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April 8, 2013
15:36 • 1 month ago

WikiLeaks releases nearly two million new diplomatic records from the 1970’s

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  • 1.7M new U.S. diplomatic records have been released by WikiLeaks. All of the records are from a four year period stretching from the beginning of 1973 to the end of 1976, and include numerous entries both from and intended for former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The collection is being called the Public Library of US Diplomacy (PlusD). source

April 6, 2013
16:26 • 1 month ago

Suicide bombing hits political event in Iraq

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  • 20people killed by suicide bombing in Iraq, at a political luncheon for Muthana al-Jourani, a Sunni candidate running for election to the provincial council. He himself was only injured in the attack — while the perpetrator and motive of the attack is yet unknown, the bloodshed echoes ongoing, brutal sectarian violence that has gripped Iraq over the last year. source

15:47 • 1 month ago

Kansas close to codifying “life begins at fertilization”

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  • 90-30vote in the Kansas House to enact new anti-abortion legislation. It doesn’t include a time-sensitive ban, like “fetal heartbeat” legislation in North Dakota, but defines life as beginning at fertilization — language opponents fear is groundwork for more to come (for example, the birth control pill may act after fertilization, raising legal threats to hormonal contraception). It also restricts Planned Parenthood, preventing them from receiving tax credits and public funds, and from providing sexual education materials to public schools. Republican Governor Sam Brownback, a staunch opponent of abortion, will almost assuredly sign the bill into law. source 
  • (EDIT: This post originally said the pill acted post-fertilization — this is true of one of its methods of preventing pregnancy, but is not always the case. My deepest apologies for the mistake, and thanks to the reader who pointed this out. — Chris @ SFB)

April 4, 2013
18:18 • 1 month ago

Majority supports legalizing weed for first time in four decades

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52% support marijuana legalization in a new Pew poll, compared with 45% who don’t. It’s the first national poll ever to show majority support for legalization.

14:51 • 1 month ago

Weekly jobless numbers hit a four month high

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  • 385k applications for unemployment benefits were filed in the United States last week, up roughly 28,000 from the previous seven day period, and 35,000 claims higher than many analysts had predicted. It also marks the second straight week of increased jobless numbers, and raised the four-week moving average to 354,250. source

April 3, 2013
15:08 • 1 month ago

Coordinated suicide bombings leave more than 40 dead in Afghan courtroom

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  • 44 people were killed after nine Taliban suicide bombers stormed a courtroom, in Afghanistan’s Farah province, where 10 other militants were facing trial. According to the Taliban, all 10 of those facing trial managed to escape during the attack, which claimed the lives of both civilians and Afghan security force members. source

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April 2, 2013
19:36 • 1 month ago

Educators indicted for allegedly altering test scores

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  • 35Atlanta, Georgia educators indicted by a grand jury last week for an alleged conspiracy to alter students’ standardized test scores, so to obtain bonuses and maintain job security. So far, 10 of those indicted have turned themselves in to Fulton County jail, with some receiving bonds of up to $1 million — decried as excessive by some of their respective attorneys. source

April 1, 2013
15:39 • 1 month ago

Sequestration forces White House to tighten its belt, too

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  • 480 White House staffers will be required to take unpaid days off as a result of the sequestration which took effect on March 1, according to White House press secretary Jay Carney. White House officials have also apparently scaled back staff travel expenses, delayed filling open positions, and stopped using mobile Internet cards. source

March 31, 2013
23:36 • 1 month ago

Massive multi-car pileups in Virginia, North Carolina

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  • 95 separate vehicles were involved in 17 different crashes near the Virginia/North Carolina line on I-77 on Sunday. Heavy fog was to blame, along with the mountainous locale. “This mountain is notorious for fog banks. They have advance signs warning people. But the problem is, people are seeing well and suddenly they’re in a fog bank,” noted one official, Glen Sage of the American Red Cross. Three people were killed in the incident. source

March 30, 2013
21:06 • 1 month ago

Zumba instructor turned brothel operator pleads guilty

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  • 20 misdemeanor charges pleaded guilty to by Alexis Wright, a Maine fitness instructor, for operating a prostitution ring from her Kennebunk dance studio, where she taught Zumba classes. She faces up to ten months in jail. source

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10:47 • 1 month ago

North Carolina town devastated by ponzi scheme

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  • 50k the number of people taken in by a $600 million ponzi scheme called ZeekRewards … in North Carolina alone. The multi-level marketing scheme, which started as a penny auction site called Zeekler, was launched by Lexington, NC resident and former nursing-home magician Paul Burks, and many members of the Lexington community were taken in by the scheme. Burks, who has not been otherwise charged, was ordered to pay a $4 million fine and help recover some of the $600 million lost. In an interview with the Associated Press, Burks was defensive. “I never told anyone to invest more money than they could afford,” he said. “I didn’t tell them to do that. Never.” source

March 29, 2013
18:29 • 1 month ago

Former Atlanta Schools superintendent charged with racketeering over cheating scandal

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  • 65 the number of charges the former Atlanta Schools superintendent, Beverly L. Hall, faces as part of a wide-reaching cheating scandal, where cheating was allowed or encouraged as a way to get higher scores on Georgia’s Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests, and bonuses were offered for higher scores. She could face as many as 45 years in jail, and with a bond of $7.5 million, it’s clear they’re throwing the book at her.
  • 35 the number of other employees of the district that have also been charged in the case, including six principals and 14 teachers. As many as 178 employees were named as taking part in the cheating over 44 schools, according to a 2011 investigation. The case was first uncovered by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2009. source

March 28, 2013
16:33 • 1 month ago

Syrian conflict leads to deaths on college campus in Damascus

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  • 15 students were killed after mortar rounds fired by Syrian rebels struck a Damascus University canteen, according to Syria’s state-run SANA news agency. Additional misfires also landed near a hotel being used by the United Nations, leading the organization to withdraw roughly half of its staff from the city. source

March 26, 2013
19:31 • 1 month ago

CBS News poll measures emerging majorities on gay rights

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  • 53% of Americans believe it should be federally (edit: erroneously labeled it federal, our apologies) legal for same-sex couples to marry, according to a CBS News poll — though there is a +/- 3 margin of error.
  • 57% of Americans believe there is nothing objectionable about same-sex relationships, a big shift — back in 1978, Gallup polled a 60% majority which believed homosexuality was “wrong.”
  • 53% of Americans believe that homosexuality is neither changeable, nor a chosen trait. source

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