Associated Press SAO PAULO — Residents of three Rio de Janeiro slums say their human rights are being violated to make way for construction projects linked to the 2016 Olympics. Slum leaders have filed a complaint with the Organization of American States, saying that local authorities are arbitrarily relocating them to build transit systems needed [...]
AP Sports Writer The National Guard spends about $20 million to sponsor Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR’s most popular driver. The U.S. Army pays $7.4 million to sponsor Ryan Newman. The U.S. Air Force doles out $1.6 million to sponsor AJ Allmendinger. Some lawmakers believe those deals are excessive and unnecessary. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., recently [...]
Associated Press WASHINGTON — The NFL wants all 50 states and the District of Columbia to pass legislation that could help cut down on concussions suffered by young football players. A quicker route would be through federal legislation, and the NFL backs a bill pending in Congress. But the GOP-led House is unlikely to support [...]
AP Sports Writer OAKLAND — A person familiar with the decision says the Nets and Warriors have a deal in place that would send Brandan Wright and Dan Gadzuric to New Jersey for Troy Murphy and a 2012 second-round pick. The person told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Golden State would buy out Murphy’s [...]
AP Sports Writer(AP) — NEW ORLEANS — The Hornets have acquired Carl Landry from the Sacramento Kings for Marcus Thornton and cash considerations. New Orleans general manager Dell Demps said in statement Wednesday that it’s a deal that “benefits both teams.†He says the 6-foot-9 Landry is a player the Hornets have been looking to [...]
FAIRFIELD — A former owner and officer of Cigarettes Cheaper!, which at its height had nearly 800 retail stores nationwide and $1 billion in annual revenue, faces a lengthy prison sentence and million in fines based on his conviction Tuesday by a federal jury of 28 counts related to bank fraud. The jury found that [...]
FAIRFIELD — People can learn to dance and learn ways to stay healthy during the Day of Dance from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Westfield Solano mall. The NorthBay Center for Women’s Health and Spirit of Women are sponsoring the event. Lessons feature hip-hop, tap, ballroom, jazz, county line, Zumba and belly dancing. [...]
As I was leaving Home Depot the other day I caught a glimpse of something that stopped me in my tracks. It was a blast from the past that brought a nostalgic tear to my eye. I saw a man get into his car and he was wearing a mullet. He drove off before I [...]
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama awarded six Purple Hearts to service members on Wednesday. The commander in chief met with 22 service members during a midday visit to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., just outside Washington. Twenty-one of the military personnel served in Afghanistan; the other served in [...]
WASHINGTON — In a major policy reversal, the Obama administration said Wednesday it will no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage. Attorney General Eric Holder said President Barack Obama has concluded that the administration cannot defend the federal law that defines marriage as only between a man and [...]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana attorney general’s office says a deputy attorney general “is no longer employed†by the state after Mother Jones magazine reported he used his Twitter account to urge police to use live ammunition against Wisconsin protesters. The magazine reported Wednesday that Jeffrey Cox responded “Use live ammunition†to a posting on its [...]
LONG BEACH — A former state mental hospital director was sentenced Wednesday to 248 years in prison for molesting his adopted son over eight years as part of what prosecutors claimed was a pattern of abuse that spanned four decades and ensnared a dozen young boys. Superior Court Judge James B. Pierce called defendant Claude [...]
© 2012 Daily Republic. All Rights Reserved. - Powered by WordPress and EditFlow
