Oakland officials assess damage to City Hall by Occupy protesters
Officials here surveyed damage Sunday from a volatile Occupy protest that spurred hundreds of arrests the day before and left the historic City Hall vandalized after demonstrators broke into the building, smashed display cases, cut electrical wires and burned an American flag.
Occupy Oakland: Outrage grows after flag burned, City Hall vandalized
Officials in Oakland expressed outrage that protesters vandalized City Hall during an Occupy Oakland demonstration on Saturday. "We're tired of one faction using Oakland as their playground," Mayor Jean Quan said. Arrests from the protest are expected to top 400....
Wheeler Home at Pond Spring reopening in March
The almost life-size oil painting of Gen. Joseph Wheeler at the bottom of the staircase is back on the wall. So is the small portrait of Archibald Butts, an officer who served with Wheeler in the Spanish-American War and died when the R.M.S. Titanic hit an iceberg.
Suspect cleans up at Montgomery Co. Walmart
Suspect cleans up at Montgomery Co. Walmart HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 01:36 p.m., Tuesday, January 17, 2012 According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, the suspect used a crowbar to damage a video game display case and the exit doors to the garden center ...
The Man With a Fish on His Back: A Lesson in Selling Cod Liver Oil
A papier mache man standing over five feet tall was used as an oversized advertisement for a medicinal cod liver oil product 100 years ago.
Romney: State of the Union to feature "divisive rhetoric from a desperate" Obama
Former Massachusetts governor tailors his pitch to Floridians in dire economic straits
Folk Art Finds Appreciative Crowd At Stella’s Americana @ The Pier
:A highlight of Americana Week, Stella Show Mgmt Co.'s Americana & Antiques @ the Pier show offered a compelling and diverse presentation January 21–22.
Law Firm Fights to Restore 'God' Banners to Calif. Classrooms
A nonprofit law center has taken up a petition with the Supreme Court over a controversial case involving a California math teacher who had patriotic banners with Christian messages removed from his classroom – while displays related to other faiths were allowed to remain on campus.
Occupy Oakland arrests may top 400; City Hall vandalized
Saturday's daylong protest was the most contentious since authorities dismantled the Occupy Oakland encampment late last year. Officials surveyed damage Sunday from a volatile Occupy protest that resulted in hundreds of arrests the day before and left the historic City Hall vandalized after demonstrators broke into the building, smashed display cases, cut electrical wires and burned an American ...