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No Surprise: ‘The View’ Has No Clue About Why Parents Love School Choice
Another day, another outrageous comment from one of the ladies on “The View.” This time it was Sunny Hostin putting her foot in it, demonstrating how unfamiliar she is with school choice. In a heated exchange with co-host Alyssa Farah…
9/30/2011: National: Met police called in over May’s mislaid diary
Scotland Yard has been called in after a personal diary belonging to Theresa May, the home secretary, was mislaid in a Glasgow concert hall. A spokesman said security had not been compromised. The diary was found at the concert hall by…
9/30/2011: National: Court rules against Rio Ferdinand in privacy case
Footballer Rio Ferdinand yesterday lost his landmark privacy action over a “kiss and tell” story published by the Sunday Mirror. The England and Manchester United star was not at the high court in London to hear Mr Justice Nicol…
9/30/2011: National: Duke and duchess open cancer ward
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive at the Royal Marsden cancer centre, London, yesterday to open a specialist children’s treatment ward, the Oak Centre for Children and Young PeopleThe Guardian
9/30/2011: National: Ministers plan big rise in use of electronic tags
Ministers are preparing for a massive expansion in electronic tagging of offenders, with private security companies being invited to bid for more than £1 bn worth of contracts next month. The use of electronic tagging has grown…
9/30/2011: International: Timeline
Hutu president Melchior Ndadaye assassinated by Tutsi soldiers. The country plunges into conflict that claims some 300,000 lives. Newly elected president Cyprien Ntaryamira dies when his plane is shot down. Massacre of Hutu…
9/30/2011: International: Veterans’ dilemma: penury or war
rebel, to power. They say security forces target members of the FNL, other rebels, and independent political activists. As the government grows more repressive, it risks lending new credibility to the rebels and inflaming the conflict,…
9/30/2011: International: Airport sues after Obama motorcade damage
A Massachusetts airport is suing the US secret service, saying an unauthorised motorcade for President Barack Obama last year caused $676,000 (£433,000) in damage to its only airstrip. Obama will not be welcome again at Marlboro…
9/30/2011: International: Thousands march against president’s ‘betrayal’
Tens of thousands of Bolivians have taken to the streets to reproach President Evo Morales over a police crackdown on indigenous protesters. The marchers decried a perceived betrayal by Bolivia’s first Indian president of his prime…
9/30/2011: International: Police arrest five as part of fake iphone crackdown
PolicehavearrestedfivepeopleinShanghai for making and selling fake versions of Apple’s iPhone, according to a report. Those arrested were part of an organised gang that bought components for the phones from Guangdong in southern China and…