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Ga. Man Throws Away Winning Lottery Tickets
Cedric Jackson walked into Rick’s Food Mart in Rome, Ga., Saturday, checked his lottery numbers and figured he had lost. He asked the clerk if he wouldn’t mind throwing them out, and left the store. Later that night, he realized that while he hadn’t won the grand prize, he may have tossed out two winning…
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Ala. Police Officer Recorded Saying Black Man Should Be Killed and His Death Covered Up
An Alabama police officer reportedly suggested killing a black resident and then covering up the incident as self-defense, The Guardian has uncovered. Alexander City Police Officer Troy Middlebrooks was apparently “disciplined” after making the statements in May 2013 but kept his job and still goes out on patrols in the neighborhood. According to the report,…
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Michael Brown’s Mother on Darren Wilson: ‘The Devil. That’s What Comes to Mind’
“Evil.” “A waste of space.” These are the words Lesley McSpadden used in an interview with Al-Jazeera America to describe former Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson, who shot her unarmed son, Michael Brown, to death last August, the New York Daily News reports. “The devil. That’s what comes to mind,” the still-grieving mother said…
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Steak-umms or Mmm, Steak! The Dollar Tree Carries $1 Steak
Ever found yourself hungry with barely enough loose change to make a dollar and really wanted a steak? Well, you’re in luck, my friend, because Dollar Tree discount stores sell Stampede’s $1 boneless-ribeye, preseasoned steak! Sure, some reviewers are saying that it’s tougher than long division and thinner than a whisper on a windy day.…
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This 110-Year-Old’s Secret to Life: 3 Beers, a Shot of Scotch Daily and God
Agnes Fenton was born 110 years ago—Aug. 1, 1905—in Mississippi. However, she doesn’t view her astonishing longevity as any big deal. “The birthday is just another day,” she said of the superspecial day, now come and gone, that ushered her into the “supercentenarian” club, North Jersey Media Group reports. Although she doesn’t always have great days,…
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Va. Youth Basketball Team Banned From Championships Because of Female Teammate
Kymora Johnson has been playing with the Charlottesville Cavaliers under-11 team since she was 6 years old. Despite that fact, the entire Virginia basketball team was disqualified Saturday from the National Travel Basketball Association’s national championship tournament because Kymora is, obviously, a girl. “She’s played in hundreds of tournaments and two prior NTBA national championship…
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Darren Wilson: I Only Knew Michael Brown for the 45 Seconds He Tried to Kill Me
It’s been a year since now-former Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson gunned down unarmed teen Michael Brown after an alleged confrontation. During that time, Wilson has had to think about his part in Brown’s death but apparently hasn’t given much thought to Brown as a person, according to an extensive profile in the New…
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Man Allegedly Rams Into St. Louis Police Car ‘for the Black People’
A St. Louis man was charged on Sunday for allegedly ramming into a police car and injuring two officers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Kevin Labriado, 48, was charged with two counts of second-degree assault on a law-enforcement officer and child endangerment. Labriado’s 5-year-old daughter, along with other individuals, was in the car at the time…
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Sandra Bland’s Family Files Federal Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of Sandra Bland—demanding accountability for the Illinois woman’s death while in police custody at a Texas jail—filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday, KHOU-TV reports. “We are looking for Waller County and the individuals involved to take accountability,” family attorney Cannon Lambert Sr. said, according to the Houston news station. The wrongful death suit…
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Watch: Fla. Officer Assaults and Arrests Woman After She Calls Cop’s Son Rude
Deidra Reid and Reginald Lane Jr. thought they were just going to visit a friend Monday, maybe hang out by the pool, but an encounter with a young boy whose father is a Orange County, Fla., deputy sheriff ended with the pair being arrested and Reid’s arm in a sling. “This is someone who used…