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- In Case You Missed It: Well, at least the turkey came back March 6, 2015Our daily afternoon roundup of the best stuff on captimes.com and beyond.
- Student poets tackle race, gender and mental illness in ninth Line Breaks Festival March 6, 2015Seven days of performances and three days of workshops mark the ninth annual festival that has a renewed focus on First Wave student work.
- Report: Donna Shalala to head Clinton Foundation March 6, 2015Former UW-Madison chancellor was president of the University of Miami for the past 14 years.
- Scot Ross and Matt Sinovic: Will Scott Walker flip-flop on ethanol at Iowa Ag Summit? March 6, 2015Flip-flop alert: Scott Walker recently changed his stance on immigration. Don't be surprised if he flip-flops on ethanol Saturday at the Iowa Ag Summit.
- Injured east side turkey reunited with friends March 6, 2015East-siders breathe a sigh of relief as the bird rejoins the Fab Four.
- Lynn Goldfarb: Carbon fee is bipartisan solution to climate change March 6, 2015Dear Editor: Columnist Michael Bloomberg says, "Keystone solution runs through Canada." Seriously? Is this the same Michael Bloomberg who co-chairs the Risky Business Project, which seeks to q…
- Right-to-work makes little difference in business climate ranking March 6, 2015Wisconsin is not on the list of Top 10 states for business but Minnesota is.
- T. Greg Bell: ALEC was Scott Walker's real education March 6, 2015Dear Editor: All this concern with Scott Walker and his lack of a college degree is very misleading.
The Chicago Tribune
- Police: Mother, 2 kids dead following truck crash March 7, 2015A woman and her two children have died after being hit by a semi truck on the South Side Friday afternoon, police said.
- Senator Menendez, amid probe: I have been honest in office March 7, 2015U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, under federal investigation for his relationship with a Florida doctor and political donor, defiantly said Friday he has always been honest in office even as a person familiar with the matter said he's expected to face criminal charges soon.
- Cubs to pay funeral home for Ernie Banks' services March 7, 2015The Chicago Cubs will pay for services for Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks after the funeral home that handled the arrangements jumped into the legal battle over the estate of the Hall of Famer with a claim for more than $35,000 it says it has not been paid.
- State lawmakers heighten calls for College of DuPage review March 7, 2015State lawmakers turned up the pressure for a comprehensive audit of the College of DuPage following a Tribune investigation that uncovered lavish spending by school officials at the campus's upscale restaurant.
- CPS credit rating takes hit March 7, 2015Chicago’s bad week of financial news continued Friday, as a major rating agency downgraded Chicago Public Schools’ debt to just one level above junk status.
- KKK skit shocks Wheaton College campus March 7, 2015An incident involving Wheaton College football players who dressed up in Ku Klux Klan robes as part of a parody of the Will Smith film "Bad Boys II" has rocked the college's campus, which already has been reeling from two other recent high-profile incidents.
- Fans, friends, family pay respects to Minnie Minoso March 7, 2015Minnie Minoso became an instant friend to everyone he met, or to anyone who had the pleasure of watching the affable "Cuban Comet" play baseball with unmatched flair and passion.
- Ohio terrorism suspect says he would have shot Obama March 7, 2015An Ohio man accused of plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol called a television station from jail and said if he hadn't been arrested, he would have gone to Washington and put a gun to President Barack Obama's head.
The New York Times
- Federal Court in Alabama Is Asked to Clear Way for Same-Sex Marriages March 7, 2015Lawyers filed a motion with a District Court judge to force probate judges in the state to again issue licenses to gay couples.
- Memo From Iowa: Republicans Set Up Shop in Iowa, Where Few Will Prosper March 7, 2015With 11 months to go before caucuses, Republican hopefuls are fighting for attention, expert advisers and an early advantage.
- Urging Persistence on Racial Gains, Obama Recalls Sacrifice in Selma March 7, 2015The president spoke at Benedict College, a historically black school in Columbia, S.C.
- Menendez Is to Face Corruption Charges, U.S. Official Says March 7, 2015The Justice Department expects to charge Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, in an inquiry that has focused on his ties to a Florida eye doctor, an official said.
- Holder Weighs Dismantling the Ferguson Police Dept. March 7, 2015The supervisors, Capt. Rick Henke and Sgt. William Mudd, left the force a day after a court clerk was fired over emails discovered in a Justice Department inquiry.
- U.S. Relied on Unarmed South Korean Officer to Protect Envoy March 7, 2015The assignment of a single unarmed South Korean police bodyguard to accompany Ambassador Mark W. Lippert on his movements in the country added to questions about security when he was attacked.
- First Draft: Donna Shalala to Lead Clinton Foundation March 7, 2015The Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation has tapped Donna E. Shalala, a longtime friend of Hillary Rodham Clinton and a former cabinet member in the Clinton administration, to lead the sprawling philanthropy.
- National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: West Virginia: Veto of Abortion Curb Is Overturned March 7, 2015The Republican-controlled Legislature on Friday banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, overriding the governor’s veto and joining 11 other states in prohibiting abortion at that point.
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- Doctor helping downed pilot was shocked to find Harrison Ford March 6, 2015The surgeon who went to help a pilot who crashed on a golf course was stunned to find Harrison Ford, who he grew up watching in 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones' movies.
- First biosimilar drug approved by FDA, cheaper biotech medication on way March 6, 2015Federal health officials have approved the first lower-cost copy of a biotech drug to reach the U.S. market, a long-awaited milestone that could generate billions in savings for insurers, doctors and patients.
- Vigorous job growth continues, unemployment falls to 5.5 percent March 6, 2015U.S. employers extended a healthy streak of hiring in February by adding 295,000 jobs, the 12th straight monthly gain above 200,000. It was the latest sign that the U.S. economy is further strengthening and outpacing other major economies around the world.
- Ohio home egged for a year; police can't crack case March 6, 2015EUCLID, Ohio (AP) -- An 85-year-old man says his suburban Cleveland home has been pelted with eggs several times a week for a year, and police haven't been able to crack the unusual case despite stakeouts, questioning neighbors, installing a surveillance camera and even testing eggshells as
- Eurovision: Germany's winner declines, says he's 'not in the right state' March 6, 2015BERLIN (AP) -- Andreas Kuemmert got handed what many musicians would consider a dream ticket, winning the popular vote to represent Germany at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
- Hillary Clinton emails: What's a homebrew email server? March 6, 2015WASHINGTON (AP) -- No, it's not always a room filled with wires and glowing blue lights. It's probably not even the size of your furnace.
- SF Giants, Silicon Valley firms urge supreme court to declare right to same-sex marriage March 6, 2015Bay Area businesses ranging from the San Francisco Giants to Silicon Valley firms such as Google and Facebook are among 379 companies that asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to declare a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
- Jerdon's babbler, long thought extinct, reappears to answer recorded song March 6, 2015YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Scientists say a tiny, brown bird long thought to be extinct has been rediscovered in Myanmar's grasslands, but its fragmented habitat is threatened by human encroachment.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Broad Street shooting suspect was in court for nephew's sentencing before rampage, police say March 6, 2015Alvin Richardson, who is accused of killing one man and injuring a courthouse employee on Friday, was inside the Orleans Parish Criminal District courthouse just hours before the shootings, police confirmed Thursday (March 5). Earlier that day, according to Homicide Commander Sgt. Nick...
- Planet Fitness bans woman who complained about transgender woman in locker room March 7, 2015At Planet Fitness, members can use the locker room corresponding with their personal gender identity.
- Rob Maness blasts Steve Scalise and breaking down Bobby Jindal's presidential support: On the Hill March 7, 2015Rob Maness hits Steve Scalise Is Tea Party Conservative Rob Maness, who ran unsuccessfully for the Senate last year, considering a primary challenge to House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, in 2016? He isn't saying, but his sharp criticism of...
- DWI checkpoint scheduled Saturday in East Jefferson Parish March 7, 2015A DWI and seatbelt checkpoint is scheduled Saturday (March 7) on the east bank of Jefferson Parish, the sheriff's office said. The checkpoint is scheduled between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. at an undisclosed location. Drivers who are stopped and...
- Ever wanted to live on a riverboat? Now you can, website reports March 7, 2015Condominiums aboard a permanently docked boat on the Mississippi River near the French Quarter are now for sale, according to a report on the real estate website Curbed.com. The website said the two bedroom, two bathroom condos aboard the Bourbon...
- Verdict blaming 4 deputies in woman's shooting death is appealed March 7, 2015Lawyers for St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre are appealing a recent jury verdict that four St. John deputies were negligent and partially responsible for the shooting death of 60-year-old Barbara Lassere on Jan. 24, 2013. The jury...
- Fox News hires Alveda King, anti-abortion activist and niece of Martin Luther King Jr. March 7, 2015Alveda King is director of African-American Outreach at Priests for Life.
- Kayaker paddles the Mississippi for climate change summit March 7, 2015Australian kayaker, Steve Posselt, and his team, Kayak4Earth, begins a cross continental kayak trip from the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson Bay, via the Mississippi, the Illinois and the Great Lakes on Friday, March 6, 2015. Over the next 6 months Posselt, 62, is paddling roughly 5000 miles across the globe in his trusty yellow kayak to arrive in Paris in November […]
The Guardian, UK
- Outcry over Isis destruction of ancient Assyrian site of Nimrud March 6, 2015Militants’ latest assault in Iraq described as war crime by Unesco and condemned as part of systematic campaign to erase millennia of cultureActivists, officials and historians have condemned Islamic State (Isis) for the destruction of the ancient Assyrian archaeological site of Nimrud in Iraq, with Unesco describing the act as a war crime.“They are not dest […]
- Fifty years after Selma, Alabama at the heart of a new civil rights struggle March 6, 2015Half a century ago, the Selma to Montgomery march represented a watershed in modern American life. But this weekend, activists will fight in Alabama with a broader focus – for change in gay rights, immigration and the environmentWhen Esther Calhoun marches across the Edmund Pettus bridge this weekend, it will be for a right she says is more fundamental than […]
- Democrats clamor for credible Clinton challenger in wake of email revelations March 6, 2015Hillary Clinton is 44 points clear of Joe Biden, but some Democrats are starting to worry an untested primary would leave her vulnerable, since ‘We don’t do coronations’As Hillary Clinton continues to come under fire for her use of private emails during her four years as US secretary of state, a groundswell of opinion suggests the Democratic party must stage […]
- India's bar council meets to decide action against rape trial lawyers March 6, 2015Complaint lodged with police by women’s group about remarks in banned film about the rape and murder of a student in Delhi in 2012India’s bar council was meeting on Fridayto decide what action to take against two lawyers who made derogatory statements about women in the BBC documentary India’s Daughters.A women’s organisation has also lodged a police complai […]
- How Xi Jinping’s presidency was shaped by traumas of Mao and Gorbachev March 6, 2015Centrist approach to reform of China’s society and party comes from study of where two communist leaders went wrongTo mark China’s Spring Festival last month, Xi Jinping made a visit to the small northern village of Liangjiahe, where he was banished in 1969 as a raw 15-year-old during the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, where he worked for seven years an […]
- CIA to make sweeping structural changes with focus on cyber operations March 6, 2015Spy agency will incorporate digital innovations into intelligence gathering and follows major shifts in the CIA’s role and operations in the years since 9/11 CIA director John Brennan on Friday announced a major organizational overhaul of the intelligence agency, including the creation of an entirely new fifth wing to be known as the “directorate of digital […]
- Top Sierra Leone athlete arrested after he was found living rough in London March 6, 2015Jimmy Thoronka, who vanished after Commonwealth Games, says he can’t go home because Ebola has wiped out his familySierra Leone’s top sprinter, who vanished after the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last summer, has been arrested after he was found in an emaciated state, living rough on the streets of London.Jimmy Thoronka, 20, his country’s number one 100m sp […]
- Wired-up tax snoopers could be unleashed in Greece March 6, 2015Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis comes up with novel methods to reform Greek economy before meeting with eurozone ministersThe Greek government has told its eurozone creditors it has a novel way of tackling the country’s chronic tax evasion culture – wiring students, tourists, and housewives for sound and video to spy on tax dodgers while posing as shoppers […]
The BBC
- Iraqi army drives IS out of key town March 7, 2015The US military says Iraqi forces have pushed Islamic State fighters out of the town of al-Baghdadi amid a wider offensive by government troops.
- Brazil's Petrobras scandal deepens March 7, 2015Brazil's Supreme Court backs an investigation into dozens of politicians over their alleged involvement in a corrupt scheme involving state oil firm Petrobras.
- Three charged over US data breach March 6, 2015US authorities charge three men for their roles in what they claim is one of the biggest data breaches in American history.
- Missing MH370 plane 'will be found' March 7, 2015Malaysia's transport minister tells the BBC he is confident the missing MH370 aircraft will be found in the southern Indian Ocean.
- CIA director orders major overhaul March 6, 2015CIA director John Brennan says he has ordered one of the biggest structural reorganisations in the US spy agency's history.
- US senator 'faces corruption charge' March 6, 2015The US justice department is preparing to bring criminal corruption charges against Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, US media reports say.
- Neighbours to give Venezuela food March 6, 2015Foreign ministers from the regional Unasur bloc promise to help Venezuela overcome a shortage of food, medicine and other products.
- US missionary freed in Nigeria March 6, 2015A US woman who was abducted last month by masked gunmen in central Nigeria is now free, officials say.
The Independent, UK
- Mummified bodies discovered on Mexican peak may be climbers who went missing 55 years ago March 7, 2015Two mummified bodies found entombed on a Mexican mountain could be the remains of climbers who went missing in an avalanche more than 50 years ago.
- Laser beam capable of burning hole in car from one mile away unveiled by Lockheed Martin March 6, 2015A photo of a car on fire, which wouldn’t look out of place in a Hollywood action movie, has displayed the startling power of a new laser weapon which can disable a running car from over a mile away.
- Harrison Ford plane crash: Surgeon describes moment WW2 plane crashed onto a golf course March 6, 2015An off-duty spine surgeon who was playing golf when Harrison Ford's plane crash-landed nearby has described the dramatic moment he rushed to help the Hollywood actor as he "moaned in pain".
- Harrison Ford plane crash: Surgeon describes moment star's WW2 plane crashed onto a gold course March 6, 2015If you are a well-off 72-year-old man, it is perhaps to be expected that you might occasionally drop by the golf club.
- Video: Take a ride on the world's tallest and fastest giga coaster March 6, 2015Those who suffer from vertigo, look away now.
- Los Angeles Shooting: Homeless man killed by police identified as Charly Keundeu Keunang, a Cameroonian national March 6, 2015Officials in Los Angeles have identified the real identity of the homeless man shot dead by police earlier this week, rather than the stolen French identity he had used and lived with for many years.
- Kentucky: Thousands of motorists stranded overnight by freezing winter weather March 6, 2015Thousands of motorists stranded by snow and freezing weather were forced to spend up to 24 hours in their vehicles after a winter storm created a huge traffic jam in the US state of Kentucky.
- Apple Watch: apps given 10-second limits to save battery and distraction March 6, 2015Apple has encouraged developers to make apps for its smartwatch in such a way as to avoid annoying users, according to reports.
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