Randy Miller is a veteran of the Iraq War. While he served overseas, he never forgot about his children at home and maintained an excellent record of paying child support for over a decade. But after returning to his small hometown in Georgia, he lost his job in July 2009 and struggled to find ful... Read more...
Below is the statement made by Terri Maurer-Carter in support of freeing Mumia I, Terri Maurer-Carter declare: From approximately February 1982 through September 1986 and in 1998 I was employed as an official court stenographer in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Philadelphia, ... Read more...
Google spent $4.9 million yesterday to buy dozens of patents owned by defunct Israeli cellphone maker Modu. Modu had a brief moment in the spotlight when the company showed off its miniature cellphones at Mobile World Congress in February 2008. The company's founder, Dev Moran, was cocky enough to ... Read more...
Alexander Miles was an African-American inventor who was best known for being awarded a patent for an automatically opening and closing elevator door design in 1887. In 1884, Miles built a three-story brownstone building at 19 West Superior Street in Duluth. This area became known as the Miles Blo... Read more...
Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the origins of this festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody — and a bit muddled. Though no one has pinpointed the exact origin of the holiday, one good place to start is ancient Rome, where men hit... Read more...
Black History Month is a remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. Since 1976, it is celebrated annually in the United States of America and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in the month of October. In the U.S., Black History Month is also referred... Read more...
From his throne in hell, Richard Nixon commands our attention once again with newly released White House tapes from February and March 1973 that drop another tanker load of piss and bile on Jews. "The Jews are just a very aggressive and abrasive and obnoxious personality," he told an aide. "... Read more...
Nearly 40 million Americans received food stamps -- the latest in an ever-higher string of record enrollment that dates from December 2008 and the U.S. recession, according to a government update. Food stamps are the primary federal anti-hunger program, helping poor people buy food. Enrollment ... Read more...
After a tough 2009, the head of French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent thinks it is too early to be optimistic despite growing signs consumer spending is on the rise. Having just watched a presentation of the maison's austere collection for next autumn and winter, YSL Chief Executive Valerie... Read more...