Posts Tagged "protests"

Zimmerman urged to keep low profile after release

FILE – in this Thursday, April 12, 2012 file photo, George Zimmerman, right, stands next to a Seminole County Deputy during a court hearing in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering Trayvon Martin, has a bond hearing scheduled for Friday, April 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Pool, Gary W. Green, File) SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman…read more →

15 of America’s favorite regional sweets

The old adage about being happier than a kid in a candy store holds true, both at home and on the road.  For Pittsburgh’s Jon H. Prince, it’s a Goldenberg’s Peanut Chew that brings him back to childhood. and he knows candy: He’s president of McKeesport Candy Company, where you can find 2,800 different types of confections (including many listed…read more →

Letter to the UC Davis Police

Dear Editor,this is the letter I sent to the UC Davis Police Chief.dear Ms. Spicuzza, I am writing an email as a concerned Davis resident over the actions of your police department. I find it incredibly disturbing that passive protesters were pepper sprayed at point blank range. I listened to your comments on the news this evening, including “hindsight is…read more →

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Elisabeth Hasselbeck: It’s seeing like all-out war between bill Maher & Elisabeth Hasselbeck. the HBO funnyman and aspect co-host got into a nasty exchange on Tuesday later Hasselbeck confronted Maher about a joke he made about her before this year. during a February episode of his show “Real Time” the liberal comic brought up CBS News correspondent Lara Logan, who…read more →

The 2011 Occupy Movement: 60s All Grown Up

Very amazing things are happening in Wall Street, Chicago, LA, Oakland, Detroit, Boston, and other cities around the Country.and around the Globe. I would call the Occupy Movement.the 60s all grown up. they are succeeding where they couldn’t in the 60s. Don’t take me wrong the 60s movement won their battles.but not before so much divisiveness in the Country. they…read more →

Hunter-Reay Takes Wild, Rain-Shortened Return to New Hampshire

The MoveThaBlock.com Indy 255 turned on Lap 118. perhaps the IZOD IndyCar world championship did too. Contact between Dario Franchitti and Takuma Sato opened the door for Ryan Hunter-Reay to collect his first win of the season, as the Andretti Autosport driver controlled the final 100 laps of the race. However, an uncharacteristic mistake from Franchitti on the Lap 118…read more →

Early Release Video on Demand Movies Will Help Studios, Hurt Theaters

For the past four years, studios have been talking about shortening the window between when movies hit theaters and when they are available at home. Expect it to finally happen early next year. Analyst Richard Greenfield of BTIG Research says he expects Disney, Fox, Sony, Universal and Warner Bros., to begin testing early-release video-on-demand in the first half of next…read more →