Monday, February 13, 2012

Newsworthy and Neglected: 2/13/2012

News stories from the past week that flew under the radar.  

NATIONAL
  • Chicago Pays Protesters  The city of Chicago is shelling out millions to protesters who were wrongfully arrested or detained. 
  • Purple Squirrels? In Pennsylvania, a purple squirrel mysteriously appears.  Could this be the result of fracking?

INTERNATIONAL
  • Brazilian Cops Arrested 17 police officers in Brazil were arrested for supporting a strike.  
  • Pink Drones Maybe a bad attempt at humor, but Iran intends to return the drone it hijacked from the United States, kind of. 
  • Chile Rising  The student uprising in Chile, over the rising cost of education, continues. 
 NEW YORK CITY/STATE
OPINION
  • Occupy Wall Street Will Occupy Oakland's more confrontational style influence Occupy Wall Street in NYC?
  • Obama's New Education Plan No child left behind is being phased out, but is Obama's new education plan just as bad.
ART/CULTURE

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