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John Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and the 11th richest person in the world, was killed in a plane crash in Wyoming. He was 58 years old. The crash occured shortly after takeoff from Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park at about 1:20 p.m. CDT. Walton was the only person killed in the crash.  Read More »

The U.S. Supreme Court
today ruled that Internet file sharing networks can be sued for
copyright infringement. The decision in the case "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Studios Inc. et al. v. Grokster, Ltd. et al." had been much awaited by
those on both sides of the debate about copyright law and its
application to Internet technologies. The court ruled that businesses
created with the purpose of letting users commit copyright violations
should be held liable for the infringement.  Read More »

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that "non-neutral" displays of the Ten Commandments in courtrooms violate the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of religious neutrality, but that "historical" displays are permitted.  Read More »

Demystifying Non-Profits is a new Internet radio talk show, hosted by Celeste Terry, Saturday's at 3PM (EDT) on www.globaltalkradio.com -- LIVE!

The
1-hour, weekly Internet radio talk show is devoted to information and
guests related to the non-profit sector. The show was created to teach
people the "how to" in creating programs as an alternative to
for-profit business. Also, the show will feature celebrities with
foundations, and the philanthropic work they are involved in.

Demystifying Non-Profits was launched on May 21, 2005, and subsequent
shows are archieved by Episode/date, and are available for convenient
listening on-demand anytime, 24 hours, 7 days per week by visiting www.globaltalkradio.com.

Available shows feature a philanthropist that founded a program after
her 13-year old daughter was murdered in 1984, a stand-up comic that
created a comedy training workshop for youth, a public relations
specialist that provided in-side tips about media buys that non-profits
must know about, a founder of a foundation that will celebrate it's
25th Anniversary in 2006, and in-depth discussion of the components of
a proposal, i.e., grant writing, strategic planning, and budgeting.

Tune in to hear Dr. Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, Lisa Nichols (of the
Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise), and Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett,
noted expert on depression and anxiety, as well as learn about the
fascinating world of non-profits, and the people that make things
happen.  Read More »

Maureen Faibish of San Francisco was arrested on June 24, 2005 on the charge of child endangerment in the actions leading up to the death of her son, 12-year-old Nicholas Faibish, who was mauled by one or both of her two pit bull dogs, Rex 2 and Ella.

Nicholas was discovered dead in the front bedroom of her home at
approximately 15:15 PDT on June 3, 2005, by his mother, who had left
the house to run some errands. She had locked her son in the basement
to keep him away from the dogs. "I put him down there, with a shovel on
the door.", Faibish said in a telephone interview to the San Francisco
Chronicle. "He had a bunch of food. And I told him, 'Stay down there
until I come back.' Typical Nicky, he wouldn't listen to me."  Read More »

240,000 U2 fans are preparing for
Ireland's most successful band ever to return for a hometown gig in Dublin. The supergroup is playing Friday, Saturday and
Monday in front of 80,000 people a night at Croke Park. Gardai
have put
in place a massive traffic management plan to cope with the influx of
people. Fans have been queing since thursday morning when a
group of fans from Holland, Italy and Canada started queing outside the
stadium.  Read More »

Although the next U.S. presidential election is more than three years away, U.S. senator Joseph Biden (Democrat – Delaware) has already announced his intentions of
running. Although he originally said in December 2004 that he would wait
two years to make a decision, he told Face The Nation on Sunday that he will spend this year trying to "explore his
support", adding, "[I'm going to take my] game on the road, letting people know what I think." He also told the CBS news show that he will make his decision as to whether or
not to pursue the party's nomination towards the end of this year.  Read More »

The House of Representives today passed an amendment that would
prohibit the burning of the Flag of the United
States. The bill was passed by a vote of 286 to 130. The required two-thirds was present. This is the fifth time a flag burning amendment
has passed the House.  Read More »