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Amy Silverstein

GlobalPost
Amy Silverstein is a GlobalPost breaking news writer and a freelance reporter from Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in Reuters, LA Weekly, Mother Jones, The Daily Climate and CNN.com. She was named a finalist for a Livingston Award in 2012.
Lifestyle
McDonald’s: Pink slime won’t be used in hamburger meat
Lifestyle
Groundhog Day 2012: Woodchuck rescuer prepares for big day
Business, Finance & Economics
Asian factories hurt by Europe debt crisis
Politics
South Korean detained for Kim Jong Il Twitter message
Lifestyle
Canned lard safe to eat after 64 years
Lifestyle
Kolkata Book Fair bows to threats, cancels author Taslima Nasreen’s book launch
Agence France-Presse
Ramarley Graham, unarmed Bronx teen, killed by NYPD
Lifestyle
Sierra Club took $26 million from natural gas industry
Agence France-Presse
China cut internet and phone access in Tibet
Lifestyle
Tea Party says green projects are a United Nations plot
Agence France-Presse
Sinaloa drug cartel leader arrested
Agence France-Presse
Chinese environment official fired after toxic river spill
Lifestyle
The Simpsons toys banned in Iran
Conflict
Somalia evicts squatters from government buildings
Business, Finance & Economics
Patient gets a new jaw from 3D printer
Lifestyle
FDA doubts benefits of Amgen drug for prostate cancer
Politics
Woman shoves gay rights activist who heckled Newt Gingrich
Conflict
Anti-Arab death threats painted on school in Israel
Lifestyle
Prop. 8 married couple now getting divorced
Business, Finance & Economics
Models say fashion industry breaks child labor and sexual harassment laws
Politics
Canada allowed security to use ‘torture material’
Lifestyle
Senator says life begins at ejaculation
Agence France-Presse
No Child Left Behind law waived in 10 states
Politics
Indonesia lets women access husbands’ salaries to curb adultery
Politics
Burmese monk Ashin Gambira, one month out of jail, is arrested again
Agence France-Presse
Israel Defense Force soldier linked to “Muhammad is a pig” vandalism on West Bank wall
Business, Finance & Economics
Afghan rug business in peril
Business, Finance & Economics
Eternit building executives convicted for asbestos-related deaths in Italy
Lifestyle
Western Wall stones now on eBay
Business, Finance & Economics
Apple factory in Foxconn City inspected by Fair Labor Association
Lifestyle
Nicki Minaj looks like a fool, Catholic League says
Business, Finance & Economics
French judge says Monsanto poisoned farmer
Agence France-Presse
Uganda ethics minister raids gay rights conference, threatens to arrest organizer
Business, Finance & Economics
Thirteen nations to crack down on criminals who smuggle tiger parts
Lifestyle
Oprah Winfrey deleted tweet that broke Nielsen ratings rules
Business, Finance & Economics
Greek woman sat on building ledge for over five hours, threatening to jump
Lifestyle
Kate Middleton and Prince William to become Barbie dolls
Business, Finance & Economics
Butterball employees arrested for abusing turkeys (VIDEO)
Business, Finance & Economics
John Boehner delays unpopular GOP transportation bill
Business, Finance & Economics
London bus driver sentenced to 17 months in jail for intentionally hitting bicyclist (VIDEO)
Agence France-Presse
Personhood bill passes in Oklahoma Senate
Lifestyle
Thailand gold rush has unusually good year
Lifestyle
Coca-Cola may get priority over sick people during 2012 London Olympics
Lifestyle
Most young mothers in the US are unmarried, data shows
Agence France-Presse
West Bank settlements violate Oslo accords, says left-wing Israeli activist
Lifestyle
Jeremy Lin asks Taiwan media to stay away from his family
Business, Finance & Economics
ExxonMobil fined record $4 million in United Kingdom for lapse in emissions reporting
Lifestyle
Pet buffalo is the best man at a Texas wedding
Business, Finance & Economics
Radiation from Japan’s Fukushima power plant found 400 miles off the coast
Agence France-Presse
Tyler Clementi suicide: Trial of his roommate Dharun Ravi began today
Agence France-Presse
Cocaine trade generates $900 million a year in West Africa
Politics
Iran: Search for nuclear weapons was a failure, United Nations says
Business, Finance & Economics
Erin Brockovich can’t yet pinpoint what is causing Tourette syndrome in New York, she says
Business, Finance & Economics
Anonymous hacks Greek justice website, threatens to erase the debts of Greek citizens
Lifestyle
Deformed fish found in polluted creek in Idaho
Business, Finance & Economics
Greek minimum wage will be cut by 22 percent
Agence France-Presse
Tanzania police arrested for shooting people who rioted against witchcraft killings
Lifestyle
Polish flight delayed because the pilots were too old
Agence France-Presse
Israel’s West Bank zoning committee defies national government, rejects request to legalize settlement
Business, Finance & Economics
Antibiotics in meat give humans drug-resistant skin infections, new study says