Politics

04/03/2013, 06:00 Time
USPA News

UN adopts landmark treaty regulating global arms trade

USPA News - The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to approve a global arms trade treaty that ...

04/02/2013, 17:35 Time
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Former Liberian President Moses Blah dead at 65

USPA News - Moses Blah, who served as Liberia`s president for about two months after leader Charles Taylor stepped down to ...

04/02/2013, 14:10 Time
M. SCOTT BOWLING

Prince Georges County School System power struggle leaves students forgotten

Baker and School Board fight for Power

USPA NEWS - While test scores in the states second largest school district remain among the lowest in the region, Prince Ge...

03/30/2013, 02:16 Time
Helena Sanchez

Education in Latin America

A matter of politics

USPA NEWS - Three teachers from Brazil, Chile and Argentina have concluded that, due to the governments their countries hav...

03/28/2013, 05:00 Time
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UN probe into chemical weapons use in Syria to begin within days 3

USPA News - Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom, the newly-appointed head of a fact-finding mission to investigate allegations ...

03/26/2013, 23:58 Time
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N. Korea puts artillery forces targeting U.S. bases at highest alert

USPA News - North Korea said Tuesday it has put its artillery and rocket forces at their highest alert after nuclear-capabl...

03/25/2013, 03:05 Time
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No sign of foul play in death of exiled Russian tycoon Berezovsky

USPA News - Officers investigating the death of self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky have so far found no evidence t...

03/23/2013, 21:10 Time
M. SCOTT BOWLING

Same Sex Marriage front and center in our nations highest court

What is at stake and what does it mean?

USPA NEWS - As the United States Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of same sex marriage this week, Justices wil...

03/19/2013, 03:20 Time
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At least 16 killed in southern Brazil landslide

USPA News - The death toll rose to sixteen after heavy rainfall caused a deadly landslide in southern Brazil, local authori...

03/14/2013, 19:34 Time
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Saudi Arabia executes 7 men by firing squad

USPA News - Seven Saudi men were executed Wednesday after being convicted of carrying out an armed robbery and breaking int...

03/08/2013, 23:47 Time
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U.S. unemployment rate falls to 7.7 percent, lowest since 2008

USPA News - Employers in the United States added 236,000 workers to their payrolls in the month of February, significantly ...

03/08/2013, 12:55 Time
M SCOTT BOWLING

MEETING THE PEOPLE

Laura Neuman: one-on-one with residents

USPA NEWS - With the warm smile and humbleness that seems to define County Executive Laura Neuman, she met with residents o...

03/07/2013, 12:39 Time
Simone Mayer / europarl

EU and member states must step up food chain checks

Food safety

USPA NEWS - The "horse burger" consumer confidence crisis highlights the EU member states' failure to enforce EU laws on fo...

03/06/2013, 15:08 Time
M. SCOTT BOWLING

Death Penalty Repeal Clears Maryland Senate

House expected to vote within next week

USPA NEWS - The Maryland Senate voted 27 to 20 Wednesday to approved Gov. Martin O'Malley's legislation that would repeal t...

03/05/2013, 14:20 Time
M. SCOTT BOWLING

Maryland Municipality sued for Reciting The Lords Prayer during Council Meeting

Ex-Nun, Buddhist file Federal lawsuit

USPA NEWS - The Town of Brentwood, a small community bordering the District of Columbia in Prince George's County opens eac...

03/04/2013, 02:31 Time
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UN, League of Arab States deeply; frustrated about Syrian crisis

USPA News - The United Nations (UN) and the League of Arab States on Saturday called on the international community to act ...

03/03/2013, 07:25 Time
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Putin, Obama task top diplomats to seek new Syria initiatives

USPA News - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama have tasked their top diplomats to find new in...

03/02/2013, 14:26 Time
M. SCOTT BOWLING

Maryland Governor seeks Strictist Gun-Control Law in the Nation

Opponents outnumber Supporters 40-to-1

USPA NEWS - A day after the Senate passed one of the strictest pieces of gun control legislation in the nation, Governor Ma...

03/01/2013, 12:44 Time
M. SCOTT BOWLING

Administration files Amicus Brief in California Proposition 8 Case

Obama: Prop. 8 & DOMA Unconstitutional

USPA NEWS - The Obama Administration has filed a brief at the Supreme Court arguing in no uncertain terms ““ that a law...

02/27/2013, 21:21 Time
M. SCOTT BOWLING

Maryland DNA Law Debated by Justices in the United States Supreme Court

Alito: Most important case in decades.

USPA NEWS - Maryland´s law that permits police to collect DNA samples from individuals arrested and charged with having co...

UN adopts landmark treaty regulating global arms trade

Former Liberian President Moses Blah dead at 65