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- Aljazeera: Mandela 'responding to treatment'
- Aljazeera: Israeli army raids West Bank NGO offices
- Financial Times: Mandela diagnosed with lung infection
- Aljazeera: Chavez undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba
- Financial Times: Sweden joins UK outside Europe bank union
- Aljazeera: US blacklists Syrian rebel group al-Nusra
- Financial Times: Stocks buoyed by Fed and fiscal cliff hopes
- Huffington Post: Top 10 Most Expensive Homes In Colorado In 2012, According To Realtor.com (PHOTOS)
- Huffington Post: Reggie Wayne's Car Stolen By A Hotel Valet, Who Took It For A Joyride, Police Say
- Huffington Post: Lino Graglia, UT Law Professor, Decries Single Motherhood, Black Test Scores, And Affirmative Action (VIDEO)
- Huffington Post: Fresno, California's Recycling Program Is Among Top In The Nation
- Financial Times: White Britons no longer London majority
| Aljazeera: Mandela 'responding to treatment' Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:33 AM PST Former South African president suffers recurrence of a lung infection but is recovering, government says. |
| Aljazeera: Israeli army raids West Bank NGO offices Posted: 11 Dec 2012 04:38 AM PST Soldiers raid offices of three civil society organisations in Ramallah, confiscating and damaging equipment. |
| Financial Times: Mandela diagnosed with lung infection Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:21 AM PST Health of elderly statesman sparks concern around the world as he receives hospital treatment for recurrence of a lung infection |
| Aljazeera: Chavez undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:51 AM PST Venezuelan leader names Vice President Nicolas Maduro as his possible successor in case "something happened" to him. |
| Financial Times: Sweden joins UK outside Europe bank union Posted: 11 Dec 2012 09:53 AM PST Britain now has a steadfast ally in insisting that the European Central Bank does not become dominant in setting the EU's technical rules |
| Aljazeera: US blacklists Syrian rebel group al-Nusra Posted: 11 Dec 2012 09:58 AM PST Washington designates group as a terrorist organisation, saying it is trying to hijack rebellion on behalf of al-Qaeda. |
| Financial Times: Stocks buoyed by Fed and fiscal cliff hopes Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:09 AM PST Markets initially cautious on worries over global growth and US budget wrangling but a stronger German ZEW survey helped improve the mood |
| Huffington Post: Top 10 Most Expensive Homes In Colorado In 2012, According To Realtor.com (PHOTOS) Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:54 AM PST Brother, can you spare $26.5 million? That's how much you'd need to by the cheapest property on this list of Colorado's 10 most expensive homes according to Realtor.com. And by Colorado, we really mean Aspen (mostly) -- not surprisingly, Aspen properties dominate this list with six of the ten properties located in one of Colorado's most legendarily ritzy mountain towns. These homes are so expensive -- and expansive, many exist on huge swaths of acreage -- they make Denver's top nine most expensive homes look like guest houses for these massive estates. Read More... More on Colorado |
| Huffington Post: Reggie Wayne's Car Stolen By A Hotel Valet, Who Took It For A Joyride, Police Say Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:58 AM PST Reggie Wayne's Night Off didn't quite go as planned on Saturday, when a hotel valet allegedly stole his Bentley and took it on a drunken joyride before getting picked up by police early Sunday morning. According to the Indianapolis Star, Wayne left his 2007 Bentley with a valet at The Westin Hotel at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. He woke up the next morning to find his keys and the car missing. A supervisor noted that a valet, identified as Gunner Belcher, left the hotel at 9 p.m. Saturday but failed to clock out. A garage security officer told authorities he had seen a man matching Belcher's description take the Bentley from the lot late that night, WISH-TV reports. Read More... |
| Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:00 AM PST University of Texas law professor Lino Graglia stirred up controversy with his claim that black students can't compete with white students due to their upbringing. "I can hardly imagine a less beneficial or more deleterious experience then to be raised by a single parent, usually female, uneducated, and without a lot of money," Graglia told HuffPost Live host Marc Lamont Hill Tuesday. Professor Graglia pointed to test scores on the SAT and LSAT, where he said "blacks generally score hundreds of points lower than whites and Asians", to buttress his claim that affirmative action translates to admitting "the blacks... that come closest to meeting the ordinary standards. And these are going to be the most advantaged blacks." Read More... More on Video |
| Huffington Post: Fresno, California's Recycling Program Is Among Top In The Nation Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:02 AM PST
From National Geographic's Dan Stone: (Click here for original story.) Read More... More on Recycling & Repurposing |
| Financial Times: White Britons no longer London majority Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:16 AM PST Figures reveal people in England and Wales are better educated but less religious than a decade ago – and less likely to live in a home they own, census shows |
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