In his closing statement today, a prosecuting attorney said Amanda Knox will “run away abroad” if found innocent of murdering Meredtih Kercher, the BBC reports. “We know that if the verdict is overturned, there will be an immediate escape overseas,” attorney Ciuliano Mignini told jurors, wrapping up the Italian appeals…
Continue reading …High winds created waves as big as 16 feet today and temporarily knocked out power for some 32,000 Chicagoans, the Chicago Tribune reports. Only 2,200 lacked power by this morning, but gale warnings are in effect until 10pm, and authorities have raised barricades along Lake Shore Drive to…
Continue reading …A former mental patient allegedly robbed the same bank three days in a row this week while living the high life on his stolen money, the New York Post reports. New York City police say Charles Burnett, 29, robbed the Sovereign bank of $2,200 on Monday and booked himself…
Continue reading …Clarence Thomas may not only have to recuse himself from a Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare—he might also face an investigation into his finances, Raw Story reports. Yesterday 20 House Democrats called for a probe into Thomas’ failure to comply with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. More…
Continue reading …The Defense Department today issued guidance to military chaplains saying that they are free to perform gay marriages on or off military bases in states where it’s legal. The memos are quick to add that these weddings can’t be official Defense Department events, and that “making DoD facilities available for…
Continue reading …Pat Buchanan agrees with Herman Cain that African-Americans were “brainwashed” into being Democrats—in fact, they “bought a lot of liberal propaganda on the liberal plantation,” he told Martin Bashir on MSNBC yesterday. “I think the African-American community has embraced Great Society liberalism which has been devastating for the African-American…
Continue reading …The Occupy Wall Street movement is getting a whole lot bigger. A coalition of New York’s established unions is jumping on board, including the local branches of the United Federation of Teachers, Workers United, and the Transport Workers Union, Crain’s New York Business reports. This evening, many will join the…
Continue reading …The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki has set off a spirited debate on one key point—the US just killed one of its own citizens. (In fact, it killed two .) A sampling: Out of line: Glenn Greenwald at Salon is outraged. Whatever happened to due process, a right that citizen…
Continue reading …Looks like art class may date back 13,000 years: Back then, research suggests, kids were getting help from adults as they decorated cave walls. Analysis of cave art in France reveals which works were created by kids, and the findings even indicate the artists’ likely ages and genders, the…
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