By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Last July Secretary of State, John Kerry, conceived a peace baby to be delivered in nine months. The gestation period was full of turmoil. Mr. Kerry devoted an extraordinary amount of time to move the parties to negotiate until agreement. He spoke to Mahmoud Abbas, the head
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Adventures in SD HistoryWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The Obama administration on Tuesday, May 6, released the third U.S. National Climate Assessment, a comprehensive report on climate change and how it will affect the country and economy. The report, which summarizes effects of climate change on the United States, was compiled by a team of more than 300 experts. According to
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators led by Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) hailed the Senate passage of a resolution condemning the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian school girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram on April 14. Most of the abducted girls – the majority of them between 16
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –On the anniversary of the Senate passing the bipartisan Marketplace Fairness Act, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) called Tuesday, May 6, on the House of Representatives to take up the legislation, saying this common sense fix will allow main street businesses in Minnesota and across the country to compete on a level
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland) and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today introduced the bipartisan Peace Corps Equity Act in the House and Senate which would extend basic reproductive health care services to all Peace Corp volunteers. Currently, female Peace Corps volunteers –unlike most women with federal health care coverage – are denied
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The flight of a U-2 spy plane over Los Angeles snarled air traffic over Southern California by confusing the FAA’s computer systems. Everyone is concerned that it caused many commercial flight delays, but no one seems concerned that the Air Force is conducting spy flights over the United States? * Russia
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO– License plate maven Melanie Rubin informs us that this license plate — abbreviating the Yiddish word shlepping — was spotted on the back of a mini-van, driven no doubt by a busy parent. Shlepping means to carry, to haul, to drag behind you. However you want to define it, this California plate indicates that it
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) on Tuesday, May 6, introduced today with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and colleagues the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, legislation that would allow those with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the lower interest rates currently offered to new borrowers. Over the last
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer has called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to step in and immediately halt Palcohol – a new and obviously dangerous powdered alcoholic product – from getting federal approval and hitting store shelves this fall. Palcohol is easily concealable, can be mixed with water and
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Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The failure of the Nigerian government to take immediate and effective steps to rescue hundreds of girls kidnapped from their school with the intention that they be sold into marital slavery highlights the need for more assertive U.S. leadership in protecting human rights, said the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. “For
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International, Middle East, USAHolocaust-questioning assignment to be revised by California school district (JNS.org) The Rialto Unified School District in southern California said it would alter an assignment that asked eighth-grade students to write an essay about whether they believe the Holocaust actually occurred or was “merely a political scheme created to influence public emotion and gain.” District spokeswoman
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International
MUNICH, Germany (WJC) — Cornelius Gurlitt, a reclusive German collector whose long-secret hoard of well over 1,000 artworks triggered an international uproar over the fate of art looted by the Nazis, died on Monday aged 81. Gurlitt’s spokesman Stephan Holzinger said that the collector died at his apartment in Munich, where he had asked to
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International, Jewish History
NEW YORK (WJC)– World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Tuesday, May 6, condemned Iran for apparently banning the popular WhatsApp messaging application, which is owned by Facebook, reportedly because Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is an “American Zionist.” “Iran’s apparent banning of WhatsApp, reportedly because it is owned by an individual the regime labels an ’American Zionist’ — a code
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