The first Americans were descendants from Australian aborigines, according to evidence in a BBC documentary series called Ancient Voices. Where did they come from? When did they first arrive here? The documentary also answers those questions.
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Posted Wednesday, August 14th 2013 at 2:22AM
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Child Support Judge Lu Ann Ballew took matters into her own hands when two parents with a dispute over their child’s last name appeared in her Cocke County Tennessee court. Not only did she change the child’s last name, Ballew decided to change the f ...
Posted Monday, August 12th 2013 at 11:12PM
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Jersey City, N.J. – A disturbing report is being circulated among various news outlets that a Black man was found hanging from a tree in a Jersey City, New Jersey park.
The lifeless body of the unidentified man, who appeared to be in his 60’s, was ...
Posted Monday, August 12th 2013 at 10:23PM
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* More on this from Dylan Matthews, Aliyah Frumin, and Greg Sargent.
* Stop and frisk: "The New York Police Department's 'stop and frisk' tactic, under which millions of mostly black and Hispanic people have been qu ...
Posted Monday, August 12th 2013 at 9:56PM
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 8/12/13 8:23 PM EDT
North Carolina’s governor signed sweeping voting reforms into law on Monday, approving a package of changes that drew stinging criticism from the NAACP and other groups that swiftly responded with legal chal ...
Posted Monday, August 12th 2013 at 9:52PM
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On Monday morning, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he would seek to abolish mandatory minimum sentencing for non-violent, low-level drug offenders; Holder sited high incarceration costs, disproportional conviction rates and unfair targeti ...
Posted Monday, August 12th 2013 at 9:44PM
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The president and first lady depart the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews in Washington, DC.
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Posted Monday, August 12th 2013 at 6:27PM
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Holder said mandatory minimum sentences "breed disrespect for the system ... they do not serve public safety. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP
The US government took the first tentative steps toward tackling its 1.5m-strong prison population on Monday by ...
Posted Monday, August 12th 2013 at 5:06PM
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A spokesperson for the Philadelphia highway safety authority (HSA) has confirmed that Michael Vick has broken both of his legs in a traffic altercation. He has been transported via ambulance to a local Philadelphia hospital for treatment, and the ful ...
Posted Monday, August 12th 2013 at 2:43AM
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