Friday, February 24, 2012

Empire State Building Won't Go Red For Cardinal Dolan

Empire State Building Won't Go Red For Cardinal Dolan

Empire State Building Won't Go Red For Cardinal Dolan Rep. Michael Grimm, eager to shift attention away from his possibly super sketchy donations, is trying to convince the Empire State Building to light up in red to honor newly elevated Cardinal Timothy Dolan. But if the ESB isn't honoring Mother Theresa, why honor Dolan? [ more › ]
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Empire State Building Won't Go Red For Cardinal Dolan
Jen Chung
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:22:08 GMT

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Military roles for women may change

Military roles for women may change

Updated 9h 1m ago

  • WASHINGTON (AP) – For the past decade women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • A U.S. female soldier shows the way to an Iraqi woman, as she arrives at an improvised clinic set up by the U.S. military, at a school on the al-Abara neighborhood of Baquba.

    By Patrick Baz, AFP/Getty Images

    A U.S. female soldier shows the way to an Iraqi woman, as she arrives at an improvised clinic set up by the U.S. military, at a school on the al-Abara neighborhood of Baquba.

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By Patrick Baz, AFP/Getty Images

A U.S. female soldier shows the way to an Iraqi woman, as she arrives at an improvised clinic set up by the U.S. military, at a school on the al-Abara neighborhood of Baquba.

On Thursday, Pentagon rules will catch up a bit with reality, recommending to Congress that women be allowed to serve in more jobs closer to the front lines.

According to defense officials, the new rules are expected to continue the long-held prohibition that prevents women from serving as infantry, armor and special operations forces. But they will formally allow women to serve in other jobs at the battalion level, which until now had been considered too close to combat.

In reality, however, the necessity of war has already propelled women to the front lines — often as medics, military police or intelligence officers. So, while they couldn't be assigned as an infantryman in a battalion or company going out on patrol, they could fly the helicopter supporting the unit, or move in to provide medical aid if troops were injured.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Youngster sold pot brownies for $3 a piece

Junior high student brings 'magic' marijuana-laced brownies to school bake sale

Youngster sold pot brownies for $3 a piece

BY BEN CHAPMAN AND CLARE TRAPASSO / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 3:03 AM


	Homemade brownies.

TANYA BRAGANTI FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

A student at IS 208 in Bellerose, Queens, allegedly sold pot brownies to her schoolmates.


	Exterior of P.S. / I.S. 208 in Bellerose, Queens, from the NYC schools website.

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Exterior of PS/IS 208 on Commonwealth Blvd.

A Queens public school went to pot last week when an eighth-grader sold her classmates marijuana-laced brownies, the Daily News has learned.

Twenty students at Intermediate School 208 in Bellerose were caught munching on the psychedelic treats that a girl peddled out of her backpack, officials confirmed.

The youngsters scooped them up for $3 each — or two for $5 — in the cafeteria during lunch on Thursday and Friday, said a parent of one of the kids, who estimated the baked baker raked in about $250.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/jr-high-school-daze-article-1.1017024#ixzz1lQK6uWe2