Social Issues


freep.com, 03.09.10 10:31 UTC

Wayne County exec to give away 300 free backpacks

The Wayne County executive's office is giving out free backpacks to elementary and middle school children in Detroit. Robert Ficano's office says he will distribute 300 backpacks at Fountain Court ...


Seattle Times, 03.09.10 10:07 UTC

China orders action to cool food prices

China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries over surging food costs.


Digital Spy, 03.09.10 10:06 UTC

Cheryl and Ashley Cole granted divorce

Rex Features David Fisher Cheryl and Ashley Cole have been granted a 'quickie' divorce at London's High Court.The couple split in February after four years of marriage. BBC News reports that the ...


Mirror.co.uk, 03.09.10 09:45 UTC

Michelle Bass at centre of new Big Brother race row

Michelle has been at the centre of a race row in 'Ultimate Big Brother'. The glamour model - who appeared in 'Big Brother 5' - was called into the Diary Room for using "offensive language" after she ...


Seattle Times, 03.09.10 09:42 UTC

'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies

When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They and their six brothers and sisters will be able to vote, apply for federal student loans and even run for president.


WashingtonPost Print Edition, 03.09.10 09:42 UTC

Abstinence program in China a milestone for U.S. evangelicals

BEIJING - If all goes according to plan, this fall a girl somewhere in China's Yunnan province will tell her boyfriend she can't have sex with him. And he'll have an abstinence program from the ...


New York Post, 03.09.10 09:16 UTC

Terrifying Mex. tale

QUITO, Ecuador -- "Don't make the journey anymore!" That's the message a teenage survivor of a Mexican drug gang's massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants had yesterday for his fellow ...


New York Post, 03.09.10 09:16 UTC

Stamp honors Mother Teresa

WASHINGTON -- Mother Teresa is being recognized for her humanitarian work with the issuance of a new US postage stamp. The 44-cent stamp showing a portrait of the Roman Catholic nun is being released ...


New York Post, 03.09.10 09:16 UTC

Candidate arrested in rage terror

A Long Island state Senate candidate was nabbed in a terrifying road-rage incident targeting his ex-girlfriend -- repeatedly trying to run her off the road as she traveled with a new beau, ...


Herald Sun, 03.09.10 09:15 UTC

Malaysia to monitor for 'harmful' blogs

MALAYSIA has formed a task force to scour the internet for blog postings deemed harmful to national unity.