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Boston suspect says bombings were initially planned for 4th of July
By Sari Horwitz The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings told the FBI that he and his brother initially considered committing suicide bombings and also planned attacking on the Fourth of...
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High School Rapper Arrested and Facing Terrorism Charges For Rap About Boston...
The suburban teenager is being held on $1 million bail, and faces possibly 20 years. A Massachusetts high school student faces felony charges for allegedly posting on social media rap lyrics that...
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Where’s Atticus Finch when you need him? Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in...
“To Kill a Mockingbird,” filed a lawsuit against her literary agent Friday claiming he took advantage of her age and ill-health to steal her royalties. By Robert Gearty and Ginger Adams Otis She needs...
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Lauryn Hill gets 3 months for failing to pay taxes
By David Porter Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced Monday to three months in prison and an additional three months in home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in...
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Hmmm: Stop & Frisk Has Plummeted, And So Has Crime
By Christopher Robbins The number of stop-and-frisks performed by the NYPD have declined by 51% in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2012. Shootings and murders also...
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Now They Want to Take Away the 8-Hour Day and 40-Hour Week
Eight-hour workday demonstration in New York (1871) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Dave Johnson Republicans are trying to pass an “alternative” to overtime pay. This is really about taking away the...
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St. Louis Police Shoot Black Honor Student 25 Times
By Aviva Shen Protesters rallied in St. Louis, MO on Wednesday over the death of 25-year-old Cary Ball Jr, who was shot 25 times by police officers last month. Police say Ball refused to pull over for...
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No Warrant, No Problem: How the Government Can Get Your Digital Data
By Theodoric Meyer and Peter Maass Update June 6, 2013: This post has been revised to reflect reports of regular FBI and National Security Agency surveillance of domestic phone records under a...
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How George Zimmerman Could Be Convicted Of Murder
By Judd Legum On June 10, the murder trial of George Zimmerman will begin, 470 days after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin on a rainy evening in Sanford, Florida. Since that night, Martin’s death has...
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How George Zimmerman Could Be Acquitted Of Murder
By Judd Legum On June 10, the murder trial of George Zimmerman will begin, 470 days after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin on a rainy evening in Sanford, Florida. Since that night, Martin’s death has...
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‘Dynamite’ daughter plays detective, hunts down dad’s killer 26 years later
By Kerry Burke , Rocco Parascandola & Bill Hutchinson An actress with the silky voice of an angel showed the doggedness of a seasoned detective, tracking down the man accused of shooting her...
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Supreme Court OKs patenting of human DNA if synthetic
In a first of its kind ruling on human genes, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday decided that synthetically produced genetic material can be patented but naturally occurring DNA extracted from...
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The Most Dangerous Cities in America
Reblogged from 24/7 Wall St.: After falling for five consecutive years, the number of violent crimes across the United States rose by 1.2% in 2012. Based on data published by the Federal Bureau of...
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George Zimmerman’s Father Says The ‘True Racists’ Are African-American
By Judd Legum As the murder trial for George Zimmerman begins, his father has released an emotional and highly unusual e-book, publicly opining on all aspects of the case. The book by Robert Zimmerman...
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Race vs. Class – The False Dichotomy
By Sherrilyn A. Ifill THE decision is in. All consideration of race in college admissions is over. No, the Supreme Court has not yet announced its decision in the landmark case of Fisher v. University...
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Black Woman Gets 20 Years for Firing Shot at Wall; White Man Gets 0 Years for...
By Katie Halper A man in Florida shoots a man he finds having sex with his wife, killing him. A woman in Florida shoots the wall to scare off an abusive husband, harming nobody. Guess which one was...
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Surprise! Justice Scalia Strikes Down Arizona Law Requiring Proof Of...
By Ian Millhiser In an opinion by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, a 7-2 Supreme Court held this morning that an Arizona law requiring voting officials to reject voter registration forms that are...
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The Quote that May End the Trayvon Trial
2012 Trayvon Martin Case (Photo credit: werthmedia) By John H. Richardson George Zimmerman is going to be found guilty. All the evidence you need — all the evidence the cops needed — is right there in...
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Aaron Hernandez arrested, taken into police custody
Aaron Hernandez (Photo credit: patriotworld) By Kevin Manahan The Patriots’ Aaron Hernandez has been arrested and taken into custody by police at his home.Hernandez, wearing red shorts and sneakers,...
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George Zimmerman trial: Testimony continues today on Trayvon Martin shooting
By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner From the witness stand Wednesday, the state’s star witness in the George Zimmerman murder trial, Rachel “Diamond” Jeantel, gave her account of Trayvon Martin’s last...
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