Hmmm... what fate... I'm hoping these people get rid of the stones they've been casting. To think that animal lovers that border on obsessive would be this careless. Well let's give them a second chance - perhaps they will realize the need to do the same for Mr. Vick and leave him alone. Perhaps they will allow the brother to make a living in his chosen profession.
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Robin Starr has been an outspoken critic of NFL quarterback Michael Vick for leading a cruel dogfighting ring. Vick acted despicably, then served his time in prison.
But today Starr is dealing with a cruel twist of fate.
A 16-year-old family dog died in the back seat of her car last week after being left there for four hours on a hot day in Richmond, Va.
Let's be clear: By all accounts so far, this was an accident that could have been avoided. Read the full story atKansasCityStar.com
The patriarch of the Kennedy family, “The Lion of the Senate,” and one of the longest serving senators, Edward “Teddy” Kennedy passed away
Senator Edward Kennedy has died from brain cancer. The 77-year-old Senator was one of the longest serving and most prolific Senators in history and the last surviving brother in a political dynasty. Some may remember him for his role as patriarch of the Kennedy family after his brothers, President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy were assassinated. Others will remember him as the compassionate Senator who crossed the aisle to pass over 300 bills while he was in office. And others may reflect upon his fight for health care.
But Senator Kennedy was a civil rights icon. His role in the Senate was to provide a voice for the voiceless. Many people believe Senator Kennedy’s early endorsement of President Obama helped Barack Obama win. However, Senator Kennedy’s journey to make President Obama the first black president started over 50 years ago.
Our condolences go out to the Kennedy family. America loved Senator Kennedy and he will be greatly missed.
Read about Senator Kennedy at CNN.com
Washington Post Photo Gallery/Timeline
OK, things are getting a little deep here. In a minute we're gonna have to send FOI to the President's events! It looks like folks are getting a little heated and now want to "exercise their right to bear arms" at events featuring President Obama. A police spokesman was quoted in this article saying "It was a group interested in exercising the right to bear arms."PHOENIX, Arizona (CNN) -- A man toting an assault rifle was among a dozen protesters carrying weapons while demonstrating outside President Barack Obama's speech to veterans on Monday, but no laws were broken. It was the second instance in recent days in which unconcealed weapons have appeared near presidential events
A man is shown legally carrying a rifle at a protest against President Obama on Monday in Phoenix, Arizona.
Video from the protest in Phoenix, Arizona, shows the man standing with other protesters, with the rifle slung over his right shoulder. Read it here
Civil rights legend, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery was presented with the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. The Medal of Freedom is the highest honor given to a civilian. The co-founder of SCLC with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other ministers, Dr. Lowery worked alongside Dr. King fighting for blacks to get the right to vote, and has continued working to empower the African American community to this day. Dr. Lowery gave the benediction at the Inauguration of the first black leader of the free world, President Barack Obama. Also receiving Medals of Freedom at a ceremony in Washington yesterday was: Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, and world renown actor, Sidney Poitier.
 Lowery’s honor much deserved - Selma Times Journal
For nearly two decades the Rev. Joseph Lowery was the co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which had its genesis in Montgomery during the bus strikes in the mid-1950s.
He walked beside the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to bring worldwide attention to the plight of African Americans who were denied the right to vote on the basis of their skin color. That Selma-to-Montgomery march forced the hand of President Lyndon Johnson to urge passage of the national Voting Rights Act in Congress.
But his activism did not stop there. He is co-founder and former president of the Black Leadership Forum, a consortium of African-American advocacy groups, which protested apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s until Nelson Mandela was elected president.read it here
16 'agents of change' get Medal of Freedom
U. of C. geneticist among awardees named by Obama
By Mark Silva | Washington Bureau Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON - -- President Barack Obama, attempting to spotlight several "agents of change," announced Thursday that he will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, on a cast of living and deceased figures widely known in politics, the arts and sciences, sports and social movements.
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