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Scaring Up Votes: Tell the FEC to Investigate Wal-Mart's Partisan Political Meetings

In case you missed it, we just sent out an e-mail to our members asking them to write to the Federal Election Commission and demand an investigation into Wal-Mart's shady tactics. If you haven't heard, the Wall Street Journal broke a story on Friday about mandatory meetings Wal-Mart was having where they were telling their employees not to vote for Democrats. This is, hands down, a disgusting abuse of power, and it may just be illegal too! So take a minute or two to write to the FEC. Below is th...

Dispatches from Tibet

tibet.net Kathleen McLaughlin has been a journalist in China for more than seven years and has covered regional issues including economics, the environment and governmental regulation. Recently she applied for a foreign journalist's permit to visit Tibet and was granted permission to do so. She is one of the first foreign journalists since March 2008 allowed to travel independently to Tibet, although regulations still require hiring a government-approved guide. During her five-day trip, she is s...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 30

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "What power did any of these men have at the time of the coup in 1973? None!" -- Retired Chilean Army General Guillermo Garin on the arrest in May of 98 formerly low-ranking soldiers suspected of abuses under the Pinochet regime (see "Chile," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* It takes a tree to save a village Argentina: Saving the family farm A toilet for Thai transexuals *World* Pinochet's ghost still haunts Chile Court dates and coup a...

First-Ever Worldwide Photo Walk Hosted by Scott Kelby and the National Associaton of Photoshop Professionals

Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and the #1 bestselling computer and technology book author, is pleased to announce the first-ever worldwide Photo Walk - 100 cities around the globe - on Saturday, August 23. The event is organized to celebrate the release of Scott Kelby's latest book - The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers (an update to his earlier best selling Photoshop(R) Lightroom(R) book). Sponsors of this global la...

Spider-Man Joins Crusaders

Tobey Maguire, best known as Spider-Man/Peter Parker, will closet the red and blue tights for a while to take on the role of Jack Greenberg in the real life story of the landmark 1954 Brown V. Board of Education case. Variety reports that Gary Ross will direct. Ross previously worked with Maguire on Pleasantville and Seabiscuit. The film is based on Greenberg's memoirs "Crusaders in the Courts" and will be titled The Crusaders. Source: Variety Next Showing: Link | Posted 7/21/2008 by Jeff Tobey...

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Old 'Green Store' site to become car dealership in O'Fallon

Nearly three years after the local landmark affectionately known as "The Green Store" went out of business, the site is expected to be redeveloped.

Radio Talk Host Mark Levin Files IRS Complaint Against Teachers' Unions

by Jim Kouri - Conservative talk show host superstar and attorney Mark Levin's Landmark Legal Foundation, the organization that uncovered massive abuse of federal tax, election and labor laws by the nation's largest teacher's union, has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service, alleging flagrant and widespread violations of the Internal Revenue Code by the Colorado Education Association (CEA) and the Poudre, Colorado Education Association (PEA).

Harris Connect Partners with Heller Consulting to Develop "Best Practices" Integration Tools for Their Raiser's Edge(R) ...

Harris Connect, the market leader in alumni and membership affinity solutions today announced a strategic partnership with Heller Consulting, the nation's top fundraising software consulting firm for nonprofits, according to Carmen Delessio Jr., Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Harris Connect. The landmark partnership was established to deliver tools and services for Harris Connect clients to enable an enhanced, bi-directional data exchange between their online or print directory ...

Human rights group commends judge for landmark ruling of raped girl (Afriquenligne)

Lusaka, Zambia - An international human rights organisation, Equality Now, has commended a Lusaka high court judge for his landmark decision to award a 13-year old girl K45 million (about US$14,000) after she sued the teacher who raped her, her school, and the Ministry of Education. Source : Afriquenligne (subscribe) Explore : Africa, Human Rights, Lusaka