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Michael Dunn Verdict: Guilty of 4 of the 5 Charges
Michael Dunn, the 47-year-old man accused of killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis, has been found guilty of four of the five counts. Dunn sat silently as the court reporter announced guilty on three counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle. The jury remained deadlocked on the first-degree murder charges,…
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Mistrial on Murder Charge in Michael Dunn Case
Updated Feb. 15, 7:00 p.m. The jury in the Michael Dunn murder trial, in the murder of Jordan Davis, is deadlocked on the charge of first degree murder and the lesser charges of second degree murder. The judge declared that charge of murder to be mistried. Michael Dunn has been found guilty of attempted second-degree…
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Michael Dunn’s Fate and National Debate Rest in Jury’s Hands
The fate of Michael Dunn, the 47-year-old man who pumped nine bullets into a parked SUV carrying three teenagers and killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis, lies with a Florida jury. On the first full day of jury deliberations in the first-degree-murder charges against Dunn, the jury has asked to see a foam mannequin used as a…
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Why I Don’t Watch the Privileged Olympics
Oh, white people. I get it. The snow and the patriotism and the ice-skating lessons and freezing temperatures and the red cheeks of Winter Olympic-ness—I get it. I just can’t get into it. Or watch it or root for it, because it feels like expendable cash, and skating coaches, the frilliness of extravagance and privilege…
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Winter Storm Cripples South and East Coast, Kills 13
A punishing, relentless snowstorm slammed most of the Eastern United States Wednesday evening, grounding flights, halting travel and knocking out power to more than 350,00 customers, Reuters reports. Reuters notes that at least 13 deaths have been directly related to the blistering conditions, including three people who were killed when an ambulance transporting a patient…
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Richie Incognito Tweets That Jonathan Martin Was Suicidal
Looks like Richie Incognito just can’t keep quiet. The former Dolphins offensive lineman, who is still knee-deep in controversy surrounding bullying allegations lodged by ex-fellow teammate Jonathan Martin, took to Twitter Wednesday to voice his displeasure with Martin and Martin’s representative, the New York Post reports. Incognito, who is still awaiting the findings of an…
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Speed Skater Shani Davis Fails to Medal in the 1,000-Meter Race
Shani Davis’ storybook career may have come to a sad end Wednesday, as he finished eighth in the men’s 1,000-meter speed-skating event, coming up short of being the first speed skater to win the same event at three consecutive games. The heavily favored Davis, one the greatest winter Olympians of all time and the face…
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Michael Sam Sr. Is Struggling With His Son Coming Out
Earlier this week, Michael Sam came out publicly with the news that he is gay. When asked about his parents’ reaction to the news during an interview with ESPN, Sam said, “I told my mom and dad last week, and they just pretty much said, ‘We knew and we love you and support you,’ ”…
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Justice Clarence Thomas: Americans Are Too Sensitive About Race
Speaking at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla., Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a gathering of college students that Americans today are too sensitive about race, Yahoo News reports. “My sadness is that we are probably today more race- and difference-conscious than I was in the 1960s when I went to…
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Zimmerman Fight Is Off, Again
The bare-knuckle brawl that was to feature George Zimmerman and an unnamed opponent has been canceled again, after Trayvon Martin’s family refused to accept any money from the fight’s promoter, TMZ reports. The fight, which was originally scheduled as a “celebrity boxing match” to feature Zimmerman and rapper DMX, was called off after an online…