Year of the Butt: How the Booty Changed the World in 2014

Daily BeastYear of the Butt: How the Booty Changed the World in 2014Daily BeastHer video incited a necessary conversation about the sexual empowerment of women, the embracing of all body types, and the tricky balance between exploitation and celebration. That conversation, sadly, failed to reach its full cultural potential when ...

Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking

Daily BeastJudge: Rehoming Kids Is TraffickingDaily BeastThe New Jersey woman, who also has three biological children, says she made the right decision because her adopted children have now found a more suitable home where they are doing better, and her family is safer. ... Most often the children ...

Republicans win big in midterm elections, spacecraft lands on comet, fatal ...

cleveland.comRepublicans win big in midterm elections, spacecraft lands on comet, fatal ...cleveland.com14: Ben Suarez, 73, of North Canton is sentenced to 15 months in a federal prison on witness-tampering charges related to his campaign contributions to Ohio politicians he hoped would help in his battle against an expensive consumer fraud lawsuit in ...

Using the Inherent Jurisdiction to Disrupt Child Sexual Exploitation

Family Law WeekUsing the Inherent Jurisdiction to Disrupt Child Sexual ExploitationFamily Law WeekOn the 15th December 2014 Mr Justice Keehan handed down his fully reasoned judgment in six connected cases involving child sexual exploitation (reported as Birmingham City Council v Riaz and Others [2014] EWHC 4247). Earlier media coverage in November ...

2014: A day

Standard Speaker2014: A day-by-day look backStandard Speaker2: Firefighters battle heavy smoke coming from a building that housed the former Gene's Gray Goose bar at North Kennedy Drive and West Grant Street in McAdoo. A man ... State police serve a search warrant at Jumbo China Buffet on North Church Street in ...

Gang members come of age

The PressGang members come of ageThe PressOnce the exclusive realm of young men, the patched gangs are ageing and maturing, the ramifications of which are intriguing and, at times, utterly surprising. Tribal Huk have been quietly feeding hungry schoolkids for two years. This quiet endeavour in ...

2014's top stories No. 2: Pair charged in crime spree

Nelson Star2014's top stories No. 2: Pair charged in crime spreeNelson StarA witness who was just outside the building at the time told the Star he saw police following a speeding car driven by a young woman with a man in a hoodie in the passenger seat. According to the Nelson Police Department, they chased a suspect to a ...

Gang members come of age

Stuff.co.nzGang members come of ageStuff.co.nzOnce the exclusive realm of young men, the patched gangs are ageing and maturing, the ramifications of which are intriguing and, at times, utterly surprising. Tribal Huk have been quietly feeding hungry schoolkids for two years. This quiet endeavour in ...

Montana's top stories of 2014

The MissoulianMontana's top stories of 2014The Missoulian“What we're doing in the Bakken with state and local agencies is a constant battle,” Cotter said. He declined to ... "If we're seeking greater transparency from the (government), we ought to be seeking greater transparency from everyone making claims ...

How to Stop a Damaging Cycle on Policing

Wall Street JournalHow to Stop a Damaging Cycle on PolicingWall Street JournalIn New York City, a Quinnipiac survey finds, only African-Americans approve of Mayor Bill de Blasio 's handling of the police department and police/community relations, while large majorities of whites and Hispanics disapprove. ... And with Dante, very ...

Terrorist groups have no place in Ghana

spyghana.comTerrorist groups have no place in Ghanaspyghana.comThe group mainly young men are said to be opposed to Muslims dealing with Christians. They have ... ASP Yeboah added that the Eastern regional police command is on the ground to fish out the other suspects in their hideouts to face prosecution ...

Sacrifices In Journalism And Whistleblowing: A Tribute to Truth

Mintpress News (registration) (blog)Sacrifices In Journalism And Whistleblowing: A Tribute to Truth-TellersMintpress News (registration) (blog)Brown's case became a symbol for those seeking strengthened press freedoms in the U.S. and represented the dangers posed when the federal government seeks to aggressively prosecute citizen journalists not based on their actions, but on the actions of ...

Is there hope for the child bride accused of murder in Nigeria?

The GuardianIs there hope for the child bride accused of murder in Nigeria?The GuardianAs the only woman with a private legal practice in her state, and the first female to go to school in her area, Ibrahim knows all about the transformative capacity education can have on a girl's life. She handles around 20 cases involving forced ...

Chinas Electroshock Gay

Daily BeastChinas Electroshock Gay-Conversion CaseDaily BeastTwo men, who identified themselves as brothers, were tending the bar. Would I like a drink? Not wanting to seem like an outsider, or worse, a first year girl, I accepted a green drink in a clear tumbler with a straw that the taller of two young men ...

Anatomy of a New York Times Hatchet Job

The Territory.org (subscription)Anatomy of a New York Times Hatchet JobThe Territory.org (subscription)To date, the Times has published stories focusing on several BB gun fights among the football team, the fact that fans don't ask tough questions during a coach's call-in show, and the following piece on a late-night car accident involving FSU football ...

The Lives of Ronald Pinn

London Review of Books (subscription)The Lives of Ronald PinnLondon Review of Books (subscription)I first went to Camberwell New Cemetery about six years ago, looking for the grave of a young man called Melvin Bryan, a petty criminal who died after being stabbed at a drug-house in Edmonton. ... I had no idea as I left East Dulwich that evening how ...

The Liberation of the Lame Duck: Obama Goes Full Bulworth

Daily BeastThe Liberation of the Lame Duck: Obama Goes Full BulworthDaily BeastAnd while the media attention flows toward 2016–in part fueled by the fantasy that the next man or woman will magically come in and change everything—the noisy cavalcade of contenders will be competing for the mere chance to have the power that Obama ...

Meet Americas Next Ambassador to Cuba

Daily BeastMeet Americas Next Ambassador to CubaDaily Beast“He's a smart guy, very committed, always concerned about issues of democracy, and he's very professional, level-headed. He thinks through issues.” Schneider points out that DeLaurentis has been in his post in Cuba since the summer, so he's been in on ...

Prosecutors Have No Idea When 9/11 Mastermind?s Trial Will Start

Daily BeastProsecutors Have No Idea When 9/11 Mastermind?s Trial Will StartDaily BeastGUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE—Justice for the five men accused of conspiring to bring about the 9/11 attacks have been delayed another week by the cancelation of court proceedings—the latest road bump on a years-long process to bring the process to a ...

Aging Cuban Exiles And Their Lawmakers Bypassed by White House

Daily BeastAging Cuban Exiles And Their Lawmakers Bypassed by White HouseDaily BeastAnd if a family is bonding in 2015, it probably involves Game of Thrones or Modern Family. ... From Russia to the Caribbean and Uganda to Malaysia, more than twenty-five activists from around the world shared their personal struggles and triumphs, and ...

Hearing on hold for man accused of accosting girl

Livingston DailyHearing on hold for man accused of accosting girlLivingston DailyAssistant Prosecutor Daniel Rose opposed an adjournment, saying his office previously provided the defense with a police report that included a written description of the information Henry is seeking. He also noted that the more time passes, it could ...

Year in review: Top stories at Trib.com

Casper Star-Tribune OnlineYear in review: Top stories at Trib.comCasper Star-Tribune OnlineIt's homecoming for Powell High School, the first home game of the season, the first without Jim Stringer, the man who led the school to four state championships. The 6-foot-2, ... It's the greatest achievement in Riley's young football career. “And I ...

2014 Artist Survey: Wampire

Under the Radar Mag2014 Artist Survey: WampireUnder the Radar MagWe asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2014 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. Check out our Best of 2014 print and digital ...

The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo

Daily BeastThe Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta GarboDaily BeastNot wanting to seem like an outsider, or worse, a first year girl, I accepted a green drink in a clear tumbler with a straw that the taller of two young men offered me. He called it the “house special. .... Police contacted dozens of witnesses from ...

Calls grow to eliminate grand jury secrecy in police killings

Bellingham HeraldCalls grow to eliminate grand jury secrecy in police killingsBellingham HeraldAs thousands of protesters nationwide ask how a pair of grand juries could decline to indict police officers in the deaths of two unarmed men, retired Judge LaDoris Cordell has another question: Why do we allow secret hearings that – at the very least ...