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Crack-Smoking Mayor Rob Ford More Popular Than Obama, Congress
HuffPost - The Huffington Post
He's admitted to smoking crack cocaine and buying illegal drugs; he's been videotaped threatening to kill someone, and he's been stripped of most of his authority. But despite all that, Toronto's embattled
Aryan Brotherhood Put Bounty On Black Teens Accused Of Murdering WWII Vet, Judge Says
HuffPost - Hunter Stuart
The Aryan Brotherhood put a hefty bounty on the heads of two black teens accused of murdering a World War II veteran earlier this year, court papers reveal. Spokane County District Court Judge Debra Hayes
Krokodil Scare In Ohio Moves Sheriff To Offer Shocking Advice: 'Get Your Heroin From A Trusted Source'
HuffPost - Andres Jauregui
A newly reported case of krokodil in Ohio has a local sheriff offering drug users shocking advice. A needle drug user in Athens County who had pus-filled, scaly scars where she had injected told detectives
Bomb Scare At Oklahoma Police Station Turns Out To Be A Burrito
HuffPost - The Huffington Post
That salsa must have some punch. An Oklahoma police station had a minor bomb scare this week after a man turned in a "suspicious package." It turned out to be a burrito. The Oklahoma City resident found
NFL WEEK 12: Here Are Our Official Predictions For Who Wins
Business Insider - Jay Yarow
8. Gus Bradley, Jacksonville Jaguars: He's ranked dead last because his team stinks. It was at risk of going 0-fer this season. Maybe his team has no talent, and next year they'll stock up and play well,
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Derrick Rose injures right knee
go.com - Nick Friedell
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose, who missed all of last season while recovering from reconstructive surgery to his left …
Colorado theater shooting trial postponed indefinitely
NBC News
By Daniella Silva and Kevin Watters, NBC News The judge in the Colorado movie theater shootings case postponed the trial of James Holmes indefinitely on Thursday. District Judge Carlos Samour ordered delay
Maine Marijuana Legalization Fails
HuffPost - Robin Wilkey
The Maine State Legislature failed to pass a bill on Thursday that would have legalized, taxed and regulated recreational marijuana for adults. The Legislative Council, a 10-member group of legislative
Arizona Ignored 6,000 Cases of Reported Child Abuse
thewire.com - Brian Feldman
This article is from the archive of our partner . Approximately 6,000 cases of suspected child abuse reported to an Arizona state hotline over the …
Posthumous pardon in 1931 Alabama rape case
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
The Scottsboro Boys receive official pardons more than 80 years after being wrongly convicted by all-white juries. Three black men falsely accused and convicted of raping two white women in Alabama have
Watch! An underwater volcano creates a new island south of Japan
Los Angeles Times - By By Deborah Netburn
An exploding underwater volcano is causing a new island to form in the Pacific Ocean about 620 miles south of Tokyo, and you can watch a bit of its dramatic rise in the video above. The video, showing
Filibuster vote raises stakes for 2014
POLITICO - By ALEX ISENSTADT
Elections, as the saying goes, have consequences. And Thursday’s historic vote in the Senate to obliterate the filibuster for most presidential nominees makes Election 2014 that much more consequential.
China 'flies first stealth drone' - reports
bbc.co.uk
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What Happened to Immigration Reform?
The Atlantic - Molly Ball
A powerful, well-organized coalition did everything it could, with no results. Now advocates are preparing to shift from lobbying to revenge. Last week, John Boehner was having breakfast at his customary
How We Should Remember John F. Kennedy
The Atlantic - Newton N. Minow
To honor his memory, it's important to place him in his era of bold optimism and hard realism—and alongside other great leaders of that era. President John F. Kennedy once described himself as an “idealist
Charges filed in helmet assault during Pennsylvania HS football game
Fox News - By
Charges have been filed in the case of a high school football player who ripped the helmet off an opposing player and beat him over the head with it during a game in central Pennsylvania two months ago,
Unspeakable horrors in a country on the verge of genocide
The Guardian - David Smith
A massacre of the innocents is taking place in the heart of Africa as the world looks the other way. One man describes how his four-year-old son's throat was slit, and how he saw a snake swallowing a A
North Korea
US urges North Korea to release veteran Merrill Newman
bbc.co.uk
US officials are urging North Korea to "let our citizens go free", as reports say that an 85-year-old US veteran has been detained in the country. Merrill Newman, a Korean War veteran, was taken off a
Shoppers already lining up for Black Friday deals
USA TODAY - Marisol Bello
Some shoppers refuse to lose out on a bargain — even if it means camping out 24/7 for more than a week. Shoppers across the country are setting up camp in front of Best Buy electronics stores to snag best
President Obama Signs HOPE Act into Law, Lifting HIV Organ Ban |
TIME
Two weeks before World AIDS Day, President Obama has signed a new law that replaces a ban on using the organs of HIV positive people. It has been illegal since the 1980s to even study whether or not transplants
This Is What America's School Lunches Really Look Like
NPR - Maria Godoy
School lunch has never been the stuff of foodie dreams. I'm still haunted by the memory of my elementary school cafeteria's "brain pizza" – a lumpy oval thing topped with fleshy white strips of barely
FCC confirms it may allow mobile calls during flight, but airlines have final say (update)
The Verge - Chris Welch
The FCC has confirmed that on December 12th, it will consider a proposal that would give airlines the option to let passengers make cellphone calls during flight. But the Commission is also attempting
World's Largest Airport Terminal To Be Built In Shanghai
Forbes - Kenneth Rapoza
Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport will be home to the world’s largest satellite airport terminal when it goes under construction starting next year. The four year project will house 105 airplanes,
More Children Are Being Medicated For ADHD Than Before
NPR - Allison Aubrey
The number of children being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And families increasingly are opting for
Rate Of Coastal Wetlands Loss Has Sped Up, U.S. Study Says
NPR - Bill Chappell
The U.S. lost an average of 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands from 2004 to 2009, according to the latest data published by federal agencies. More than 70 percent of the estimated loss came in the Gulf Mexico;

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Crack-Smoking Mayor Rob Ford More Popular Than Obama, Congress

Aryan Brotherhood Put Bounty On Black Teens Accused Of Murdering WWII Vet, Judge Says

Krokodil Scare In Ohio Moves Sheriff To Offer Shocking Advice: 'Get Your Heroin From A Trusted Source'

Bomb Scare At Oklahoma Police Station Turns Out To Be A Burrito

NFL WEEK 12: Here Are Our Official Predictions For Who Wins

Derrick Rose injures right knee

Colorado theater shooting trial postponed indefinitely

Maine Marijuana Legalization Fails

Arizona Ignored 6,000 Cases of Reported Child Abuse

Posthumous pardon in 1931 Alabama rape case

Watch! An underwater volcano creates a new island south of Japan

Filibuster vote raises stakes for 2014

China 'flies first stealth drone' - reports

What Happened to Immigration Reform?

How We Should Remember John F. Kennedy

Charges filed in helmet assault during Pennsylvania HS football game

Unspeakable horrors in a country on the verge of genocide

US urges North Korea to release veteran Merrill Newman

Shoppers already lining up for Black Friday deals

President Obama Signs HOPE Act into Law, Lifting HIV Organ Ban |

This Is What America's School Lunches Really Look Like

FCC confirms it may allow mobile calls during flight, but airlines have final say (update)

World's Largest Airport Terminal To Be Built In Shanghai

More Children Are Being Medicated For ADHD Than Before

Rate Of Coastal Wetlands Loss Has Sped Up, U.S. Study Says