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Rihanna Set to Give Testimony Tomorrow in Hearing to Determine Whether Chris Brown Stands Trial

• June 21, 2009 • 2 Comments

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Wisconsin Democrats, Republicans lock horns before Assembly right-to-work vote March 5, 2015
Just before entering an executive session to discuss Wisconsin's fast-tracked right-to-work bill, party leaders locked horns over Democrats' proposed amendments.
In Case You Missed It: Scott Walker puts the 'I' in 'right-to-work' March 4, 2015
Our daily afternoon roundup of the best stuff on captimes.com and beyond.
Carrie Scherpelz: Little tax cut doesn't compensate for reduced wages March 4, 2015
Dear Editor: I heard that Rep. Steve Nass called a UW professor's report "partisan, garbage research." I beg to differ. Professor Steven Deller studied the effect of right-to-work legislation …
Bruce Blakeslee: Right to work could, and should, mean many more calls to OSHA March 4, 2015
Does Scott Walker really wants to unleash tens of thousands of workers to go straight to OSHA, instead of going through the buffer of a union?
Scott Walker plans to sign right-to-work bill Monday March 4, 2015
After months of declaring right-to-work legislation "a distraction" and not a priority, Gov. Scott Walker's tone shifted in a speech to business leaders on Wednesday.
Young, Gifted and Black activist tangles with cops at state budget hearing March 4, 2015
Outburst turned ugly as legislators continued discussion.
Paul Busch: Union work sites much safer than nonunion March 4, 2015
Dear Editor: Just as both men said in Will Kramer's column "Right to work will kill workers," I was in dangerous work conditions when I was nonunion. I joined the union for many reasons! Safet…
Wisconsin Film Festival exclusive preview: 'Dog Days' March 4, 2015
Every week, the Cap Times will have an exclusive premiere of one of the titles coming to the 2015 Wisconsin Film Festival, which takes place April 9 to 16 in Madison.

The Chicago Tribune

AbbVie to acquire drug company in deal valued at $21 billion March 5, 2015
North Chicago-based AbbVie announced late Wednesday that it plans to acquire a California biopharmaceutical company whose signature drug is used to treat blood cancers. The deal is valued at $21 billion, AbbVie said.
Clinton requests State Dept. release her emails following Benghazi probe subpoena March 5, 2015
A House committee investigating the Benghazi, Libya, attacks issued subpoenas Wednesday for the emails of Hillary Rodham Clinton, who used a private account exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state — and also used a computer email server now traced back to her...
Notre Dame's Hesburgh remembered for his acts of kindness March 5, 2015
The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, who transformed the University of Notre Dame into an academic power during his 35 years as president, was remembered Wednesday as a world leader in social issues but someone whose main goal was helping people connect with God.
Mom of slain Urban Prep student: 'Can you please put a sheet over him?' March 5, 2015
Ebonie Martin did what she could to protect her son, Deonte Hoard. She moved with her children from Englewood to South Deering, hoping to escape the gang violence of one of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods. When his grades started slipping, she took him out of Hyde Park Academy and...
1 dead in 3 alarm blaze in Rolling Meadows March 5, 2015
Firefighters were at the scene of an apartment building fire that left one person dead in suburban Rolling Meadows Wednesday evening, officials said.
Employers should stop screening for pot March 5, 2015
Legal barriers to marijuana are falling all over the United States. Pot, tried by nearly half of all Americans at some point in their lives, is already legal in some form in 23 states, and four states allow recreational use. Last month, two U.S. House bills were filed that could end the federal...
More record cold — then a 55-degree warmup March 5, 2015
Chicago is bracing for a rare blast of late-season cold with the possibility of potential record-breaking subzero temperatures Thursday and Friday mornings. Temperatures will then start a huge rebound that could see a surge of more than 55 degrees by the middle of next week.
NFL draft festivities in Chicago will incorporate Grant Park March 5, 2015
It won't be long now. The extravaganza is just around the corner.

The New York Times

Well: Untreated Dental Decay Is Falling Among Children March 5, 2015
Cavities in preschoolers appear to be declining and fewer young children have untreated dental decay, federal health authorities reported on Thursday.
Membership in Clinton’s Email Domain Is Remembered as a Mark of Status March 5, 2015
Questions of security continued to be raised over Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of private email as secretary of state.
A City Where Policing, Discrimination and Raising Revenue Went Hand in Hand March 5, 2015
Ferguson, a report finds, acts less like a municipality and more like a business, extracting money from poor blacks that it uses as revenues to sustain the city’s budget.
Crisis Mode: The Fed Knew the Economy Was a Disaster in 2009. Here’s What They Talked About Instead March 5, 2015
A recurring theme in 1,600 pages of transcripts released Wednesday is sweating the small stuff when the global economy was burning.
McConnell Urges States to Defy U.S. Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gas March 5, 2015
Mr. McConnell, the Senate majority leader, is from Kentucky, a leading coal-producing state. He has vowed to fight President Obama on climate change issues like regulating coal-fired power plants.
Democrats in Congress Give Obama Breathing Room on Nuclear Talks With Iran March 5, 2015
Democrats who support giving Congress the authority to review any nuclear deal with Iran pledged to wait to press their case until after the March 24 negotiating deadline.
Opposing Pictures of Tsarnaev at Boston Marathon Bombing Trial March 5, 2015
The defense admitted that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had carried out the attack, but said he did so under the sway of his brother, not, as prosecutors insisted, because he was a jihadist.
Darren Wilson Is Cleared of Rights Violations in Ferguson Shooting March 5, 2015
The Justice Department said there was no evidence to refute Mr. Wilson’s assertion that he feared for his safety, calling witnesses’ claims that Michael Brown had tried to surrender not credible.

The San Jose Mercury News

South Korea: American ambassador attacked, injured March 5, 2015
U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was attacked by a man wielding a razor and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police and media said Thursday. TV images showed Lippert bleeding from his head and wrist, but his injuries weren't immediately clear. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Ferguson report: Justice Department criticizes police, won't prosecute former cop March 4, 2015
The Justice Department won't prosecute former a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but in a scathing report released Wednesday faulted the city and its law enforcement for racial bias.
Contra Costa supervisors OK 7 percent raise, create salary committee March 4, 2015
After a referendum led to them ditch their controversial 33 percent raises, Contra Costa County supervisors on Tuesday voted to give themselves 7 percent raises and created a committee to determine how such salary increases should be made in the future.
John Boehner's job is safe despite Homeland Security vote -- but for how long? March 4, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner's job is safe despite passing yet another big bill that most of his Republican colleagues oppose, as he did Tuesday to avert defunding the Department of Homeland Security.
Microsoft co-founder: I found massive sunken battleship Musashi March 4, 2015
TOKYO (AP) -- Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen and his research team have found the wreckage of a massive Japanese World War II battleship off the Philippines near where it sank more than 70 years ago, he said Wednesday.
Paralympic hopeful has prosthetic leg taken in San Francisco March 4, 2015
A United States Paralympic hopeful is asking for the public for help in finding his prosthetic leg he says was stolen from his car.
Hillary Clinton's unusual use of private email account raises questions March 4, 2015
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Obamacare before Supreme Court: Skeptical questions from justices during oral arguments March 4, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court justices peppered opponents of President Barack Obama's health care law with skeptical questions during oral arguments Wednesday on the latest challenge to the sweeping legislation.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune

Lagniappe special education parents oppose state report, fight for school March 5, 2015
Harold Bailey Sr. speaks about his frustration with the news of the Recovery School District's recommendation of Lagniappe Academy to close. His two sons are new to Lagniappe this year. And his first-grader Hakeem, who is autistic, is one of the school's very few special education students. Families gathered at school pick-up time the day after a r […]
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Lagniappe special education parents oppose state report, fight for school March 5, 2015
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US ambassador to South Korea attacked and hurt by man wielding razor March 5, 2015
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Vote on Lake Pontchartrain Elementary demolition contract postponed March 5, 2015
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Reserve teen's lawyer fires back at statements by JPSO Sheriff Newell Normand March 5, 2015
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Ohio woman, boyfriend sent to prison for chaining kids to beds, raping them March 5, 2015
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The Guardian, UK

Discrimination in Ferguson: full extent of police bias laid bare in damning report March 5, 2015
Police department and court system ‘reflect and exacerbate existing racial bias’Investigators outline 26 recommendations to reform Ferguson’s policingThe full extent of the racial persecution of black residents in Ferguson, Missouri, by the city’s overwhelmingly white law enforcement authorities was disclosed on Wednesday in a damning report by the US Depart […]
Delhi rape documentary-maker appeals to Narendra Modi over broadcast ban March 4, 2015
India’s Daughter director Leslee Udwin appeals to Indian PM to deal with ‘unceremonious silencing of the film’The British director of a hard-hitting documentary about the gang rape of a young woman in Delhi has appealed to the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, to intervene after authorities banned the domestic broadcast of the film and said they were als […]
New Zealand spying on Pacific allies for 'Five Eyes' and NSA, Snowden files show March 5, 2015
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US ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert attacked with razor March 5, 2015
Man carrying blade and wearing traditional clothing lunged at envoy while shouting slogans about Korean reunification and joint military drillsThe US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, has been slashed by a political extremist armed with a razor at a function in Seoul where he was to give a lecture.Lippert, who became Washington’s envoy in the South Ko […]
Abbott seeks contact with Indonesian president in bid to save Bali Nine pair March 4, 2015
Tony Abbott asks to speak to Joko Widodo as Australian foreign minister also offers prisoner swap to spare Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew ChanTony Abbott has sought a last-ditch phone call with Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, as the Australian government tries every available avenue to spare the lives of drug traffickers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan on […]
Dozens feared dead after Donetsk mine explosion March 4, 2015
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev defence admits 'It was him' as Boston bombing trial begins March 4, 2015
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Vladimir Putin condemns Boris Nemtsov murder March 4, 2015
Russian president calls death a political killing, seemingly contradicting theories the former deputy prime minister was shot over a domestic or business rowThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has condemned the killing of the opposition leader Boris Nemtsov as a “disgrace” and called on law enforcement to finally rid Russia of political murders.Nemtsov, a […]

The BBC

China premier unveils economic goals March 5, 2015
China's Premier Li Keqiang unveils a lower growth target and vows tighter environmental controls as he opens parliament's annual session.
US envoy to S Korea in knife attack March 5, 2015
The US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, is slashed on his face and hand in Seoul by a man demanding Korean reunification.
Abbott hints at MH370 search limits March 5, 2015
Australian PM Tony Abbott says the massive search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cannot "go on at this intensity forever".
Leader of Mexico's Zetas cartel held March 5, 2015
Omar Trevino Morales, the leader of Mexico's Zetas drugs cartel and one of the country's most wanted men, has been captured, security officials say.
Buddy Holly plane crash 'review' March 5, 2015
The 1959 plane crash that claimed the lives of three rock 'n' roll stars, including Buddy Holly, could be investigated afresh by US transport safety experts.
Clinton email subpoenaed by Congress March 5, 2015
The Congressional committee investigating the 2012 US Benghazi embassy attack subpoenas former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's emails.
'Wholesale change' urged in Ferguson March 5, 2015
US Attorney General Eric Holder calls on police and courts in Ferguson, Missouri, to take immediate action after finding widespread racial bias.
Bishop offers Bali Nine prisoner swap March 4, 2015
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop offers prisoner swap in last-ditch attempt to save two Australian drug smugglers on death row in Indonesia.

The Independent, UK

Isis: Virginia teen arrested for allegedly helping man join militant group March 4, 2015
The FBI has arrested a 17-year-old Virginia teenager for his alleged role in helping a man get to Syria to join Isis, according to a report from the Washington Post.
Boston Marathon bombing trial: Court shown distressing video footage of the immediate aftermath of the blasts March 4, 2015
A Boston courtroom saw graphic and frequently distressing video footage of the immediate carnage caused by one of the devices detonated at the finish line of the city’s marathon nearly two years ago as prosecutors opened their case against the single surviving defendant, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
NFL concussions: Two more NFL champions pledge their brains to science March 4, 2015
Two NFL champions have joined the list of current and former players that have pledged to donate their brains to scientific research when they die.
Abid Naseer terror trial: Pakistani found guilty of al-Qaeda plot to blow up New York subway March 4, 2015
A Pakistani man has been found guilty of being part of a failed al-Qaeda plot to blow up the New York subway and a Manchester shopping city.
George Clooney and Amal fail to get special treatment at New York restaurant March 4, 2015
It’s one thing that a restaurant is so good that it the likes of Amal Clooney and her husband George want to eat there.
Marijuana could be to blame for rise in New York City murders, says NYPD commissioner March 4, 2015
Murders are up by 20 per cent in New York City in the first two months of the year, compared to last year, and New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said the spike in murders could be due to marijuana.
Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson won’t face federal charges in shooting death of Michael Brown March 4, 2015
Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson has not been charged with civil rights violations by the US Justice Department in the shooting death of unarmed, black teenager Michael Brown, according to a report released by the department on Wednesday.
Buddy Holly: Investigators may reopen investigation into plane crash that killed Rock and Roll pioneer March 4, 2015
The day the music died may be revisited.

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