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America Is Sentencing Way Too Many People To Die In Prison
The number of prisoners serving life sentences without the possibility of parole has shot up by about 22% since 2008, according to a new report from The Sentencing Project.And since 1984, the number of...
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13 People, Including 3-Year-Old Boy, Shot At A Chicago South Side Basketball...
Thirteen people, including a 3-year-old boy who suffered a gunshot wound to the head, were shot at a Chicago park in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Thursday night, authorities said.Ten adults and...
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16-Year-Old In China Arrested For Getting 500 Reposts Under New Anti-Gossip Law
A 16-year-old pupil at a school in west China has become the first person arrested under the country's draconian new anti-gossip law.Last week, China's Supreme Court warned that anyone spreading a...
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3 Reasons Why America's Law Schools Are Absurdly Expensive
The American Bar Association (ABA) released a draft report Friday that scrutinizes law schools in America and offers some advice on how to fix them.The ABA says one of the main problems with America's...
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University Of Pittsburgh Student Dressed As Spider-Man Arrested For Robbery
A University of Pittsburgh student was arrested early this morning for attempted robbery after he allegedly tried to hold up a convenience store while wearing a full Spider-Man costume, according to a...
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BP And The State Of Louisiana Are Basically At War
Centuries ago, as we have written, companies used to run their own armies to wage war against nations sitting on precious resources.Today, of course, companies have eliminated their infantry divisions,...
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Heartbreaking Details Revealed About 15-Year-Old Who Killed Herself After...
Rolling Stone has a heartbreaking story with new details about 15-year-old Audrie Pott, who hanged herself eight days after her alleged sexual assault.The story of what happened to her is now all too...
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Goldman Banker's Attorney Says His Client Didn't Rape The 20-Year-Old Woman,...
Jason Lee, the 37-year-old Goldman Sachs managing director facing rape charges in East Hampton, was arraigned in Suffolk County Criminal Court today. Lee, who was arrested last month, posted $100,000...
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The NFL Is Suing Rapper M.I.A. For Her Superbowl Middle Finger And She Is...
For those of you with a long memory, you may remember when rapper M.I.A. flipped the middle finger and mouthed “I don’t give a sh--” during her Super Bowl XLVI halftime performance with Madonna....
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The Oxford Comma Is Extremely Overrated
People who care about grammar love the serial comma, aka the Oxford or Harvard comma.They love it because they were instructed to use it in school, and they love it because it supposedly reduces...
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Why America Gives Inmates Elaborate Meals Right Before Killing Them
There's a smart essay in Lapham's Quarterly this weekend that highlights the absurdity of giving extravagant meals to death row inmates right before killing them.“It’s just like putting gas in a car...
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Woman Who Allegedly Endured 2-Day Beating Arrested, Taken To Jail To 'Save...
A Maine prosecutor ordered the arrest this week of a 35-year-old woman who police believe endured a brutal domestic assault, the Bangor Daily News reports.The alleged victim was arrested under a state...
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This Mexican Cartel Kingpin Supplies 80% Of The Drugs Flooding Chicago
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the kingpin of the Sinaloa Cartel, owns the Chicago-area drug game.Sinaloa members have embedded themselves in the city's robust Hispanic population, employing tens of...
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Nairobi Mall Hostage Crisis: At Least 68 Dead, Kenyan Military Says 'Most Of...
Story highlights (updated 9/22 17:09 EDT):Kenyan military announces "most of the hostages have been rescued" after operation to end siegeHostages inside a Kenyan mall were being held for the second day...
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Rihanna's Racy Tweets In Thailand Lead To The Arrest Of 2 People
BANGKOK (AP) — Pop star Rihanna spent a weekend at the beach in Thailand, leaving behind a trail of racy tweets and incriminating Instagram photographs that led police to arrest two people for...
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The 15 Most Disturbing Images From Google Street View
Google suffered a huge setback last week when an appeals court said the company will have to fight a huge privacy case over its Street View technology. The 22 people suing Google say it violated the...
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Obama Makes Another Impassioned Plea For Gun Control: 'It Ought To Obsess Us'
Lamenting the fifth time he has appeared at a mass shooting's memorial service as president, Barack Obama said that tears, words, and prayers were no longer enough."If we really want to honor these 12...
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Gunfire And Explosions At Nairobi Mall As Kenya Hostage Crisis Continues
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Gunfire and explosions sounded on Monday from the Nairobi mall where militants from Somalia's al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group threatened to kill hostages on the third day of a raid...
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Snowden's Russian Lawyer: US Leaker Wears Disguises And 'I Am His Only Link...
US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is living under guard at a secret address in Russia and sometimes emerges in disguise, although he remains in such danger that even a family visit could endanger...
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JOB OF THE WEEK: Director, Financial Institutions Credit Officer
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
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