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The Key To Being A Hero: Don’t Think About It | Here & Now

The Key To Being A Hero: Don’t Think About It | Here & Now: "Four men – three Americans and a Briton – received the French Legion of Honor today, days after they thwarted an armed gunman on a train to Paris. Two of the men are credited with tackling 26-year-old Moroccan Ayoub El-Khazzani; the other two helped subdue El-Khazzani, who witnesses say had an assault rifle strapped to his bare chest."  'via Blog this'

Donald Trump says the 'real' unemployment rate is 42%. He's really, really wrong. - Vox

Donald Trump says the 'real' unemployment rate is 42%. He's really, really wrong. - Vox: ""We have a real unemployment rate that’s probably 21%," Trump told TIME magazine this week. "Our real unemployment rate — in fact, I saw a chart the other day, our real unemployment — because you have ninety million people that aren’t working. Ninety-three million to be exact. If you start adding it up, our real unemployment rate is 42%.""

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Rallies In Support Of Confederate Flag Continue | Here & Now

Rallies In Support Of Confederate Flag Continue | Here & Now: "The Southern Poverty Law Center has been tracking these rallies and found tens of thousands of people have joined nearly 180 pro-flag events since mid-June. Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson is joined by Heidi Beirich, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s intelligence project director, to discuss the Confederate flag backlash across the nation."  'via Blog this'

Colorado workers sue Chipotle, part of national trend | Marketplace.org

Colorado workers sue Chipotle, part of national trend | Marketplace.org: "Chipotle recently extended paid sick leave, vacation and tuition reimbursement to its hourly workers.

Still, tens of thousands of employees at Chipotle Mexican Grills around the country are not happy with the Denver-based fast casual poster child over how they are paid. Earlier this month, a court in Los Angeles approved a $2 million settlement with over 38,000 plaintiffs for allegations of unpaid overtime, rest breaks and minimum wage. These Chipotle employees and others in more lawsuits across the country have joined a national workplace trend: filing class-action lawsuits against their employer claiming unfair pay."  'via Blog this'

CUBA Libre - Kerry Strikes Delicate Balance in Havana Trip for Embassy Flag-Raising

Kerry Strikes Delicate Balance in Havana Trip for Embassy Flag-Raising - The New York Times: "HAVANA, Cuba — Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cuba on Friday morning to attend a flag-raising ceremony at the American Embassy and to give a lift to the effort to rebuild ties after more than half a century of hostility.

But Mr. Kerry’s visit — the first by a secretary of state since Edward R. Stettinius Jr. made a short trip to Havana in 1945 — also reflects the balance that the Obama administration is trying to strike between working with an authoritarian government and supporting Cuba’s beleaguered dissidents."
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No Video Of A Police Shooting? That's Because Many Cops Still Don't Have Body Cameras.

No Video Of A Police Shooting? That's Because Many Cops Still Don't Have Body Cameras.: " Americans overwhelmingly support equipping police officers with body cameras. Police reform advocates and law enforcement officials say such cameras can deter cops from using unnecessary force and protect them from false abuse complaints. But in most major cities, you're still not likely to run into a cop wearing a body cam.

The Huffington Post analyzed police departments in 27 large U.S. cities and found that only two -- Albuquerque and New Orleans -- have finished equipping their officers with body cameras. Most are waiting for funding, comparing different devices or testing the use of cameras with a small portion of their officers."

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Ben Carson Once Did Research On 17-Week Aborted Fetal Tissue

Ben Carson Once Did Research On 17-Week Aborted Fetal Tissue: "amed neurosurgeon Ben Carson says that most medical research can be conducted without using fetal tissue, which has been in the news recently after a series of secretly taped but edited videos showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing how to legally provide aborted tissue to researchers. He has called the benefits of such research "over promised," and has said the videos have made him wonder "how far we have drifted in terms of our humanity.""

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Who are Ferguson's 'Oath Keepers,' and why are they patrolling the city with guns?

Who are Ferguson's 'Oath Keepers,' and why are they patrolling the city with guns?: "On the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's shooting death by police, tensions are once again simmering in Ferguson, Missouri. And the arrival of a militia group, known as the "Oath Keepers," threatens to add fuel to the fire in the St. Louis suburb." 

Oath Keepers return to Ferguson, fueling racial tension 'via Blog this'

FIRED - Texas police officer is fired after shooting black student dead

FIRED!!!

Texas police officer is fired after shooting black student dead: "A rookie police officer who shot and killed a Texas college football player inside a car dealership in suburban Dallas has been fired.
Chief Will Johnson of the Arlington police said the officer, Brad Miller (49) had been fired for the “inappropriate judgment” in the fatal shooting of Christian Taylor (19). Johnson said Miller had entered the building without his partner, leading to an “an environment of cascading consequences”."
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Christian Taylor’s father feels for fired cop: ‘There isn’t a winner in this … We are both losers’ - The Washington Post

Christian Taylor’s father feels for fired cop: ‘There isn’t a winner in this … We are both losers’ - The Washington Post: "“Relieved wouldn’t be the word,” Adrian Taylor told The Washington Post in a telephone interview. “We are all human and make mistakes and there isn’t a winner in this. You know what I mean? We are both losers.”

Adrian’s 19-year-old son, Christian, was fatally shot on Friday by Arlington police officer Brad Miller during a suspected burglary."
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Police Release Ferguson Shooting Video - The Daily Beast

Police Release Ferguson Shooting Video - The Daily Beast: "Ferguson authorities released new surveillance footage on Tuesday purporting to show a teenager pulling a gun from his wasitband just before he was shot and critically injured by plainclothes officers. The St. Louis County Police Department identified the person in the footage as 18-year-old Tyrone Harris Jr.,"
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Road rage shooting death, one man kills another in Beverly Hills, Florida - CBS News

Road rage shooting death, one man kills another in Beverly Hills, Florida - CBS News: " In 911 calls during an apparent road rage incident that ended in death, a north Florida man tells a dispatcher he has his gun "cocked and loaded" because "some maniac" was trying to run him off the road.

A woman in the other car also called 911 Thursday night as her husband, Candelario Gonzalez, 44, followed Robert Eric Doyle, 51, through the streets of Beverly Hills, about 80 miles northwest of Orlando."

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Erick Erickson Disinvites Trump From Red State Gathering Over Megyn Kelly Insults | The Daily Caller

Erick Erickson Disinvites Trump From Red State Gathering Over Megyn Kelly Insults | The Daily Caller: " Red State’s Erick Erickson dis-invited GOP presidential candidate and businessman Donald Trump after he insulted Fox News anchor and Thursday night’s debate moderator Megyn Kelly during a CNN interview Friday night."

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Donald Trumps Vine account - Business Insider

Donald Trumps Vine account - Business Insider: "We unearthed Donald Trump's Vine account from 2013. He wasn't active for very long, but in his short stint on the social account he addressed Obama, Miley Cyrus, and ripped Anthony Weiner. "  'via Blog this'

Ferguson’s Racist Clerk Re-Hired Nearby - The Daily Beast

Ferguson’s Racist Clerk Re-Hired Nearby - The Daily Beast: " In November 2008, she sent an email stating that President Obama's first term would not last because “what black man holds a steady job for four years.” In June 2011 she described a man attempting to get on “welfare” for his dogs because they are “mixed in color, unemployed, lazy, can’t speak English and have no frigging clue who their Daddies are.” "

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Reuters photographer shows Klu Klux Klan - Business Insider

Reuters photographer shows Klu Klux Klan - Business Insider: "Freelance photographer Johnny Milano recently encamped with members of the Ku Klux Klan in rural Tennessee and took a series of photos for Reuters capturing Klan members at their most candid moments."

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We are a nation of Laws

Appellate Panel Says Texas ID Law Broke U.S. Voting Rights Act http://nyti.ms/1M5IvXg

Israel ex-security chiefs urge Netanyahu to accept Iran deal - Yahoo News

Israel ex-security chiefs urge Netanyahu to accept Iran deal - Yahoo News: "Many Israeli ex-generals and former security chiefs have signed a petition urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, which he strongly opposes."

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Florida man killed in alleged road rage incident - CNN.com

Florida man killed in alleged road rage incident - CNN.com: "A Florida man was shot to death in front of his family in an apparent road rage incident captured on 911 recordings.

Robert Doyle was driving his truck on Thursday in Citrus County when he apparently called 911 to say another driver was "trying to run me off the road.""



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From wealth to well-being? Money matters, but less than people think

From wealth to well-being? Money matters, but less than people think Lara B. Aknina*, Michael I. Nortonb and Elizabeth W. Dunna
a
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; b
Marketing Unit,
Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA
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Explosions that rocked two New Mexico churches may be linked - The Washington Post

Explosions that rocked two New Mexico churches may be linked - The Washington Post: "“It’s unlikely for us to have two incidents like this on the same day 20 minutes apart and have them not be connected,” he told The Washington Post in a phone interview.

The first explosion, set off by a device planted in a mailbox, went off around 8:20 a.m. just as congregants at Calvary Baptist Church in southern Las Cruces were beginning to gather for the morning’s services. Twenty minutes later a second device exploded inside a trash can outside the Holy Cross Catholic Church just a short drive away, shattering the building’s glass front and startling worshipers in the midst of their morning Mass."

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