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...change as evidence that Washington is finally reconsidering its confrontational war on drugs, four decades after Richard Nixon declared it. "There is a growing opinion that the use of force has simply failed to destroy the drug trade and other measures are needed," says Mexican political analyst José Antonio Crespo. "It appears that the White House may be starting to adjust its approach." (See pictures of the great American pot smoke...
That's about to change with this week's debut of new services from a San Antonio-based start-up called SwebApps and updated tools from California-based Mobile Roadie. The new offerings enable anyone to go online and have an app ready in an hour by personalizing, customizing and adapting sophisticated templates. Just as early Web-page-creation tools ranging from Dreamweaver to GeoCities made it possible for anyone to create their own website, SwebApps and Mobile Roadie aim to democratize the creation of apps...
...Artist Katie Pell is using SwebApps to create an app with directions to her gallery showings, news about projects she's working on and dozens of pictures of her drawings, paintings and sculptures. Angela Martinez, co-founder of San Antonio's outdoor Slab Cinema, says her app will update moviegoers about rainouts and schedule changes. Founding Farmers, a restaurant in Washington, D.C., has app buttons for food and wine menus, reservations, directions and feedback. (See 10 ways Twitter will change American business...
...right crimes jumped about 16% from 2007 to 2008. "The Zeca Schall case is horrific, and it exposes the dangerous far-right ideology of the NPD, but there are hundreds of other people who've been attacked by far-right groups," says Timo Reinfrank, program director of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation, which helps victims of far-right violence. "This is the reality in eastern Germany where immigrants are targeted by right-wing extremists." (See pictures of Kristallnacht...
...special master - a judge named by the state supreme court for the occasion - has been appointed to preside over the fact-finding trial. San Antonio District Judge David Berchelman Jr., a former member of the CCA, can either recommend to the commission that the charges be dismissed or that Judge Keller be reprimanded or even removed from office by the state supreme court...