World - effort
Latest killings heighten effort to oust al-Assad - Marketwatch
27 May 2012, 11:01 am
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Syria on Sunday denied blame for killing 32 children and at least 60 others as fighting continued despite a United Nations-brokered cease-fire in the 15-month-old uprising. The U.S. reportedly is getting ready to back ...
Jedward can't beat last year's Eurovision effort - ITV
27 May 2012, 10:25 am
Ireland's Jedward couldn't improve upon their eighth place finish in last year's contest. Credit: Sergey Ponomarev/AP/Press Association Images Irish twins John and Edward Grimes - otherwise known as Jedward - couldn't improve on their eighth ...
Florida Steps Up effort Against Illegal Voters - New York Times
17 May 2012, 9:36 pm
MIAMI — In an attempt to clear the voter rolls of noncitizens, a move that had set off criticism and a threatened lawsuit, Florida election officials decided on Thursday to use information from a federal database to check a list of 182,000 ...
Sandusky renews effort to have charges thrown out - YAHOO!
16 May 2012, 10:03 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky again asked a judge to throw out the child sexual abuse charges against him on Wednesday, arguing that some counts are too vague to defend and others involve alleged victims whose identities have not been determined.