The war on women waged with gusto last year under the dome of the Texas Capitol has claimed at least one legislative aide. Allison Catalano, who began working for Denton GOP Rep. Myra Crownover last summer, resigned her post this week, citing Crownover's support for cuts to women's health funding. In a letter to Crownover, Catalano wrote that she decided to resign her position because of "recent decisions made by you, Representative Crownover, along with other legislators" related to the draconian cuts to the women's health budget.
In a letter to Crownover, Catalano wrote that she decided to resign her position because of "recent decisions made by you, Representative Crownover, along with other legislators" related to the draconian cuts to the women's health budget.
The Pentagon says an Afghan drove an apparently stolen vehicle onto the ramp area of a British airfield in southern Afghanistan and into a ditch, where it exploded in flames, about the same time U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's aircraft was landing. A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. John Kirby, said no one in Panetta's party was injured.
A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. John Kirby, said no one in Panetta's party was injured.
Death row inmate Gary Haugen is challenging the execution reprieve that Gov. John Kitzhaber issued to him in November. Haugen, a twice-convicted killer who has repeatedly stated his desire to be executed, is filing a motion in Marion County Circuit Court to annul the reprieve, Haugen’s attorney said in a letter to Kitzhaber Monday.
Haugen, a twice-convicted killer who has repeatedly stated his desire to be executed, is filing a motion in Marion County Circuit Court to annul the reprieve, Haugen’s attorney said in a letter to Kitzhaber Monday.
A cash-strapped Little League in Los Angeles County is returning a surprise donation from a strip club. League President Roberto Aguirre said the league's board of directors met late into the night on Monday. They finally decided to return the $1,200 donated by the Jet Strip gentlemen's club two weeks ago.
League President Roberto Aguirre said the league's board of directors met late into the night on Monday. They finally decided to return the $1,200 donated by the Jet Strip gentlemen's club two weeks ago.
After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print. Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered reference books that were once sold door-to-door by a fleet of traveling salesmen and displayed as proud fixtures in American homes will be discontinued, company executives said. In an acknowledgment of the realities of the digital age — and of competition from the Web site Wikipedia — Encyclopaedia Britannica will focus primarily on its online encyclopedias and educational curriculum for schools. The last print version is the 32-volume 2010 edition, which weighs 129 pounds and includes new entries on global warming and the Human Genome Project.
Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered reference books that were once sold door-to-door by a fleet of traveling salesmen and displayed as proud fixtures in American homes will be discontinued, company executives said.
In an acknowledgment of the realities of the digital age — and of competition from the Web site Wikipedia — Encyclopaedia Britannica will focus primarily on its online encyclopedias and educational curriculum for schools. The last print version is the 32-volume 2010 edition, which weighs 129 pounds and includes new entries on global warming and the Human Genome Project.