Robert Zimmerman says that his family has not spoken to his brother, George Zimmerman, since he was acquitted for the murder of Trayvon Martin because President Barack Obama’s administration may be listening to their phone calls. In an Tuesday interview on Fox News, Robert Zimmerman said that...
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George Zimmerman’s brother thinks Obama ‘tapped’ his phones
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Jim Cramer of CNBC insists that Elizabeth Warren takedown ‘had NO impact’
Jim Cramer of financial news network CNBC, the man who famously urged investors to buy Bear Stearns stock a week before the company collapsed, has set his sights on Sen. Elizabeth Warren. According to Talking Points Memo, Cramer took to Twitter Wednesday and insisted that Warren’s appearance...
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Utah lawmaker calls for an end to compulsory education
A Republican lawmaker in Utah is calling on his state to put an end to the requirement that children go to school. On Tuesday, Deseret News flagged a Friday article posted to state Sen. Aaron Osmond’s blog where he says that Utah “should take a close look at repealing compulsory...
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Snoop: Zimmerman prosecution was lacking because Trayvon Martin was black
Reggae artist Snoop Lion, formerly known as rap artist Snoop Dogg, said at a press event for his new film “Turbo” on Wednesday that he felt the prosecution in the Zimmerman murder trial was lacking because the victim, Trayvon Martin, was black. “If that had been a black-on-black...
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UN ambassador nominee Samantha Power criticizes world body’s ‘unacceptable’ anti-Israel bias
President Barack Obama’s nominee for UN ambassador on Wednesday slammed the global body’s “unacceptable bias” against Israel, even as detractors criticize her past statements about America’s closest Mideast ally. Genocide expert and human rights champion Samantha Power...
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School board members among 109 New Jerseyans faking income for free school meal program
New Jersey state Comptroller Matthew Boxer announced on Wednesday that 109 public employees, spouses and family members will be prosecuted on fraud charges after a state investigation (PDF) found they lied about their incomes to qualify for a free school lunch program, the New Jersey Star-Ledger...
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Florida highway closed after drone crashes with still-active ‘small self-destruct charge’
An unmanned drone aircraft fell from the sky and exploded by a Florida highway on Wednesday morning, snarling traffic and closing the road for the next 24 hours. According to a statement from Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base, State Highway 98 is closed “as a precautionary measure due to...
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Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on controversial ‘Rolling Stone’ cover
US magazine Rolling Stone was under fire Wednesday for placing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover, which critics said treats the Boston bombing suspect almost like a pop celebrity. This week’s cover of the publication known for its interviews with rock…
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Rachel Jeantel schools Limbaugh on the N-word: ‘It is racist for an adult’ to use it
Trayvon Martin’s friend, Rachel Jeantel, has never heard of Rush Limbaugh but she knows a racist when she sees one. In an interview with HuffPost Live on Wednesday, Jeantel said that it felt “racist” after Limbaugh used his Tuesday radio show to announce that he was now allowed to...
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Bolshoi violinist dies in tragic orchestra fall
Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre was Wednesday mourning a new tragedy after a senior violinist died after falling into the orchestra pit, the Moscow company’s spokeswoman said. Violinist Viktor Sedov, 65, a veteran of the ballet and opera house’s orchestra for four decades, fell into the...
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New York pedophile pleads guilty to raping girl and murdering her mother
New York resident David Renz, 29, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to allegations that he raped a 10-year-old girl and murdered her mother, in a broad-daylight attack that began in a shopping mall parking lot. The attack began after Renz removed an electronic tracking device affixed to his ankle, then...
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Judge tells Bradley Manning she won’t dismiss charges of ‘aiding the enemy’ in leaks trial
Defense team ‘extraordinarily disappointed’ after Col Denise Lind declines to throw out charges against WikiLeaks source The judge presiding over the court martial of the WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning has declined to throw out the main charge against him – that he knowingly...
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Issa’s own IRS witnesses deny ‘political motives’ against tea party
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) was told by his own witnesses on Thursday that there was no political motivation behind the scrutiny of tea party groups applying for tax exempt status. In a USA Today op-ed on Wednesday, the California Republican sought...
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Key prosecution witness in ‘Whitey’ Bulger trial found dead
Authorities say that a body found Wednesday afternoon near Lincoln, Massachusetts is that of former gangster Stephen “Stippo” Rakes, who was a key witness for the prosecution in the trial of notorious gangster, James “Whitey” Bulger. According to USA Today, Rakes was...
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Australian firm launches ‘anti-shark’ wetsuits
An Australian research firm Thursday launched what is being touted as the world’s first anti-shark wetsuit, using new discoveries about the predators’ eyesight to stave off or evade an attack. Working in conjunction with the University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Oceans...
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Coalition seeks release of surveillance data
A coalition of Internet firms and activist organizations asked the US government Thursday to issue “transparency reports” on its online and phone data collection programs which have sparked an outcry. “Democracy requires accountability and accountability requires...
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Young generation gets into spirit of Mandela day
Sixteen-year-old Genius Molefe wasn’t born when Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first black president, but she joined many South Africans in 67 minutes of community service marking his birthday Thursday. Molefe joined a government and UN-backed campaign to mark 67 years of...
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Bryan Fischer: Americans have a ‘patriotic duty to worship God’
The director of issues analysis of the fundamentalist American Family Association (AFA) told his radio listeners that they and every American had a “patriotic duty to worship God.” On his Wednesday radio show, Fischer read from the Old Testament Book of Haggai to explain why the U.S....
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FEMA caught using old data for new flood maps that cost homeowners untold sums in extra insurance premiums
When Donna Edgar found out that new flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency would place her house in a high-risk flood zone, she couldn’t believe it. Her home, on the ranch she and her husband own in Texas hill country about 60 miles north of Austin, sits well back from the...
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Massachusetts man says Stevie Nicks told him to steal ferry boat
A 62-year-old Malden, Massachusetts man who was found adrift on a 68-foot ferry boat in Boston Harbor on Christmas Day told police that Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks was his girlfriend, and that he had untied the boat from its moorings at her request. According to the Boston Globe, Samuel...
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