U.S. attorney Robert Pitman said that in many cases, the Texas purchasers were paid a couple hundred dollars for buying a weapon and handing it to a smuggler, he said.Firearms smugglers employ individuals in the United States with no criminal histories to purchase firearms, often assault-style weapons, and those weapons are then smuggled into Mexico, [...]
Roland Martin’s tweets were regrettable and offensive. Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not tolerated. We have been giving careful consideration to this matter, and Roland will not be appearing on our air for the time being, the TV news network said in a statement.Martin on [...]
Analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) found women at all levels of literacy tend to earn less than men, but it’s at the lowest literacy levels that the wage gap between genders is most striking.Women with low literacy are twice as likely as men at the same skill level to be among [...]
No one was reported injured in the accident, which occurred about 8 a.m. local time along a truck route used by commercial vehicles to pass through the town of Walsh, a ranching and farming community of about 700 people.The axle of a pickup truck that was pulling two tanks of the fertilizer snapped, and the [...]
A day after winning contests in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado, Santorum sought to build on his momentum, addressing Texas pastors, Tea Party movement activists and donors.Santorum, a former senator and staunch social conservative, became the first Republican White House hopeful to win four of the state-by-state contests to pick a nominee to oppose Democratic President [...]
This week, they’ll have yet another responsibility: Inspecting tens of millions of Valentine’s Day flowers.Ninety percent of the flowers Americans will give to their sweethearts on Valentine’s Day are imported, and nearly all of those imports originate in Colombia and Ecuador. Before they can enter the United States, the flowers must be inspected for signs [...]
Eurogroup chairman Jean-Claude Juncker invited ministers from the 17-nation single currency area to meet on Thursday evening and the International Monetary Fund said managing director Christine Lagarde would also attend.They are expected to examine a complex package involving a 130 billion euro EU/IMF rescue and a bond swap with private creditors, which hinges on Athens [...]
Dozens more were killed during the day, according to the opposition, drawing comparison with the plight of Benghazi which triggered Western attacks on Libya last year and accelerating a global diplomatic showdown whose outcome is far from clear.I’ve seen whole families killed this week, an activist called Ahmed told Reuters from Homs, the scene of [...]
The expedited screening program will grow throughout 2012 from seven pilot locations to all three major airports in the New York and Washington areas and others including Boston, Chicago, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Denver, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said.Certain frequent flyers and people enrolled in the Customs and Border Protection’s Trusted Traveler programs [...]
They only told us they will let go a mix of people, from all departments, she told Reuters outside the factory on Wednesday, shivering as a bitter cold wind blew from the north.Of course it upsets everyone, she said. In this world a good living is hard to come by. We’ll stay as long as [...]
