Prep Football | 2A: Archbishop Murphy stops W.F. West, 14-7
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Alex Martinez ran for a touchdown with 31.9 seconds remaining, giving the Wildcats a quarterfinal victory.
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Puerto Rico in grips of gay hate slaying
Rhod on Public Affairs (Free subscription) | yesterday
San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- Several hundred gay activists rallied Thursday afternoon in Puerto Rico to demand a robust prosecution in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager nearly a week ago. Juan A. Martinez Matos was charged at a hearing Wednesday with first-degree murder and three weapons violations in connection with the killing of 19-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado. The teen's decapitated,...
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Today's Transgender Day of Remembrance Honors the Dead
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The gruesome murder of 19-year-old gay man Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado in Puerto Rico last week has shone new light on the potentially life-threatening dangers facing those who do not easily slide into our society's conventions of gender. He, and 161 others murdered due to anti-transgender violence and prejudice, are memorialized worldwide today as part of Transgender Day of Remembrance. Mercado was...
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Suspect in Puerto Rico teen's murder 'may use gay panic defence'
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The man arrested in connection with the murder of gay Puerto Rico teenage Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado will reportedly use the 'gay panic' defence.
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2010 Offseason Plan
Memories Of Kevin Malone (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The 2009 Opening Day payroll was approximately 100 million dollars, and given all the recent divorce news, I find it hard to believe that number would be increased going into 2010. Therefore, my plan is based on a operating budget of about 100 million dollars with perhaps a bit of flexibility. Just to clarify, this is what I would do if I were the GM. Projected 2010 Payroll-100 Million Dollars As I...
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Suspect Charged In Horrific Murder Of Puerto Rican Gay Teen
GayGamer.net (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
While this isn't related to gaming, I wanted to take a second to post something about an issue that might have missed the radar for some of the readers here. This story has only recently begun to receive mainstream attention. Last week the body of 19 year old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado was found on the side of a road in central Puerto Rico. The body had been decapitated, dismembered and partially...
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Gay teen's slaying ignites outcry
CNN (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Several hundred gay activists rallied Thursday afternoon in Puerto Rico to demand a robust prosecution in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager nearly a week ago.
- Murder charge filed in Puerto Rico teen slaying - San Diego Union
- Murder charge filed in Puerto Rico teen slaying - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- See the 10 articles on the same subject
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Students win major sweatshop victory
Politics (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
By Tim Redmond It's gotten surprisingly little press (outside of the NY Times), but the decision by Russell Athletic to rehire 1,200 workers in Honduras who had been thrown out of work when the company closed a factory in the...
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HRC Statement on Brutal Slaying of Gay Teen in Puerto Rico
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The following release (también en español) was sent to media yesterday regarding the recent murder of a gay teenager in Puerto Rico: Human Rights Campaign Condemns Brutal Slaying of Gay Teen in Puerto Rico “Prejudice and hate are the true motivations,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese. WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual...
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Man charged with murder of gay Puerto Rico teen
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A man has been charged with the first degree murder of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado. Lopez Mercado, 19, was found dead by the side of a road Saturday in the city of Cayey. His body had been burnt and dismembered.
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Murder charged in gay Boricua teen's death
The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Was homophobia behind the murder of a gay Puerto Rican teen days ago? This is what investigators are examining in the gruesome death of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado. Police arrested a suspect in the killing of Lopez Mercado whose body had been found mutilated, decapitated, and dumped on the side of a local highway. According to local prosecutors, Juan A. Martinez Matos held a “deep-seated rage”...
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Cuban-American Says History Being Repeated
Bob McCarty Writes (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Following today’s release by Human Rights Watch of “New Castro, Same Cuba,” a 123-page report about conditions on the island nation under Raúl Castro’s government, I decided it appropriate to share excerpts of my recent interview with Rosendo “Marty” Martinez, a St. Louis-area man whose family fled Cuba soon after Fidel Castro seized power in [...]
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Democrats cheer education lawsuit
The Gradebook (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Florida Democrats can't get enough of the new lawsuit. Says House Democratic Leader Franklin Sands in this statement: "Not only are Florida schools inadequately funded, but the state's school accountability system is in need of serious repair. It's high time...
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JAG: The 10th and Final Season Announced for DVD: Date, Package Art and More!
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
By David Lambert - CBS DVD and Paramount Home Entertainment have been releasing JAG on DVD since 2006, a year after the show aired its series finale. Now the home videos come to an end, too, as CBS/Paramount... (more)
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Bloody day for Mexico border city
The Cult of the Dead Fish (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
At least 15 people have been killed in a single day of violence in Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican city bordering the United Sates, the Mexican authorities have said. A child, three women and a university professor were among the dead, according to officials on Saturday. Arturo Sandoval, the state prosecutor's spokesman, said a seven-year-old boy was travelling with his father in a truck when armed men opened...