Bill Simpich |
The Ferguson Grand Jury Will Love Officer Darren Wilson
Bill Simpich, Reader Supported News
Simpich writes: "'When that prosecutor finishes with that police officer in that grand jury, they're going to love him.' This is not a quote from the Ku Klux Klan. This quote is from Jerryl Christmas, a local Ferguson defense attorney, talking about the Michael Brown case. How is that possible?"
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Bill Simpich, Reader Supported News
Simpich writes: "'When that prosecutor finishes with that police officer in that grand jury, they're going to love him.' This is not a quote from the Ku Klux Klan. This quote is from Jerryl Christmas, a local Ferguson defense attorney, talking about the Michael Brown case. How is that possible?"
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Israel Plans
Largest West-Bank Settlement Expansion in '30 Years'
Reuters
Excerpt: "Israel announced on Sunday a land appropriation in the occupied West Bank that an anti-settlement group termed the biggest in 30 years and a Palestinian official said would cause only more friction after the Gaza war."
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Reuters
Excerpt: "Israel announced on Sunday a land appropriation in the occupied West Bank that an anti-settlement group termed the biggest in 30 years and a Palestinian official said would cause only more friction after the Gaza war."
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US Telecoms
Giants Call on FCC to Block Cities' Expansion of High-Speed
Internet
Dominic Rushe, Guardian UK
Rushe writes: "Chattanooga has the largest high-speed internet service in the US, offering customers access to speeds of 1 gigabit per second - about 50 times faster than the US average. The service, provided by municipally owned EPB, has sparked a tech boom in the city and attracted international attention."
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Dominic Rushe, Guardian UK
Rushe writes: "Chattanooga has the largest high-speed internet service in the US, offering customers access to speeds of 1 gigabit per second - about 50 times faster than the US average. The service, provided by municipally owned EPB, has sparked a tech boom in the city and attracted international attention."
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Ralph Nader |
The Crime of Overbilling Healthcare
Ralph Nader, The Nader Page
Nader writes: "How extensive is this commercial crime wave? The nation's expert on computerized billing fraud, Malcolm Sparrow, who is an applied mathematician at Harvard, estimates medical billing fraud adds up to a minimum sum of $270 billion a year or at least ten percent of all health care expenses."
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Ralph Nader, The Nader Page
Nader writes: "How extensive is this commercial crime wave? The nation's expert on computerized billing fraud, Malcolm Sparrow, who is an applied mathematician at Harvard, estimates medical billing fraud adds up to a minimum sum of $270 billion a year or at least ten percent of all health care expenses."
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UN Urges US to
Stop Police Brutality After Missouri Shooting
Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Nebehay writes: "The U.N. racism watchdog urged the United States on Friday to halt the excessive use of force by police after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman touched off riots in Ferguson, Missouri."
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Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Nebehay writes: "The U.N. racism watchdog urged the United States on Friday to halt the excessive use of force by police after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman touched off riots in Ferguson, Missouri."
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California
Passes 'Yes-Means-Yes' Campus Sexual Assault Bill
Aaron Mendelson, Reuters
Mendelson writes: "Californian lawmakers passed a law on Thursday requiring universities to adopt 'affirmative consent' language in their definitions of consensual sex, part of a nationwide drive to curb sexual assault on U.S. campuses."
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Aaron Mendelson, Reuters
Mendelson writes: "Californian lawmakers passed a law on Thursday requiring universities to adopt 'affirmative consent' language in their definitions of consensual sex, part of a nationwide drive to curb sexual assault on U.S. campuses."
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Utah Fracking
Fine Highlights Wastewater Pond Threat
Peter Moskowitz, Al Jazeera America
Moskowitz writes: "When fracking causes controversy, it's often because of wells - either the ones used to inject chemicals and water into the ground to break up gas-rich shale rock or the ones used to dispose of all the waste and water left over from the injection process. Often overlooked is a another way to dispose of that waste: massive surface ponds."
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Peter Moskowitz, Al Jazeera America
Moskowitz writes: "When fracking causes controversy, it's often because of wells - either the ones used to inject chemicals and water into the ground to break up gas-rich shale rock or the ones used to dispose of all the waste and water left over from the injection process. Often overlooked is a another way to dispose of that waste: massive surface ponds."
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