Korey - Instablogs
Nov 19 2009
Obama Should Replace Failed Embargo With Effective Multilateral Policy By José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) - Raúl Castro’s government has locked up scores of people for exercising their fundamental...
Nov 16 2009
A nine-hour SWAT standoff ended early Friday morning when an armed man surrendered and let officers inside a home in the 1700 blk. of Cypress Street. When police searched the home, they found a badly decomposed body.
Nov 14 2009
Florida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone minutes. Tampa police said 29-year-old Joshua Basso made sexual comments to the 911 dispatcher and...
Nov 13 2009
Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord escaped prison by hiding in a laundry truck nearly a decade ago, and his legend and fortune seem to grow with each passing day he eludes capture. Now he has reached a new level of fame - or infamy - by making Forbes...
Nov 4 2009
Vast economic discontent marked the mood of Tuesday’s off-year voters, portending potential trouble for incumbents generally and Democrats in particular in 2010. Still the gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey looked less like a...
Oct 31 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended a three-day visit to Pakistan in which she confronted intense anti-American sentiment in a nuclear-armed country that has become a central front for violent extremists.
Oct 30 2009
A search was on Thursday night for nine people left missing after a Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine helicopter over the Pacific Ocean near Southern California, officials said. Rescuers were combing the area where the collision occurred,...
Oct 28 2009
A day after Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that the Democratic bill would include the option of a government insurance plan, moderates in his own party lost no time Tuesday in voicing their displeasure. Reid, D-Nev., needs every Democrat to break...
Oct 23 2009
The former military ruler of Uruguay, Gregorio Alvarez, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder and human rights violations.
Oct 23 2009
Here’s another appalling story of how the police get treated one way and civilians quite another. Dallas cop does 70 in a 40 mph zone without his lights or sirens on, hits a kid on a bike and kills him. His punishment: A day off from work. Without...