Ryan Mahon
Digital Journalist based in DC, United States.
Joined on Feb 12, 2008
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Arizona Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, has released two photos of herself via her Congressional website, and Facebook. The photos are the first released of her since the shooting on January 8, during which she was struck at point blank range.
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Community activists, organizers, and democratic governments are teaming up in an effort to construct a "shadow Internet" that will be very difficult to censor, survey or shut down.
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Montreal -
The Tour de L’Ile is an annual biking event in Montreal that is held to celebrate this mode of transportation. The event concluded a weekend that marked the unofficial start of Summer in Montreal.
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On Tuesday, Maine Governor Paul LePage signed legislation that increased the number of hours a child may work during the school year.
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Washington -
BGov.com supplies news about where and when the US Congress will siphon its roughly $600 billion in discretionary spending. Subscriptions start at $5,700, and when 150 planned new hires are complete, Bloomberg will be the second largest news desk in DC.
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Washington -
Each year Washington commemorates March 27, 1912, when the mayor of Tokyo, Yukio Ozaki, donated over 3,000 cherry trees to the city of Washington, DC, and the people of the United States.
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Tripoli -
Earlier today, in a hotel housing foreign journalists, a Libyan woman struggled with hotel staff and security forces to describe to the media a rape she claims was perpetrated by Qaddafi militia.
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Paris -
A coalition of European, Arab and American nations warned Qaddafi to adhere to a cease fire. On Saturday, as he ignored those warnings, Allies meeting in Paris announced that bombings would begin within hours.
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Italian authorities have located the GPS chip belonging to Matthias Schepp, the Swiss father of twins, who claims to have killed them before his suicide Feb 3.
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In an announcement earlier today, actor Charlie Sheen confirmed that he plans to bring his media ‘tsunami’ to bear on the lingering impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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Christchurch -
Despite suits trapped in a store in the earthquake zone, and a cake left unfinished at a bakery, Emma Howard and Chris Greenslade were married on schedule Feb 25 in Christchurch.
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CBS canceled production of the popular sitcom “Two and a Half Men” after Charlie Sheen reportedly attacked the show’s producer.
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The Obama administration announced today that it will no longer offer legal resistance to the Defense of Marriage Act, signed into law by President Clinton in 1996.
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Haapsalu -
A fire on Sunday tore through an Estonian home for disabled children, killing ten. The home was located in Haapsalu, on the central coast of Estonia.
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Washington -
Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan denies that his state is an ‘American Tunisia’ when it comes to budget deficits. But some analyses indicate that similar struggles lay dormant in other states.
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New York -
CBS foreign correspondent, Lara Logan, is recovering in a US hospital following a brutal, sustained attack during the celebrations on Friday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, Yahoo! News reports.
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Marseille -
Six-year old twin sisters, Alessia and Livia, alone since at least Feb 3, after their father apparently committed suicide by stepping in front of high speed train in Italy, have been traced to Corsica.
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Anchorage -
A woman from Anchorage, Alaska, who appeared November 17, 2010 on the Dr. Phil show to get help disciplining her adopted seven year-old son, was arraigned on Friday for charges of child abuse.
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New York -
While initially portrayed as a hero of the economic downturn, new information about Mr. Slater and his apparent altercation with a passenger, indicates that he may have simply been a disgruntled worker, who now, ironically, wants his job back.
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Beijing -
In response to environmental concerns, China has unveiled plans for a bus line that will literally drive over traffic, using a combination of solar and electric power, without disturbing the traffic below.
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