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Clinton: Obama Must Keep Health Care Promise
President Barack Obama made a promise to the American people, and former President Bill Clinton believes he should keep his word. When President Obama proposed his plan for universal health care, he assured those who were happy with their insurance that they would not be forced to change their policy. The president has since had…
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New Details Emerge in Renisha McBride Shooting
The autopsy for a 19-year-old Detroit woman who was shot after, her family believes, she went looking for help because of a car accident has revealed in gruesome detail how she died. According to the Detroit Free Press, which received a copy of the autopsy report, Renisha McBride was shot in the face and not…
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Facebook-ing Suspect, 16: It Wasn't Over Jacket, It Was Over Your Mom
The 16-year-old arrested in an ice-skating rink shooting in New York City’s Bryant Park threw f-bombs and smiled at reporters as detectives escorted him in handcuffs out of the Midtown South Precinct stationhouse en route to court, the Daily News reports. Cory Dunton was arrested early Sunday after police cornered him in his apartment, even…
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White Supremacist Learns He Is 14 Percent Black
A white supremacist whose dream it was to turn North Dakota into an “all-white enclave” found out that even he wouldn’t be able to live there, since he is 14 percent black. Craig Cobb, a 62-year-old white separatist who wanted to start a community for white supremacists and neo-Nazis, found out on The Trisha Goddard…
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2 Arrested in Houston House-Party Shooting
Two young men have been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting at a Houston house party over the weekend that left two people dead and 19 wounded, authorities announced Monday. According to the Associated Press, Willie Young, 21 and Randy Stewart, 18, were arrested Monday morning. Young was charged with deadly conduct, while…
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Dolphins Owner to Address Martin, Locker Room Culture
Jonathan Martin, the Miami Dolphins offensive lineman who left the team after claims of being bullied, has most likely played his last downs with the Dolphins, a source told ESPN. Martin is expected to meet with Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, who has been in communication with Martin via text messages since he left the team.…
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Reports: Healthcare.gov Enrollment Numbers Way Off Target
Fewer than 50,000 people have been able to navigate their way through the troubled Healthcare.gov website to sign up for benefits. The tally falls well short of the projected 500,000 that the Obama administration planned to have by this time, the Wall Street Journal reports. The drastically low numbers have some insurers concerned that they…
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Thousands of Parolees Wrongly Jailed, Lawsuit Claims
Professors at Northwestern University Law School and an attorney at Uptown People’s Law Center have issued three class action lawsuits against the state of Illinois alleging that the parole system is running a scam to keep parolees locked up needlessly, the Chicago Tribune reports. Forty percent of the current Illinois prison population consists of people…
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With Police Closing In, Teen Updates Facebook
A 16-year-old was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with attempted murder after a standoff with police. The teen continuously updated his Facebook status while police were outside his door, the New York Daily News reports. Corey Dunton has been charged in a shooting at Bryant Park ice rink in Manhattan that left one person…
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Birthday Party Ends in Shooting, 2 Dead
Police in Houston are still trying to piece together how a teen’s 18th-birthday house party turned into a mass shooting, leaving two kids dead and 22 people wounded. Around 11 p.m. Saturday night the party—which was heavily promoted on Twitter and Facebook—was in full swing. “Out of no apparent provocation, someone discharged a firearm in…
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