http://newsrack.in/rss/newstrust/US/rss.xml This is a custom RSS feed generated by NewsRack for user newstrust for topic US Sat, 25 May 2013 21:45:48 GMT US US 2013-05-25T21:45:48Z http://www.startribune.com/world/208956591.html Education Reform Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.startribune.com/world/208956591.html 2013-05-25T18:30:00Z http://www.startribune.com/nation/208945131.html Higher Education Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.startribune.com/nation/208945131.html 2013-05-25T18:30:00Z http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/world/europe/verdicts-expected-for-heads-of-milosevics-secret-police.html The two men have been portrayed by prosecutors as the masterminds behind the covert operations during the 1990s wars in Bosnia and Croatia. International Law Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/world/europe/verdicts-expected-for-heads-of-milosevics-secret-police.html By MARLISE SIMONS 2013-05-25T18:30:00Z http://consortiumnews.com/2013/05/25/the-halfway-obama-doctrine/ The Halfway ‘Obama Doctrine’ International Law Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://consortiumnews.com/2013/05/25/the-halfway-obama-doctrine/ Consortiumnews.com 2013-05-25T18:30:00Z http://boingboing.net/2013/05/25/throughout-latin-america-prot.html Photo : Daniel Hernández-Salazar. Protesters in Guatemala and other Latin American countries gathered on Friday to denounce the Guatemalan Constitutional Court's recent decision to overturn the genocide trial and guilty verdict of Ríos Montt. About 1,500 people, mostly indigenous Maya from Guatemala, gathered in Guatemala City. ... Supreme Court Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://boingboing.net/2013/05/25/throughout-latin-america-prot.html Xeni Jardin 2013-05-25T18:30:00Z http://boingboing.net/2013/05/25/15-year-old-dragged-under-car.html 15 year old dragged under car, killed defending gift iPad Capital Punishment Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://boingboing.net/2013/05/25/15-year-old-dragged-under-car.html Jason Weisberger 2013-05-25T18:30:00Z http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_23323697/graduates-tornado-raked-okla-town-vow-stay OKLAHOMA CITY—Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to Moore. Higher Education Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_23323697/graduates-tornado-raked-okla-town-vow-stay By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Associated Press 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://www.startribune.com/politics/208946351.html International Law Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.startribune.com/politics/208946351.html 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://www.startribune.com/local/208945381.html Changes to come in 2013-14 school year, principals say. Higher Education Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.startribune.com/local/208945381.html 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/05/25/fatal-weston-crash-shuts-down-ramps-between-mass-pike-and/tcvHNX6gtVtwj1xFzhBpML/story.html Fatal Weston crash shuts down ramps between Mass Pike and I-95 Higher Education Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/05/25/fatal-weston-crash-shuts-down-ramps-between-mass-pike-and/tcvHNX6gtVtwj1xFzhBpML/story.html 2013-05-25T18:30:00Z http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/05/25/divers-search-new-york-reservoir-for-third-person-aboard-fallen-plane-from-hanscom-field/JmjOP7231Gn4Gzo4dx40gJ/story.html Divers search New York reservoir for third person aboard fallen plane from Hanscom Higher Education Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/05/25/divers-search-new-york-reservoir-for-third-person-aboard-fallen-plane-from-hanscom-field/JmjOP7231Gn4Gzo4dx40gJ/story.html 2013-05-25T18:30:00Z http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_23323698/graduates-tornado-raked-okla-town-vow-stay OKLAHOMA CITY—Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to Higher Education Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_23323698/graduates-tornado-raked-okla-town-vow-stay By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Associated Press 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/23116/guatemala-extradites-ex-president-to-us.html Guatemala City, May 25 : Guatemala has extradited its former president Alfonso Portillo to the US where he will face charges of money laundering, according to official sources here. Supreme Court Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/23116/guatemala-extradites-ex-president-to-us.html 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/23129/no-soldiers-sent-to-syria-iranian-defence-minister.html Tehran, May 25 : Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi denied Saturday that Iran has dispatched any military forces to Syria, reported Xinhua citing the semi-official Fars news agency. International Law Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/23129/no-soldiers-sent-to-syria-iranian-defence-minister.html 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/jobs/dan-lockwood-of-unishippers-from-franchisee-to-ceo.html The Boss: Dan Lockwood of Unishippers, From Franchisee to C.E.O. Higher Education Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/jobs/dan-lockwood-of-unishippers-from-franchisee-to-ceo.html By DAN LOCKWOOD 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/your-money/at-apple-and-jpmorgan-a-good-week-for-the-ceo.html Strategies: At Apple and JPMorgan, a Good Week for the C.E.O. Supreme Court Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/your-money/at-apple-and-jpmorgan-a-good-week-for-the-ceo.html By JEFF SOMMER 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Pakistan/Umpire-Rauf-will-fight-to-clear-name-family/Article1-1065893.aspx Umpire Rauf will fight to clear name family International Law Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Pakistan/Umpire-Rauf-will-fight-to-clear-name-family/Article1-1065893.aspx 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/05/25/ugandan-police-raid-two-newspapers-over-generals-controversial-letter/ Ugandan police have shut down two newspapers after they reported on a controversial letter written by the country's intelligence services coordinator to the head of the counter intelligence agency asking for an investigation into a plan to groom the eldest son of President Yoweri Museveni to succeed the 27-year leader. Free Speech Freedom of the Press Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/05/25/ugandan-police-raid-two-newspapers-over-generals-controversial-letter/ James Propa 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/25/1211467/-This-week-in-the-war-on-voting-Bipartisan-election-commission-seen-as-weak-tea-by-some-critics • Voting Commission could modernize elections : President Obama announced the members of the new Presidential Commission on Election Administration Tuesday. The task of the 10-member commission is to "to identify non-partisan ways to shorten lines at polling places, promote the efficient conduct of elections, and provide better access to the polls for all voters," according to a commission press release. The commission is co-chaired Bob Bauer—the White House counsel from December 2009 until 2011. He was also general counsel to the president’s re-election committee as well to the Democratic National Committee—and Ben Ginsberg, who served as national counsel to the Bush-Cheney presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004, and as national counsel to the Romney for President campaigns in 2008 and 2012. “We urge the commission to recommend bold solutions to modernize voting,” Democracy Program Director Wendy Weiser told MSNBC. “America needs to upgrade how we register voters, when we vote, and how we ... Education Reform Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/25/1211467/-This-week-in-the-war-on-voting-Bipartisan-election-commission-seen-as-weak-tea-by-some-critics rss@dailykos.com (Meteor Blades) 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://crooksandliars.com/dave-johnson/tpp-deregulation-treaty-not-trade-tre The upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is using a process that is rigged from the start. It is not being negotiated by governments for the benefit of their people, it is being negotiated by executives (or future executives/lobbyists currently in government) largely for the benefit of the giant corporations they serve. The process has these giant corporations "in the loop" but groups citizens, working people, consumers, the environment, human rights groups and especially democracy are not part of the process. That can only go one way: if you don't have a seat at the table you are on the table -- the meal. Chile's TPP Negotiator Quits, Warns Citizens Rodrigo Contreras, Chile's lead TPP negotiator recently up and quit to warn people of the dangers this agreement poses to everyone except the giant multinational corporations. In The New Chessboard, ( English translation ) Contreras warns that the TPP is solidifying multinational corporate control over the Internet, ... International Law Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://crooksandliars.com/dave-johnson/tpp-deregulation-treaty-not-trade-tre Dave Johnson 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WA_SPOKANE_TRIBE_RESIGNATION_WAOL-?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- The vice chairman of the Spokane Tribe has resigned under pressure from tribal members.... International Law Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WA_SPOKANE_TRIBE_RESIGNATION_WAOL-?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OKLAHOMA_TORNADO_GRADUATION?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to Moore.... Higher Education Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OKLAHOMA_TORNADO_GRADUATION?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_23322131/obamas-drone-rules-leave-unanswered-questions WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U. International Law Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_23322131/obamas-drone-rules-leave-unanswered-questions By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/education/2013/05/25/dartmouth-gets-million-expand-study-abroad/d0BKgYghnpORq750RMTQcM/story.html Dartmouth gets $10 million to expand study abroad Higher Education Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.boston.com/news/education/2013/05/25/dartmouth-gets-million-expand-study-abroad/d0BKgYghnpORq750RMTQcM/story.html 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z http://boingboing.net/2013/05/25/new-york-city-adopts-new-inter.html The new International Symbol of Accessibility replaces the old, static "disabled" icon, which depicted a rather static, object-like disabled person in a wheelchair -- the new ISA shows a person zooming dynamically in a wheelchair instead. It's been officially adopted … ... Higher Education Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://boingboing.net/2013/05/25/new-york-city-adopts-new-inter.html Cory Doctorow 2013-05-24T18:30:00Z