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Brazil: Poetry, rights and culture on the Indian blogosphere

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:11:27 -0700
Brazil has one of the most impressive mosaics of indigenous peoples in the world and that cultural richness is starting to show up on the Brazilian blogosphere. Photo by Tatiana_Reis at the digital inclusion area of Campus Party 2009. Some 500 year ago, before European colonization, Brazil was entirely inhabited by a diversity of indigenous groups, estimated by FUNAI at around 1-10 million people. The denomination “indian” was given to the native inhabitants of the land because t

Photos: Marriage equality rally in Cedar Rapids

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:53:57 -0700
These are a few of the photographs I took on Friday night at People's Church in downtown Cedar Rapids. There was a diverse group of people at the church that included quite a few families with young children in attendance. "Even before the ruling, there were already families," one attendee told me after the service. Another view from the back of the church as the sun was setting. Notice the two large banners flanking the pulpit I spoke briefly about in my previous post today. Th

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Facebook lures 200m with poker and pets (Financial Times)

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:32:42 -0700
Spectacular growth in online social gaming is prompting companies such as Google to enter the market and developers to rethink how they design video games.

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Newly wedded 73-year-old charged with killing his wife

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:51:51 -0700
By Calvin Palmer The marriage of two Pennsylvania 73-year-olds only lasted a few weeks before the husband was charged with killing his new bride. Police said William McTonic, of Jerome, was upset by his wife’s decision to end the marriage. Relatives found the body of Ruth Anne Henderson-McTonic on the back porch of her home on Friday. She had been shot twice in the chest with a .22-caliber firearm. McTonic was pulled over by police on Friday in nearby Somerset and arrested. He has been c

Iowa marriage ruling unlikely to sway W.Va. lawmakers (Charleston Daily Mail)

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:56:29 -0700
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An evangelical group pushing for a constitutional amendment on marriage in West Virginia hopes lawmakers take heed of last weeks Iowa Supreme Court ruling on the topic.The Family Policy Council of West Virginia argues that the Moun...