The Cook County Board of Commissioners plans to consider today whether to repeal the county’s widely unpopular new sweetened beverages tax. The board’s decision, coupled with the multi-million dollar battle being waged by powerful out-of-state proponents of the tax, means that there's a lot of money on the line here.
Some folks in an English village decided to send a message to their local government about a two year old pothole problem. They didn't do it by petition, or by raising their voices at a council meeting--they did it with cake.
Regardless of where you stand on the issue of meat consumption (vegan or vegetarian, rare or medium-well), you may agree after watching the video below that this was not what one would call a successful protest. By successful, I mean the protesters hoped that the people whose dinner was disrupted would leap to their feet, renounce their meals, and join the protest effort...
The photo above pretty much sums up the last few months for FIFA and their controversial leader, Sepp Blatter.
Allegations of all sorts of wrongdoing by soccer's governing body, FIFA, have swirled for months, punctuated by several indictments...
You've probably never heard of Peyton Robinson. It's not often that we learn much about 18 year old high school seniors, unless they're an athletic phenom or have gotten themselves into a huge amount of trouble. Peyton has made a name for himself by standing up for the flag...