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Jury: Ex-deputy Sane When He Tortured And Assaulted Wife and Lover
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 4:32 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)
A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy convicted of torturing and sexually assaulting his wife and her lover -- leaving both badly mutilated -- was found legally sane by jurors in the case. Prosecutors say Robert Avery McClain, 38, of Irvine, in 2008 forced his the …
Who Said It: Mitt or Groucho? Take the Quiz
Fri May 18, 2012 4:01 PM EDT
Originally published at Fair and Unbalanced Mitt Romney is sounding more and more like Groucho Marx all the time -- except he's not trying to be funny. Take the quiz below, and identify the quote as coming from Mitt or Groucho. (And here's wishing Mitt would soun …
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BREAKING: Fracking Fluids Could Contaminate Freshwater Aquifers, Says Study
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 4:01 PM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)
The chemical-laced water used in hydraulic fracturing can migrate through fractures and faults up to overlying aquifers in as little as tens of years.
Virginia Lawmaker And Senate Candidate: 'Sodomy Not a Civil Right'
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 3:55 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
During an interview on CNN with Republican Virginia state delegate Robert Marshall, host Brooke Baldwin compared the struggle for LGBT rights to discrimination against African Americans and asked the lawmaker why he voted to block Richmond prosecutor Tracy Thorne-Begland from b …
Study: Increased Equality For Women And African-Americans Has Boosted U.S. Productivity
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 3:44 PM EDT (Think Progress)
One study by four economists even found that expanding opportunities for women and African Americans over the last 50 years has offered a serious boost to U.S. productivity growth: Fairness, they contend, has made the economy more productive. Chang-Tai Hsieh, Erik Hurst, Charl …
Wendell Potter: Sarah Palin's rhetoric torpedoed Medicare savings
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 3:08 PM EDT (The Center for Public Integrity)
By Wendell Potter - The Affordable Care Act might havebeen able to curtail spending further if it hadn’t been for Sarah Palin’s reckless rhetoric. It was Palin who charged that a provision of the law allowing Medicare to pay doctors for having end-of-life discussion …
House OKs $642B Defense Bill that Obama Threatened To Veto
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 2:51 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)
The House on Friday ignored a presidential veto threat and passed a $642 billion defense bill that abandons the deficit-cutting agreement that President Obama and congressional Republicans backed last summer. On a 299-120 vote, lawmakers backed the spending blueprint that adds …
House Republican Plan to Overhaul Medicare Opposed by Original Advocate
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 2:48 PM EDT (Center for American Progress)
One of the original advocates of overhauling Medicare by providing direct but limited government support to individual patients says the current House Republican plan that includes this provision should be rejected by Congress. In a hearing before the House Ways and Means Comm …
Women May Resort to Coat Hanger Abortions, 'But, Hey,' Says Republican Named Bubba
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 2:44 PM EDT (Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women. Without Airbrushing.)
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All-White Jury Acquits Houston PD Caught on Camera Beating Black Teen, Community Protests Ruling VIDEO
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 2:22 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Police officers were caught by a security camera apparently beating a black teen as he lay prone with his hands behind his head. Chad Holley, then fifteen, was running from police after committing burglary . Despite the video and expert testimony that …
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