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Fast Forward Gabby Giffords Heads to Newtown
Former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a mass shooting in her Arizona district two years ago, plans to visit Newtown, Connecticut, the site of last month’s deadly elementary school massacre, the Connecticut lieutenant governor’s office said Thursday. Giffords plans to attend a private event at a local home on Friday, Steven Jensen, spokesman for…
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Fast Forward Al Jazeera Buys Al Gore’s TV Network
Al Jazeera said it will buy Current TV, the struggling cable channel founded by Al Gore and partners, in a move that will boost the Qatar-based broadcaster’s footprint in the United States. Terms were undisclosed, but analysts estimated the deal could be worth as much as $500 million. Al Jazeera said it would start a…
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Fast Forward Irwin Groner, Conservative Rabbi, Dies at 81
Rabbi Irwin Groner, a former president of the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly, has died. Groner, who led Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Detroit for more than four decades, died Dec. 30 at a hospital in that city. He was 81 and suffered from Parkinson’s disease. He guided the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association of Conservative rabbis,…
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Fast Forward John Boehner Reelected as House Speaker
Despite a rocky few weeks during the “fiscal cliff” fight, John Boehner won re-election as speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday and will lead Republicans as they take on the White House over federal spending. Boehner beat Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi by 220-192 in the speakership vote on the first day of…
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Fast Forward N.Y. Jewish Groups Raise $5M for Sandy Aid
Jewish organizations in New York have raised more than $5.5 million for Hurricane Sandy relief aid, according to information provided to New York attorney general Eric T. Schneiderman. UJA-Federation of New York reported raising $4,294,190. The Jewish Federation of America raised approximately $1.2 million and B’nai Brith and Jewish Disaster Response Corps reported $39,529 and…
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Opinion Wrestling With Details of Noah Pozner’s Killing
This post originally appeared on the web site of the Dart Society, an independent association of journalists who cover violence and tragedy. Nine days after Veronique Pozner’s son, Noah, was killed in the Newtown schools shootings, I interviewed her and other members of the family about their grieving process. The family had just finished observing…
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Opinion Hidden Victims of Russia’s Adoption Ban
I used to see them fairly often in airports, nicer hotels or restaurants. Living in Eastern Europe, first as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine and later working for a non-profit in Russia, I’d become adept at spotting other Americans in public. I sized them up, taking into account the color and style of their…
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Fast Forward Bulgaria ID’s Suspect in Israeli Terror Bomb
Bulgaria’s security services reportedly have discovered the identity of one of the perpetrators of the July bombing in Burgas, which killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian. The Bulgarian news agency Novinite reported on Thursday that the discovery was the first time Bulgarian authorities tracked down an individual suspect, as the bomber and another accomplice are…
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