Iowa State Daily, Iowa State University, IA
5 days ago by Sophia Tareen
CHICAGO (AP) - Thousands of chanting, flag-waving immigrants and activists rallied in cities across the country Thursday, attempting to reinvigorate calls for immigration reform in a presidential election year in which the economy has taken center stage. From Washington to Miami to Los Angeles, immigrant rights activists demanded citizenship opportunities for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.
University Chronicle, Saint Cloud State University, MN
4 days ago by Andy Downs
Are you tired of going downtown to the same typical, overcrowded, too-loud-to-talk bar?
Do those obnoxious bars have a harsh, demeaning atmosphere overflowing with drunk tough guys hell-bent on their next female conquest?
Would you mind enjoying cocktails and gourmet dishes while kicking back in a church pew?
If so, The White Horse is the place for you.
Iowa State Daily, Iowa State University, IA
5 days ago by Bradley S. Klapper
AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) - The wife of an Austrian man accused of holding their daughter captive for 24 years fought to keep the troubled family together but never knew their child was in a soundproofed cellar beneath the apartment, the wife's sister said. In an exclusive television interview with The Associated Press, a woman who identified herself as Josef Fritzl's sister-in-law provided intimate details of the oppression inside the Fritzl home, describing him as a "tyrant.
University Chronicle, Saint Cloud State University, MN
5 days ago by Jason Schueppert
Since heading to Los Angeles in the mid-90s to pursue his acting career, VH1's resident funny man Paul F. Tompkins has managed to make quite a name for himself.
"I had been doing stand-up for about eight years in Philadelphia and then moved out to L.A. to get into TV and film and everything," said Tompkins, who only had a few hundred dollars and determination on his side for the move.
Iowa State Daily, Iowa State University, IA
5 days ago by Mike Glover
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Barack Obama angrily denounced his former pastor for "divisive and destructive" remarks on race, seeking to divorce himself from the incendiary speaker and a fury that threatens to engulf his front-running Democratic presidential campaign.