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According to North Korean state media, they will proceed to launch additional attacks on South Korea if they continue “reckless military provocation.” In addition, South Korea announced Thursday that they will increase its military personnel in the Yellow Sea. The announcements were made not too long after North Korea launched an attack on South Korea [...]
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U.S. to Support South Korea
Posted by Stephen Lee on November 25th, 2010
Posted in Featured News, Politics 
Tags: Korea, Korean Peninsula, Military, North Korea, North Korean Attack, South Korea, United States, USS George Washington, Yellow Sea, Yeonpyeong 
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Posted by Stephen Lee on November 23rd, 2010
On Tuesday, North Korea fired about 100 rounds of artillery towards Yeonpyeong Island in South Korea – an action that left two South Korean marines dead. South Korea’s president, Lee Myung-bak, noted that there will be “enormous retaliation” and that “the provocation this time can be regarded as an invasion of South Korean territory.” South [...]
Posted in Featured News, Politics Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Korea, Korean War, Lee Myung-bak, North Korea, North Korea Attack, South Korea, United States, Yeonpyeong Comments OffTwitter CEO Tweets About Chinese Government
Posted by Trevor on November 21st, 2010
On Thursday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Tweeted “Year-long detentions for sending a sarcastic tweet are neither the way forward nor the future of your great people.” Costolo’s tweet was in response to the Chinese government sentencing a Chinese woman to one year in a labor camp because she retweeted a note that officials in China [...]
Posted in Business, Featured News, Politics Tags: Anti-Japanese sentiment, Cheng Jianping, China, Facebook, Google, Guo Quan, Labor camp, Shanghai, Twitter Comments OffHouse Failed to Pass Unemployment Benefits
Posted by Stephen Lee on November 19th, 2010
The end of the road looks like it could be just around the corner as the House failed to extend the unemployment benefits bill on Thursday. If it were to pass, unemployment benefits would have been extended until February 28, 2011, nonetheless, the deadline still remains at November 30, 2010. Although Congress has extended the [...]
Posted in Featured News, Politics Tags: Congress, Democratic, Republican, Unemployed, Unemployment, Unemployment benefits, United States, United States Congress, United States Department of Labor Comments OffHaitians Protest Over Cholera Outbreak
Posted by Rebecca on November 17th, 2010
Demonstrators have taken over Cap Haitien in a attempt to show their anger towards the United Nation, and their role in the continuously growing cholera epidemic. Several commercial flights were suspended due to the takeover. In addition, police officials chose not to wear their uniforms in fear that Haitians might attack them, and their police [...]
Posted in Featured News, Politics Tags: Cap-Haïtien, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cholera, Haiti, Haiti Cholera, Haitian, Port-au-Prince, Quartier-Morin, United Nation Comments OffRecent Study Links Poverty to Unhealthy Children
Posted by Jason on November 16th, 2010
A report conducted by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia concluded children that live in a poor environment, even if it’s for a short amount of time, can be detrimental to their health. Researchers utilized data in four specific areas: housing stability, health, food security, and maltreatment. In addition, the data took into consideration past and [...]
Posted in Featured News, Politics Tags: Child, Children's Health, Food security, health, Heart disease, Poor, poverty, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, United States, United States Census Bureau, Washington DC Comments OffVitamin D Deficiency Linked to Fatal Strokes
Posted by Stephen Lee on November 15th, 2010
The American Heart Association’s Scientific Session announced on Sunday that Vitamin D deficiency is linked with fatal strokes with white patients, however, it is not connected with stroked related deaths among black people. The research revealed that whites with low vitamin D intake double their risk of dying from a stroke as oppose to whites [...]
NYC Settlement Agreement – 9/11 Responders Get Deadline Extension
Posted by Charles Wellington on November 9th, 2010
For thousands of 9/11 first responders, a deadline extension was given to accept a $712 million settlement. The agreement was made over toxic dust exposure at ground zero and the city of New York. Over 10,000 workers including police officers, firefighters, and emergency workers will have until the 16th of November to accept the settlement. [...]
Posted in Featured News, Politics Tags: 9/11 settlement, Alvin Hellerstein, Ground Zero, Human settlement, Metlife, New York City, Plaintiff, Staten Island, United States district court, world trade center Comments OffUnemployment Extension: Will it Happen?
Posted by Stephen Lee on November 5th, 2010
Over two million people are at risk of losing their unemployment benefits in December if Congress fails to approve an extension in the next upcoming weeks. The latest to apply for federal unemployment benefits is on November 30. According to the National Employment Law Project, if unemployment benefits does not get extended, as many as [...]
Posted in Featured News, Politics Tags: Congress, Democratic Party (United States), Republican, Unemployment, Unemployment benefits, unemployment extension, unemployment extensions, United States, United States Congress Comments OffProposition 19: Legalize Marijuana Rejected in California
Posted by Amelia on November 3rd, 2010
Proposition 19 was laid to rest in California as the majority vote did not go in it’s favor. The controversial campaign was by just 1 of 160 ballot measures being voted on in 37 states. The marijuana proposal would have allowed California adults 21-years and over to have on hand up to an ounce of [...]
Posted in Featured News, Politics Tags: Arizona, California, California Proposition 19, Cannabis, Gil Kerlikowske, legalization of marijuana, legalize, marijuana, Mexico, pot, rejected, South Dakota, White House Comments Off