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Why Conservatives Are Smearing Trayvon Martin’s Reputation
First, there was the discussion of what Trayvon Martin was wearing. “I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin’s death as George Zimmerman was,” Geraldo Rivera said on Fox & Friends...
Fracking Industry Follows Tobacco Industry’s Deceptive Playbook
A thorough and well reported Bloomberg News story...
Study finds racial bias in North Carolina’s death sentences
RALEIGH, N.C. — Someone accused of killing a white person in North Carolina...
HuffPost lawsuit exposes musty values of Internet economy
In 1991 a lawsuit filed by a freelance journalist was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that The New York Times...
23 Americans convicted of kidnapping cleric in Italy
ROME — An Italian judge convicted 23 Americans on Wednesday...
Fellow veterans offer funds, support for comrade jailed in Westboro case
WICHITA, Kan. — Veterans from across the country are reaching out to support a Kansas man charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated battery and other crimes against members of a controversial Topeka, Kan., church, saying they know what he has gone through since ...
Scott Carpenter Pool reopens Friday
After four months of renovation work, Scott Carpenter Pool...
Vivian Schiller, NPR chief, resigns amid ‘tea party’ video fallout
WASHINGTON — The chief executive officer of NPR, Vivian Schiller, has departed following tumult over comments made by a National Public Radio executive about the "tea party...
Research hopes to shed light on link between space travel, sickness
SAN JOSE, Calif. — This is the flu in microgravity...
Fort Hood suspect sought war-crimes charges against patients, military officer says
DALLAS — Fort Hood, Texas, massacre suspect Nidal Malik...
