Tuesday, September 09, 2014

2014/09/05 Headlines: Over 400 Arrested in National Fast-Food Workers' Strike for Living Wage, Unionization; BP Faces Billions in Extra Fines over "Gross Negligence" in Gulf Oil Spill; Justice Dept. Opens Civil Rights Probe of Ferguson Police; Appeals Court Overturns Marriage Equality Bans in Wisconsin, Indiana; Ukraine, Rebels Reportedly Agree to Ceasefire; Ex-VA Gov. McDonnell, Wife Convicted in Corruption Case; McConnell Aide Resigns after Former State Senator Pleads Guilty to Bribery in GOP Primary; Former House Majority Leader Cantor Signs on to Wall Street Firm; Emails: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories with CIA, Promised Positive Coverage; Bahrain Detains, Strips Citizenship of Human Rights Activist Maryam Alkhawaja; Comic Joan Rivers Dies at 81; Clinic Under Investigation; NYC Launches Major Public Education Expansion as 51,000 Kids Start Universal Prekindergarten