Click List: August 24, 2010

Stories from around the Web today that inform, inspire and incense us here at TakePart:


Human Rights: Saudi Court Backs Away From Deliberate Paralysis Punishment [Salem News]

Sexual Harassment: The New Workplace Sexual Harassment: Semen in a Bottle [Jezebel]

Food Safety: Put Down the Beer and Bananas: They’re Radioactive [Houston Press]

Green Living: The Greenest Bike Ever Made? [The Guardian]

Higher Education: Taking On U.S. News With a Different Kind of College Ranking [Washington Monthly]

Nuclear Proliferation: Israeli PM Takes Vacation, Snubs UN Atomic Inspector [AFP via Google News]

Education Reform: D.C., 9 Other States Win Latest Round of Federal "Race To The Top" Funds [NPR News]

Teacher Quality: Why It's Okay to Be Bored in School [Ukiah Coach Brown]

Voting Rights: Meet the Four People Vying to Be D.C.'s Volunteer "Shadow" Congressman [Boston Globe]

Pakistan Flooding: UN Says 800,000 Completely Cut Off by Floods, Only Reachable by Air [Yahoo! News]


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The plaintiff was demanding punishment of the attacker, and the judicial ruling in this case only includes the plaintiff's eligibility for blood money.-Senior Healthcare Consultants