Monthly Archives: April 2007

From Bob Herbert, San Jose Mercury News: The police chief says there were no options. “The student became violent,” said Frank Mercurio, the no-nonsense chief of the Avon Park police. “She was yelling, screaming – just being uncontrollable. Defiant.” At … Continue reading →

Father Jake Stops the World has a explanation of how candidates for Archbishop are chosen, and his guest poster Trinity Matthew gives an overview of the candidates. Archbiship Andrew Hutchinson is retiring, the 13th Canadian Primate election will be held June … Continue reading →

Lake Hume-surbanbloke Flickr More from ABC news including arial photos on Australia’s worst drought on record. The Independent

Jordon and Wendy Cooper, working with the Salvation Army in Saskatoon are standing together with other volunteers to provide shelter and food for evacuees from serious flooding in the northern part of the province. Hundreds are being sheltered in the Cosmo Civic Centre. … Continue reading →

No arrests have been made in the April 17th attack of a Pakistan journalist in Mississauga. 35 year old  Jawaad Faizi who writes for Pak_izah intirnashinal=Pakeeza international (the largest Urdu language paper in North America) was treated and released after 2 men  upset with … Continue reading →

While the slaughter at Virginia Tech dominates North American news coverage, four bombs in Baghdad have killed at least 157 and injured scores of people today. Numbers are still coming in. 500 civilians have died in the past week. (Iraq Body … Continue reading →

Students Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, from Saugus, Massachusetts Brian Bluhm, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa  Ryan Clark, 22, from Martinez, Georgia Austin Cloyd, from Blacksburg, Virginia Matthew Gwaltney, from Chester, Virginia Emily J. Hilscher, 19, from Woodville Virginia Caitlin Hammaren, 19, … Continue reading →

While Poynter Online is a resource for journalists, it is also a good resource for bloggers struggling to post fast breaking and tragic events. While every point may have some flexibility for bloggers (and particularly for the thousands of Virgina Tech … Continue reading →