melissagilbert.org: Latest News http://gardenandlawncare.com/ Latest news from melissagilbert.orgen melissagilbert.org: Latest News http://gardenandlawncare.com/EXT:tt_news/ext_icon.gif http://gardenandlawncare.com/ Latest news from melissagilbert.orgTYPO3 - get.content.righthttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssMon, 27 Jun 2011 19:50:49 -0400 Afghan official: Country's top banker flees nation (AP) http://gardenandlawncare.com//article/afghan-official-countrys-top-banker-flees-nation-ap-3ed5b2c6ac/ AP - Afghanistan's top banker, who is alleged to have played a role in the failure of the nation's...AP - Afghanistan's top banker, who is alleged to have played a role in the failure of the nation's largest private lender, has fled the country, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said Monday.

]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:50:49 -0400 FACT CHECK: Bachmann bomblets raising eyebrows (AP) http://gardenandlawncare.com//article/fact-check-bachmann-bomblets-raising-eyebrows-ap-19d79be51f/ AP - Michele Bachmann's claim that she has "never gotten a penny" from a family farm that's been...

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., waves to supporters before making her formal announcement to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Monday, June 27, 2011, in Waterloo, Iowa. Bachmann, who was born in Waterloo, will continue her announcement tour this week with stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Michele Bachmann's claim that she has "never gotten a penny" from a family farm that's been subsidized by the government is at odds with her financial disclosure statements. They show tens of thousands in personal income from the operation.


]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:29:16 -0400 Williams sisters, Wozniacki all lose at Wimbledon (AP) http://gardenandlawncare.com//article/williams-sisters-wozniacki-all-lose-at-wimbledon-ap-6c0614345c/ AP - Walking away from Centre Court, Oracene Price — mother and sometimes-coach to Serena and...

Serena Williams of the US celebrates a point win during the match against France's Marion Bartoli at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Monday, June 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Walking away from Centre Court, Oracene Price — mother and sometimes-coach to Serena and Venus Williams — shook her head after watching one daughter lose at Wimbledon, then the other.


]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:50:45 -0400 International court orders Gaddafi's arrest (Reuters) http://gardenandlawncare.com//article/international-court-orders-gaddafis-arrest-reuters-e72532daad/ Reuters - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader...

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2010 file photo, Harold Koh, the U.S. State Department legal adviser, speaks in Geneva, Switzerland. President Barack Obama is acting within the law in ordering U.S. military attacks against Libya, a top State Department lawyer told a Senate panel sharply divided over the commander in chief's authority in the 3-month-old conflict. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)Reuters - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of the capital.


]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:02:51 -0400 Famous Thatcher handbag auctioned for $40,000 (AP) http://gardenandlawncare.com//article/famous-thatcher-handbag-auctioned-for-40000-ap-7aabbdc544/ AP - One of Margaret Thatcher's famous handbags fetched 25,000 pounds ($39,953) at a London charity...

Britain's Lord Archer, left, accepts bids for a handbag that was once owned by former British Prime Minister, Baroness Margaret Thatcher, for more than thirty years at a charity auction at Christie's in central London, Monday June 27, 2011. The handbag fetched 25,000 pounds ($39,880/28,100 euro) when it went under the hammer. It was bought by an unnamed Cypriot who is understood to have been a student in Britain during Margaret Thatcher's tenure as prime minister. (AP Photo/PA, John Stillwell) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVEAP - One of Margaret Thatcher's famous handbags fetched 25,000 pounds ($39,953) at a London charity auction Monday.


]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:27:16 -0400 Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team files bankruptcy (Reuters) http://gardenandlawncare.com//article/los-angeles-dodgers-baseball-team-files-bankruptcy-reuters-93/ Reuters - The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, blaming Major League...Reuters - The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, blaming Major League Baseball for rejecting a television deal that would have given the storied baseball team an urgent injection of cash.

]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:26:05 -0400 Los Angeles Dodgers file for bankruptcy protection (AP) http://gardenandlawncare.com//article/los-angeles-dodgers-file-for-bankruptcy-protection-ap-11/ AP - Facing the painful prospect of stiffing players and employees, the Los Angeles Dodgers filed...

FILE - In this June 17, 2011 file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt speaks to the media outside court in Los Angeles. On Monday, June 27, 2011, the Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court. McCourt cites Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig's interference with club operations and refusal to approve a Dodgers TV deal with Fox Sports as the cause for Monday's bankruptcy filing. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - Facing the painful prospect of stiffing players and employees, the Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court Monday, adding to off-the-field troubles that have hobbled one of baseball's most storied franchises and setting up another showdown with Major League Baseball.


]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:15:09 -0400 Can't ban violent video sales to kids, court says (AP) http://gardenandlawncare.com//article/cant-ban-violent-video-sales-to-kids-court-says-ap-15/ AP - States cannot ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children, the Supreme...

Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, holds up three video games after a news conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 27, 2011. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional to bar children from buying or renting violent video games, saying government doesn't have the authority to 'restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed' despite complaints that the popular and fast-changing technology allows the young to simulate acts of brutality. Yee, who wrote the video game ban, told The Associated Press Monday that he was reading the dissents in hope of finding a way to reintroduce the law in a way it would be constitutional. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - States cannot ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting such limits as a violation of young people's First Amendment rights and leaving it up to parents and the multibillion-dollar gaming industry to decide what kids can buy.


]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:12:56 -0400 Los Alamos evacuation ordered because of wildfire (AP) http://gardenandlawncare.com//article/los-alamos-evacuation-ordered-because-of-wildfire-ap-15/ AP - • Authorities ordered Los Alamos evacuated Monday as a fast-growing and unpredictable...

A wildfire crests over the hills above Los Alamos National Labs Sunday June 26, 2011 in New Mexico. A fast-moving wildfire forced officials at the Los Alamos National Laboratory to close the site Monday. (AP Photo/Luis Sánchez Saturno, The New Mexican)AP - • Authorities ordered Los Alamos evacuated Monday as a fast-growing and unpredictable wildfire bore down on the northern New Mexico town and its sprawling nuclear laboratory.


]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:12:22 -0400 Review: Parton's well-meaning message falters (AP) http://gardenandlawncare.com//article/review-partons-well-meaning-message-falters-ap-60/ AP - Dolly Parton, "Better Day" (Dolly Records/Warner Bros.)

In this CD cover released by Dolly Records/Warner Bros., the latest release by Dolly Parton, 'Better Day,' is shown. (AP Photo/Dolly Records/Warner Bros.)AP - Dolly Parton, "Better Day" (Dolly Records/Warner Bros.)


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