According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 9,040 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.
via Weekend Gun Report: October 4-6, 2013 – NYTimes.com.
Weekend Gun Report: October 4-6, 2013 – NYTimes.com
Keshawn Wilson, 17, a senior at Princeton High School, was shot and killed in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, Sunday afternoon.
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A 5-year-old boy was wounded in an accidental, self-inflicted shooting in Huntsville, Ala., Saturday morning.
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Weekend Gun Report: October 4-6, 2013 – NYTimes.com
Weekend Gun Report: October 4-6, 2013 – NYTimes.com.
A 4-year-old boy was grazed in the head after climbing into a family car and finding a 9mm semiautomatic handgun in LaPlata, Md.,
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What is in chicken nuggets?
Striated muscle (chicken meat) was not the predominate component in either nugget. Fat was present in equal or greater quantities along with epithelium (animal tissue covering the external and internal surfaces of the body), bone, nerve, and connective tissue.
via Eat Drink Better | Healthy recipes, good food: sustainable eats for a healthy lifestyle!.
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Farmers market bustles on Havana’s edge
Trucks crammed with produce travel hundreds of miles from every corner of Cuba each weekday to form long lines at the 114th Street Market _ a teeming open-air bazaar on Havana’s outskirts that has become a key hub for getting farm products to people in the capital, the Associated Press reports. For a photo gallery go to http://news.yahoo.com/ap-photos-farmers-market-bustles-havanas-edge-041721627.html
The market’s bustle is a result of economic reforms begun in 2010 by President Raul Castro, which includes relaxing rules on private farming. In another reform, Cuban authorities recently authorized small farmers to also sell directly to hotels and tourist centers beginning this month.
Produce is brought in by growers themselves and by transportation specialists who make a living by buying crops far away and hauling them to Havana, the island’s biggest and most important market.
Some sellers show up with the trunks of their 1950s Chevrolets stuffed with garlic, onions and…
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We refuse to pay our debts that we ran up unless you bail us out!?! Boehner Stands Firm on Demand for Concessions From Obama – NYTimes.com
Speaker John A. Boehner stood his ground on Sunday, insisting that his Republican House majority would not pass measures either to fund and reopen the entire federal government or to increase the nation’s soon-to-be-breached borrowing limit without concessions from President Obama.
via Boehner Stands Firm on Demand for Concessions From Obama – NYTimes.com.
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Pretty clear he is not in control and is increasingly looking powerless… Boehner: Shutdown Won’t End Until Democrats Back Down
Boehner didn\’t deny that he initially agreed to a \”clean\” continuing resolution with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) but said \”I and my members decided the threat of Obamacare and what was happening was so important that it was time for us to take a stand. And we took a stand.\”
via Boehner: Shutdown Won’t End Until Democrats Back Down.
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Social dialogue – Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion – European Commission
European social dialogue refers to discussions, consultations, negotiations and joint actions involving organisations representing the two sides of industry employers and workers. It takes two main forms:a tripartite dialogue involving the public authorities,a bipartite dialogue between the European employers and trade union organisations. This takes please at cross-industry level and within sectoral social dialogue committees.
via Social dialogue – Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion – European Commission.
