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Police: NJ Woman Stole and Resold $3.7M in Goods From Sears
A Clementon, N.J., woman was busted in a big-time hustle after she allegedly stole and resold about $3.7 million worth of goods from a Sears warehouse, the New York Daily News reports. Authorities are claiming that Kim Watson ran her scheme while working as an inventory clerk at a Sears distribution center, allegedly stealing merchandise…
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Police: Serial-Killer Suspect Hints at More Victims Going Back 20 Years
As authorities seek more information regarding the grisly discovery of the bodies of seven Indiana women, all of which are suspected to be the work of a serial killer, the currently detained suspect has reportedly hinted that there could be even more victims, the Associated Press reports. “It could go back as far as 20…
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Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
South Africa’s “Blade Runner” on Tuesday was sentenced to five years in prison, a term he started serving immediately, the Associated Press reports. The disgraced double-amputee Olympic sprinter, found guilty of culpable homicide last month for shooting to death his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, reportedly remained composed while Judge Thokozile Masipa handed down her sentence.…
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6-Year-Old Shopping for Bubble Gum Killed in Kansas City Shooting
Kansas City, Mo., first-grader Angel Hooper and her father, Booker Hooper, set off to a 7-Eleven gas station to pick up some bubble gum after a Friday-evening jog when, police say, a passing vehicle opened fire, shooting into the parking lot. “Before he could grab her and take her to the ground, she was already…
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Americans Aren’t Really Donating Money to the Ebola Outbreak
With all the ice buckets that got thrown over heads this past summer to raise money for Lou Gehrig’s disease (also called ALS), you’d think people would have that same zeal to fight a more immediate humanitarian crisis like the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but the New York Times is reporting that donations for Ebola from…
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Some Rich, White People in Baton Rouge, La., Want to Form Their Own Town
The rich, white folk who live in Baton Rouge, La., want to secede and form their own town called St. George. Or at least that’s how their critics are articulating the initiative, the BBC reports. The secession, of sorts, is being sold as a well-intentioned plan that will allow St. George’s hypothetical residents to gain more…
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Leak? It Probably Means That Darren Wilson Won’t Be Charged In Michael Brown’s Death
When I read in last Friday’s New York Times that some of the testimony in the investigation of Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson was leaked, I cringed and then uttered a few expletives because I knew something bad was coming soon. In my years of being a trial lawyer and legal analyst, I’ve seen…
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World Health Organization: Nigeria Is Now Ebola-Free
Ebola is no longer a threat in Nigeria, the World Health Organization announced Monday, with more than a month having passed without a new case, Reuters reports. “Nigeria is now free of Ebola,” World Health Organization representative Rui Gama Vaz told a news conference in the capital, Abuja, Reuters reported. “This is a spectacular success…
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Possible Serial Killer Linked to Bodies of 7 Women in Northwestern Indiana
Authorities have found the bodies of seven women throughout Hammond and Gary, Ind., that have been linked to a possible serial killer currently in police custody, Fox News reports. According to the report, 43-year-old Gary resident Darren Deon Vann gave police information about three other dead women after he was picked up for questioning in…
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Ferguson Protesters Battle St. Louis Rams Fans After Game
Ferguson protesters looking for justice in the death of unarmed teen Michael Brown clashed with St. Louis Rams fans outside the Edward Jones Dome Sunday evening after the Rams upset the visiting Seattle Seahawks. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, protesters were calling for the indictment of Officer Darren Wilson when several fans started chanting…