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Law and Government
Family insists cop cleared in killing of unarmed man guilty of racial profiling (Video)
A Montana cop who fatally shot an unarmed man earlier this year will likely not face charges. A jury ruled…
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Education
South Carolina considers mandatory gun education at school
A pair of bills filed in each house of South Carolina’s legislature aim to eliminate the zero-tolerance attitude toward guns…
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Politics
The GOP gains as Jews continue to flee Democratic Party under Obama
he exodus of Jewish Americans from the Democratic Party continued in 2014, with only 61% of Jews identifying with the…
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Law and Government
Picture of the Day: There’s an old sheriff in town
Remember when the gloating dimwit carrying the outsize gavel in the photo at the left declared there was “a new…
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Law and Government
BREAKING: Despite massive campaign to unseat him, Boehner re-elected as House Speaker
Despite a dramatic surge of opposition from within his own party, John Boehner was elected to a third term as…
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Education
Libs attack W. Va. school board for standards questioning manmade global warming
West Virginia School Board member Wade Linger didn’t want to cause controversy, but that’s what he got when he worked…
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Education
Schools in San Francisco to offer ‘black lives matter’ resource guide for classrooms
Students in public high schools in San Francisco are already offered ethnic studies courses. But that’s no longer enough in a nation where…
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Quick Takes
Brewery apologizes for Gandhi-Bot beer
How do you pay homage to a man who devoted his life to the cause of freedom throughout the world? If…
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Politics
2014: Another year without global warming
There are now 219 months with no significant upward temperature trend, according to an analysis of satellite data, which is more…
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Law and Government
Cabbie files lawsuit against Portland for discriminating against white drivers
A white cab driver in Portland, Maine, is suing the city over its racially biased practices. According to the Portland Press…
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Foreign Affairs
Authorities in India unleash toilet police
With the arrival of the new year, authorities in India have announced a new campaign to closely monitor Indian defecation…
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Social Issues
St. Louis area Family Dollar Stores ask customers to ‘remove hoods before entering’ (Video)
It sounds straight out of “the Onion,” but KMOV in St. Louis is serious about a sign posted in the city’s Family…
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Education
Top New York education officials propose big shake-ups
New York’s leading education officials are encouraging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to make radical changes to education in the state that…
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Foreign Affairs
If accepted as member of International Court, Palestinians will sue Israel for war crimes
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas moved to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday, expressing intentions to sue Israel…
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Education
These will be the five biggest education issues of 2015
In 2014, teachers were upset about excessive standardized tests, women were upset about campus sexual assault, kids were upset about…
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Law and Government
The biggest government fails of 2014
The federal government’s waste in 2014 ranges from pornography and drunkenness to ignoring homeless veterans, and that’s not the half…
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Quick Takes
What were the most googled topics in 2014?
A blog called Estately claims not only to have the answer but to have it broken out by state. From the blog: Using Google…
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Law and Government
Man shot and killed by police as he tries to run them down with his car
Groundhog Day is not for another month, but we think it’s safe to predict another six weeks (or is that…
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Law and Government
MI governor signs bill making drug testing mandatory for welfare recipients (Video)
Republican Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation last Friday that would require welfare recipients or applicants suspected of drug use to undergo…
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Education
Harvard Law School bends to will of Obama administration on sexual assaults
Harvard Law School finally threw in the towel Tuesday after a four-year fight with the Obama administration over Title IX. The…
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Education
Cuomo vetoes his own bill, infuriates teachers
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has stunned the state’s teaching establishment by vetoing a bill he introduced that would have…
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National Security
Family of Marine killed by Afghan sex slave sues DoD for cover-up
A New York family has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense for covering up their son’s death after…
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Social Issues
Study: Transgender military veterans committing suicide at dangerously high levels
A new study of transgender military veterans found that their rate of suicide is very similar to that of veterans suffering from schizophrenia or…
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Media
GQ couldn’t find more than 3 Democrats for its list of ‘Craziest Politicians of 2014’
GQ, that bastion of taste, has a listing in its year-end issue of the Craziest Politicians of 2014. But as the…
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Religion
Pig’s head swapped out for Baby Jesus in nativity scene treated as hate crime (Video)
And a Merry Christmas to all from Haverhill, Mass., where some “pranksters” replaced a likeness of the Baby Jesus with a severed pig’s…
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Law and Government
Police arrest Queens man overheard vowing to kill another NYPD officer
A Queens man overheard discussing plans “to kill another cop … before Christmas” is in police custody today. Elvin Payamps, 38, who…
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Law and Government
Sony asks feds for same treatment as 9/11 victims
After reversing its decision not to release “The Interview” under pressure from the U.S. government, Sony Pictures is now hinting…
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Science and Technology
FDA intends to allow gay men to donate blood
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday plans to remove the long-standing prohibition on blood donations from gay men. As…
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Law and Government
Beat goes on: Another unindicted cop, another police killing, more anti-cop protests
And another six weeks of winter, one guesses. On Tuesday, a grand jury in Harris County, Texas, cleared Houston police officer Juventino Castro in the fatal…
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Social Issues
Va. single-mom waitress receives $1,200 tip in time for Christmas (Video)
It’s called tip bombing, and unlike most other kinds, it is a positive. There is even a website for pay-it-forward…
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Economy
Merry Christmas! Disheartened troops to receive whopping $22.20-a-month raise
Frustration over declining budgets has caused a downward spiral for the military’s approval rating for the president, but the bosses…
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