Alternative News

Creditors in Greektown Casino's bankruptcy agreed Thursday to pursue an alternative plan to pull the casino out of Chapter 11 protection.

More than 200 protesters occupied Clark Kerr Hall at UC Santa Cruz Thursday, continuing protests that began Wednesday against UC regents' decision to hike fees by 32 percent.

" Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray and U.S. Senator Al Franken introduced two bills that provide additional resources to help homeless and foster children succeed in school.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6:22 p.m. Read more: Local , Economy , Business , Community , State , Jobs , Shared Work Program Missouri's Labor Department director said the Shared Work Program has saved over 37,000 jobs in the state, and saved the state money, too.

KUALA LUMPUR: The ban on cigarette sponsorship for sports activities, especially football, will not be withdrawn by the government, deputy minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Razali Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat today.

What are your favorite alternative albums of the 2000s? 0 You may already be getting sick of reading the obligatory Top Albums of the Decade list that every music editor, blogger, and social networker has been ordered to shove down your throat.

An apartment block in Rathgar in Dublin has been evacuated this evening after a fire broke out in the basement of the building.

The Associated Press DES MOINES -- The head of Iowa's largest state worker union said Tuesday he will push for early-retirement incentives to encourage thousands of workers to leave state government and help cut costs amid continuing budget problems.

A Minneapolis police officer plans to contest her unpaid suspension, which was handed down by the chief in connection with a case of alleged police brutality.

Leggings . The word sends shivers up the spines of women packing even an ounce of extra padding below the waist.

Delta-Montrose Electric Association is now accepting applications for the 2010 National Rural Electric Association Youth Tour .

The secret is out: Man and gomphotheres once coexisted in Sonora. Tools and spear tips found with fossil bones at a remote Sonoran site suggest that Clovis-era hunters butchered two juvenile specimens of the elephantlike megafauna about 13,000 years ago.

The consensus from political experts: New Hampshire isn't Florida. With four candidates currently in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, and at least one more still considering running, the anticipated highest-profile New Hampshire race in 2010 will be about far more than cut-and-dried distinctions on ideology.

With a reputation forged in fire, brimstone and magic, KILLING JOKE have long been one of rock's most iconic and influential outfits.

Research: Teenage pregnancy and social disadvantage: Systematic review integrating controlled trials and qualitative studies Youth development programs that tackle deprivation and help children and young people enjoy school are successful in reducing teenage pregnancy rates, say researchers on bmj.com today.

Health reform legislation is in quite a bind. It is a veritable mess. The U.S. House of Representatives bill includes a pretty weak public option and it places new restrictions on abortion coverage that exceed those of the 1976 Hyde Amendment, which restricts the use of any Federal funds for abortions.

It's been nearly 10 years since Russian-born singer Regina Spektor began performing in New York, her adopted hometown.

It is a perplexing but enduring notion that Canada, conceived in conflict, born in an act of defiance and defence, forged on the battlefields in Europe, Africa and Asia, and sustained by participation in military alliances during the long and bitter Cold War, is a beacon of peace.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan said she is both excited and concerned about legislation passed by the House that would overhaul the nation's health care system.

HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Mendes would 'never' sign on to Resident Evil SHOWBIZ Monday November 9,2009 Hollywood beauty EVA MENDES has killed off reports she's set to star in zombie sci-fi thriller RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE, insisting she'd "never" join the computer game-based franchise.