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Starved Kidnap Victim Like 'Little Girl' When Rescued
ABC News - 1 Aug 2013 17:53
Michelle Knight, one of three women who survived more than a decade in captivity in Ariel Castro's Cleveland house, was so emaciated that the rescuing police officer initially thought she was a little girl.
Alabama boy beaten to death for wetting pants, prosecutor says
Fox News - 1 Aug 2013 14:11
Prosecutors in eastern Alabama say a 5-year-old boy was killed because he wet his pants.
Ex-FBI agent says agency 'dropped the ball,' clearing way for Whitey Bulger to murder two Boston men in 1982
Boston - 1 Aug 2013 18:09
A retired FBI agent testified in the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger Thursday that the FBI failed to prevent the murders of Edward "Brian" Halloran and Michael Donahue, though the FBI had learned that Halloran, an informa...
Edward Snowden Given Asylum in Russia for a Year
Time - 1 Aug 2013 16:35
The NSA leaker left the Moscow airport and entered Russia after receiving temporary asylum
The NSA's Massive Call Record Surveillance Program Barely Accomplishes Anything
Mother Jones - 1 Aug 2013 07:41
So how effective is the NSA's massive program to collect call records for every phone call made in the United States? Today they told us: John C. Inglis, the deputy director of the N.S.A., said there had been 13 investig...
Mexican Drug Cartels' Other Business: Sex Trafficking
Time - 1 Aug 2013 05:20
Narco gangs, including the Zetas, have diversified their portfolio to include buying and selling women as slaves
Who is the real Al Sharpton?
Fox News - 1 Aug 2013 04:18DA pleads for public's help in capturing killer of Revere man, 19, shot in South End
Boston - 1 Aug 2013 21:29
A 19-year-old Revere man was shot and killed in Boston Tuesday, and Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today called on the public to give the man's murder the same public outpouring that greeted the death of Amy ...
Mariner Moose Mascot Punched At Boeing Event By Employee
The Huffington Post - 1 Aug 2013 19:25
Can't a moose get a little respect? The Seattle Mariners have confirmed that its Mariner Moose mascot was recently assaulted during a Boeing event for the company's "public safety day," Komo News Seattle reported. The pe...
To Get Rich Slowly, Sit Still
Forbes - 1 Aug 2013 18:32Build your home by hand for under $35K
CNN - 1 Aug 2013 18:19
How to design, share, download, adapt and "print" a house.
Egyptian Revolution Derailed, Contained
OpEdNews - 1 Aug 2013 18:02
Washington D.C. is adapting to this "regime exchange" in order to prevent a "change in the regime," which the successive US administrations have nurtured as a strategic asset to both the United States and its Israeli reg...
'The Wolverine', 'Waterworld', And Other Flops That Weren't
Forbes - 1 Aug 2013 16:07Kidnapped Ohio women kept diaries, prosecutors say
Fox News - 1 Aug 2013 06:45
Three women held captive in a run-down home for a decade kept diaries documenting the physical and sexual abuse they suffered on a daily basis, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Bob Filner's Lawyer: San Diego Is Partially To Blame for Sex Scandal
The Atlantic Wire - 1 Aug 2013 05:42
Earlier this week, San Diego mayor Bob Filner's legal team made a rather bold request on behalf of the sex scandal-plagued politician: the City of San Diego should step up and pay his legal fees in a lawsuit stemming fro...
An Unusual Feat in Congress: Student Loan Bill Breezes On
The New York Times - 1 Aug 2013 02:04
Democrats and Republicans eagerly voted to reset and cap student loan interest rates after a failure last month forced rates to double.
Hasan sends writings to Fox News ahead of Fort Hood shooting trial
Fox News - 1 Aug 2013 23:59
On the eve of his military trial, accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan released seven pages of handwritten and typed documents to Fox News in which he appears to renounce his U.S. citizenship, abandons his military...
'We're The Millers' Is Jennifer Aniston's Second Chance to Be Bad
The Atlantic Wire - 1 Aug 2013 23:58
There's a new red band trailer out for We're The Millers, and Jennifer Aniston's giving the whole good-girl-gone-bad thing another go. And it might actually work this time.
Then/Now: The cast of 'The Breakfast Club'
Fox News - 1 Aug 2013 23:53
Looking back at the Brat Pack's magnum opus, and where its stars are now
Google's Moto X Cleverly Appeals to Your Individuality
The Atlantic Wire - 1 Aug 2013 23:53
With its just announced, much-anticipated Moto X phone, Google has decided to play up the vanity angle, understanding that consumers care as much, if not more, about personal style than substance -- a complete turn-aroun...
The New Economic Math = Jobs
OpEdNews - 1 Aug 2013 23:48
Republicans are still ignoring reality. They're trying to extend and even double down on the sequester's destructive spending cuts, despite the economic evidence -- and despite our crumbling infrastructure. It's time to ...
The Need to Teach Students How to Practice Active Listening
OpEdNews - 1 Aug 2013 23:44
An article that dives into the necessity of active listening in everyday life. Yet, more importantly, the need for more educators to teach students what active listening is and how to practice it.