Rapper Kanye West denounces Bush response, American media at hurricane relief telethon

Saturday, September 3, 2005 Grammy award-winning rapper/producer Kanye West appeared on a live on-air telethon simulcast on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC and PAX for Hurricane Katrina victims. Live on air, West said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” after saying “America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as … Read more

Rapper Kanye West denounces Bush response, American media at hurricane relief telethon

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U.S. classifies record number of documents in 2004

Monday, September 5, 2005 OpenTheGovernment.Org, a coalition of conservative and liberal nonprofit groups, released a 2005 report (PDF, 12 pages) saying that all branches of the U.S. Federal Government are being significantly more secretive, and spending significantly more money on document secrecy. In 2004, federal officials classified 15.6 million new documents, which is 81 percent … Read more

U.S. classifies record number of documents in 2004

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Virginians melee at used Apple iBook sale

Thursday, August 18, 2005 “Total chaos” is how many described the melee that resulted from a sale of used Apple iBook laptop computers at the Richmond International Raceway (RIR) by the Henrico County, Virginia school system. Officials estimated nearly 5,000 people thronged the sale for the $50, four-year-old computers. Among them were 17 injured, four … Read more

Virginians melee at used Apple iBook sale

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Category:Jewellery

This is the category for jewellery. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 8 April 2014: Scottish artist Alan Davie dies at age 93 12 August 2011: Three killed amongst Birmingham, England riots 13 July 2011: 21 people killed and 113 reported injured in three blasts in Mumbai 4 July 2011: Hidden treasure worth … Read more

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California’s same-sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional; appeal expected

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in the state, violates the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. “Plaintiffs challenge Proposition 8 under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of … Read more

California’s same-sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional; appeal expected

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Film project aims to raise £1 million to make a Creative Commons-licensed film

Friday, June 23, 2006 Matt Hanson aims to raise £1 million to fund the production of a feature-length film which would be distributed freely via the Internet under a Creative Commons licence, all funded through 50,000 people each donating £25 to the project, which he’s called ‘A Swarm of Angels‘. No stranger to filmmaking, Matt … Read more

Film project aims to raise £1 million to make a Creative Commons-licensed film

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