New Hampshire is canceling jury trials for a four week period to save money on per diem money for juries.
At least 19 other states, including California, have slashed court budgets and other government services as their economies have tanked, said Daniel Hall, vice president of the National Center for State Courts, a nonprofit [...]
Oh, please let there be video of this.
The outgoing US leader had just told reporters that while the war in Iraq was not over “it is decisively on its way to being won,” when al-Zeidi got to his feet and hurled abuse - and his footwear - at the US president.
[From Al Jazeera English - [...]
Climate change has caused Greenland’s ice sheet to melt increasingly fast in recent years, threatening traditional ways of life but making drilling for oil more feasible.
[From Greenland votes to step closer to independence | International | Reuters]