2008 Woodie Awards
The Raging Grannies, a local group advocating peace and government reform, staged a rally to support five members of the group who were arrested while protesting the war in Iraq yesterday. The protest, which was held in front of the Greenfield District courthouse, included the Raging Grannies and two dozen of their supporters, many adorned with colorful signs, clothes and buttons, and used the power of words and song to protest the war in Iraq.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was the place where Anson Tripp had spent some of the best days of his undergraduate life - and it was also where he spent his last minutes of it. A University of Massachusetts graduate student in the Transportation Engineering department ended his life last Thursday when he plunged to his death in a stairwell on the RPI campus.
On the 39th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr., the brothers of the Alpha Kappa Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity along with the sisters of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority of the University of Massachusetts will hold a candle light vigil on campus tonight.
Even with the risk of becoming involved in legal trouble with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it seems college students nationwide are overlooking the repercussions of illegal downloading. According to a survey conducted last week by SurveyU - a Brooklyn-based group of technologists and researchers with expertise in creating interactive survey research dialogue for the modern college student - 67 percent of students on college campuses are still not concerned with the with their illegal downloading habits.
DENVER - The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season should be "very active," with nine hurricanes and a good chance that at least one major hurricane will hit the U.S. coast, a top researcher said Tuesday. Forecaster William Gray said he expects 17 named storms in all this year, five of them major hurricanes with sustained winds of 111 mph or greater.
SYLVANIA, Ala. - A woman who went for a horseback ride through town at midnight and allegedly used the horse to ram a police car was charged with driving under the influence and drug offenses, police said Tuesday. "Cars were passing by having to avoid it, and almost hitting the horse," said Police Chief Brad Gregg.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Metallica may be a cool name for a heavy metal band, but a Swedish couple is struggling to convince officials it is also suitable for a baby girl. Michael and Karolina Tomaro are locked in a court battle with Swedish authorities, which rejected their application to name their six-month-old child after the legendary rock band.
TRENTON, N.J. - It took nearly seven hours, the demolition of a bathroom and a sturdy extension ladder for rescue workers to remove a more than 700-pound woman from her home here, officials said. Rescue workers arrived at the woman's home about 5:45 p.m.
LONDON - Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all. In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine. "The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father.
MCLEAN, Va. - Congressional critics of President Bush's Iraq policy "seem to be rooting for failure," former White House chief of staff Andrew Card said Tuesday. In an interview with The Associated Press, Card said lawmakers' efforts to mandate withdrawal timelines and threats to cut funding go beyond the scope of their duties.
BOSTON - Massachusetts' governor ordered state officials to record the marriages of 26 out-of-state gay couples whose unions were blocked by his predecessor, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. "I think that the previous administration was using a gimmick to make what I feel was a discriminatory point," Gov.
ATLANTA - A domestic dispute erupted in gunfire at CNN's headquarters complex Tuesday, killing a woman and critically wounding the ex-boyfriend who pulled a gun on her, authorities said. The man and woman were arguing near the main entrance of the complex when the man shot her, police officer James Polite said.