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Nigeria gas price protest turns violent in Lagos By SUNDAY ALAMBA and YINKA IBUKUN Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria— Protesters furious over spiraling gas prices set fires on an expressway Tuesday and at least one person was killed in the violent unrest after Nigeria’s government did away with a subsidy program that had kept fuel costs […]

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SNAP  (Food Stamps) Household Characteristics Reports  In fiscal year 2011, about 44.71 million people participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or the Food Stamp program as of December 1, 2011. In 2008 there were only 28.22 million people who participated. In 2000 there were only 17.19 million people who participated. The United States Supplemental […]

Are Republican presidential candidates using racial and code words to attract voters? Presidential candidate Rick Santorum singling out blacks Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on “poor kid’s” working habits

Slavery By Another Name   Produced by Twin Cities Public Television and premiering on PBS early 2012. Major funding for Slavery by Another Name is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, The Coca-Cola Company and the CPB/PBS Diversity and Innovation Fund.     Slavery by Another Name is a 90 […]

U.S. agrees to $3.5 billion arms sale to United Arab Emirates By Jim Wolf Reuters  WASHINGTON- The United States has signed a $3.5 billion sale of an advanced antimissile interception system to the United Arab Emirates, part of an accelerating military buildup of its friends and allies near Iran. The deal, signed on December 25 […]

Beijing launches three new subway sections By Xu Wei China Daily BEIJING – Three new subway lines, including one new subway line and two line extensions, began trial operation on Saturday afternoon. The three subway lines are subway Line 9 and extensions to the existing Line 8 and Line 15. The opening of the three […]

Maximum Marijuana possession penalties for selected amounts, by state   United States Marijuana possession arrest rates by state and race (2006)   White Black Other State Arrest Rate Pct. Arrest Rate Pct. Arrest Rate Pct. Alabama 145.66 39% 622.12 61% 50.91 0% Alaska 117.77 70% 228.98 8% 173.52 22% Arizona 247.64 85% 628.67 10% 175.87 […]

Nigeria’s president declares state of emergency in parts of country after recent sect attacks By Felix Onuah and Tim Cocks Reuters ABUJA- Coming nearly a week after radical sect Boko Haram set off a series of bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day, including one at a church that killed at least 37 people and wounded […]

Preliminary magnitude 7.0 quake hits Japan, no tsunami warning Associated Press TOKYO — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 earthquake hit off the shores of Japan’s southern Pacific island. The Meteorological Agency says the offshore quake Sunday struck about 370 kilometers (230 miles) below the sea surface. The agency said there was […]