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• Protest erupts after all-white jury acquits ex-Houston cop over teen's beating

  HOUSTON -- The day after an all-white jury acquitted a former Houston police officer for his role in the beating of a 15-year-old African American burglary suspect, community activists rallied a crowd of at least 200 people on the courthouse steps to protest. Andrew Blomberg was …

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• Kansas Middle School Teacher Compares Same-Sex Marriage To Murder On Facebook Page

  Source: Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info

   In Kansas, a middle school social studies teacher took to Facebook to bash same-sex marriage as a sin equal to murder, adultery, and pretty much every other sin in the Bible. On his Facebook page, Prairie Middle School teacher Jack Conkling expressed his outrage of  …

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• The Inequality Speech That TED Won't Show You - A super-rich venture capitalist tells the truth about "job-creation" and the importance of the middle class

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  It is astounding how significantly one idea can shape a society and its policies.  Consider this one. If taxes on the rich go up, job creation will go down.   This idea is an article of faith for republicans and seldom challenged by democrats and has shaped much of  …

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• The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death

  Source: Guardian Unlimited

  A few years ago, Antonin Scalia, one of the nine justices on the US supreme court, made a bold statement. There has not been, he said, "a single case – not one – in which it is clear that a person was executed for a crime he did not commit. If such an event had occu …

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• Snakes, mine shafts challenge crews battling Arizona wildfire

  Updated 1:45 p.m. ET -- Firefighters trying to protect a historic mining town in northern Arizona were told to expect extreme conditions Tuesday, with temperatures in the 80s and gusts up to 35 mph that could fan an out-of-control wildfire. 

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