Thursday, September 11, 2014

RSN: How 2 Guys, a Lobster Boat and a District Attorney Just Made Climate History,



Bristol County DA Sam Sutter ran for Congress in this district and was defeated by Bill Keating!

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Rice Elevator Video Sent to NFL 3 Months Ago
Atlantic City Police say they provided the NFL with the video from the hotel. (photo: AP)
Rob Maaddi, Associated Press
Maaddi reports: "A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive three months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week."
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Obama's Legal Rationale for ISIS Strikes: Shoot First, Ask Congress Later
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman reports: "Obama said he would welcome congressional support but framed it as optional, save for the authorisations and the $500m he wants to use the US military to train Syrian rebels."
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35 Arrested in Ferguson as Calls Continue for McCulloch to Step Down
Wesley Lowery, The Washington Post
Lowery reports: "Protesters in Missouri tried to shut down Interstate 70 on Wednesday, an act of civil disobedience aimed at forcing the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown."
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Judge Rules Oscar Pistorius Not Guilty of Murder
BBC News
Excerpt: "The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial has ruled out murder charges, but has left it to Friday to announce whether he is guilty of culpable homicide."
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Southern Secessionist Group Forming Paramilitary Unit Called the "Indomitables"
Ryan Lenz, Southern Poverty Law Center
Lenz reports: "After years of rhetoric threatening violence, the neo-Confederate League of the South (LOS) is training a uniformed, paramilitary unit tasked with advancing a second southern secession by any means necessary."
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How 2 Guys, a Lobster Boat and a District Attorney Just Made Climate History
Ari Phillips, ThinkProgress
Phillips writes: "Having anchored a lobster boat in the freighter's shipping channel, the climate activists delayed the delivery of coal for a day in an effort to delay the impacts of climate change by raising awareness. Facing up to nine months in jail, they were suddenly off the hook."
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