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Most probably not alive but if you were you were all about the Fab Four. It was on this day that popular culture was stood on its head by the arrival of John, Paul, George and Ringo in New York City. It was only a couple of months after John

It is on right now. It has to be so cool to be wending through the canyons of Manhattan as a Super Bowl Champion. Ratings say that over 100 million Americans watched some of the game which means 200 million did not. As big an event as the Super Bowl

ATLANTA — A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

Karen Handel, the charity’s vice president for public policy, told Komen officials that she supported the move to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood. She said the discussion started before she arrived at the organization and was approved at the highest levels of the charity.

“I am deeply disappointed by the gross mischaracterizations of the strategy, its rationale, and my involvement in it,” Handel said in her letter. “I openly acknowledge my role in the matter and continue to believe our decision was the best one for Komen’s future and the women we serve.”

According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions, a driving force behind the move was Handel…

Brinker, in an interview with MSNBC, said Handel didn’t have a significant role in the policy change.Handel, a Republican, ran for Georgia governor in 2010, winning an endorsement from former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Handel then lost a primary runoff to former Georgia Congressman Nathan Deal, who won the general election.

Full text of Handel’s resignation.

While I appreciate your raising a possible severance package, I respectfully decline. It is my most sincere hope that Komen is allowed to now refocus its attention and energies on its mission.

Well, at least she won’t be taking a huge payout. Then again, if she did, it would only serve to damage SGK’s image even further.

ATLANTA — A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. Karen Handel, the charity’s vice president for public policy, told Komen

In December, 2010, Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews quietly approved the use of torture to defend “lives and property.” We wouldn’t do it ourselves, of course—it would effectively be outsourced. We’d just use the information so gathered. Of course, it’s all “exceptional circumstances” this and “urgent threat” that—the alibi

It’s going to happen.  We don’t have any other choice.   Growth, the crack cocaine of post-war industrialism in the Western World, has (pardon the pun) outgrown its social, economic and even political utility. Now it’s the EU Climate Chief picking up the refrain that growth is our problem, not our

Someone should introduce Iranians to a Santa to give them some idea how to celebrate the return of Ayatollah. Read the story here.

I should have posted this link last week: ERDC notices to members of its class action. After nearly 16 years, the Electronic Rights Defence Committee case against The Gazette is winding up. The case was against five legal entities, all charged with being implicated in uncompensated, unauthorized electronic publications of

As we close in on one year of Stephen Harper’s majority, it is evident that this is a very special government. YOU are just not on its list of priorities. It’s not that this government does not have causes to which it is deeply committed: low taxes for business and