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  • Atlanta Garbage Man Sentenced to Jail for Picking Up Trash Too Early in Wealthy Neighborhood 

    Hearing a trash truck in the early-morning hours can certainly be annoying, but for one garbage collector, starting too early in an Atlanta suburb cost him 30 days behind bars. That’s right. Kevin McGill, 48, an Atlanta husband and father of two, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for collecting trash too early for…

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  • Watch: University of Oklahoma Frat Sings, ‘There Will Never Be a N–ger SAE’

    The Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Oklahoma has been suspended after a video hit social media late Sunday purportedly showing members of the fraternity singing a racist song that included the lines, “There will never be a n—ger SAE/There will never be a n—ger SAE/You can hang ’em from a tree, but…

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  • Men Kidnap, Torture Indianapolis Teens Whose Sister Stole Money From Drug Dealer: Report

    Two Indianapolis teens were blindfolded, kidnapped and tortured after their older sister reportedly stole $120,000 in cash, some 4,000 OxyContin pills and a kilogram of cocaine from her allegedly drug-dealing boyfriend. According to the Indy Star, on March 2 around 2:30 a.m., three men with pistols kicked in the door of the teens’ family’s home,…

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  • Calif. Mother Arrested on Charges She Prostituted Daughters 

    A California mother and her boyfriend prostituted the woman’s two daughters, one of whom is 14, authorities told the Press Enterprise. According to the newspaper, Antwana Muhammad, 38, and Charles Anthony Smith, 32, were arrested last week after police began investigating allegations that the couple were exploiting the woman’s 14-year-old daughter. During the investigation, police…

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  • Terrorist Plot? Underground Tunnel? Turns Out to Be Elaborate Man Cave

    It wasn’t a secret underground drug-running cave or a subversive terrorist plot. Turns out that the 33-foot-long bunker, found under one of Toronto’s most popular tourist attractions, was literally just a man cave, according to the architect. Elton McDonald, a 22-year-old construction worker, told the Toronto Sun that had he not been caught, he had plans…

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  • 7-Month-Old Baby Thrown 25 Feet in Car Crash Survives

    Consider it a miracle. On Monday, Ohio mother Lashanda Goldsmith; her 7-month-old daughter, Madison; and a 15-year-old girl were in a van when a car ran a red light, crashing into their vehicle and sending Madison flying through a window. According to WHIO, rescuers found Madison, who was strapped in her car seat, facedown, some…

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  • MSNBC to Host Selma: 50 Years Later

    This weekend will mark the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr.-led march for equal voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., and all weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, MSNBC will present Selma: 50 Years Later, a comprehensive look at Selma then and now, complete with live broadcasts from historic locations during the Selma marches.  The…

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  • Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress Draws Ire From the President and Other Democrats ​

    President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu don’t like each other, and that rift may have grown wider since Netanyahu delivered a speech to Congress that many Democrats argued was misleading and full of contradictions. The over-30-minute-long speech Tuesday by Netanyahu basically panned a nuclear deal being negotiated by the U.S. and Iran,…

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  • NJ Woman Caught Shoplifting Claims Cop Gave Her 2 Choices: Jail or Sex

    A New Jersey woman has filed a $25 million lawsuit alleging that a police officer forced her to have sex with him after he reportedly caught her shoplifting. According to the South Jersey Times, Shakera Brown, 22, claims that Bridgeton, N.J., Police Officer Braheme Days caught her shoplifting at a Rite Aid pharmacy in January…

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  • Graphic Video Captures LAPD Officers Fatally Shooting Homeless Man

    On Sunday, footage of a homeless man being shot and killed during a confrontation with Los Angeles police was posted to several social media sites and has many viewers wondering if the incident merited lethal force.  The graphic footage shows an unidentified homeless man—who, witnesses told the Los Angeles Times, went by the name “Africa”—involved in…

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