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Fast Forward Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’ Spotlights Shortage of Women in Top Tech Spots
Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg is taking a drubbing for prescribing from a privileged perch the keys to female success in her upcoming book “Lean In,” but she’s struck a chord among many in her backyard. In her own technology sector, women remain woefully underrepresented in leadership roles, even more so than in fields generally considered…
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Fast Forward Family of Robert Levinson, Captive Jewish FBI Agent, Meets With John Kerry
Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday met with the family of a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007, and urged anyone who may have information about his whereabouts to come forward. Robert Levinson, who retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1998, disappeared from Kish Island in Iran on a…
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News Gabrielle Giffords To Receive ‘Profile In Courage’ Award
Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is set to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for her efforts to curb gun violence since she was seriously wounded in a Tucson shooting rampage two years ago. Gifffords is to receive the award, given annually by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, in recognition of…
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Fast Forward FBI To Investigate Hate Crime Reports at Oberlin College
The FBI has opened an investigation into possible civil rights violations after reports of hate speech at Oberlin College in Ohio, one of the first U.S. schools to integrate black and white students, a school spokesman said on Friday. The investigation by the FBI’s Cleveland office follows Oberlin’s decision to suspend classes and activities for…
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Fast Forward Israeli Police, Palestinians Clash at Dome of the Rock Complex
Israeli police fired stun grenades to disperse Palestinian worshippers who had thrown rocks and firebombs at them after Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, police said. Dozens of officers entered the politically sensitive area, one of Islam’s holiest sites to break up several hundred protesters. A number of policemen were…
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Fast Forward Sen. Carl Levin Won’t Run for Reelection
Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, chairman of the powerful Armed Services Committee, said on Thursday he would not seek re-election in 2014, ending more than three decades in the Senate. “This decision was extremely difficult because I love representing the people of Michigan in the U.S. Senate and fighting for the things that…
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Fast Forward Greek Neo-Nazi Spokesman Cleared in Attack on Student
The spokesman for Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party was cleared on Thursday of involvement in an attack on a student in 2007, triggering chants and cheers from supporters outside the court room. Elias Kasidiaris – whose movement entered parliament for the first time in June riding a wave of public anger over austerity and immigration…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Shot by Israeli Soldiers Dies
A Palestinian shot by Israeli soldiers during a confrontation with stone-throwers in the occupied West Bank two weeks ago died of his wounds on Thursday, his family and a hospital official said. The incident occurred during protests in support of a hunger strike by four Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Mohammed Asfour, 22, was shot…
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