Worried there might be disenfranchise voters these people would have showed up on election day, ready to vote, and unable to because there forms had not been processed reporter the assistant registrar, himself, saw the facebook posting i drove to the park to retrieve the bag. It turns out someone stole the back from a woman at the starbucks. Shes a signature collector for political campaigns. While they are signing, she encourages people to register to vote a process that is perfectly legal. Apparently the thief ditched the bag in a park nearby. 24 registrations that appear to have been unprocessed reporter thats two dozen potential boaters voters who signed the cards thinking they will be register with the c ounty. This stock is a photocopies of registrations not copies, but not originals. These cards are believed to have been sent to the county. Officials say all of the recovered paperwork will be sent to Sacramento County where the signatures were gathered. An election season disast
June 000s marsh in support of malaysias foreign minister. This is a unique hurricane simulator. Well show you how it hopes to save lives. We start in sri lanka where the government promises to deliver justice after a damning u. N. Report into its 26 year conflict with tamil tiger rebels. They are accused of using them in crimes against humanity. 40,000 were killed in the final Army Offensive to crush the rebel movement. The report details horrific abuses on both sides, including torture, executions, Sexual Assault and the recruitment of child soldiers by rebels. It calls on the government to remove any military or security personnel thought to be involved in such crimes. It also urges a special court be set up with International Judges and lawyers to prosecute those accused of such crimes. Other correspondent sent us this from the capitol, colome bow. The report talks about the need to set up a special hype before i had court that will look at these allegations of violations of human r
Washington, d. C. Dozens of refugees have arrived at the croatian border in search i a po a potential now route in to western europe. On tuesday hungary impressed strict new border controls and erected a fence to control the flow of Asylum Seekers forcing refugees stranded in serbia to find other routes in to the european union. German chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for an emergency e. U. Meet on this refugees crisis but europe remains divide odd the issue you, austria is the latest country to introduce restrictions a long the border with hungary. Following germany which already brought in border controls on its eastern frontier, slovakia started pot checks at its crossings with hundred gar and i austria filing it can be a new transit point. And hunry shut the main land route for refugees in to the e. U. And finished building a fence along the board we are serbia and declared a state of emergency there. Protests are continuing at the border which has effectively been shut for all
Goes on every day among professional Money Managers who are trying to figure out where next to invest their cash. And we saw it play out huge today, dow surges 165 points. S p vaulted up, and nasdaq 1. 45 . So a sure sign that the big boys are liking what they see and willing to pay more for it than just last week. I know that many individual investors like you at home now think their money should be put strictly in the index funds or of etfs and im in very in favor of index funds. Remember, you should put your first 10,000 in an index fund so you can get the benefit of diversification. I prefer the s p 500 index fund. It doesnt have to lower your reward and once you saved enough money of individual stocks i have to say im not a big sector oriented etf man. I say many of the etfs arent being created for the benefit of you, the investor. s its so the issuers can make money off them. Frankly, theyre pickoffs. Products created to take advantage of whats hot, like the restaurant stocks. Cy
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