Liz Goodwin

National Affairs Reporter, Yahoo! News

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100 of the 166 inmates at Gitmo are on 100th day of hunger strike. 30 are being force fed cnn.com/2013/05/17/us/…

At Guantanamo, a costly confinement

cnn.com — Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (CNN) -- Every day, the workers in the Guantanamo Bay kitchen cook three squares for the detainees held here. And every day, up to 100 of the 166 inmates send them back. They're protesting their ongoing imprisonment by going on hunger strikes for what is now 100 days.
Jorge Videla just died in prison. He was serving time for stealing babies from dissident Argentines bit.ly/NEMlEE

Jorge Rafael Videla convicted of baby thefts

guardian.co.uk — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has been convicted of executing a systematic plan to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured and killed during the military junta's war on leftist dissenters three decades ago. The baby thefts set Argentina's 1976-1983 military junta apart from all the others that ruled in Latin America at the time.
"How a Nice Jewish Macrobiologist Became a Buddhist in America" Best PR email today

27-year-old CIA wig resurfaces in Moscow spy case

washingtonpost.com — MOSCOW - All that low-tech equipment that Russian security officers displayed for the TV cameras after detaining Ryan Fogle, American diplomat and alleged spy, made it look as though he stepped right out of the annals of 1980s Cold War espionage.
RT @tedhesson: Whitehouse amendments passes that would loosen visa requirements for certain start up investors uninews.us/15Q1WAU
Senators just added an amdmt to immigration bill to create a special visa category for tech incubators
RT @BostonDotCom: Full statement from @bostonmarathon: BAA invites 2013 non-finishers to run 2014 Boston Marathon bo.st/18NBpmg

BAA invites 2013 non-finishers to run 2014 Boston Marathon

boston.com — The Boston Athletic Association has invited runners who were prevented from finishing the 2013 Boston Marathon because of the bombings near the finish line to participate in the 2014 Boston Marathon. "The opportunity to run down Boylston Street and to cross the finish line amid thousands of spectators is a significant part of the entire Boston Marathon experience," BAA executive director Tom Grilk said in a press release.

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Need a handgun in Chicago? Here are 1,300 options (interactive)

news.yahoo.com — At one point last January, Brad Dixon says he was entertaining so many offers for his collection of assault rifles, shotguns and ammunition that he was getting a new text message every 10 minutes.
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