The Guardian, UK

US pushes Europe on Syrian arms embargo May 22, 2013
John Kerry seeks support for British-led move as means of pressuring Bashar al-Assad to enter into peace negotiationsThe United States is lobbying European governments to back a British-led call to amend the EU arms embargo on Syria to put pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to enter into talks with the opposition.John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has […]
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 […]
FBI shoots Boston bomb suspect's friend dead May 22, 2013
Reports link Ibragim Todashev, thought to be friend of Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, to 2011 Massachusetts murderAn FBI agent shot dead a man believed to be a friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Djokhar Tsarnaev, during a "violent confrontation" in a Florida apartment early on Wednesday.Sources said that Ibragim Todashev […]
North Korea agrees to return to nuclear talks under pressure from China May 24, 2013
Pyongyang's special envoy makes concession on nuclear disarmament to ease tensions between communist alliesNorth Korea has offered to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state media have reported.At a meeting on Thursday between vice-marshal Choe Ryong Hae and Liu Yunshan, a senior figure in the Chinese Communist party, North Korea heeded China […]
Muhammad Yunus: 'Business is a beautiful mechanism to solve problems' | Liz Ford May 24, 2013
Grameen Bank founder is a microfinance pioneer, but are his plans for alleviating poverty a little too good to be true?At first, it is difficult to know what to make of Muhammad Yunus. In London this week to promote his work building social businesses, the Nobel prizewinner and founder of Grameen bank is compelling when he talks about his ideas to address po […]
Martin Luther King unmoved by death threats - from the archive, 24 May 1961 May 24, 2013
White supremacists target Baptist minister for demanding end to racial segregationIt seems a stroke of luck for the United States that the Negroes' leader in Montgomery, Alabama, during the present crisis is a scholarly Baptist minister whose hero is Mahatma Gandhi. He might well have been a black Huey Long or some such political boss of the kind who tr […]
Bridge collapse in Washington state sends cars and people into water May 24, 2013
Part of bridge over the Skagit river gives way, with rescuers using boats to search for people in the waterThe major highway bridge linking the Washington state city of Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific north-west region collapsed late on Thursday, dumping several vehicles and the people inside into a river.The four-lane Interstate 5 bridge col […]
Manila less than thrilled at Dan Brown's Inferno May 24, 2013
City chairman lodges protest with author over his description of Philippines capital as 'the gates of hell' in latest novelKate Hodal

The BBC

Obama defends 'just' drones war May 24, 2013
President Obama defends the use of drones as a "just war" of self-defence against deadly militants, and a campaign that has made America safer.
India soldiers die in Kashmir ambush May 24, 2013
Three soldiers are killed in an ambush by suspected militants in the Pulwama district of Indian-administered Kashmir, officials say.
WHO urges sharing over coronavirus May 23, 2013
The WHO urges countries with possible cases of novel coronavirus to share information amid concern over patent rights held by commercial labs.
US road bridge falls into river May 24, 2013
Three people have been rescued after part of a road bridge collapsed into the Skagit River in the US state of Washington, officials say.
US Boy Scouts to allow gay members May 24, 2013
The Boy Scouts of America organisation votes to accept openly gay scouts, after a divisive campaign pitting liberals against some religious groups.
Bombers hit Niger barracks and mine May 24, 2013
Suicide bombers target a military camp and a French-run uranium mine in north-western Niger leaving at least 20 people dead, officials say.
Nasa to lease shuttle launch pad May 23, 2013
Nasa is looking for commercial operators to lease a historic launch pad in Florida used for the first Moon missions and by the Atlantis shuttle.
Foul weather hits US tornado cleanup May 24, 2013
Recovery efforts in an Oklahoma city hit by a huge tornado are hampered by thunderstorms, as the first victim's funeral is held.

The Independent, UK

President Obama defends drone strikes - but moves to rein them in May 23, 2013
President Barack Obama combined a vigorous defence of his controversial use of drones with a no less impassioned demand for the closure of the notorious prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which he called “a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law.”
Video: 300-yard wooden railroad bridge in Central Texas collapses after catching fire May 23, 2013
Dramatic footage has emerged of a 300-yard wooden railroad bridge in Central Texas collapsing after catching fire.
Boy Scouts of America vote over allowing gay members into troops May 23, 2013
Boy Scouts are today voting to determine whether openly gay members can participate in the organisation, as part of a landmark debate that could change the face of Scouting across America.
White House confirms four American citizens killed in US drone strikes since 2009 May 23, 2013
The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen.
Love don't cost a ring-ring...Jennifer Lopez launches her own mobile phone store chain May 23, 2013
If Mary Portas can’t save the high street, perhaps J-Lo can? The entrepreneurial diva has announced that she is to open her own retail chain of mobile phone stores.
Moore mayor pushes for shelter law in wake of Oklahoma tornado May 23, 2013
The mayor of Moore, the Oklahoma suburb devastated by a massive tornado earlier this week, has called for a new law to have shelters installed in every new-built home to protect the town's residents.
Four Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes, says White House May 23, 2013
The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen.
Oklahoma twister that hit Moore ‘more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb’ May 22, 2013
The vast tornado that struck an Oklahoma suburb on Monday afternoon dwarfed even the Hiroshima atomic bomb in its destructive power, according to scientists.

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