2013x47 - Wednesday, March 06, 2013

March 6, 2013

2013/03/06 Headlines: Venezuela Declares Week of Mourning for Hugo Chávez; Senate Panel Advances Brennan Nomination for CIA; Rand Paul: Obama Admin Response on Drones "More Than Frightening"; U.N. Rapporteur Demands Senate Findings on Bush-Era Torture; U.N.: Syrian Refugees Surpass 1 Million; Kerry: U.S. Involved in Talks on Arming Rebels; U.S. Tables New North Korea Sanctions at U.N.

2013x48 - Thursday, March 07, 2013

March 7, 2013

2013/03/07 Headlines: Venezuelans Mourn Chávez; Guard Recounts Last Words; Sen. Rand Paul Ends 12-Hour Brennan Filibuster over Drones; Holder: Obama to Answer Soon on Assassination Program; Holder Defends Prosecution of Internet Freedom Activist Aaron Swartz; Arkansas Approves Nation's Harshest Abortion Ban; Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho's 20-Week Abortion Ban; House Passes Temporary Budget to Avoid Federal Shutdown; Syria Rebels Capture U.N. Peacekeepers; UNICEF: Israel Abusing Detained Palestinian Children; Report: U.S.

2013x49 - Friday, March 08, 2013

March 8, 2013

2013/03/08 Headlines: North Korea Threatens U.S., South Korean Nonaggression Pact After U.N. Sanctions Vote; Millions Visit Chávez Casket Ahead of State Funeral; Senate Confirms Brennan Nomination to Head CIA; Holder: No Drone Attacks on Non-Combatants in U.S.; Senate Advances Bill to Outlaw Clandestine Gun Sales; Obama Signs Violence Against Women Act into Law; Bin Laden Son-in-Law Extradited to U.S.

2013x50 - Monday, March 11, 2013

March 11, 2013

2013/03/11 Headlines: Karzai Chides U.S. over Taliban Talks, Prison Transfer, Detainee Abuse; Reported U.S. Drone Strike in Pakistan Kills At Least 2; Venezuela Calls Elections for April 14th After Chávez Funeral; Rival Venezuelan Candidates Capriles, Maduro Begin War of Words; U.S. Jobless Rate Hits 4-Year Low; Colorado Lawmakers Advance Gun Control Measures; South Dakota Opens Door to Guns in Classrooms; Survey: Declining Gun Ownership for U.S. Households; Saudi Arabian Human Rights Activists Sentenced to Lengthy Terms; Uhuru Kenyatta Wins Kenyan Presidential Election; India Rape Suspect Commits Suicide in Prison; Late Victim Honored by U.S.; State Dept. Withdraws Women of Courage Award for Egyptian Activist; African-American Teen Shot Dead by NYPD Officers

2013x51 - Tuesday, March 12, 2013

March 12, 2013

2013/03/12 Headlines: U.N.: Civilian Space in Syria Is "Almost Completely Eroded"; U.S. Troops Face Deadliest Day This Year in Afghanistan; North Korea Declares End to 60-Year Armistice with South Korea; Obama Administration Warns China over Cyber-Attacks; Colorado Senate Passes Sweeping Gun Control Package; Six-Month-Old Baby Girl Critically Wounded in Chicago Drive-by Shooting; Anger Erupts over NYPD Killing of Brooklyn Teenager; "Mapping Muslims" Report Documents Chilling Effect of Police Surveillance; 25 Arrested at Keystone XL Pipeline Protest in Massachusetts; South Dakota Extends 72-Hour Abortion Waiting Period to Up to 6 Days; Judge Strikes Down NYC Ban on Large Sugary Drinks; U.S. Firms Stashed Billion Offshore in 2012, Shielding 40% of Annual Profits; Fidel Castro: Cuba Has Lost "Best Friend" with Death of Chávez

2013x52 - Wednesday, March 13, 2013

March 13, 2013

2013/03/13 Headlines: Gitmo Hunger Strike Grows to More Than 100 Detainees; Karzai Urges Public Support in Prison Standoff with U.S.; Report: CIA Expands Role in Iraq; Report: Over 2 Million Syrian Children Threatened by Conflict; U.N. Investigator: Iran Wages "Systemic and Systematic" Violations to Stifle Dissent; Palestinian Killed by Israeli Troops in West Bank; U.S. Expels Venezuelan Diplomats Amidst Coup Claims; Former Argentine Dictator Sentenced for Campo de Mayo Abuses; Intel Review: Cyber-Attacks More of a Threat to U.S. Than al-Qaeda; Senate Judiciary Advances Gun Violence Bills; Assault Ban Vote Delayed; Chicago Infant Johnylah Watkins Dies of Gun Wounds; Witness: Brooklyn Teen Slain by Police Wasn't Armed; Colorado Poised to Legalize Same-Sex Civil Unions

2013x53 - Thursday, March 14, 2013

March 14, 2013

2013/03/14 Headlines: Vatican Conclave Selects Pope Francis, First Pontiff from Latin America; Obama Rejects GOP Budget as Both Parties Unveil Plans; Colorado Lawmakers Approve Gun Laws; Inquiry: Mubarak Regime Behind Nearly 900 Killings of Egyptian Protesters; Netanyahu Finalizes Coalition Deal for New Term; Mourners Bury Unarmed Palestinian Shot Dead by Israeli Troops; Senate Panel Denounces Military Handling of Sexual Assault; Rape Trial Begins for Ohio High Schoolers; Attorneys for Aaron Swartz Allege Prosecutorial Misconduct for Withheld Evidence; 45 Arrested at Brooklyn Protest for Police Shooting of Kimani Gray; Florida Bartender Scott Prouty Comes Forward as Source of Romney "47 Percent" Tape

2013x54 - Friday, March 15, 2013

March 15, 2013

2013/03/15 Headlines: New Study Reveals High Toll of Decade-Long Iraq War; Iraq: Coordinated Attacks Kill At Least 25; U.N.: Drone Strikes by U.S. Violate Pakistani Sovereignty; Report Faults JPMorgan for Misleading Public, Regulators While Losing Billions; Syrians Mark 2nd Anniversary of Uprising as Refugee Numbers Spike; France, Britain Push for End to Syria Arms Embargo; Obama Raises Prospect of Nuclear Arms in Iran Despite Testimony by Top Intel Official; Bahrain: Dozens Wounded in Clashes as Protesters Mark Anniversary; Michigan Governor Appoints Emergency Manager for Detroit; Senate Panel Advances Assault Weapons Ban; Police Kill Shooting Suspect in Upstate NY; Undercover Probe Leads to Tighter Checks at NY Gun Shows; Kimani Gray's Mother Questions NYPD Shooting of Her Son; U.S. Interior Secretary on Arctic Drilling: "Shell Screwed Up in 2012"; Study: Use of GMO Crops Fueling Historic Decline of Monarch Butterflies; Report: U.S.

2013x55 - Monday, March 18, 2013

March 18, 2013

2013/03/18 Headlines: Wardak Residents March for Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Afghanistan; Obama Admin Drops Europe Missile Plan, Reorients to North Korea; EU Bailout Terms Spark Panic in Cyprus; Ohio High Schoolers Convicted in Rape Trial; Oil-Linked Firms Provided Research for State Dept.'s Keystone XL Review; White House Spokesperson Downplays Keystone XL Pipeline's Impact; Report: Obama Admin Mulls Delay of Emissions Cap for Power Plants; Appeals Court: CIA Can't Ignore FOIA Requests on Drone Strikes; Federal Judge Rules National Security Letters Unconstitutional; Maryland Lawmakers Approve Death Penalty Ban; NYPD Officers in Kimani Gray Death Previously Sued for Civil Rights Violations; North Dakota Lawmakers Approve 6-Week Abortion Ban; JPMorgan Chase Execs Testify on "London Whale" Losses; Massive Procession Concludes Mourning Period for Hugo Chávez; Vigils in Olympia and Rafah Mark 10-Year Anniversary of Rachel Corrie's Killing

2013x56 - Tuesday, March 19, 2013

March 19, 2013

2013/03/19 Headlines: Blasts Kill Scores in Iraq on 10th Anniversary of U.S.-Led Invasion; Congolese Rebel Leader Wanted for War Crimes Surrenders at U.S. Embassy; U.S. Condemns Syrian Firing of Rockets into Lebanon; Syrian Opposition Elects U.S. Citizen as Interim Prime Minister; Somalia: Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 10; Yemen Launches U.N.-Backed National Dialogue amid Protests; U.S. Role Seen as Key in Push for Global Arms Treaty; Study: 250,000 U.S. Guns Smuggled into Mexico Each Year; Trial Opens for Challenge to NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Policy; Obama Taps Tom Perez for Secretary of Labor; Hacker Who Revealed AT&T Security Flaw Gets 3.5 Years in Prison; Steubenville: 2 Teenage Girls Arrested for Threatening Rape Victim Online

2013x57 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013

March 20, 2013

2013/03/20 Headlines: Assault Weapons Ban Left Out of Gun Control Bill; Iraq Suffers Deadliest Day of Year on 10th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion; Obama Arrives in Israel for 3-Day Visit; White House Releases Obama's Persian New Year Address; Both Sides Allege Chemical Weapons Use in Syria Attack; Cyprus Parliament Rejects EU Bailout Demands; Guatemala Tries Ex-Dictator Efraín Ríos Montt on Genocide Charges; 7 Marines Killed in Nevada Explosion; Freddie Mac Sues Banks for Libor Losses; FDIC Agrees to Keep Silent on Settlements with Banks; Report: NYPD Devotes Over 1 Million Hours to Pot Arrests; Audio Confirms NYPD Use of Arrest, Summons Quotas; South Carolina Holds Primaries for 1st Congressional Seat; Gawker Publishes Bush Email Address on Iraq Anniversary; Michael Moore: Prosecute Bush Officials for Iraq War

2013x58 - Thursday, March 21, 2013

March 21, 2013

2013/03/21 Headlines: Obama, Netanyahu Stress Shared Stance on Iran; Obama Affirms "Unbreakable Bond" with Israel, Vows Aid; Palestinians Erect Tent Camp Ahead of Obama Visit; Syria, Rebels Ask U.N. for Chemical Weapons Probe; Karzai Backs Down on U.S. Special Forces Ban; North Korea Threatens U.S. Bases in Japan After B-52 Flight; Colorado Governor Signs Gun Control Law; Head of Colorado Prisons Shot Dead at Home; Gitmo General Acknowledges Growing Hunger Strike; U.S. Unveils Charges Against Saudi-Nigerian Terror Suspect; N.C.

2013x59 - Friday, March 22, 2013

March 22, 2013

2013/03/22 Headlines: Obama Urges Palestinians to Drop Demand for Israeli Settlement Freeze; Protester Heckles Obama over Israeli Killings, Rachel Corrie Death; Obama Acknowledges Plight of Palestinians in Jerusalem Speech; Iran's Top Leader Says He's Not Opposed to Nuclear Talks with U.S.; Syria: Top Cleric Among Dozens Killed in Damascus Blast; U.N. to Probe Alleged Chemical Weapons Use in Syria; Report: U.S.

2013x60 - Monday, March 25, 2013

March 25, 2013

2013/03/25 Headlines: Cyprus Reaches Bailout Deal with European Officials; Report: CIA Backing Increase in Arms Flow to Syrian Rebels; Report: CIA Feeding Intelligence to Rebels in Expansion of Syria Role; Kerry Presses Iraq to Stop Iranian Arms Flights to Assad; Top Syrian Opposition Leader Quits; Israel Destroys Syrian Military Post After Fire Hits Occupied Golan Heights; Blasts Rock Syrian Capital of Damascus; Netanyahu Apologizes to Turkey for Deadly Raid on Gaza Flotilla; Israeli Police Raid Palestinian Protest Camp After Obama Leaves; U.S. to Transfer Control of Bagram Prison to Afghan Gov’t; Rebels Seize Control of Central African Republic; Burma: Anti-Muslim Violence Spreads After Dozens Killed in Clashes; Report: Immigrants Being Held in Solitary Confinement for Weeks; North Dakota Puts End of Abortion on the Ballot; Georgia: 2 Teens Arrested After Baby Shot Dead in Stroller; NYC Mayor Bloomberg to Bankroll Ad Campaign for Gun Control; Obama Urges Congress to Pass Gun-Control Measures; Video Captures Omaha Police Slamming Man to the Ground; Senate Passes 1st Budget Plan in 4 Years; Nigerian Literary Icon Chinua Achebe Dies at 82

2013x61 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013

March 26, 2013

2013/03/26 Headlines: Supreme Court Takes Up Historic Same-Sex Marriage Cases; U.S. to Keep Unknown Number of Afghan Prisoners After Bagram Transfer; Kerry Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan; Afghanistan: 8 Suicide Bombers Hit Police HQ on 2nd Day of Kerry's Visit; U.N. Removes Half of International Staff in Syria After Damascus Clashes; Syrian Opposition Leader Takes Former Gov't Seat at Arab League Summit; Jailed Bahraini Activists Refuse Fluids After Family Visits Denied; U.S. Signs New Military Pact with South Korea; Microsoft Admits FBI Spying on Users Using Secretive National Security Letters; 3 Guantánamo Prisoners Hospitalized amid Ongoing Hunger Strike; NATO Researchers: U.S.-Israeli Cyber-Attack on Iran Was Illegal "Act of Force"; U.S. Criticized for Weakening Draft of Global Arms Treaty; Study: African Americans 10 Times More Likely to Be Shot Dead Than Whites; Hundreds Protest Measures That Would End Abortion in North Dakota; NYC Mayor Bloomberg Casts Use of Domestic Surveillance Drones as Inevitable; Study: U.S. Spent .7 Million on Expenses of Former Presidents in 2012

2013x62 - Wednesday, March 27, 2013

March 27, 2013

2013/03/27 Headlines: Supreme Court Weighs Same-Sex Marriage for 2nd Day; Cyprus: Protests Continue as Economic Crisis Deepens; Leading Egyptian Activist Questioned amid Fears of Crackdown; Mass Protest Planned in Chicago over Plan to Close 54 Schools; North Dakota Enacts Law Banning Nearly All Abortions; Former CIA Head Petraeus Apologizes for Extramarital Affair; Obama Appoints 1st Female Head of Secret Service; BRICS Countries Plan New Development Bank in Challenge to U.S.-Dominated World Bank, IMF; EPA: Most U.S. Rivers, Streams Are in Poor Condition; Study: Major Oklahoma Quake Likely Caused by Oil Drilling Waste; 2 U.S. Citizens Arrested After Refusing to Disclose Status to Border Patrol Before Domestic Flight; NYC Activists Stage Flash Mob to Demand Universal Access to Morning-After Pill

2013x63 - Thursday, March 28, 2013

March 28, 2013

2013/03/28 Headlines: Report: 4 Children Killed in Night Raid by Afghan, International Forces; Cyprus Banks Reopen with Tight Restrictions; Supreme Court Justices Appear Skeptical of Defense of Marriage Act; Thousands Protest School Closings in Chicago; U.S. Flies Nuclear-Capable Bombers over South Korea; Turkish Police Fire Tear Gas at Syrian Protesters in Refugee Camp; Report: Official Promoted to Top CIA Post Linked to Black Sites, Destruction of Torture Tapes; Priest Denies Role of Pope Francis in His Imprisonment During Military Junta; 50,000 Activists Gather for World Social Forum in Tunisia; Algerian Activists Barred from Traveling to World Social Forum in Tunisia; Outcry Grows over "Monsanto Protection Act" Weakening Regulation of GMO Crops; Wal-Mart Sues Groups over Protests at Stores; Arkansas Senate Overrides Veto of Voter ID Bill; Brazil Forcibly Evicts Indigenous Group to Prepare for World Cup; Anti-Keystone XL Protester Climbs Flagpole to Denounce Tar Sands Oil; Adbusters Calls for Actions to Shut Down Goldman Sachs Offices; Study: Every 3 out of 4 People Found with Drugs by Border Patrol Are U.S. Citizens; Nelson Mandela Hospitalized with Lung Infection

2013x64 - Friday, March 29, 2013

March 29, 2013

2013/03/29 Headlines: Arms Treaty Heads for General Assembly Vote After New Objections; North Korea Orders Rocket Unit on Standby as U.S. Denies Provocation; Newtown Shooter Had Massive Arsenal at Home; Obama: "Shame on Us If We've Forgotten" Newtown; Guantánamo Attorneys Say Guards Cracking Down on Hunger Strikers; Red Cross Visit Begins; EPA Set to Unveil New Car, Gasoline Standards; Bombing Kills 15 Students at Damascus University; U.N. Approves "Offensive" Capability for Peacekeeping Ops in DRC; Bahrain Clears 21 Medics of Charges for Treating Demonstrators; Mandela Hospitalized for Lung Infection; AFL-<span class="caps">CIO Reports Progress in Dispute over Guestworker Pay in Immigration Reform; Former U.S.

2013x65 - Monday, April 01, 2013

April 1, 2013

2013/04/01 Headlines: ExxonMobil Oil Pipeline Spills Thousands of Barrels in Arkansas; White Supremacist Link Suspected in Shooting Death of Texas DA, Wife; U.S. Sends F-22 Fighter Jets to South Korea; NATO Airstrike Kills Child, Others in Afghanistan; India Supreme Court Rejects Swiss Drug Giant's Effort to Block Generic Drugs; Philippines Seeks Compensation for U.S. Ship's Damage to Coral Reef; Lawmakers Report Agreement in Bipartisan Immigration Talks; Federal Judge Invalidates Provisions of Indiana Anti-Immigrant Law; Rep. Don Young Apologizes for "Wetback" Comment; Obama Renews Call for Insfrastructure Projects; Atlanta Educators Indicted for School Cheating Scandal; KKK Members Rally Against Renaming of Memphis Parks; World Social Forum Concludes in Tunisia; Study: Cost of Afghan-Iraq Wars Grows to - Trillion

2013x66 - Tuesday, April 02, 2013

April 2, 2013

2013/04/02 Headlines: Report: Syria Marks Deadliest Month Since Uprising Began; North Korea Vows to Restart Nuclear Facilities; Iraq: Suicide Bomber Kills 9 amid Rise in Violence; Connecticut Lawmakers Reach Deal on Strict Gun-Control Rules; Georgia City Makes Gun Ownership Mandatory; Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Aurora Shooting Suspect; U.S. Criticizes Egypt for Curbing Free Speech After Comedian Faces Questioning; Judge Rules Stockton Is Eligible for Bankruptcy in California; Official Tally of Guantánamo Prisoners on Hunger Strike Continues to Rise; Yemen: Hundreds Call for Release of Guantánamo Prisoners; U.S.

2013x67 - Wednesday, April 03, 2013

April 3, 2013

2013/04/03 Headlines: U.N. General Assembly Approves 1st Global Arms Treaty; U.S.

2013x68 - Thursday, April 04, 2013

April 4, 2013

2013/04/04 Headlines: Report: White House Reconsiders North Korea Strategy; North Korea Authorizes Nuclear Attack, U.S. Speeds Guam Missile Deployment; Connecticut Approves Gun-Control Bill; Maryland Bill Advances; Obama Pushes Bipartisan Gun Reform in Colorado Speech; Report Ties Lax Laws to Higher Rates of Gun Violence; 54 Killed in Taliban Attack on Afghan Court; Israeli Troops Kill 2 Palestinians as Prison Protests Spread; Hagel on Pentagon Cuts: "Everything is On the Table"; Clinic of Slain Abortion Provider George Tiller Reopens in Kansas; Tennessee Measure Would Cut Welfare for Children's Low Grades; Ex-SEC Head Joins D.C.

2013x69 - Friday, April 05, 2013

April 5, 2013

2013/04/05 Headlines: Connecticut Gov. Signs New Gun-Control Law; Maryland Lawmakers Approve Gun-Control Bill; Obama Budget to Endorse Cuts to Social Security, Medicare; NATO Strike Kills 6 in Afghanistan; U.N.

2013x70 - Monday, April 08, 2013

April 8, 2013

2013/04/08 Headlines: U.S. Strike Kills 11 Children in Afghanistan; 5 Americans Killed in Afghan Attacks; U.S. Delays Missile Test, Citing North Korea; Iran Claims "Good Progress" in Nuclear Talks; Federal Judge Strikes Down Age Limit on Morning-After Pill; U.S. Posts Net Gain of 88,000 Jobs in March; GOP Senator Welcomes Obama Social Security Cuts, Sanders Vows Opposition; Report: U.S. Killed Militant to Win Pakistani Approval of Drone War; Activists Protest Drone Warfare at Military Firms; Georgia High Schoolers Challenge Segregrated Prom; "Occupy the Department of Education" Convenes in D.C.; Daniel McGowan Released After Arrest Under Outlawed Statute; Comedian Dick Gregory Launches Hunger Fast for Lynne Stewart; Documentary Filmmaker Les Blank Dies at 77; Former British PM Margaret Thatcher Dies at 87

2013x71 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013

April 9, 2013

2013/04/09 Headlines: U.S. to Deploy New Laser Attack Weapon Near Iran; Kerry Continues Harsh Rhetoric Against Iran During Israeli Visit; Storage Pits Leaking at Embattled Fukushima Nuclear Plant; Obama Pushes Gun Control in Connecticut Visit; Senators Negotiating Deal on Background Checks; Syria: At Least 15 Killed in Damascus Suicide Blast; Italy Pardons U.S. Colonel Convicted in Rendition of Egyptian Cleric; Trial for Osama bin Laden's Son-in-Law Could Be Delayed by U.S. Budget Cuts; WikiLeaks: Vatican Dismissed Reports of Violence Under Pinochet as "Communist Propaganda"; Julian Assange Hails WikiLeaks' Release of "Kissinger Cables" in Video Address; Chile Exhumes Body of Poet Pablo Neruda to Probe Poisoning Claims; Philippines Bills U.S. .

2013x72 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013

April 10, 2013

2013/04/10 Headlines: Vote Set to Begin Gun-Control Debate After GOP Backs Down on Filibuster; Newtown Families Lobby Congress for Gun-Control Vote; Sen. Inhofe: Obama Admin Using Newtown Families for Issue They Have Nothing to Do With; Biden: Threat of GOP Filibuster on Gun-Control Vote "Mind-Boggling"; 6-Year-Old Killed in Accidental Shooting; 14 Wounded in Stabbing Rampage at Texas College; Most Borrowers to Receive Paltry Sum from Banks in Foreclosure Settlement; North Korea Warns South of "Thermonuclear War"; Earthquake Kills 37 in Iran; Israeli Troops Shoot Palestinian Journalist in Face for Filming Raid; Kerry to Meet with Syrian Opposition After Israel-West Bank Visit; Alabama Gov. Signs Anti-Abortion Law; Arkansas Senate Advances New Curbs; Jury Awards Million to New Hampshire for ExxonMobil Contamination; Arkansas Residents File Class Action Suit Against ExxonMobil for Oil Spill; Elderly Protester Halts Construction of Keystone XL in Oklahoma; Hundreds of Students Stage Walkout Against Budgets Cuts in New Jersey; Kelly Wins Illinois Special Election for Vacant House Seat; NYC to Pay Over ,000 for Damage in Occupy Wall Street Raid

2013x73 - Thursday, April 11, 2013

April 11, 2013

2013/04/11 Headlines: Tens of Thousands Rally for Humane Immigration Reform; Senate Immigration Plan Sets Cumbersome Border Requirements; Obama Budget Plan Endorses Social Security Cuts; Petition Opposing Chained CPI Draws 2.3 Million Signatures; Senate to Hold First Gun-Control Vote After Compromise on Background Checks; Michelle Obama Pushes Gun-Control Vote; Rhode Island Introduces Gun-Control Measure; Military Court Raises Burden for Manning Prosecutors; Internet, Phone Access Curbed; HRW: Over 4,300 Civilians Killed in Syrian Strikes; U.N. Warns of Funding Shortfall for Syrian Refugees; Hagel: North Korea "Skating Very Close to a Dangerous Line"; Witness Ties Guatemalan President to Maya Killings in Montt Trial; Colombians Stage Nationwide March for Peace; Canadian Teen Commits Suicide over Alleged Rape, Bullying

2013x74 - Friday, April 12, 2013

April 12, 2013

2013/04/12 Headlines: Senate Votes to Begin Debate on Gun Control; Syria: At Least 45 Die in Daraa as British Official Blasts Lack of World Action; Secret Documents Confirm U.S. Drone Policy Contradicts Public Claims; U.S. Officials Cast Doubt on Intel Report About North Korea's Nuclear Prowess; Report: Immigration Bill Could Deny Citizenship to Poor, Recent Arrivals; Lawyers Warn Hunger-Striking Gitmo Prisoners Could Soon Die; Chilean Students Hold Mass Rally for Free Education; Brazilians Protest Privatization of Maracanã Stadium for World Cup, Olympics; Venezuela: Presidential Candidates Give Final Speeches Before Election; Uruguay Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage; Official: Break in Arkansas ExxonMobil Oil Pipeline Far Larger Than Believed; Israeli Military Locks Up 14-Year-Old Palestinian American for Throwing Stones; House Panel Approves Controversial Data-Sharing Bill; California: 3 Teens Arrested for Sexual Battery After Suicide of 15-Year-Old Girl; Las Vegas Cop Will Not Face Criminal Charges for Killing Unarmed Veteran; Director of Dr. Tiller's Former Abortion Clinic Faces Death Threats

2013x75 - Monday, April 15, 2013

April 15, 2013

2013/04/15 Headlines: Chávez Successor Wins Venezuelan Election, Opposition Seeks Recount; Military Guards Fire on Guantánamo Hunger Strikers; Guantánamo Prisoner: "All of the Detainees Are Suffering Deeply"; Newtown Mother Delivers Obama's Weekly Address; Kerry Suggests Eased U.S. Stance on North Korea Talks; U.S. Pushes Japanese Involvement in TPP Talks; Former Texas Justice of the Peace Arrested for Prosecutor Slayings; North Dakota House Approves 20-Week Abortion Ban; Virginia Board of Health OKs New Limits on Abortion Clinics; EPA Delays Emissions Caps on New Power Plants; Russia, U.S. Impose Travel Bans in Widening Row; Florida Police Officer Fired for Using Trayvon Martin Image in Shooting Target; Tennessee Republican Withdraws Child Welfare Bill; GOP Lawmaker Behind North Korea Leak Seeks to Restore Missile Defense Cuts; Progressive, Conservative Groups Stage "K Street 5K" March Against Money in Politics

2013x76 - Tuesday, April 16, 2013

April 16, 2013

2013/04/16 Headlines: 3 Dead, Scores Wounded as Two Bomb Blasts Hit Boston Marathon; Dozens Dead in Wave of Bombings Across Iraq; Somalia: At Least 30 Killed in Militant Attacks; Judge Denies Relief Motion from Hunger-Striking Guantánamo Prisoner; Powerful Earthquake Strikes Iran; Landmark Report Confirms U.S. Tortured Prisoners After 9/11; Report: Reform Bill Will Require Undocumented Immigrants to Pay Thousands in Fines; Venezuelan Opposition Candidate Continues to Challenge Maduro Victory; Syrian Opposition Says 30 Children Killed in Gov’t Air Strike; Report: Human Trafficking Increases in Europe; Obama Signs Bill Gutting Transparency Provisions in Insider Trading Law; Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic to Stay Open for Now; Students, Officials Condemn School-to-Prison Pipeline in NYC; New York Times Wins Pulitzers for Coverage of Abuses by Apple, Wal-Mart; Today Marks 50th Anniversary of MLK’s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

2013x77 - Wednesday, April 17, 2013

April 17, 2013

2013/04/17 Headlines: FBI: Boston Marathon Bombs Built with Pressure Cookers, Filled with Shrapnel; Remaining Boston Marathon Fatalities Identified; 8-Year-Old Victim Carried Sign Urging "No More Hurting People"; Obama to Attend Memorial in Boston; Saudi Victim Ruled Out as Suspect; U.S. Drone Strike Kills 5 in Pakistan; Electoral Council Rules Out Venezuelan Recount as Tensions Grow; Authorities Intercept Ricin-Laden Letter to Senator Wicker; Senate to Hold Votes on Gun Amendments; Background Check Measure Lacks Support; Groups File Challenge to Arkansas Abortion Ban; Ohio Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Mosque Fire; Environmental Groups Challenge State Dept. on Keystone Review; U.N.: Over 1 in 4 Children "Stunted" by Malnutrition; New Zealand Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage

2013x78 - Thursday, April 18, 2013

April 18, 2013

2013/04/18 Headlines: Massive Blast Causes Casualties at Texas Fertilizer Plant; Authorities Spot At Least 1 Suspect in Boston Marathon Videos; Senate Kills Gun Reform with Defeat of Every Key Measure; Obama Decries "Shameful Day" After Senate Defeat of Gun Control; 4 Dems Join Republicans to Defeat Gun Reforms; GOP Bid to Override Concealed Carry Laws Fails; Gun Violence Survivor Removed from Senate Gallery After Yelling "Shame on You"; Giffords Denounces Senate for Blocking Gun Control; Mississippi Resident Detained for Ricin Letters; Supreme Court Rejects Human Rights Cases Against Foreign Corporations; Wife of Jailed Texas Official Says Husband Killed Prosecutors; Maduro Blasts Kerry for Rejecting Venezuelan Election Win; Palestinians Stage Prisoners Day Rallies; Israeli Military Court Jails Palestinian-American Teen for Throwing Rocks; Military Appeals Court Rejects Secrecy Challenge in Manning Trial

2013x79 - Friday, April 19, 2013

April 19, 2013

2013/04/19 Headlines: Boston Bombing Suspect, Officer Dead After Night of Chaos; Manhunt Underway for 2nd Suspect; Violence Erupts Hours After FBI Releases Photos of Suspects; Obama Speaks at Interfaith Service in Boston; Teen Describes Fear After His Photo Appears on Cover of New York Post; 2 People Subjected to Violent, Anti-Muslim Attacks; Iraq: 32 Dead in Baghdad Blast Days Before Election; Report: Texas Fertilizer Plant That Exploded Was Last Inspected by OSHA in 1985; Venezuelan Officials to Expand Audit of Presidential Election Results; Sen. Manchin Blames NRA for Failure of Background Check Measure; House Passes CISPA Despite Obama Veto Threat

2013x80 - Monday, April 22, 2013

April 22, 2013

2013/04/22 Headlines: Surviving Boston Marathon Suspect Faces Questioning, Charges; Police: 4 Unexploded Devices Seized from Suspects; Texas Plant Owner Failed to Disclose Excess of Dangerous Chemical; U.S. Resumes Drone Attacks in Yemen; Afghan Government Accuses CIA in Deadly Air Strike; Earthquake Kills At Least 180 in China's Sichuan Province; U.S. Expands Force-Feeding of Guantánamo Prisoners; Judge Rejects Order to Abandon Ríos Montt Trial; Maduro Sworn In to Venezuelan Presidency; Council Holds Electronic Audit; 85 Reportedly Killed in Syria; U.S. Doubles "Nonlethal" Opposition Aid; Musharraf Detained in Pakistan After Exile; Bahraini Forces Target Demonstrators During Grand Prix; Kansas Gov. Signs New Anti-Abortion Measures; 2 Wounded in Shooting at Denver Marijuana Rally; Boy Scouts Proposal Would Lift Ban on Gay Youth, Maintain It Against Adult Leaders

2013x81 - Tuesday, April 23, 2013

April 23, 2013

2013/04/23 Headlines: Boston Bombing Suspect Charged, Reportedly Admitted to Role in Attacks Before Hearing Rights; Iraq: 26 Killed in Clashes Between Protesters and Security Forces; U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty to Killing 5 Colleagues in Iraq; Syrian Activists Report Massacre Near Damascus; 12 Arrested at Anti-Guantánamo Protest in New York; Canadian Authorities Arrest 2 for Alleged Plot to Derail Train; Libya: Blast Injures 2 at French Embassy; Folk Singer Richie Havens Dies at 72

2013x82 - Wednesday, April 24, 2013

April 24, 2013

2013/04/24 Headlines: Boston Marathon Suspect Cites Iraq, Afghanistan Wars as Motive; Slain Suspect Bought Fireworks 2 Months Before Attack; Wife Vows Cooperation with Probe; Reddit Apologizes for Wrongly Naming Suspects; Ricin Suspect Released, Decries "Nightmare" Arrest; At Least 70 Killed in Bangladesh Factory Collapse; At Least 42 Killed at Sunni Protest Camp in Iraq; Guatemala's Top Court Annuls Ríos Montt Trial; France Becomes 14th Country to Legalize Gay Marriage; Israel Accuses Syria of Using Chemical Weapons; Sen. Baucus to Retire in 2014; Inequality Widened During Post-Recession Period; Low-Wage Workers Strike in Chicago; Illinois Teen Indicted in FBI Terror Sting; Ohio Teacher Fired After Mother's Obit Includes Lesbian Partner; Cooper Union to Begin Charging Tuition; San Francisco Supervisors Vote for Fossil Fuel Divestment; U.S. Approves Billion Nuclear Weapons Upgrade; Common Cause CEO, Ex-Congressmember Bob Edgar Dies at 69

2013x83 - Thursday, April 25, 2013

April 25, 2013

2013/04/25 Headlines: Toll from Bangladesh Factory Collapse Hits 200; Workers Stage Protests; Late Boston Marathon Suspect Was on Terrorism Watch List; Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Was Unarmed at End of Manhunt; Hundreds of Low-Wage Workers Strike in Chicago; Chicago Students Protest Closings, Standardized Tests; Hagel Rejects Israeli Claims on Syrian Chemical Weapons; U.N. Torture Investigator Says Bahrain Blocking Entry; EPA Challenges State Dept. Assessment of Keystone XL's Environmental Impact; Lawmakers Skip Hearing on Long-Term Unemployment; Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Disclose Trainees at Controversial Military School; 2 Children Among 5 Killed in Illinois Shooting; Steubenville High School Coach Given 2-Year Extension; Prison Guards Indicted for Aiding Baltimore Gang; Explosion Wounds 3 on Alabama River Barges; Pro-Assad Group Claims Responsibility for Hacking AP Twitter Account; Rhode Island Poised to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

2013x84 - Friday, April 26, 2013

April 26, 2013

2013/04/26 Headlines: U.S. Officials Say Syrian Regime Likely Used Chemical Weapons; Iraq: Scores Killed in Sectarian Clashes; Obama Fails to Mention Iraq War in Speech Honoring Bush; New York Times Condemns Guantánamo as Hunger Strike Continues; Police Fire Tear Gas on Workers Protesting Bangladesh Building Collapse; Death Toll Nears 300; Russia: 38 Dead in Fire at Psychiatric Institution; Obama Attends Memorial for Blast Victims in West, Texas; U.N. Official Condemned for Highlighting Role of U.S. Policy in Boston Attacks; Renowned Newspaper "Egypt Independent" Releases Final Issue; U.N. Security Council Votes to Send Troops to Mali; Venezuela Arrests U.S. Filmmaker Accused of Fomenting Violence; Activist Joan Baez Sr., Mother of Famous Folk Singer, Dies at 100

2013x85 - Monday, April 29, 2013

April 29, 2013

2013/04/29 Headlines: Military Admits 100 Prisoners on Hunger Strike at Guantánamo; Fire Erupts in Wreckage of Bangladesh Factory; Death Toll Rises to About 400; Syrian Prime Minister Survives Assassination Attempt; Pakistan Hit by Wave of Violence Ahead of Elections; Iraq Suspends Licenses of 10 TV Channels, Including Al Jazeera; Report: Troves of CIA Money Fueling Corruption in Afghanistan; Afghanistan: 4 U.S. Servicemembers Die in Plane Crash; Obama Urges Congress to Take Action on Sequester Cuts; Authorities Arrest New Suspect in Ricin Mailings; Iranian Scientist Released After More Than a Year in U.S. Detention; Mexico: Hundreds March to Demand Justice for Slain Journalist; Obama Jokes About Race, Republicans at White House Correspondents' Dinner; Report: African-American Voter Turnout Topped White Turnout in 2012; Obama to Tap Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx for Transportation Post; 31 Arrested for Protest at Drone Base in Upstate New York; Court Denies Early Release for Jailed Pussy Riot Member; Oklahoma City Mosque Vandalized in Possible Hate Crime; Tens of Thousands Remain Homeless 6 Months After Superstorm Sandy; Feminist Journalist Mary Thom Dies in Motorcycle Crash at 68; Georgia Students Attend School's 1st Racially Integrated Prom

2013x86 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013

April 30, 2013

2013/04/30 Headlines: Israeli Air Strike Kills Palestinian in Gaza; Explosion Rocks Syrian Capital Damascus; U.N. Seeks Firmer Evidence on Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria; Iraq: 36 Killed in Blasts South of Baghdad; Mexican Activists Call for Curbs on Flow of U.S. Guns; Europe Bans Pesticide Believed to Seriously Harm Bees; Woman Who Filmed Slaughterhouse from Street is 1st to Face Prosecution Under "Ag-Gag" Laws; Study: Racial Wealth Gap Widened During Recession; NBA Player Jason Collins Discloses He is Gay

2013x87 - Wednesday, May 01, 2013

May 1, 2013

2013/05/01 Headlines: Obama Renews Guantánamo Closure Vow, Defends Force-Feeding; Report: U.S. Close to Arming Syrian Rebels; U.S.

2013x88 - Thursday, May 02, 2013

May 2, 2013

2013/05/02 Headlines: May Day Rallies Nationwide Back Immigrant, Labor Rights; 18 Arrested in Seattle May Day Protests; 3 Accused of Obstructing Boston Marathon Probe; Bolivia Orders Expulsion of USAID; North Korea Sentences U.S.

2013x89 - Friday, May 03, 2013

May 3, 2013

2013/05/03 Headlines: Bangladesh Garment Building Toll Hits 500; Engineer Detained; Obama Faces Immigration Protests in Mexico Visit; Obama Defends Challenge to Emergency Contraception Ruling; Assata Shakur Added to FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists List; Pro-Assad Forces Accused of Killing up to 100 in Raid; April Was Iraq's Deadliest Month Since 2009; U.N.: Close to 260,000 Died in Somali Famine; At Least 60 Killed in Sudan Mine Collapse; Boston Bombing Suspects Allegedly Planned July 4th Attack; Obama Unveils Trade, Commerce Cabinet Picks; Rep.

2013x90 - Monday, May 06, 2013

May 6, 2013

2013/05/06 Headlines: Syria Calls Apparent Israeli Strikes "An Act of War"; Report: U.S., Allies Discussed Syria Strikes; U.N. Investigator: Syrian Rebels Likely Using Nerve Gas; Bangladesh Toll Hits 645; Murder Probe Begins; 7 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan; U.N. Seeks Nigeria Probe After 200 Killed; Obama Concludes Latin America Visit; U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls to 7.5 Percent; NRA Celebrates Defeat of Gun Control at Annual Meeting; Suicide Rate Increases for Middle-Aged Americans; U.S.

2013x91 - Tuesday, May 07, 2013

May 7, 2013

2013/05/07 Headlines: Report: 196 Died Each Day in Syria Last Month; U.S. Senator Menendez Introduces Bill to Arm Syrian Rebels; U.N. Panel: No Conclusive Findings Yet on Chemical Weapons in Syria; Pakistan: Dozens Killed in Attacks on Political Party; Bangladesh: Rallies Banned in Dhaka After Clashes Between Police &amp; Religious Activists Kill 27; Death Toll from Bangladesh Building Collapse Tops 700; Friend of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Released on Bond; Man Arrested for Alleged Terror Plot in Minnesota; U.S. Directly Accuses China of Hacking Its Computers; Air Force Officer Who Led Sexual Assault Prevention Unit Arrested for Alleged Sexual Attack; NY Attorney General to Sue Wells Fargo, Bank of America for Violating Foreclosure Deal; NYT: 7 of Top 20 Highest-Paid CEOs Were Media Moguls; Study: Acidification from CO2 Emissions Threatens Oceans; "Cuban 5" Member Criticizes Imprisonment by U.S.

2013x92 - Wednesday, May 08, 2013

May 8, 2013

2013/05/08 Headlines: Neighbors: Police Ignored Warnings About Ohio Home Where Captives Were Freed; Ohio Kidnapping Victims Reunited with Family Members; Pentagon: Military Sexual Assaults Increase 37%; Mississippi Death Row Prisoner Denied DNA Tests Wins Reprieve; Texas Carries Out 5th Execution of Year; U.S., Russia Plan New International Conference on Syria; Report: Pentagon Plans for Breakup of Syria; Syria Cut Off from Global Internet; Torture-Linked Official Won't Continue as Head of CIA Clandestine Service; Report: U.S.

2013x93 - Thursday, May 09, 2013

May 9, 2013

2013/05/09 Headlines: 8 Killed in Bangladesh Factory Fire; Toll from Building Collapse Nears 900; Ariel Castro Charged in Cleveland Kidnapping, Abuse Case; State Dept. Official Claims Demotion for Criticism of Benghazi Response; Israel OKs More Settlement Expansion; Kerry Announces Visit; Stephen Hawking Backs Academic Boycott of Israel; Closing Arguments Held in Genocide Trial of Former Guatemalan Dictator Efraín Ríos Montt; Activist: Biden Avowed Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline; EPA: No Plans for Curbing Greenhouse Gases from Existing Power Plants; House Panel Backs Weakening of Derivatives Rules; Peace Activists Convicted for Protest at Tennessee Nuclear Site; Docs: FBI, Justice Dept.

2013x94 - Friday, May 10, 2013

May 10, 2013

2013/05/10 Headlines: Death Toll from Bangladesh Building Collapses Tops 1,000; Survivor Rescued After 17 Days in Rubble; Man Accused of Holding 3 Women Captive in Ohio Could Face Death Penalty; Minnesota House Passes Bill to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage; Philadelphia Mayor Signs Landmark LGBT Rights Bill; Co-Author of Controversial Immigration Study Argued Latinos Have Lower IQs; Afghan President Says U.S. Can Have 9 Bases After Withdrawal; Facebook Removes Marines-Linked Page Featuring Rape Jokes About Female Soldiers; Uruguay Sentences Military General to 28 Years for Dictatorship-Era Death; Son of Former Pakistani Prime Minister Kidnapped 2 Days Before Election; Republicans Block Confirmation of Obama’s Pick to Head EPA; Fast-Food Worker Strikes Spread to Detroit, St. Louis; New York City Council Passes Sick-Pay Bill; Poor People's March to Honor Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

2013x95 - Monday, May 13, 2013

May 13, 2013

2013/05/13 Headlines: Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt Imprisoned After Genocide Conviction; Atmospheric Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Hits 400ppm Milestone; Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif Wins Pakistani Election Amidst Rigging Claims, Violence; Cleveland Victims Thank Supporters; Paternity Test Confirms Suspect Fathered Rescued Child; 19 Shot at New Orleans Mother's Day Parade; IRS Apologizes for Scrutiny of Tea Party Groups; Activists Rally for Guantánamo Closure; Benghazi Emails Show White House Role in Talking Points; Report: CIA Relied on Libyan Militia to Guard Benghazi Compound; Co-Author of Heritage Foundation Immigration Study Resigns; Federal Judge Rejects Admin's Bid to Stay "Morning-After Pill" Ruling; Texas Authorities Launch Criminal Probe of Fertilizer Blast; Spaniards Mark 2nd Anniversary of "Indignados" Movement; Mothers' Group Holds Gun-Control Rallies Nationwide; Activists Stage Weekend Poor People's Campaign and March

2013x96 - Tuesday, May 14, 2013

May 14, 2013

2013/05/14 Headlines: Obama Admin Secretly Obtains Trove of Associated Press Phone Records in "Unprecedented Intrusion"; Search for Bodies at Collapsed Garment Building in Bangladesh Ends; Death Toll at 1,127; Worker Describes 17 Days Trapped in Garment Building’s Rubble; European Firms Commit to Plan for Improving Bangladesh Factory Safety; Report: Acting IRS Commissioner Knew About Targeting of Right-Wing Groups in May 2012; Supreme Court Sides Unanimously With Monsanto in Seed Patent Case; Minnesota Governor to Sign Bill Allowing Same-Sex Marriage; Document Reveals New Protocol for Force-Feeding Guantánamo Hunger Strikers; Obama, Cameron Vow to Increase Pressure on Syrian Gov’t; Abortion Doctor Kermit Gosnell Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder; Court Delays Unrestricted Sale of Emergency Contraception; Former Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt Hospitalized After Fainting; Mexican Authorities Arrest 2 for Beating Death of Malcolm Shabazz

2013x98 - Thursday, May 16, 2013

May 16, 2013

2013/05/16 Headlines: IRS Commissioner Forced to Resign over Extra Scrutiny of Right-Wing Groups; Holder: Deputy Signed Off on AP Subpoenas; Holder Unsure of How Many Journalist Subpoenas He's Approved; Report: Verizon Gave Justice Dept. Records of 2 Journalists; White House Seeks Revival of Media Shield Law; Dem Rep. Blasts Holder for Drug War, Marijuana Crackdown; Suicide Attack Kills 10 in Kabul; Group Tells AP of Plans to Target U.S. Soldiers; U.N. General Assembly Condemns Syrian Gov't as Toll Passes 80,000; Palestinians Mark 65th Anniversary of "Nakba"; Up to 6 Dead in Cambodia Shoe Factory Collapse; White House Releases Emails on Benghazi Talking Points; U.S. Earns .6 Billion Profit on Student Interest; Regulators Back Down on New Derivatives Rule; Hundreds Take Part in Milwaukee Fast-Food, Retail Strike; North Dakota Abortion Clinic Challenges New Restriction; Charges Dropped Against NYPD Officer in Shooting Death of Ramarley Graham; New DNA Evidence Could Clear Florida Death Row Prisoner

2013x99 - Friday, May 17, 2013

May 17, 2013

2013/05/17 Headlines: Guantánamo Hunger Strike Enters 100th Day; 30 Prisoners Being Force-Fed; Number of Syrian Refugees Tops 1.5 Million; Obama: U.S. Won't Take Unilateral Action Against Assad; Obama Defends Secret Subpoena of Associated Press Phone Records; DOJ Releases Completely Blacked-Out Memo on Surveillance of Text Messages; Obama Appoints New Acting IRS Commissioner; Audit of Witness Protection Program Finds Gaps in Tracking of Terror Suspects; Note by Boston Bombing Suspect Cites U.S. Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan as Motive; 9 Afghan Civilians, 6 Americans Killed in Kabul Suicide Bombing; Cause of Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Still Unknown 1 Month Later; 3rd U.S. Military Official Tasked with Sexual Assault Prevention Is Accused of Abuse; Senate Panels Advance Obama Nominees for Labor Dept.

2013x100 - Monday, May 20, 2013

May 20, 2013

2013/05/20 Headlines: U.S. Drone Strikes Reportedly Kill 6 in Yemen; Obama Speech to Outline Drone, Guantánamo Policy; Protests Mark 100th Day of Guantánamo Hunger Strike; Syria: Dozens Reported Dead in Fighting Near Lebanon Border; Russia Sends Advanced Missiles to Syria; Sectarian Violence Kills Dozens in Iraq; Leading Pakistani Politician Shot Dead; Imprisoned Ex-Argentine Dictator Jorge Rafael Videla Dies at 87; AP Head Open to Lawsuit for "Unconstitutional" DOJ Spying; Report: DOJ Monitored Journalist's Emails, Phone Records in North Korea Leak Case; White House Was Informed of IRS Issues Weeks Earlier; Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Anti-Abortion Law; Chicago Teachers March Against School Closings; Thousands Protest Education Cuts in Philadelphia; Hate Crime Alleged in Shooting Death of Gay New Yorker

2013x101 - Tuesday, May 21, 2013

May 21, 2013

2013/05/21 Headlines: Dozens Dead in Oklahoma Tornado; Guatemalan Court Overturns Genocide Verdict for Ex-Dictator Ríos Montt; Foreclosed Homeowners Arrested at Justice Department Protest for Bank Prosecutions; Report: Banks Lagging on Settlement Payments for Mortgage Wrongdoing; Report: CIA to Transfer Drone Program to Pentagon; White House Defends Tracking of Fox News Reporter; Obama Hosts Burmese Leader at White House; Survey: Scientists Have 97% Consensus Human Activity Causes Climate Change; Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Begins at U.N.; Poverty in U.S. Suburbs Exceeds Urban Areas; Senate Report Says Apple Avoids Billions in Taxes; Protest Against School Closings Leads to Arrests at Chicago City Hall; Landmark "Stop and Frisk" Trial Concludes in NYC; Hundreds Honor Gay New Yorker Shot Dead in Apparent Hate Crime

2013x102 - Wednesday, May 22, 2013

May 22, 2013

2013/05/22 Headlines: Oklahoma Toll Lowered to 24 as Survivors Found; Oklahoma Senator Calls for Spending Cuts to Offset Tornado Aid; Senate Panel Advances Immigration Overhaul; Same-Sex Marriage Protection Removed; Senators Vote to Arm Syrian Rebels; 40 Killed in Widening Iraqi Sectarian Violence; Body of Afghan Torture Victim Found Near U.S. Base; FBI Agents Shoot Dead Orlando Man Questioned in Boston Bombing; Some Testimony in Manning Trial to Be Held in Secret; Report: Justice Dept. Tracked Fox News, White House Phone Lines; Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona Abortion Ban; Low-Wage Workers Strike at Federal Contractors in D.C.

2013x103 - Thursday, May 23, 2013

May 23, 2013

2013/05/23 Headlines: Obama Admin Admission of U.S. Drone Strikes Suggests Accidental Killings; Obama to Unveil New Guidelines for Drone Strikes; U.S. to Resume Transfers of Guantánamo Prisoners; Oklahoma Tornado Damage Could Reach Billion; FBI: Slain Orlando Suspect Admitted to Triple Murder with Boston Marathon Bomber; British Soldier Hacked to Death in London Attack; U.S. Threatens Assad with Increased Aid to Rebels; Chicago Approves Largest School Closure in U.S.

2013x104 - Friday, May 24, 2013

May 24, 2013

2013/05/24 Headlines: Report: Obama Speech Appears to Expand Who Could Be Targeted by Drones; CodePink Founder Medea Benjamin Repeatedly Interrupts Obama Speech; U.S. Special Operations Command Prepares to Launch Eight Satellites; Holder OK'd Seizing Personal Emails from Fox News Reporter; Antiwar.com Website Sues FBI over Agency Monitoring; Boy Scouts Lift Ban on Gay Scouts; Gay Adult Leaders Still Barred; Lois Lerner of IRS Placed on Administrative Leave; Billionaire Backer of Obama Penny Pritzker Set to Become Commerce Secretary; Citigroup Lobbyists Help Write House Bill to Deregulate Trading; Wall Street Attempt to Use Trade Deals to Gut Dodd-Frank Act; In Farm Bill Debate, Congress Considers Drastic Food Stamp Program Cuts; Jailed Pussy Riot Begins Hunger Strike in Russia; Honor Student Expelled for Science Experiment Receives Space Academy Scholarship; Salvadoran President Meets Pope Urging Sainthood for Slain Archbishop; Coalition of Immokalee Workers Rally Outside Wendy's Shareholder Meeting

2013x105 - Monday, May 27, 2013

May 27, 2013

2013x106 - Tuesday, May 28, 2013

May 28, 2013

2013/05/28 Headlines: EU Ends Arms Embargo on Syria; McCain Visits Syrian Rebels; French Journalists Report Witnessing Syrian Chemical Attacks; More Than 50 Killed in Iraq Bombings; U.S. Marine Killed by Police After Shooting Spree; Report: Right-Wing Groups Probed by IRS Tested Limits on Political Activity; Cambodia: Workers Injured by Police During Wage Protest at Nike Factory; Killing of British Soldier Sparks Wave of Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes; French Soldier Stabbed While on Patrol; Afghanistan: 4 Killed in Taliban Attack on U.N.

2013x107 - Wednesday, May 29, 2013

May 29, 2013

2013/05/29 Headlines: U.S. Drone Strike Reportedly Kills Taliban Commander in Pakistan; U.N. Rights Chief Criticizes Drone Warfare, Guantánamo; Computer Hacker Jeremy Hammond Pleads Guilty in Stratfor Case; Online Currency Site Indicted for "Staggering" Money Laundering; Wal-Mart Workers Begin Longest Strike to Date; Wal-Mart Pays Over Million Fine for Dumping Hazardous Waste; U.S.-Russia Split on Military Aid to Syrian Regime, Rebels; 2 U.S.

2013x108 - Thursday, May 30, 2013

May 30, 2013

2013/05/30 Headlines: U.S. Soldier Reaches Plea Deal to Avoid Death Penalty for Afghan Massacre; U.K. Admits to Holding Dozens Without Charge in Afghanistan; Both Sides of Syrian Conflict Entrench Positions Ahead of Global Talks; Ban, U.N.

2013x109 - Friday, May 31, 2013

May 31, 2013

2013/05/31 Headlines: Iraq: More Than 1,200 Killed in Past 2 Months; Major U.S. Media Outlets Boycott Secret Holder Meetings; Syrian Opposition Group Rejects Peace Talks; Assad Agrees to Attend; Pakistani Taliban Vows Revenge After Drone Strike Kills Deputy; U.S. Authorities Probe More Suspicious Letters Sent to Obama; Father of Chechen Man Shot Dead by FBI Calls for Agents to Face Trial; Obama's FBI Pick Scrutinized for Past Approval of Spy Program, Torture; "Blockupy" Protesters Target European Central Bank; Cambodian Garment Workers Continue Bid for Wage Increase at Nike Factory; Seattle Fast Food Workers Join Growing Push for Wage Increase, Union Rights; Court Allows Coal Company to Slash Benefits, Break Union Agreements; Chicago Sun-Times Fires Entire Photography Staff; CNN Shutters Last U.S.

2013x110 - Monday, June 03, 2013

June 3, 2013

2013/06/03 Headlines: Protests at Ft. Meade Ahead of Bradley Manning Trial; Guantánamo Prisoners Pen Open Letter to Military Doctors; 13 Killed in Oklahoma Tornado; Fires Erupt in California, New Mexico Amid Drought; Current Drought Could Prove Costlier Than Superstorm Sandy; British Columbia Rejects Endbridge Tar Sands Oil Pipeline; Anti-Government Protests Sweep Turkey After Istanbul Unrest; Dozens Killed at Poultry Plant in China; Striking Cambodian Workers Enter Nike Factory; Suicide Attack Kills Afghan Students, U.S. Soldiers; Hamas Says New PM Could Threaten Unity Deal; Thousands Stage Rare Protest in Ethiopia; Anti-Nuclear Protests Hit Tokyo; U.S. Wheat Banned in Japan, South Korea After Discovery of Monsanto GMO; U.S. Lawmakers Urge More Cooperation With Russia in Wake of Boston Attack; Judge Orders Google to Disclose User Info to FBI; Chicago Hotel Workers End 10-Year Strike

2013x111 - Tuesday, June 04, 2013

June 4, 2013

2013/06/04 Headlines: U.N. Panel: Both Sides in Syrian Conflict Hit "New Levels of Brutality"; British Group Says Syrian Toll Tops 96,000; U.S. Reportedly Withholding Aid From Opposition; Hundreds of Wounded Residents Stranded in Syrian Town of Qusair; Bradley Manning Trial Opens at Fort Meade; Turkish Union Launches 2-Day Strike; 2nd Person Killed in Protests; Fort Hood Massacre Suspect to Defend Himself at Military Trial; U.S. Delays While 65 Other Countries Sign 1st Global Arms Trade Treaty; U.S. Offers Bounties for Location of Terror Suspects in West Africa; Supreme Court Rules Police Can Collect DNA From Arrestees; 140 Arrested in "Moral Mondays" Protest Against Republican Agenda in North Carolina; Hundreds Protest Fatal Poultry Plant Blaze in China; Egyptian Activist Gets 6-Month Sentence for Criticizing Morsi; U.S.

2013x112 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013

June 5, 2013

2013/06/05 Headlines: Turkey Protests Continue as Gov't Apologizes for Police Response; Pro-Assad Forces Re-Take Qusair From Syrian Rebels; 2 Afghans Killed in Protest After More Bodies Found Near U.S. Base; Hacker Who Alerted Gov't Testifies at Bradley Manning Trial; Susan Rice to Be Named Obama's National Security Adviser; Obama Appoints 3 Judges in Challenge to GOP "Obstruction"; After Cutting Social Programs, Christie Calls Costly Special Election for Vacant NJ Senate Seat; Military Leaders Reject Independent Oversight of Sexual Assault; Aurora Suspect Pleads Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity; Connecticut Approves Labeling of GMO Foods; Report Finds Major Racial Disparity in Pot Arrests; Texas Police Officers Fired for Beating Woman Detained for Unpaid Fine; Egyptian Court Convicts Foreign NGO Workers; Veteran Activist, Lawyer Chokwe Lumumba Elected Mayor of Jackson, Miss.; Preacher, Civil Rights Activist Rev.

2013x113 - Thursday, June 06, 2013

June 6, 2013

2013x114 - Friday, June 07, 2013

June 7, 2013

2013/06/07 Headlines: NSA Taps Into Google, Facebook, Apple Servers; Austria Withdraws Peacekeepers From Golan Heights As Syria Fighting Spreads; Turkey Protests Continue Despite Erdogan's Call For Demonstrations To End; Britain to Pay Out Million To Veterans of Kenya's Mau Mau Movement; IMF Admits It Miscalculated Impact of Austerity on Greek Economy; Secret NSA Hacking Unit Exposed Ahead of U.S.

2013x115 - Monday, June 10, 2013

June 10, 2013

2013/06/10 Headlines: NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Says He Acted to Alert Public of Privacy Breaches; NSA Seeks Criminal Probe, Claims "Grave Damage" in Surveillance Leaks; Obama, Xi Discuss Cybertheft at California Summit; U.S., China Pledge to Reduce HFC Emissions, Seek North Korea Denuclearization; Pakistan Summons U.S. Envoy After Drone Strike Kills 9; Pakistani PM Calls for End to U.S. Drone Strike; 7 Taliban Militants Die in Thwarted Assault on Kabul Airport; 3 Americans Killed in Afghan Attack; Tens of Thousands Join Anti-Gov't Rallies in Turkey; Nelson Mandela Hospitalized for Lung Infection; Immigration Debate Begins in Senate; House GOP Votes to Deport DREAMers; Gunman Kills 5 in Santa Monica Rampage; Activists Raise Bangladeshi Factory Safety, Worker-CEO Pay at Walmart Shareholders Meeting; San Onofre Nuclear Plant Shut Down; Jury Selection Begins in George Zimmerman Murder Trial

2013x116 - Tuesday, June 11, 2013

June 11, 2013

2013/06/11 Headlines: U.S. Prepares to Charge Edward Snowden for NSA Leak; Supporters Rally for Edward Snowden in NYC; 43,000 Sign Petition for Pardon; Appeals Court Dismisses Domestic Surveillance Lawsuit Filed Under Bush; ACLU Asks Secret Spy Court to Release Opinions on PATRIOT Act; Turkish Riot Police Descend on Protesters in Taksim Square; More Than 70 Killed in Iraq Violence; 6 Killed in Attack on NATO Convoy in Pakistan; Report: Pentagon Seeks Increased Budget for Cybersecurity; Report: Obama Could Choose to Arm Syrian Rebels This Week; Obama Admin to Allow Unrestricted Sale of Morning-After Pill; Senate Farm Bill Cuts Food Stamps, Boosts Aid to Agribusiness; Court Rejects Suit by Organic Farmers Against Monsanto; Supreme Court Dismisses Torture Suit Against Rumsfeld; Reporter Among Dozens Arrested in Latest "Moral Monday" Protest in North Carolina; Gender Wage Gap Persists 50 Years After Equal Pay Act; Protester Interrupts First Lady over Obama's Failure to Sign Order for LGBT Rights; Nelson Mandela Remains in Hospital

2013x117 - Wednesday, June 12, 2013

June 12, 2013

2013/06/12 Headlines: Admin Probes NSA Leaks as Surveillance Challenges Emerge; Tech Giants Seek Gov't Permission to Disclose FISA Orders; Report: Snowden Seeks Legal Advice in Hong Kong; Booz Allen Confirms Firing; Senate Votes to Begin Debate on Immigration Bill; Turkish Riot Police Clear Istanbul Square in Harshest Crackdown to Date; Rebel Attack Kills Dozens in Syria; Admin Scales Back Gitmo Tribunals; 17 Killed in Afghan Suicide Bombing; Afghan Civilian Deaths Up 24% This Year; Cambodian Nike Factory Fires 300 Striking Workers; Manning Aunt Testifies at Military Trial; Assange Emerges in Testimony; Groups File Legal Challenge to Alabama Anti-Abortion Law

2013x118 - Thursday, June 13, 2013

June 13, 2013

2013/06/13 Headlines: Snowden in Hong Kong: "I Am Here to Reveal Criminality"; Alexander: Phone Collection Has Prevented "Dozens" of Attacks; U.N.: Syrian Toll Hits 93,000, "Potentially Much Higher"; Kerry: U.S. Weighing Options for Aiding Syrian Rebels; Turkish PM Erdogan Issues 24-Hour Deadline for End to Protests; Greeks Stage National Strike over Closure of State Broadcasters; Mandela's Condition Improves in Hospital Stay; House Panel Advances 20-Week Abortion Ban; Sponsor Says Pregnancies From Rape "Very Low"; Senate Measure Rejects Independent Oversight of Military Sexual Assault; Morell Steps Down as Deputy CIA Director; Admin Backs Independent Monitor of "Stop and Frisk"; Wildfire Displaces Thousands in Colorado; Florida Executes Prisoner Who Chronicled Life on Death Row; Cleveland Kidnapping Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to All Charges; Study: Rising Emissions Threaten 5.3 Degree Celcius Hike; Mississippi Marks 50th Anniversary of Medgar Evers Assassination

2013x119 - Friday, June 14, 2013

June 14, 2013

2013/06/14 Headlines: FBI Director: NSA Leaks Caused "Significant Harm"; Report: Obama Admin to Arm Syrian Rebels; Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Gene Patents; Top U.S. Doctors Condemn "Medical Ethics-Free Zone" at Guantánamo; USS Cole Bombing Suspect Barred from Secret Gitmo Hearing; Iranians Head to Polls in Presidential Election; Turkish Prime Minister Vows to Delay Razing of Park in Bid to End Protests; Israel Moves Ahead with West Bank Settlement Expansion; 2 Dead as Colorado Wildfire Consumes Hundreds of Homes; Louisiana Chemical Plant Blast Kills 1, Injures Scores; Report: Bank Traders Manipulated Foreign Exchange Rate Worth Trillions; U.S. House Backs Bill Exempting Overseas Trades from New Regulations; Senate Rejects Amendment to Delay Legal Status for Immigrants; U.S.

2013x120 - Monday, June 17, 2013

June 17, 2013

2013/06/17 Headlines: NSA: Less Than 300 Phone Records Probed in 2012; Supporters Rally for Edward Snowden in Hong Kong; Leaked Docs: U.K. Spied on Foreign Diplomats at 2009 G20; U.S. Monitored Russian Leader; G8 Summit Opens Amid Spying Disclosures; Protesters March in Ireland; Protesters Call for Gitmo Closure Ahead of Obama Speech; Bombing Kills 10 Soldiers in Damascus; Putin Rebukes U.S. on Aiding Rebels as G8 Begins; U.S. to Keep Warplanes, Missiles in Jordan; Egypt Cuts Diplomatic Ties to Syria; Turkish Unions Stage National Strike as Crackdown Grows; Bombings, Attacks Kill Dozens in Iraq; 2,000 Killed Since April; Massive Turnout Elects Hassan Rouhani to Iranian Presidency; North Korea Offers Talks with U.S.; U.S. to Appoint New Envoy for Gitmo Closure; Ecuadorean Foreign Minister in U.K. for Talks on Assange; Explosions Erupt at 2 Chemical Plants in Louisiana; 36 People Shot in Chicago over Weekend, 7 Killed; Supreme Court Weighs Challenges to Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Act, Gay Marriage Restrictions

2013x121 - Tuesday, June 18, 2013

June 18, 2013

2013/06/18 Headlines: Edward Snowden: NSA Leaks Motivated by "Litany of Lies" From U.S. Officials; Obama Claims Domestic Spy Programs Are "Transparent"; China Demands Explanation for U.S. Internet Surveillance; Apple Admits Receiving Thousands of Requests for User Data; Russia, U.S. Remain at Odds on Syria After Talks at G8; Obama Announces Talks for Massive Free-Trade Deal with Europe; Protests Against U.S. Foreign Policy, Austerity Continue at G8 Summit; Brazil: Hundreds of Thousands Take to the Streets in Historic Protests; Turkey: Scores Arrested in Raids Targeting Protesters; Afghan Forces Assume Leadership Role amid Continued U.S. Presence; Report: Afghan Child Casualties Spike Under U.S.-Led Occupation; U.S., Yemeni Demonstrators Rally Against Guantánamo in Sanaa; Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Law Requiring Citizenship Proof to Vote; Indiana Woman Sentenced to Death at 16 is Released from Prison; Report: Law Enforcement Mining State Photo-ID Databases to Identify People; U.

2013x122 - Wednesday, June 19, 2013

June 19, 2013

2013/06/19 Headlines: U.S., Taliban to Hold Direct Talks in Qatar; Karzai Suspends U.S.

2013x123 - Thursday, June 20, 2013

June 20, 2013

2013/06/20 Headlines: Taliban-U.S. Talks Stalled After Afghan Gov't Protests; Obama Proposes Nuclear Arsenal Reduction in Berlin Speech; Obama to Limit Carbon Emissions From Power Plants; FBI: Drones Conducting Surveillance in U.S.; Senators: Phone Records Played "Little or No Role" in Foiling Plots; Sen. Paul: Intelligence Director Lied to Congress in NSA Claims; Google Seeks Permission to Release Numbers on FISA Requests; WikiLeaks Seeks Asylum for Edward Snowden in Iceland; WikiLeaks: Late Journalist Michael Hastings Said He Was Under FBI Investigation; Brazil Protests Continue as Cities Revoke Transit Fare Hikes; U.N. Issues New Appeal for Displaced Syrians; Global Refugees at 18-Year High; 22 Killed in Militant Attack on U.N. in Somalia; Sen.

2013x124 - Friday, June 21, 2013

June 21, 2013

2013/06/21 Headlines: Leaked Docs Detail Broad Guidelines for NSA Retention of Private Info; Report: Skype Developed Program to Abet Gov't Spying; Ex-Facebook Exec at NSA; WikiLeaks Associate: Plane Ready to Bring Snowden to Iceland; U.S. Investigating Private Firm that Cleared Snowden; House Defeats Farm Aid Bill with Radical Food Stamp Cuts; GOP Senators Propose Doubling of Border Guards in Immigration Bill; 1 Million Rally Across Brazil as Protests Mount; Flooding Kills 150 in Northern India; Report: Global Warming Will Devastate the World's Poor; Study: 1 in 3 Women Worldwide Assaulted by Partner; U.S.

2013x125 - Monday, June 24, 2013

June 24, 2013

2013/06/24 Headlines: Edward Snowden Flees Hong Kong for Russia; U.S. Files Espionage Charges; Ecuador Considers Asylum Bid from Snowden; Hong Kong Allows Snowden's Departure, Seeks Info on U.S. Hacking; WikiLeaks Aids Snowden's Travels; Nancy Pelosi Booed at Conference for Saying Snowden Broke the Law; Pakistan: Gunmen Kill 11 at Mountain Camp in Retaliation for U.S. Drone Strike; Nelson Mandela in Critical Condition; Israel Launches Air Strikes on Gaza After Rocket Attacks; New Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah Resigns; Friends of Syria Group Pledges Military Aid to Rebels; 15 Lebanese Soldiers Killed in Conflict Linked to Syria Violence; Future of Afghan Peace Talks Uncertain as Taliban Flag, Sign Removed from Qatar Office; Texas: Hundreds Flood Capitol as Lawmakers Back Sweeping Anti-Abortion Bill; Wisconsin: 8 Arrested for Protesting Anti-Abortion Bill; Turkish Prime Minister Defends Police Crackdown on Protesters; Brazil: Tens of Thousands Continue to Rally Nationwide; Italian Workers March Against Record Unemployment, Austerity; Guantánamo Prisoner: Obama Admin "Doing Everything They Can" to Break Hunger Strike; Report: Wal-Mart Workers Fired After Launching Strike; Opening Statements Begin in George Zimmerman Trial; Food Network Drops Paula Deen's Show Following Racism Scandal

2013x126 - Tuesday, June 25, 2013

June 25, 2013

2013x127 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013

June 26, 2013

2013/06/26 Headlines: Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Section of Voting Rights Act; Obama Unveils Climate Plan, Ties Keystone Decision To Carbon Impact; Putin: Russia Won't Hand Over Snowden to U.S.; U.S., Russia Fail to Agree on Syria Conference; Mandela in Critical Condition as Obama Leaves for Africa Trip; Texas Anti-Abortion Bill Fails After Marathon Filibuster, Protest; 120 Arrested in North Carolina's Largest "Moral Monday" Yet; Right-Wing Group Profiles Protesters; Dem Rep.

2013x128 - Thursday, June 27, 2013

June 27, 2013

2013/06/27 Headlines: Supreme Court Advances Marriage Equality With Rulings Against DOMA, Prop 8; Immigration Judge Stops Deportation Hearing Minutes After DOMA Ruling; California to Resume Same-Sex Marriages Following Supreme Court Decision; Ecuador Faces U.S. Pressure on Snowden Asylum Bid; Obama Kicks Off Africa Trip in Senegal; South African President Cancels Trip as Mandela's Condition Worsens; Senate Approves Border Amendment; Immigrant Rights Advocates, Mexico Voice Protests; Texas Executes 500th Death Row Prisoner; Citing Supreme Court Ruling, Judge Dismisses Iraq Torture Suit Against CACI; New York City Council Approves Landmark NYPD Oversight; Report: 4 CIA Officers Involved in NYPD Spying; CodePink Activists Arrested for Guantánamo Protest at White House; Friend Recounts Trayvon Martin's Last Phone Call at Zimmerman Murder Trial

2013x130 - Monday, July 01, 2013

July 1, 2013

2013/07/01 Headlines: Millions Protest in Egypt for Morsi's Resignation; NSA Leaks: U.S. Spied on European Union, Embassies; NSA Spying Targets European Countries; Correa Says Snowden's Fate in Russian Hands After Call From Biden; Assange: U.S. Pressure Won't Stop Snowden Leaks; Pentagon Blocks Access to Guardian Website Articles on NSA; Same-Sex Marriages Resume in California; Same-Sex Couple Granted First Green Card Post-DOMA; 19 Firefighters Killed in Arizona Amidst Scorching Heat; Obama Launches Energy Initiative in South Africa; Mandela Remains Critical; Kerry Claims Progress on Mideast Peace Talks; Ohio Gov. Signs Budget Bill With Anti-Abortion Measures Intact; Thousands to Rally at Texas Capitol as Lawmakers Revive Anti-Abortion Effort; Federal Judge Blocks Alabama Anti-Abortion Law

2013x131 - Tuesday, July 02, 2013

July 2, 2013

2013/07/02 Headlines: Egyptian Military Gives President Morsi 48-Hour Ultimatum; Afghanistan: NATO Supply Firm Hit by Fatal Suicide Attack; Edward Snowden: Obama Admin "Is Afraid of an Informed, Angry Public"; Snowden Withdraws Russian Asylum Bid, Submits Pleas to Other Countries; Obama Downplays Reports of U.S. Spying on Europeans; Intelligence Chief James Clapper Admits Making False Statements About Spying; Bradley Manning Prosecution Draws to a Close; Manning Supporters March in San Francisco's LGBT Pride Parade; Report: Border Guards Rejecting Syrian Refugees; Texas: Thousands Protest at Capitol as Republicans Revive Anti-Abortion Bill; Key U.S. Student Loan Rate Doubles; Vatican Bank Execs Resign amid Growing Financial Scandal; Lawyers Sue over "Grotesque" Force-Feeding of Guantánamo Prisoners; Military Report: Guantánamo Prisoner Adnan Latif Overdosed on Anti-Psychotic Pills; Former U.S.-Backed Dictator of Chad Detained in Senegal, Accused of Crimes Against Humanity; Hyatt Hotel Chain Reaches Tentative Deal with Union; Ninth "Moral Monday" Protest Focuses on Unemployment Cuts; Bay Area Transit Workers on Strike for a Second Day; Media Giant Tribune to Buy 19 Local TV Stations

2013x132 - Wednesday, July 03, 2013

July 3, 2013

2013/07/03 Headlines: Morsi Rejects Army Ultimatum as Deadline Nears; U.S. Drone Strike Kills 17 in Pakistan; Bolivian Plane Grounded, Searched in Austria over Snowden Rumors; Kerry, Lavrov Discuss Snowden at Brunei Summit; Ecuador: Listening Device Found in London Embassy; 45 Killed in Iraq Bombings; Activists Say Dozens Killed in Syria; U.S., Russia Remain Apart on Peace Conference; White House Delays Key Obamacare Requirement for Employers; Arizona Fire Partially Contained; Mourners Honor Dead Firefighters; Service Workers Stage One-Day Strike in D.C.; Anti-Bank Protester Acquitted for Chalk Slogans in San Diego; Activist Detained in Pennsylvania; Study: Pilotless Drones Kill 10 Times More Civilians in Afghanistan; Military Prosecutors Wrap Case Against Bradley Manning With Closed Testimony

2013x133 - Thursday, July 04, 2013

July 4, 2013

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2013x134 - Friday, July 05, 2013

July 5, 2013

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2013x135 - Monday, July 08, 2013

July 8, 2013

2013/07/08 Headlines: 42 Killed at Muslim Brotherhood Protest Against Morsi's Ouster; Snowden Gets Asylum Offers After Forced Landing of Bolivian Plane; Bolivian President Threatens Closure of U.S. Embassy in Snowden Row; Brazil Voices "Deep Concern" over Report of NSA Surveillance; Report: FISA Court Used Expanded Definition of "Relevant" to Enable Mass Spying; Anti-Surveillance "Restore the Fourth" Protests Held Across U.S.; Group to Challenge NSA Spying Before Supreme Court; Report: U.S. Postal Service Surveillance Program Tracks Every Piece of Mail; Preliminary Findings Point to Pilot Error in San Francisco Crash; 5 Killed, 40 Missing After Train Carrying Oil Derails in Canada; Indigenous Groups Lead "Tar Sands Healing Walk" in Alberta; Retailers to Allow Inspections of Bangladeshi Factories Within 9 Months; U.S. Firms Remain Opposed; Guantánamo Defense Attorneys Seek Religious Protection Against Force-Feeding During Ramadan; Rapper, Actor Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) Force-Fed in Video Highlighting Guantánamo Strike; Wisconsin Gov. Signs Abortion Curbs; Texas GOP to Revive Anti-Abortion Bill; Report: Female Prisoners Unlawfully Sterilized in California; Spitzer Mounts Political Comeback with NYC Comptroller Run; Judge Rejects Zimmerman Bid to Dismiss as Prosecution Wraps

2013x136 - Tuesday, July 09, 2013

July 9, 2013

2013/07/09 Headlines: Interim Egyptian Gov't Issues Election Plan After Deadly Shootings; Car Bombing Wounds Dozens in Lebanon; Brazil Probes Claims of NSA Surveillance; Report: NSA Surveillance Covers All of Latin America; Venezuela Confirms Receipt of Snowden Asylum Request; Thousands Rally at U.S. Embassy in Bolivia as Morales Seeks Answers on Plane Row; U.S., EU Begin Trade Talks After Spying Disclosures; Bradley Manning Defense Begins With Iraq Video, Request to Drop Charges; Judge: Guantánamo Force-Feeding "Painful, Humiliating, Degrading," in Obama's Hands; California Prisoners Begin What Could Be State's Largest Hunger Strike; Toll from Canadian Train Derailment, Oil Blaze Hits 13; Texas Legislature Holds Public Hearing on Anti-Abortion Bill; Judge Blocks Wisconsin Anti-Abortion Law; More Than 60 Detained as Pro-Choice Activists Join "Moral Monday" Protests in North Carolina; Report: U.S. Mulls Removal of All Troops From Afghanistan Post-2014; Journalist, Media Activist Sputnik Kilambi Dead at 55

2013x138 - Thursday, July 11, 2013

July 11, 2013

2013/07/11 Headlines: Bradley Manning Defense Rests with Challenge to "Aiding the Enemy" Claims; U.S. Taps into Global Internet Cables Through Foreign Deals; NSA Writes Code Used in Google Phone; Retired FISA Judge Calls for Court's Reform; U.S. Continues Military Aid to Egypt as Admin Weighs Coup Designation; Muslim Brotherhood Calls For Friday Protest; Report: U.S. Aided Morsi Opponents Before Ouster; Cyber-Hacking Looms Large at U.S.-China Summit; Boston Marathon Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in 1st Court Appearance; Texas House Approves Anti-Abortion Bill; Several Protesters Arrested; North Carolina GOP Inserts Abortion Curbs in Motorcycle Safety Bill; Democratic Split Thwarts Bill to Reduce Student Loan Rates; California Seeks to Evade Overcrowding Order as Hunger Strike Continues; Labor Rights Groups Reject U.S. Retailers' Safety Plan for Bangladeshi Factories; D.C. Council Approves Living Wage Bill; Walmart Threatens Store Closures; Judge Approves Chevron Subpoena of Private Internet Info; Gov. McDonnell Accepted ,000 From Controversial Donor; Toll in Canada Train Disaster Hits 20, 30 Remain Missing; Zimmerman Doesn't Testify as Defense Rests in Murder Trial; Artist, Activist Toshi Seeger Dead at 91

2013x139 - Friday, July 12, 2013

July 12, 2013

2013/07/12 Headlines: Snowden Calls Meeting with Human Rights Groups; Latest Snowden Docs Show Microsoft's Collaboration on NSA Spying; Top U.S. Diplomat Says Full Withdrawal from Afghanistan Unlikely; Egypt: Supporters, Critics of Morsi Hold Rallies; Report: Allies of Egypt's Army, Mubarak Fueled Uprising Against Morsi; Manslaughter Conviction Possible as Final Arguments Heard in Zimmerman Trial; Texas Lawmakers Advance Bill That Could Close Nearly All Abortion Clinics; North Carolina House Approves Anti-Choice Measures Tied to Motorcycle Bill; Illinois Court OKs Parental Notification Law; House Republicans Tie Anti-Choice Rider to Budget Bill; House Passes Farm Bill Without Food Stamps for 1st Time in 40 Years; Judge Halts Genital Searches at Guantánamo; Military Says 2 Prisoners End Hunger Strike; All-Women Climb Team from Greenpeace Scale London Skyscraper to Protest Shell; Japanese Regulator Says Fukushima Plant Has Been Leaking for 2 Years; Plant Boss Dies of Cancer; Georgia to Execute Mentally Disabled Man Unless Supreme Court Issues Stay

2013x140 - Monday, July 15, 2013

July 15, 2013

2013/07/15 Headlines: Thousands Rally Across U.S. After Zimmerman Found Not Guilty; Justice Dept. Reopens Hate Crimes Probe; Zimmerman Could Face Civil Suit; Snowden to Seek Temporary Asylum in Russia; White House: Russia Providing Snowden With "Propaganda Platform"; Dozens Killed in Iraq Bombings; U.S. Deputy Sec. of State Visits Egypt for First Post-Morsi Talks; Texas Senate Approves Anti-Choice Bill; Opponents Promise Legal Challenge; Pentagon Reduces Count of Guantánamo Hunger Strikers; U.S. Drone Strike Kills 2 in Pakistan; Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani School Girl Targeted by Taliban, Addresses U.N.; Justice Dept. Revises Guidelines for Targeting Media Records; Napolitano Leaving DHS to head University of California; Antiwar Vets Convictions Immediately Dismissed Over Arrests at 2012 Event Honoring Dead U.S. Troops

2013x141 - Tuesday, July 16, 2013

July 16, 2013

2013/07/16 Headlines: Protests Continue Nationwide Against Zimmerman Not-Guilty Verdict; Swedish Professor Nominates Snowden for Nobel Peace Prize; Putin: U.S. Trapped Snowden in Russia by Scaring Other Countries; Glenn Greenwald Responds to Claim His Remarks on Snowden's Capabilities Were Threatening to U.S.; Egypt: Deadly Clashes Erupt amid Visit by U.S. Official; Judge Issues Last-Minute Stay of Execution for Mentally Disabled Prisoner in Georgia; Bradley Manning Defense Argues for Dismissal of Charges; Burmese President Vows to Release All Political Prisoners; Leader of Zetas Drug Cartel Captured in Mexico; Cooper Union Students Reach Deal to End Occupation; New York Woman Launches "Journey for Justice" for Jailed Imam

2013x142 - Wednesday, July 17, 2013

July 17, 2013

2013/07/17 Headlines: "Justice for Trayvon" Rallies Continue Ahead of Weekend Action; Florida Activists Occupy Governor's Office, Seek Repeal of "Stand Your Ground"; Holder Rebukes "Stand Your Ground" in NAACP Address; Stevie Wonder Boycotts Florida, Other "Stand Your Ground" States; Juror: Trayvon Martin Killing was Justified; Snowden Applies for Temporary Asylum in Russia; White House to Russia: Snowden Not a Human Rights Activist or Dissident; FISA Court Orders Release of PRISM Order; 19 Groups Sue NSA over Mass Collection of Phone Data; Senate Votes on Obama Picks in Deal Preserving Filibuster; U.N.: Syria's Refugee Flight Worst Since Rwandan Genocide; Egypt Swears in New Cabinet; Muslim Brotherhood Rejects "Illegitimate" Gov't; Over 100 Arrested at North Carolina's 11th "Moral Monday"

2013x143 - Thursday, July 18, 2013

July 18, 2013

2013/07/18 Headlines: NSA: Phone, Internet Spying Extends Far Beyond Direct Targets; 17 Detained Protesting Zimmerman Acquittal Near Los Angeles; Appeals Court Strikes Down Injunction Against Indefinite Detention in NDAA; Obama Admin Wins Court Order to Continue Genital Searches at Guantánamo Bay; Al-Qaeda in Yemen Confirms U.S. Drone Strike Killed Top Leader; Mandela Makes "Dramatic Progress" as World Marks 95th Birthday; Tens of Thousands of Morsi Supporters, Opponents Rally in Egypt; Israel OKs New Settlements in Occupied West Bank; Kerry: Israel Should "Look Hard" at 2002 Arab Peace Offer; European Union Cuts Ties to Israeli Settlements; Poisoned Meals Kill 25 Children in India; Panama Calls in U.N. Security Council over Seized North Korean Ship From Cuba; Britain Legalizes Same Sex-Marriage Beginning in 2014; U.N. Nominee Samantha Power Blasts World Body on Syria Inaction, Israel; FBI Review Finds Flawed Evidence in 27 Death Penalty Convictions; Senators Reach Bipartisan Deal on Student Loans; Pharmacies Pull Issue of Rolling Stone over Tsarnaev Cover; Cheney Daughter Challenges Republican Senate Incumbent in Wyoming

2013x144 - Friday, July 19, 2013

July 19, 2013

2013/07/19 Headlines: Judge Upholds "Aiding the Enemy" Charge Against Bradley Manning; NSA Chief: Security Tightened After Leaks by Edward Snowden; Former President Jimmy Carter Blasts NSA Spy Program; Detroit Becomes Largest U.S. City to File for Bankruptcy; Egypt: Interim President Vows to "Restore Security" Ahead of Mass Rallies; Russian Opposition Leader Released from Prison After Protests; Lawyer Says Dip in Guantánamo Hunger Strike Due to Threats over Prayer Rights; Ex-CIA Station Chief Detained in Panama for Extraordinary Rendition of Cleric; Dempsey: Obama Admin Weighing Military Force in Syria; Kerry Wraps Up Visit to Middle East as Bid for Peace Talks Stalls; Judge Extends Stay of Execution for Georgia Prisoner Warren Hill; Trayvon Martin's Parents Speak Out After Zimmerman Verdict; Senate Confirms Obama Picks for Labor Secretary, EPA Chief; Texas Governor Signs Anti-Choice Bill Previously Blocked by "People's Filibuster"; Virginia's Largest Abortion Clinic Closes Under New Regulations; Gun Owners to Hold Counter Rally as Group Marks 1st Anniversary of Aurora Shooting

2013x145 - Monday, July 22, 2013

July 22, 2013

2013/07/22 Headlines: Thousands Join "Justice for Trayvon" Rallies Nationwide; Obama Questions "Stand Your Ground" Laws; Pentagon: 71 Guantánamo Prisoners to Receive Parole Hearings; FISA Court OKs New Order for Bulk Collection of Phone Data; Panama Releases Ex-CIA Officer Sought by Italy in Torture, Kidnap Case; Attacks Kill Dozens in Iraq; Palestinian Authority: Formal Talks Won't Happen Without Israeli Settlement Freeze; Venezuela Suspends U.S. Talks After Criticism from U.N. Nominee; U.S. Jets Drop Unarmed Bombs on Australian Reef; Japan: Contaminated Water Leaking Into Sea; At Least 75 Killed in China Earthquake; Michigan Judge Challenges Detroit Bankruptcy Filing; New York Times Reporter Ordered to Testify in Trial of Alleged Source; Helen Thomas, "Dean of White House Press Corps," Dies at 92

2013x146 - Tuesday, July 23, 2013

July 23, 2013

2013/07/23 Headlines: Leaked Report: Scores of Civilians Killed by U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan; Iraq: 500 Prisoners Escape from Abu Ghraib; Dempsey Seeks Deal to Keep U.S. Troops in Afghanistan; Afghanistan: 3 NATO Soldiers, Afghan Interpreter Killed by Bomber on Donkey; Egypt: 9 Killed in Clashes Between Morsi Supporters, Critics; Russian Lawyer: Snowden Could Soon Leave Moscow Airport for City; Pentagon Gives Congress Military Options for Syria; Trayvon Martin Supporters Continue Sit-In at Florida Governor's Office; Journalists, Animal Advocates File Lawsuit Against Utah "Ag-Gag" Law; Federal Judge Blocks North Dakota Abortion Ban; Ohio Man Charged with Murdering 3 Women; 73 Arrested at Latest "Moral Monday" Protest in North Carolina; Rand Paul Staffer Resigns amid Furor over Pro-Confederacy Views; Former Top Wall Street Regulator Takes Job Defending Firms; Immigrant Youth Known as "Dream 8" Detained at Border Crossing