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Intermission  
Out and about today, but the bridge, as are these pictures from The Avengers, are yours.

 

The Original 99% Movement  
Top Military Man Invokes the Occupy Movement in 1933 General Butler addressed the Bonus Army in Washington D.C. in 1933, as they “occupied” D.C. to demand compensation for their service to the country...

 

Activists and bloggers fear Twitter censorship  
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America said Friday they were afraid that new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, st...

 

International Holocaust Remembrance Day  
It is 67 years since the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated.

 

kimay  
In May of 1945, legendary Scribner editor Maxwell Perkins wrote to a young soldier serving overseas. The enlisted man had sent Perkins a short story and asked for advice about pursuing a ...

 

Search for missing Kerry canoeist  
A large-scale search is expected to resume tomorrow for a 38-year-old man who went out on a canoe or kayak on an inland lake near Cromane, Co Kerry early this morning and failed to return. ...

 

Activists: Syrian forces battle defectors  
At least one member of the Syrian security forces was killed and nine others were injured following violent clashes with army defectors in Daraa province, opposition activists said Thursday.

 

Activists write to child rights panel chief  
Women’s groups and child rights activists have written to the chairperson National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) seeking her intervention in securing the custody of the two Ind......

 

Activists report 'terrifying massacre' in Syria  
A "terrifying massacre" in the restive Syrian city of Homs has killed more than 30 people...

 

Vancouver councillor picks a ruff battle: leash laws  
Adriane Carr says current animal control laws are bad for responsible dog owners