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    Apr 30, 2013 |Story| KTUU

  1. Federal Labor Board Rules for Sheraton Anchorage Hotel Union

    The National Labor Relations Board has largely sided with union workers at a Downtown Anchorage hotel in a long-running labor dispute, ordering its Texas-based management company to implement a series of reforms.
    Channel 2 News
    The National Labor Relations Board has largely sided with union workers at a Downtown Anchorage hotel in a long-running labor dispute, ordering its Texas-based management company to implement a series of reforms. According to a 74-page Wednesday...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Disputes, Labor Legislation, Culture, Employment Opportunities

    2. Jun 7, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  2. FAMU drum majors get probation in hazing death

    Former FAMU drum majors Rikki Wills and Shawn Turner received probation Friday for their self-described roles as "protectors" of Robert Champion as he suffered through a fatal hazing in November 2011.
    Former FAMU drum majors Rikki Wills and Shawn Turner received probation Friday for their self-described roles as "protectors" of Robert Champion as he suffered through a fatal hazing in November 2011. After the proceedings in Orange County Circuit Court,...

    Tags: James H. Ammons, Arts and Culture, Punishment, Human Interest, Hazing

    3. Jun 1, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  3. READER SUBMITTED: Beth David Honors The Adlers

    West Hartford
    Rabbi Yitzchok Adler, a first-generation American whose German-Jewish parents survived the Holocaust, says he doesn't remember wanting to do anything else with his life but be a rabbi. It was a calling deep within him, and it marked "a small part I...

    Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Religion and Belief, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Arts and Culture

    4. May 28, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  4. Two High Schools Brace For Grieving Students On Tuesday

    With teenagers in East Windsor and Vernon mourning the deaths of two friends in a horrific weekend crash, grief counselors were assigned to high schools in both communities Tuesday morning.
    The Hartford Courant
    With teenagers in East Windsor and Vernon mourning the deaths of two friends in a horrific weekend crash, grief counselors were assigned to high schools in both communities Tuesday morning. Friends have been adding reminiscences to an "RIP Brooke...

    Tags: Students, Hospitals and Clinics, Transportation Accidents, Culture, East Windsor

    5. Jun 5, 2013 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  5. Four men charged with manslaughter after students drown in suspected hazing

    Reuters
    RICHMOND — Four men were charged with involuntary manslaughter after two Virginia State University students drowned in the Appomattox River during an initiation ritual this spring, police said on Wednesday. The men have already been charged with...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Students, Health and Safety at School, Virginia State University, Arts and Culture

    6. Jun 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Anne Arundel County health briefs

    Summer health, safety tips The Department of Health offers sun and water safety tips, Lyme disease information for prevention and detection, as well as food safety recommendations designed to reduce the risk of food-borne illnesses at picnics,...

    Tags: Nutrition, Family, Afghanistan, Veterans Affairs, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)

    7. May 28, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  7. Trial postponed for FAMU drum major charged with misdemeanor hazing

    A FAMU hazing trial scheduled to begin today in Orange County was postponed this morning.
    A FAMU hazing trial scheduled to begin today in Orange County was postponed this morning. The criminal case of former FAMU drum major Jarrod Deas has been reset to June 25. He is charged with the misdemeanor hazing of Keon Hollis. The case is...

    Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest

    8. May 20, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  8. ‘Tearaway’: Folklore and paper create a modern Vita experience

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    As a showcase for modern technology, “Tearaway” for Sony's hand-held gaming machine the Vita may not at first seem to […]...
    9. May 13, 2013 |Story| SFL

  9. 66 finalists named for lucrative Knight Arts Challenge grants

    One of the remarkable things about the 66 finalists announced Monday for the annual Knight Arts Challenge grants is their range, both artistically and geographically.
    One of the remarkable things about the 66 finalists announced Monday for the annual Knight Arts Challenge grants is their range, both artistically and geographically. Over the course of five years,  the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has...

    Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Arts, Museums, Grateful Dead (music group), Services and Shopping

    10. May 10, 2013 |Story| Burbank Leader

  10. In Theory: Are parts of Scripture outdated and in need of change?

    It's not often that a Christian minister agrees with the New Atheist movement, but the Rev. Michael Dowd believes it's possible when it comes to what he calls the "idolatry of the written word." A self-described "New Theist" — one who "value[s]...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Judaism, Separation of Church and State, Values

    11. May 5, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Firefighter laid to rest in service steeped in tradition

    On a perfect spring day in Baltimore County, surrounded by hundreds of his brother and sister firefighters and mourned in prayers thousands of years old, a hero was laid to rest Sunday.
    On a perfect spring day in Baltimore County, surrounded by hundreds of his brother and sister firefighters and mourned in prayers thousands of years old, a hero was laid to rest Sunday. Gene M. Kirchner, the 25-year-old Reisterstown volunteer...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Judaism, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)

    12. May 10, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  12. Former FAMU student Rikki Wills pleads no contest in hazing case

    Former FAMU drum major Rikki Wills, who insists that he tried to shield his college roommate Robert Champion from a brutal hazing in Orlando in 2011, pleaded no contest today to felony hazing resulting in death.
    Former FAMU drum major Rikki Wills, who insists that he tried to shield his college roommate Robert Champion from a brutal hazing in Orlando in 2011, pleaded no contest today to felony hazing resulting in death. Wills, 25, will not be sentenced until...

    Tags: Lawyers, James H. Ammons, Justice System, Prisons, Arts and Culture

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