The United Nations strongly condemned today the “gruesome” murder of 17 Afghan civilians, some of whom were reportedly beheaded, and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

According to media reports, the bodies of two women and 15 men were found by the side of a road in the southern province of Helmand. They were either beheaded or had their throats cut, and some showed signs of beatings or had gunshot wounds. They were reportedly killed by the Taliban for attending a party.

In the early morning hours on Sunday, August 26, 2012, a shooting at NYC's Pelham Parkway Houses at 815 Pelham Parkway North left one victim, believed to be a tenant, dead, and another wounded. The wounded victim was taken to Jacobi Medical Center for treatment. Police are still searching for the suspect, and Vacca urges anyone with information to come forward. This attack follows the violent murder in June of 88-year old Evelyn Shapiro, who was found dead in her Pelham Parkway Houses apartment at 2445 Williamsbridge Road.

How do you teach teachers to teach diversity in the classroom?
That’s the question explored and answered by M. Gail Hickey,
professor of educational studies at Indiana University–Purdue
University Fort Wayne (IPFW), and Brian K. Lanahan, assistant professor
of social studies education at the College of Charleston, in their
latest book, ‘Even the Janitor is White’: Exploring Multicultural
Education in Small Colleges and Universities, published this summer by
Peter Lang Publishing. This is Hickey’s 24th book, and is intended for

The National Hurricane Center expects Isaac to become a Category 1 hurricane over the warm Gulf and possibly slam sometime on Tuesday somewhere along a roughly 300-mile stretch from the bayous southwest of New Orleans to the Florida Panhandle. Believe it or not, this would be on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which struck catastrophically back in 2005. Most residents agree that this De Ja Vu is way too close for comfort.

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Expect the tropical storm ISAAC, which is moving over the Gulf of Mexico to have an impact at the gas pump, natural gas and thereby on US consumers wallets.

Energy companies are always looking for ways to raise prices and increase their profits, so they are now scrambling and evacuating workers from oil and natural gas platforms, cutting oil production in the Gulf of Mexico.

As Isaac tracks west it becomes a bigger threat to the energy industry. The Gulf coast region accounts for more than 20 percent of US oil production and over 40 percent of refining.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Anticlimactic Opening Day Ceremonies.
Mitt Romney's convention inflates with the banging of a gavel in a mostly empty hall, hardly the opening splash intended for the nation. It will temporarily deflate 10 minutes later because of the logistical problems Tropical Storm Isaac developed in the area.

NO: GO AWAY ISAAC. As Storm Now Headed For Gulf Coast States.
Hurricane forecasters predict the storm will gradually intensify into a Category 2 Hurricane and strike Wednesday somewhere between Morgan City, La., and Destin, Fla.

Tropical storm Isaac lashed south Florida with strong winds and heavy rain after battering the Caribbean, and officials said it may strengthen into a full hurricane by midweek as it heads toward New Orleans.

Emergency management officials in Key West ordered visitors and residents to remain indoors as the storm moved through the area saying the only safe place is be is indoors.

On the seventh anniversary of Katrina, New Orleans residents have seen this horror film before and this is certainly not a re-run they wish to experience as all eyes are monitoring this storm.