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1 fatally stabbed, 2 hurt at NJ retiree community

A resident of a southern New Jersey retirement community stabbed three people Thursday, killing an 88-year-old woman who had recently moved out because she was afraid of him and was among a group of neighbors who had accused him of disturbing the peace, authorities said.

For Amish, recession is challenge, blessing

A severe downturn in the RV industry has forced hundreds of Amish people out of factory jobs, causing pain but also allowing some to take a step back to simplicity and community.

A nationwide community gathered to watch Cronkite

Would Walter Cronkite have tweeted?

Among Minneapolis Somalis, relief over indictments

Over the long months that federal investigators delved into the baffling recruitment of young men who left Minneapolis to fight with Islamic militants in Somalia, the city's Somali community grappled with the fear they would all be branded terrorists.

NH city rallies around refugees to banish bedbugs

After all the officials took turns explaining a plan to end a bedbug infestation in an apartment building where mostly refugees live, Michel Ndayavugwi simply pointed to the young boy dozing in a chair in the back of the room.

Temple bomb case hurtful reminder in NYC community

Riverdale has a reputation as a tranquil piece of suburbia nestled in New York City.

Pakistan aid director: Generosity will dry up

Today I was actually up in the Buner district. This is where the IDPs [internally displaced people]have been moving out of. We wanted to try to get further into Buner to see what was going on in the conflict area.

Community colleges squeezed from both sides

When Deneece Huftalin looks out from her office, she sees signs that would be encouraging in normal economic times.

End to Ariz. boy's homicide case relieves town

Residents of this tight-knit Arizona community say the time has come to try to forget.

Texas prison keeps jobs, but riots bring scrutiny

A remote western Texas county secured its finances and kept jobs at home by turning over its sprawling prison to private management, but two inmate riots in the last six weeks have increased scrutiny on the facility.

Argentine fuels Jewish identity debate

The first Orthodox man elected to head Argentina's largest Jewish organization took office Thursday amid an angry debate over religious and cultural identity.

Service Taps Users to Help Filter Sites

You can now help decide what Web sites your boss should block.

Infringement Fears Haunt Patent Project

Initial testing for an online peer review of up to 250 patent applications is set for next week even as the program's director deflects fears that participants could be liable later for willful patent infringement.

Mich. Township Has Fun in Search for Hoffa

As FBI agents search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains, businesses are relishing in their newfound notoriety, peddling everything from T-shirts to a Hoffa Steak Salad "buried under field greens with mushrooms and edible flowers."

The Vine
Check Yourself, Your Friends', Your Neighbors', Your Kids' For Unclaimed IRS Rebate Funds
Source: Inside Bay Area Most Viewed

There are 107,831 rebate checks at the IRS that were marked undeliverable and returned to them earlier this year. This tool lets you easily and quickly check their records to see if one of them belongs to someone near you. The total of the checks stands at $123.5 M.

This Highway belongs to the Elite

I live on a busy highway. Just 25 feet from my front door is a four lane highway. It is a main vein between cities in the northern woods of Wisconsin. And I am happy here.

Poll. Do ya feel lucky? Well? Do ya?

We are coming to Thanksgiving next week and this seems to be the time (as the holiday suggests) when people reflect on the things that they are thankful for. They always mention family and loved ones and those things are important.

It Takes a Village to Grow a Small Business

Violet Rowe 166 Lake St. Hamburg, NY 14075 (716) 432-9711 Vrowe22@yahoo.com It Takes a Village to Grow a Small Business

Forming Tribalized Communities: Introduction
Source: We Change

Pragmatic Western industrial society, 'backs into' the future. Until an event, or act, occurs, no action is taken. The event determines the action to be taken, - usually based on a previous situation or assumed hallowed ideal, such as free enterprise.

Man 'must work with Christians'
Source: BBC News

A man sentenced to 140 hours community service told a probation officer he did not want to work with non-Christians, Londonderry Crown Court has heard. Paul de Pinto, 36, from Meadowbank House, admitted assaulting a man last August after an argument broke out about religion.

GE, Comcast agree on NBC Universal�s worth - Media biz- msnbc.com
Source: msnbc.com

This seems to mean MSNBC.com along with Newsvine may be moving closer to a move.

Vegan Community Needs

Being a vegan or a vegetarian for that matter doesn't come with its own set of continuous obstacles. The first being, you need to tell the carnivorous majority that you've decided eating meat is a no-no and that from now on you'd appreciate if they'd respect that.

Boy Killed Trick-Or-Treating Identified -
Source: thebostonchannel.com

A 10-year-old boy was killed after a birch tree snapped and struck him Saturday evening while he was trick-or-treating with friends

Do you own a piece of the Berlin Wall?
Source: msnbc.com

To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, msnbc.com wants to hear about how you acquired a piece of the iconic barrier.

Family, Town Prepare For Somer's Farewell
Source: News4Jax.com - Local News

One week after 7-year-old Somer Thompson disappeared while walking home from school, her mother, extended family and an entire community prepares for a public tribute and farewell.

Inside private world of polygamist ranch
Source: msnbc.com

Rumors are swirling about women at a polygamist ranch being brainwashed, with child brides suffering physical abuse. What really went on at that ranch? Keith Morrison gets a personal tour of a private world.

Even dogs sniff around before they sh*t

I snore.......... should I have a Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty? My skin is beginning to sag..., ok, it's been more then 'beginning". Should I have it tightened? My tooth is broken and some teeth are missing, should I stop smiling?

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Defying the Taliban to get an education
Source: BBC News

Around the world, millions of children have to go to great lengths to get a decent education. In the fifth dispatch in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Aleem Maqbool reports from Pakistan's Swat Valley, where girls are defying Taliban attempts to stop them going to school.

Neighbours mistake corpse for Halloween prop
Source: abc.net.au

Residents at a California apartment building failed to alert police to the body of their dead neighbour because they thought it was a Halloween display, local media reported.

Viners Come and Go

Reflecting on all the people that live in the Newsvine cyber world and those that have vanished. A big neighborhood of people and conversation and a plethora of information being exchanged and discussed. A new found peer group to incorporate into our daily lives.

I never thought mom blogs were for me ...

From reporter (and mom) Adrienne Mand Lewin

Wingnuts, Thieves, Terrorists and Imbeciles Kill Social Sites

In recent months there has been a growing awareness among the citizens of on-line communities that social sites and other gathering places or waterholes are being attacked by various and sundry individuals and organisms that appear to bring detriment, discord and sometimes fatal …

Ugly battle has librarians in Oak Brook turning to Teamsters
Source: dailyherald.com

Telling her mother that she wanted to come to the aid of a library under attack, 11-year-old Sydney Sabbagha stood at the podium before the Oak Brook village board.

Journalists should be active in protecting freedom of speech - President - ForUm
Source: Ukranian News

Of particular concern in this situation, the President called passiveness of certain representatives of the journalistic profession: "the tin soldiers, who are ready not just to accept such a policy, but to continue it".

The Patagonia Times - Patagonia News - Chile: Government Proposes Community Kickback Energy Law
Source: The Patagonia Times

Hey! They know how to take care of the regular old tax payer. They make those that reap profits from special positions give back to the community. My county would become rich if AEP's Conesville Plant paid us $10 for every MW they produce.

90 percent of Icelandic households with Internet access | IceNews - Daily News
Source: Iceland News

So, you think US is a leader of the world? I wonder why Iceland leads us in internet availability. Check out this news site from Iceland to see what is going on with the really leading countries.

What's the one nagging thing that you do not understand about yourself?

Recently, this question was asked to the top professional psychologists by the British Psychological Society, which you can read more about here.

We Are Hollow Men -- With Guns

While I hope my title got everyone's hackles up over the bogus issue of gun control, I actually plan to address the real issue at hand: a nation of citizens who have become so out of touch with reality that we, while staunchly and rightly heralding democracy around the globe, ar …

GNW- Quenching thirsts
Source: The Roanoke Times

This one will touch everyone with the mans generosity.

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