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The Right's textbook "surrender to terrorists"

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Salon - By Glenn Greenwald - Nov. 15 (Opinion) - This is literally true: the Right's reaction to yesterday's announcement -- we're too afraid to allow trials and due process in our country -- is the textbook definition of "surrendering to terrorists." It's the same fear they've been spewing for years. As always, the Right's tough-guy leaders wallow in a combination of pitiful fear and cynical manipulation of the fear of their followers. Indeed, it's hard to find any group of people on the globe who exude this sort of weakness and fear more than the American Right.

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Drugs: Virtually legal

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Economist - Nov. 13 (Special Report) - From heroin “shooting galleries” in Vancouver to Mexico’s decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs, the Americas are suddenly looking more permissive. Meanwhile in Europe, where drugs policy is generally less stringent, seven countries have decriminalised drug possession, and the rest are increasingly ignoring their supposedly harsh regimes. Is the “war on drugs” becoming a fiction?

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Virginia Tech Study Contains Lessons for Fort Hood

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Miller-McCune - By Tom Jacobs - Nov. 12 (News Analysis) - The 2007 Virginia Tech massacre resulted in widespread psychological distress among the university's students — whether or not they witnessed the incident firsthand.

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Was Fort Hood Shooter's Intentions Mass Murder, or Terrorism?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

ABC News - By Lauren Cox - Nov. 11 (Special Report) - Some seee tis as an act of terrorism, but crime experts and fellow psychiatrists familiar with the military question whether Hasan's alleged actions compare with those of George Sodini, who is accused of shooting 11 women in a Pennsylvania gym this summer, or Seung-Hui Cho's motives in the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre.

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Marine reservist attacked Greek priest he mistook for terrorist

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

St. Petersburg Times - By Alexandra Zayas, Demorris A. Lee - Nov. 11 (News Report) - Bruce ended up in jail, accused of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He was released Tuesday on $7,500 bail. Marakis ended up at the hospital with stitches. He told the police he didn't want to press charges, espousing biblical forgiveness.

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Accept the facts – and end this futile 'war on drugs'

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Independent - By Johann Hari - Nov. 10 (Opinion) - The prohibitionists are – from the best intentions and the highest motives – unleashing a catastrophe. Human beings have been finding ways to get stoned or high since we lived in caves. In our attempt to end this natural impulse, we have created a problem worse than drug use itself.

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Fort Hood gunman shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as he opened fire

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Ewen MacAskill - Nov. 06 (News Report) - A US army psychiatrist about to be deployed to Afghanistan allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar", or "God is greatest", as he opened fire at a military base in Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 28. The gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, shouted the Arabic phrase just before he began his shooting spree at Fort Hood military installation yesterday, according to the base commander, Lieutenant General Robert Cone.

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memeorandum: AP sources: Authorities had concerns about suspected Fort Hood … (Associated Press)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:38:47 -0800

Associated Press - Nov. 05 - Associated Press: AP sources: Authorities had concerns about suspected Fort Hood shooter, reviewed Web postings? ?? WASHINGTON - The Army psychiatrist suspected of carrying a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, had come to the attention of authorities six months ago because of Internet postings ?

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Motive unclear, suspect still at large in North Hollywood synagogue shooting -

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Duke Helfand, Andrew Blankstein, Robert Faturechi - Oct. 29 (News Report) - Los Angeles police continued their search for a suspect and a motive in the shooting of two men early this morning in the underground parking lot of a North Hollywood synagogue.

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Stimulus Contracts Go to Companies Under Criminal Investigation

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

ProPublica - By Michael Grabell - Oct. 26 (Investigative Report) - The Department of Defense awarded nearly $30 million in stimulus contracts to six companies while they were under federal criminal investigation on suspicion of defrauding the government. According to Air Force documents, the companies claimed to be small, minority-owned businesses, which allowed them to gain special preference in bidding for government contracts. But investigators found that they were all part of a larger minority-owned enterprise in Southern California, making them ineligible for the contracts.

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Northwestern Student Grades Subpoenaed by State for Anthony McKinney Murder Investigation

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

ABC News - By Emily Friedman - Oct. 20 (Special Report) - A group of Northwestern University journalism students who believe they found proof that exonerates a man held behind bars for 31 years are fighting requests from the Illinois state prosecutor's office that they turn over their grades and course materials as part of its investigation into the possible wrongful conviction, arguing that it would jeopardize future investigations.

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What is the Color of Sin?

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Miller-McCune - By Lee Drutman - Oct. 17 (Special Report) - Two psychologists show that our concepts of morality and sin are mentally associated with lightness and darkness, with potentially troubling implications for criminal justice.

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In Mexican Drug War, Fear Compounds Investigators’ Troubles

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Marc Lacey - Oct. 17 (Special Report) - Swamped with homicides and other drug crimes, investigators cope with too little expertise and too much corruption, and they are targets themselves.

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Daniel Aleman, Daniel Rodriguez Arrested For Hate Crime Attack

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By David Weiner - Oct. 14 (News Report) - Shocking video of the brutal beating of Jack Price has been released just as news of a second arrest in the case was announced.

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Defunding The Real Criminal Enterprises

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

OurFuture.org - By Brian Dockstader - Oct. 09 (Opinion) - While conservatives ravenously pounced on the opportunity to defund the network of community organizations committed to helping and empowering low-income communities (most egregiously by trying to help them participate in their own democracy), they happily and predictably turned a blind eye to the mass levels of fraud, criminality and assorted malfeasance that have been committed by their dear corporate benefactors over the years.

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A Mugging on Lake Street

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

chicagomag.com - By John Conroy - Sep. 09 (Special Report) - Hate crime or boredom attack, my injuries are the same. One thing about being hated, though—you have an identity. You’re a member of a distinct class who is important to the attacker. If you are attacked without reason, you’re nobody— you’re of no importance whatever. Mulling this over makes me question the whole notion of prosecuting hate crimes. Why is a racist thug more dangerous than the man who just feels like beating someone—anyone—up? The racist might send a message to a large population, but the nonracist sends a message to an even larger group, a message that says, “You count for nothing” and “No one is safe.”

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Drug War Facts - Statistics if Drugs Were Legal

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Esquire - By John H. Richardson - Sep. 05 (Special Report) - "You have to take the money out of it. Many people talk about legalization and decriminalize — it's still illegal, but you're just not sending as many people to jail, especially for the nonviolent offenses. However, the money is still being made in the illegal sales, so you still have the drug wars. It's prohibition that's killing our people. That's why people are dying." Read more: http://www.esquire.com/the-side/richardson-report/drug-war-facts-090109#ixzz0QG8QtJYQ

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Court documents show Michael Jackson died of lethal levels of propofol

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Intruderes - Aug. 25 (News Report) - Court documents show Michael Jackson died of lethal levels of propofol

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UBS Client Chernick Admits Filing False Tax Return (Update2)

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Bloomberg - By Voreacos - Aug. 10 (News) - submit hid the original story window. Wait a bit.

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Lab Analyst Decision Complicates Prosecutions

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Tom Jackman - Jul. 15 (News) - High Court Requires Scientists to Testify

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California Budget Cuts Could Cause ‘Public Safety Emergency'

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

ProPublica - By Emily Witt, Ben Protess - Jun. 23 (Investigative Report) - That may not sound like much alongside the hundreds of millions in proposed slashes to the state's education, prison and health care systems. But it's half the lab's budget and would likely halt or delay the testing of rape kits, DNA and other crucial crime scene evidence in many counties, law enforcement officials warn.

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Ohio teen recovers from attempted lynching

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

thegrio.com - Jun. 16 (News Report) - Robert Cantu said four people put a noose around his neck and dragged him from the sidewalk to an adjacent parking lot. "These guys were in the back of a truck with a noose and they jumped out and said, 'Get the black kids' and they all ran and then they said, 'Get the spic.' So they jumped on me, pulled me down and put the noose on me," said Robert, who is a Latino.

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Bernie Madoff

Sat, 02 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Michael Moore - May. 02 (Opinion) - he stole $65 billion from some already quite wealthy people. I know that's upsetting to them because rich guys like Bernie are not supposed to be stealing from their own kind. Crime, thievery, looting — that's what happens on the other side of town. The rules of the money game on Park Avenue and Wall Street are comprised of things like charging the public 29% credit card interest, tricking people into taking out a second mortgage they can't afford, and concocting a student loan system that has graduates in hock for the next 20 years. Now that's smart business! And it's legal.

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Craigslist known as aid and enabler - The

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Boston Globe - By Megan Woolhouse - Apr. 22 (News Report) - "The ads have gotten Craigslist plenty of less than desirable headlines. Trench Reynolds' Crime News, a company started by an unemployed medical accountant in North Carolina, culls stories involving Craigslist crimes from newspapers around the country on a website www.CraigsCrimeList.com. The daily posts - averaging about 10 a day - are a compendium of prostitution raids, arrests, and sex stings stemming from Craigslist encounters. A special section called "killers" outlines murderous relationships that began on the site, including the 2007 death of a young Minnesota woman who was killed when she went to someone's home responding to a baby-sitting job ..."

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Did Paranoid Right-Wing Media Fuel the Pittsburgh Cop Killer's Rage?

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Max Blumenthal - Apr. 08 (News Analysis) - Poplawski was a neo-Nazi wannabe who railed against blacks, Jews, "Zionists," and gun control. And like many members of the far-right fringe, he allegedly visited Jones' Web sites and posted alarming reports by Jones' writers on the white supremacist message board, Stormfront. (Poplawski's posts are here, authored under the handle, "Braced For Fate.") While Alex Jones generally avoids overt racism, he has found an eager audience on Stormfront by conjuring dark visions of an impending New World Order, claiming FEMA is secretly building a national concentration camp network, and announcing that President Barack Obama has planned mass gun seizures on his way to establishing a leftist dictatorship. "Remember, the first step in establishing a dictatorship is to disarm the citizens," warned a March 13 commentary on Jones' website, Prison Planet. In the wake of Poplawski's alleged murder spree, the killer's friends and family members painted a portrait of a paranoid young man whose worldview was informed almost totally by the kind of conspiratorial themes entertained by Jones.

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