Professor Sues Pittsburgh for Zapping Her With Weapon Developed to Fight Terrorists

Courthouse News Service PITTSBURGH (CN) - An English professor says she suffered "permanent hearing loss, nausea, pain and disorientation" when Pittsburgh police used a Long Range Acoustic Device, developed to fight terrorists, on a peaceful demonstration against the IMF, in which she was not participating, but merely watching.     Karen Piper sued Pittsburgh and its police force for negligence, civil rights and constitutional...

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Ranieri wants winning attitude at Inter

FC Internazionale Milano must "get up and fight", said new coach Claudio Ranieri in his first press conference before the matches against Bologna FC and PFC CSKA Moskva.Claudio Ranieri asked FC Internazionale Milano to "get up and fight" during his first media conference after being appointed to replace Gian Piero Gasperini as Nerazzurri coach.div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image:...

The "parent trigger" law lets 51% of parents petition to change a failing school and replace all the teachers or close it or turn it into a charter school.

A strange experiment going on in a California, Texas, Ohio, and Connecticut (and under consideration in many more states): In essence, the law creates a parents' union, which advocates say will provide powerful and needed counterweight to teachers' unions and district bureaucracies.... [W]ith opponents and skeptics arguing that parents lack the expertise to make important policy decisions better left to career educators, the Compton case is a prime...

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Alimony Reform and the Business of Divorce

The Boston Business Journal continues to cover the controversy over the competing Massachusetts alimony bills, and in Friday's article by Lisa van der Pool, Dueling alimony bills raise hackles in legal circles, the focus was on the question of whether Senator Cynthia Creem, chair of the Senate's Judiciary Committee, has a "conflict of interest" on account of her sponsorship of the alimony reform Source - Massachusetts Divorce & Family Law Blog Submit your suggestion / comments / complaints on lookyp.com@gmail.com...

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US uses drones to target al-Qaeda in the Horn of Africa

BBCFrank GardnerQuietly, with as little fanfare as possible, the US is trying to confront the twin challenges of terrorism and piracy in and around the Horn of Africa.Amongst other means, the Americans are increasing using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), known as drones.It is a controversial policy - the CIA is most worried by Somalia and Yemen, so it is no coincidence they are coming under the most surveillance from the air.Those nations are...

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Schalke caretaker faces Freiburg test

All eyes will be on Seppo Eichkorn on Saturday as takes charge of Schalke in their German Bundesliga match against Freiburg.Eichkorn is one of two interim coaches taking to the bench this weekend, after Schalke were rocked by the resignation on health grounds of coach Ralf Rangnick.And the Schalke caretaker will be hoping to enjoy the same positive start as Rodolfo Cardoso had on Friday night, when he led Hamburg to a 2-1 win over Stuttgart.Cardoso...

[workshop] Lydia Kavina - Oxford - 6th of February

Theremin Workshop with Lydia Kavina  Where: Bate CollectionFaculty of MusicSt Aldate'sOxfordOX1 1DB When: 06 February 2010, Saturdayspan style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-v [...] Submit your suggestion / comments / complaints on lookyp.com@gmail.com...

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Oru Nadigaiyin Vakkumoolam

Sonia Agarwal in Tamil Movie Oru Nadigaiyin Vakkumoolam Hot Photos http://tinyurl.com/3lrhdjn Source - India Veer Submit your suggestion / comments / complaints on lookyp.com@gmail.com...

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Tiger Pataudi’s parting shot for the media

A day after the passing of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, The Telegraph has reprinted a 1995 interview with the former cricket captain, who also did a stint as editor of Sporstsworld, the now-defunct magazine from the Ananda Bazaar Patrika group that owns The Telegraph. The interviewer is Salma Khurshid, the current Union law minister, whose wife Louise Fernandes used to be a correspondent for Sunday magazine, also of the ABP group. Salman: Tell me about other things in life… something about the media world. Tiger: Really, they deserve the biggest kick...

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Navigating a proposal with Google Maps for mobile

I recently decided to propose to my girlfriend, Faigy. I knew I wanted to do something meaningful and —yes—a little over the top, so I decided to put my software engineering skills to work to create the ultimate romantic scavenger hunt. On the road to "The Big Question," I wanted Faigy to visit places around New York City that were filled with memories of our relationship. My plan was to construct a map of the route and get my girlfriend from one destination to the next, all with the element of surprise. Google Maps gave me the tools I needed...

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Manchester City vs Everton 24-09-2011 Free Live Streaming Premier League

Manchester City vs Everton 24-09-2011 Free Live England Premier LeagueFree Live Streaming online video. English Premier League 2011/201212:45 Manchester City vs Everton Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link SopcastTags : Source - Live Soccer Free Submit your suggestion / comments / complaints on lookyp.com@gmail.com...

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Champions League Cricket 2011 Tickets, CLT20 Tickets Booking, Champions League T20 2011 Tickets, Buy Tickets Online, Cheap Tickets Online,Book Tickets

Champions League T20 2011 TicketsChampions League Cricket 2011 Tickets are available online, http://cricket-matches.blogspot.com provide you complete and accurate information on Champions League T0 2011Tickets.Champions League T20 2011 Cricket matches start from 23rd September 2011 you can buy cheap tickets online from BookmyShow website. This is the official website for Champions League T20 2011 Tickets. Champions League T20 2011 Tickets cost range...