http://www.mail.com/subjects/3142-human-welfare.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3142-human-welfare.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2109550-girls-suicide-alleged-attack-troubles-town.html SARATOGA, Calif. (AP) — One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were having a party. A classic teenage ploy. By all accounts, Audrie... Sat, 25 May 2013 13:58:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2109550-girls-suicide-alleged-attack-troubles-town.html 2013-05-25T13:58:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2109330-ethiopia-african-union-celebrates-50-years.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The African Union on Saturday marked 50 years since the founding of a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and which now is trying to stay relevant on a continent regularly troubled by conflict. Opening a summit of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Prime ... Sat, 25 May 2013 13:34:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2109330-ethiopia-african-union-celebrates-50-years.html 2013-05-25T13:34:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2107762-qa-turkeys-proposed-alcohol-restrictions.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim but secular country. Q: What happened? A: Tempers flared and scuffles broke out during an al... Fri, 24 May 2013 15:14:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2107762-qa-turkeys-proposed-alcohol-restrictions.html 2013-05-24T15:14:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2107700-zimbabwe-activist-prisoners-denied-aids-drugs.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications. Douglas Muzanenhamo said in court documents Friday he was denied anti-retroviral drugs when detained for a month in 2011 on treason charges. He wa... Fri, 24 May 2013 14:13:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2107700-zimbabwe-activist-prisoners-denied-aids-drugs.html 2013-05-24T14:13:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106242-milestones-guantanamo-bay-detention-center.html President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his 2008 campaign promise to close the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terror suspects have been held since 2002, and begin the transfer of some prisoners to other countries. A look the facility's history: — JANUARY 2002: U.S. transfers the first 20 prisoners from holding cells overseas to t... Fri, 24 May 2013 01:58:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106242-milestones-guantanamo-bay-detention-center.html 2013-05-24T01:58:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104648-obama-sees-narrower-terror-threat-defends-drones.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida. In a lengthy address at the National Defense University, Obama defended his c... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:20:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104648-obama-sees-narrower-terror-threat-defends-drones.html 2013-05-23T23:20:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106640-lawyer-ny-man-center-hiv-scare-positive.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Nushawn Williams, a New York drug dealer imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s, does not have the virus that causes AIDS, according to his attorney, who said he arranged for a new blood test as part of efforts to get him released from prison. "The results were that there was no HIV," lawyer John ... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:47:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106640-lawyer-ny-man-center-hiv-scare-positive.html 2013-05-23T21:47:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104486-us-hefty-drop-teen-births.html NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Ne... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:12:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104486-us-hefty-drop-teen-births.html 2013-05-23T19:12:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2105162-ap-interview-syria-conflict-uproots-palestinians.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's fighting has uprooted more than half of the country's 530,000 Palestinians — descendants of refugees from a Mideast conflict half a century ago — and their situation is becoming increasingly desperate, the head of a U.N. aid agency said Thursday. The Palestinians in Syria are particularly vulnerable because of their refugee ... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:52:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2105162-ap-interview-syria-conflict-uproots-palestinians.html 2013-05-23T14:52:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104632-youngest-okla-tornado-victims-remembered-kin.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Nine-year-old Sydney Angle was "everywhere at once" when she was out on the softball field. Kyle Davis, 8, was nicknamed "The Wall" because of his size and presence on the soccer field. JaNae Hornsby, also 9, was the life of the party. The three were among seven small children pulled lifeless from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Element... Thu, 23 May 2013 08:35:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104632-youngest-okla-tornado-victims-remembered-kin.html 2013-05-23T08:35:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104490-teen-birth-rates-decline-us.html The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The teen birth rate per 1,000 by state in 2011, and percentage decline since 2007: Alabama, 41, 22 percent Alaska, 36, 16 percent Arizona, 39, 35 percent Arkansas, 5... Thu, 23 May 2013 04:21:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104490-teen-birth-rates-decline-us.html 2013-05-23T04:21:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102260-afghan-students-protest-womens-rights-decree.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal protections passed in the 12 years since the toppling of the Taliban regime known for its harsh treatment of women. The pr... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:35:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102260-afghan-students-protest-womens-rights-decree.html 2013-05-23T00:35:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103958-arias-trial-tv-cameras.html PHOENIX (AP) — The Jodi Arias trial had all the ingredients of a circus the minute it started: sex and violence, a defendant more than willing to seek the spotlight, a judge who extended leniency in allowing lengthy testimony and cameras in court — and a media-savvy sheriff ready and willing to set up jailhouse interviews with his most famous inmate. The ... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:42:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103958-arias-trial-tv-cameras.html 2013-05-22T23:42:21Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104158-vote-pot-shops-lingering-la-issue.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry. The winning ballot measure on Tuesday caps the number of nonprofit dispensaries at about 135 from a high of nearly 1,000 a few years ago. It also imposes higher taxes, regulates hours of ope... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:37:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104158-vote-pot-shops-lingering-la-issue.html 2013-05-22T23:37:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2103432-man-who-kidnapped-2-iowa-girls-long-record.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When Michael Klunder enticed two girls to enter his pickup truck near a rural Iowa school bus stop Monday, it was at least his third kidnapping in a long criminal history in which he was ordered to receive sex offender treatment starting as a teenager. While authorities searched Wednesday for the still missing 15-year-old, residents... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:49:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2103432-man-who-kidnapped-2-iowa-girls-long-record.html 2013-05-22T21:49:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102506-japan-approves-joining-intl-child-abduction-pact.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign pressure for Tokyo to address concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without recourse. The upper house of parliament voted unanimously to join the 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction follow... Wed, 22 May 2013 11:37:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102506-japan-approves-joining-intl-child-abduction-pact.html 2013-05-22T11:37:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099550-search-okla-tornado-survivors-complete.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children. Scientists concluded the storm was a rare and extraordinarily powerful type of... Wed, 22 May 2013 02:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099550-search-okla-tornado-survivors-complete.html 2013-05-22T02:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100956-ex-ford-execs-charged-argentine-torture-cases.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Three former Ford Motor Co. executives were charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup. All three men are now in their 80s. Their case is part of a new wave of prosecutions focusing on corporate support for the... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:10:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100956-ex-ford-execs-charged-argentine-torture-cases.html 2013-05-21T23:10:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100318-un-drop-syrians-reaching-jordan-unclear-why.html GENEVA (AP) — U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average of 2,500 a day to fewer than 20, and they are trying to quickly figure out why. Millions of people have been displaced in Syria as the civil war there has engulfed large areas, and Jordan has become a main refuge for Syrians ... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:09:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100318-un-drop-syrians-reaching-jordan-unclear-why.html 2013-05-21T21:09:41Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100598-sorrentino-bruni-tedeschi-bring-italy-to-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui. Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty" and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's "A Castle in Italy" both feature wealthy characters whose lives have an emptiness at their center. Bruni Tedeschi — the only woman among the 20 directors... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100598-sorrentino-bruni-tedeschi-bring-italy-to-cannes.html 2013-05-21T20:27:02Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2096588-fate-la-pot-shops-left-to-voters.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime. Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide how Los Angeles should handle its high with three competing measures that seek to either limit ... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:27:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2096588-fate-la-pot-shops-left-to-voters.html 2013-05-19T20:27:29Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2096250-making-mentally-ill-defendants-ready-trial.html KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness." "Sustained," proclaimed the judge, who wore a striped polo shirt, a thick goatee and a shock of greasy hair. He gave th... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:38:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2096250-making-mentally-ill-defendants-ready-trial.html 2013-05-19T17:38:40Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2094784-french-president-signs-gay-marriage-law.html PARIS (AP) — France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. Hollande's office said he signed the bill Saturday morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck down a... Sat, 18 May 2013 19:16:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2094784-french-president-signs-gay-marriage-law.html 2013-05-18T19:16:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092554-idaho-man-charged-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence in their home country. But federal officials say in an indictment that Fazliddin Kurbanov also was teaching people to build bombs that would target public t... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:14:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092554-idaho-man-charged-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html 2013-05-17T22:14:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093012-argentine-dictator-videla-dies-prison-age-87.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called "subversives," died quietly in his sleep Friday while serving life in prison for crimes against humanity. He was 87. Federal Prison Serv... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:40:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093012-argentine-dictator-videla-dies-prison-age-87.html 2013-05-17T20:40:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html BEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. Raqqa, in eastern Syria, was overrun in late February by rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:31:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html 2013-05-17T18:31:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093522-michelle-obama-speaks-hunger-education.html COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama spoke passionately about the importance of education to the African-American community in a commencement address Friday, urging more than 600 graduates of Bowie State University to honor the school's history and to pass their commitment to education on to future generations. In her 15-minute address, the ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:12:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093522-michelle-obama-speaks-hunger-education.html 2013-05-17T18:12:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093274-rights-groups-syria-holds-thousands-incommunicado.html BEIRUT (AP) — About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove off. That was a year ago. The young man, who had been providing aid to Syrians displaced by the country's civil war, was never heard ... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:46:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093274-rights-groups-syria-holds-thousands-incommunicado.html 2013-05-17T15:46:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090326-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein. In a statement, the U.N. envoy... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:49:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090326-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html 2013-05-16T20:49:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091090-prison-treatment-program-idaho-monkey-killer.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo last fall and brutally beating to death one of two Patas monkeys has been ordered to spend up to a year in a treatment program at a state prison. Michael Watkins, 22, of Weiser, was sentenced Thursday for his role in the Nov. 17 crime that caused shock and outrage in Idaho's capitol c... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:48:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091090-prison-treatment-program-idaho-monkey-killer.html 2013-05-16T19:48:10Z