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Los Angeles subway expansion: About the Purple Line Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) With the completion of the Final EIS/EIR, Los Angeles is closer than ever to making this long-awaited heavy rail subway project a reality, connecting the Westside to the region’s growing rail transit network, and improving mobility for everyone who lives, […]

‘White Student Union’ started at Georgia State University  By Laura Diamond The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Fall semester won’t start for several weeks, but Georgia State University has already received a handful of complaints about a new student club — the White Student Union. Freshman Patrick Sharp said he started the club so that students of European […]

The first Americans were black according to a BBC documentary BBC News The first Americans were descended from black Australian aborigines, according to evidence in a BBC documentary. The program, Ancient Voices, shows that the dimensions of prehistoric skulls found in Brazil match those of the aboriginal peoples of Australia and Melanesia. Other evidence suggests […]

Only half of Europeans in favor of euro: survey Xinhua BRUSSELS– Only 51 percent of Europeans are in favor of the euro and only 62 percent of those living in the euro zone supports the single currency, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey released here on Tuesday. More than half of the Europeans do not […]

Sky-high drama as tallest tower cost hits $1.5 billion AFP A Chinese construction company had boasted it would take just 90 days to build the world’s tallest tower, but it hasn’t quite worked out that way. Construction of the 838-metre (2,749 ft) “Sky City” skyscraper in China has been hit with a series of delays […]

United Kingdom: American styled local TV stations coming for the first time to larger cities The UK’s local TV project aims to bring local news and locally-produced programs to much smaller areas than are covered by either ITV or BBC’s regional newsrooms Dilemma X For the first time in the United Kingdom cities will have […]

44 years ago Moonwalk One – Apollo 11 July 20, 1969 NASA President John F. Kennedy initiated the Apollo program amidst a tense Cold War political environment. In a speech to Congress on 25 May 1961, Kennedy outlined his Apollo program, a plan to send an American to the Moon by the end of the […]

Two NFL franchises don’t make the Forbes list “The World’s 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams 2013″ The Dallas Cowboys are the only NFL franchise in the top 5 of the annual Forbes list, which was released on Monday. The Cowboys have been the most valuable NFL franchise since 2007 due to sponsorships and premium seating […]

US Airways Shareholders Approve $11 Billion Merger With American Airlines By Tim Catts & Mary Schlangenstein Bloomberg US Airways Group Inc. (LCC) shareholders moved the carrier a step closer to an $11 billion merger with AMR Corp. (AAMRQ)’s American Airlines by approving the combination in a vote today. The all-stock tie-up, which will create the […]

2 feet of hail blankets eastern New Mexico town Santa Rosa by Ricky Treon Amarillo Globe-News The eastern New Mexico town of Santa Rosa will begin the holiday weekend with a white Independence Day. According to this report from Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, New Mexico ABQjournal.com), nearly 2 feet of hail fell in the city about […]