Copper is an easy and lucrative target for thieves. So it should come as no surprise thieves managed to find their way into a substation near downtown Phoenix and cart off the copper wire. When the substation misfunctioned, the thieves unkowingly left thousands of people in the dark. Thefts involving copper and aluminum have increased dramatically […]
Campaign against girls education gets momentum in Swat
By Shaheen Buneri MINGORA: The campaign launched by a religious clerk thorough his FM channel against girls education is getting momentum as hundreds of girls students have stopped attending their schools on the advice of their elders. Maulana Fazllullah, a religious clerk with extremist veiws and son-in-law of Maulana Sufi Muhammad, chief of the defunct […]
March Snows, April Mud Slinging, May Battles for Poll Position
As snow blanketed Dobbs Ferry in late March, it looked like nature was unfairly siding with the Democratic Committee. The very elements were mocking the nonpartisan idea (Republican) of an election in March. In February, the good Commissioner LaFayette (Democrat) had wisely canceled the referendum in March to move the election to March and spared […]
Anna Nicole, 24-Hour Cable, and the New Tabloid Journalism
When Anna Nicole Smith died, I remember thinking it was a tragedy. Although she had never found much success in her various film pursuits, she had been a perennial starlet of note on the Hollywood scene and, more importantly, was a young woman with her whole life in front of her, fallen before her time. […]
KEY WEST, A STEP BACK IN TIME
KEY WEST:A STEP BACK IN TIME Topside, the waning rays of the setting sun bathed the eclectic grouping that gathers each evening for the sunset ritual on Key West‘s Mallory St. Pier. They probably didn’t know it, but they were standing on the birthplace of the Florida Keys. "You will naturally […]
As Threat, Taliban Extremists in Pakistan Fine Elders for
Two pamphlets are being distributed by Taliban in Tull Tehsil of Hangu district. The pamphlets contain warnings for NGO’s to stop their activities immediately in Tull. CD and Video Center owners are directed in this pamphlet to immediately close their shops. Local elders are warned to abstain from making decisions in Jirga contrary to Islamic […]