Day: October 3, 2014

  • Special report: Why Brazil’s would-be first black president trails among blacks Reuters 2014-10-03 Brian Winter, Chief Correspondent SAO PAULO – Brazilians could make history this month by electing Marina Silva, the daughter of impoverished rubber tappers from the Amazon, as their first black president. Yet Silva is trailing incumbent President Dilma Rousseff, who is white,…

  • Remains will stay in old family cemetery in Bedford The News & Advance Lynchburg, Virginia 2014-10-01 Alex Rohr, Beat Reporter BEDFORD — The remains of at least 20 people buried in Bedford will stay interred despite a request by the Bank of the James to move them. The bank’s request to the Bedford County Circuit…