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[13 Jun 2010 | Leave A Comment]
Five NOPD Officers Charged With Shooting, Burning Katrina Victim

Three current and two former New Orleans police officers were federally indicted Friday in connection with the shooting death of a Katrina victim that was found fatally shot and burned in a car that was reportedly set on fire to hide his remains.


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[13 Jun 2010 | 2 Comments]
DEA Seizes 1.5 Tons of Cocaine Worth $46 Million Dollars

The 87-foot, Panamanian flagged, fishing vessel was carrying 3,269 pounds of cocaine with an estimated wholesale value of approximately $46 million. DEA CCSF agents arrested the five Honduran men in connection with the seizure.


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[11 Jun 2010 | One Comment]
FBI investigating AT&T iPad security breach

FBI investigating AT&T iPad security breach


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[10 Jun 2010 | Leave A Comment]
White House Denies President Obama Is In Tag Team’s ‘Whoomp’ Video

United States President Barack Obama has responded to growing claims that he was featured in Tag Team’s early 1990’s hit single “Whoomp (There It Is).”


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[8 Jun 2010 | Leave A Comment]
Unarmed Marine Killed By Balitmore Police Officer

Baltimore police officials continued to investigate Monday after an off-duty police officer fatally shot an unarmed Marine outside a nightclub early Saturday.


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[8 Jun 2010 | Leave A Comment]
Man Sentenced For 8 Murders “I Kill People For Money”

As the “contract” killing spree of a Detroit man on trial proceeds in court, a murderer pleaded guilty Monday to a number of casualties, including the wife of a police officer.


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[7 Jun 2010 | 2 Comments]
Police Shut Down Prostitution Ring Near Florida School

More than a dozen people in Florida have been arrested for allegedly being a part of prostitution ring that converted a house into a sex shop.


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[4 Jun 2010 | Leave A Comment]
Obama Meets With Arizona Governor To Discuss Immigration Bill

On Thursday, President Obama met with Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona to discuss the recent immigration legislation in the state.


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[4 Jun 2010 | Leave A Comment]
Drunk Dad Arrested For Falling Asleep On 4 Month Old Causing Brain Damage

A Florida father is in police custody after they say he drunkenly fell asleep on top of his infant son causing permanent brain, liver and kidney damage.


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[4 Jun 2010 | One Comment]
9 Nashville Middle Schools Suspend 50 Percent Of Black Boys

A report on the Nashville public schools system is raising eyebrows nationwide because it shows that nine local middle schools have suspended more than half of all their Black male students.


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[1 Jun 2010 | Leave A Comment]
Supreme Court Rules That Suspects Must Now State They Wish To Remain Silent

According to the new ruling, suspects must explicitly tell police that they want to be silent to invoke Miranda protections during criminal interrogations.


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[1 Jun 2010 | Leave A Comment]
Tropical Storm Leaves Behind Massive Sinkhole In Guatemala

Officials say flooding and landslides from the season’s first tropical storm have killed at least 144 people in Central America.


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[31 May 2010 | 8 Comments]
Twin Teens Arrested For Selling Girls Into Sex Slavery

A pair of twin brothers in Dolton, Illinois are in police custody after authorities say they pimped out girls on the internet and forced them to have sex with strangers.


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[29 May 2010 | One Comment]
Kansas City’s Entertainment District Lifts Ban on Baggy Pants

Kansas City’s Power & Light entertainment district has decided to relax it dress code after being criticized that the strict rules “discriminated” against young African American men.


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[28 May 2010 | Leave A Comment]
Georgia Teacher In Trouble After Allowing Students To Wear KKK Robes For School Play [Videos]

A Georgia history teacher is in hot water after allowing several students to wear KKK robes to school for a play.


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[28 May 2010 | Leave A Comment]
Feds Tell BP To Cut Use Of Oil Dispersants

While the dispersants are successfully breaking up much of the oil being spilled into the Gulf, she said, “we are making environmental tradeoffs” and are “deeply concerned” about potential side effects.


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[28 May 2010 | Leave A Comment]
Teacher Of The Year Quits After Student Reports Sexual Relationship

A teacher in Georgia has resigned in the midst of allegations that she had a sexual relationship with one of her students.


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[27 May 2010 | 2 Comments]
Hackers Change Road Signs To Say “no-latinos” – “no tacos”

Construction workers in Florida are blaming hackers for two flashing road signs that greeted drivers on the Palmetto Expressway saying, “No Latinos” and “No Tacos.”


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[27 May 2010 | 9 Comments]
Mobile Phone Number Suspended After Every Person Assigned To It In Last 10 Years Dies

A mobile phone company has suspended the number 0888 888 888 – after every single person assigned to it died in the last 10 years.


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[27 May 2010 | 3 Comments]
Gulf Coast Oil Spill Now Biggest in US History, Obama Steps In To Extend Drilling Ban

Gulf Coast Oil Spill Now Biggest in US History, Obama Steps In To Extend Drilling Ban