It’s never been easy to be part of the huddled masses. The Statue of Liberty may not be choosy about which wretched refuse she allows in the door, but Americans themselves haven’t always been so hospitable.
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Half All Mortgage Holders Are Expected To Be Underwater
If you’re not already underwater on your mortgage, there’s a decent chance you will be.
In Egypt, Invoking Islam to Combat Sexual Harassment
Doaa Kassem, like most Egyptian women, is used to being catcalled and grabbed at by men in the crowded streets of Cairo. The 24-year-old executive secretary is well versed in women’s rights, having studied the subject in Sweden, and she is bolder than most when it comes to dealing with her harassers
Colin Powell, foot soldiers battle America’s dropout ‘catastrophe’
Willie Thornton is on a rescue mission.
Guess Who’s Calling? Prison Cell-Phone Use a Growing Problem
Drugs and weapons aren’t the only contraband in prisons these days. The latest underground currency among inmates is an item most of us consider harmless: the cell phone
Report: London bombings could not have been prevented
The 2005 London bombings on three subway trains and a bus, which killed 52 people, could not have been prevented, according to an official report into the attacks released Tuesday. Police and intelligence services did all they could to trace suspects and avert attacks given the resources, intelligence and evidence they had at the time, said the report by the Intelligence and Security Committee, which reports directly to the prime minister
Former model: Fret over being fit, not how you look
Celebrities and their bodies.
Pirates’ former hostage favors more government protection
Richard Phillips, the cargo-ship captain whose capture by pirates triggered a dramatic U.S.
Millions pledged to stop general bee decline
A British consortium pledged Tuesday to spend up to £10 million ($14.5 million) in research grants to find out what is causing a serious decline in bees and other pollinating insects. Those insects — including honey bees, bumble bees, butterflies and moths — play an essential role in pollinating many vital crops, but their numbers have been declining steadily in recent years, scientists say. In the United Kingdom alone, the number of pollinators has fallen between 10 and 15 percent in the past two years, according to the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC), a government-sponsored research group.
As piracy surges, U.S. warns of dangers off Somali coast
A sudden surge of pirate attacks off the coast of eastern Somalia in recent days has prompted the U.S. military to put out a new alert to mariners, warning of increased danger in the region. The attacks, which took place south of the area patrolled by U.S.