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Bride Sentenced for Killing Groom on Wedding Day
In Pennsylvania on Thursday, Na Cola Franklin was found guilty of stabbing her fiance, Billy Brewster, to death just hours before her wedding. The Daily News reports that Franklin was sentenced to life without parole. The couple were arguing at 2 a.m. on the day of their nuptials — Aug. 11, 2012 — after Brewster…
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Senate Accepts Proposal to Keep Food Stamps From Ex-Cons
Food stamps are on the chopping block again. This time Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana has presented an amendment to permanently drop ex-violent offenders from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, reports Colorlines. Does this remind anyone else of that other proposal to cut food stamps to families with children underperforming in school? According to…
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Spanish Teacher Files Lawsuit Over Firing for Saying 'Negro'
Petrona Smith, a New York educator, has filed a lawsuit claiming that she was fired from a Bronx school in March 2012 after she used the word “negro” in class, reports Yahoo. Officials at P.S. 211 have not responded to the charges. The non-tenured teacher, 65-year-old Petrona Smith, maintains that she was instructing her class about…
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Obama: Sexual Assault Threatens Military Trust
On Friday, President Obama used his U.S. Naval Academy commencement speech to decry sexual assault in the military, writes USA Today. “Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that makes our military strong,” Obama said during commencement services at the U.S. Naval Academy. Obama…
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Oldest Living Person in US: Be Nice, Worship God and Eat Pigs' Feet
Despite what many doctors advise, 114-year-old Jeralean Talley of Inkster, Mich., America’s oldest living person, says her secret to a long life is to be nice, worship God — and eat pigs’ feet, Time reveals. In a phone conversation on the eve of her 114th birthday, Talley told TIME, “I feel okay.” These days, the…
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Interested in a Real New York 'Ghetto' Bus Tour?
Ever thought of looking at poor families in line for a food bank as entertainment? Well, Real Bronx Tours did. The New York tour-bus company offered, until earlier this week, a sightseeing jaunt featuring “a ride through a real New York City ‘GHETTO,’ ” where tourists could gawk at poor families in line for food banks. But…
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Boy Scouts Admit Gay Kids but Not Adults
Although the Boy Scouts of America organization voted on Thursday to allow gay youths into its ranks — starting Jan. 1, 2014 — the deciding members didn’t amend the rule to include lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender Scout leaders. So once a Scout turns 18 years old, he is no longer welcome or able to…
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Obama: We Must Define the War on Terror or It Will Define Us
On Thursday, President Obama delivered a major speech at the Natonal Defense University in Washington, D.C., on the changing face of the war on terror, repairing U.S. relations with the Muslim community, his efforts to close Guantánamo Bay and the necessity for drones, reports NBC News. “We must define the nature and scope of this…
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Stop and Frisk and … Give Us Your Weed?
Stop and frisk continues to be controversial, and the New York Civil Liberties Union made another allegation on Wednesday. NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman charged that in addition toharassing too many minorities, police also rack up a sizable number of marijuana arrests through stop and frisk that probably wouldn’t happen otherwise, according to the Daily…
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