Tag: North America
Former airport turned campground a hit in the Big Apple
A new campground in Brooklyn offers a taste of the great outdoors for New Yorkers and tourists alike....
Current generation could be less educated than parents
Higher tuition and less financial aid could result in today's college-age Americans becoming the first generation less educated than their parents....
Irene floods Philadelphia, New Jersey and Vermont
The storm left neighborhoods, towns and cities flooded along the eastern seaboard, with Philadelphia one of the worst hit....
Comedian Harry Shearer's serious work: 'The Big Uneasy'
Long time resident Harry Shearer takes a 180 degree shift from his comedy career to write and direct a new documentary about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina....
Meklit Hadero's African twist to American jazz
Singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero has made a sensation on the music scene, melding American jazz with the rhthym and language of her native Ethiopia....
Flying into the eye of Hurricane Irene
Flight meteorologists fly into the eye of Hurricane Irene to gather information that will determine where evacuations are needed....
New deportation policy and same-sex couples
While Obama administration's new deportation policy recognizes same-sex couples as family, it only applies to people already in deportation process. ...
NYPD, aided by CIA, secretly monitors Muslim communities
A new investigation shows the CIA worked with the NYPD to perform surveillance on ethnic communities outside both agencies' jurisdiction. ...
US, Europe to unfreeze billions in Libyan assets
The US prepares to release $37 billion of Lybia's assets tied up in cash, real estate and shares of US companies....
Does Israel have a friend in Glenn Beck?
Glenn Beck's rally in Jerusalem gets mixed reactions from Israelis -- some appreciate his support, others are asking him to 'stay home.'...
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