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NFL Star Adrian Peterson Charged After "Whooping" His 4 Year Old Son
NFL star running back Adrian Peterson has been booked and released. (photo: AP)
ESPN
Excerpt: "Peterson had been indicted by a grand jury on charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child and a warrant had been issued for his arrest. He flew back early Saturday morning to Minnesota, where he has been deactivated for the Vikings' home game against the Patriots on Sunday."
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NRA: Catholic Priest Is an "ISIS Style Terrorist" for Advocating Gun Control
Mark Guarino, Guardian UK
Guarino writes: "A Catholic priest on Chicago's South Side claims he has received death threats from gun-rights advocates following a weekend rally in front of a local gun shop that authorities say is the number one supplier of guns recovered from crime scenes in the city."
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Three Republican Judges Just Gave a Big Leg Up to Scott Walker's Reelection Campaign
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "Just hours after hearing oral arguments on whether a Wisconsin law that could disenfranchise thousands of voters should be reinstated, a conservative panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a single page order allowing the law to go into effect during this November's election."
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Police Department Unable to Account for Missing Military Style Weapons
Associated Press
Excerpt: "The federal government dropped the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office from the program that funnels surplus military equipment to police departments because the Arizona agency cannot account for some weapons, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Thursday."
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San Diego's School District Now Has a Military-Grade Armored Truck
John Dyer, VICE News
Dyer writes: "South Africa deployed them en masse for the first time during the apartheid era. The United States left some behind in Iraq, allowing the Islamic State militants to seize them in their reign of terror. Now, the San Diego Unified School District has one too."
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Josh Fox | We Can Run the Planet on 100% Renewable Energy
Josh Fox, EcoWatch
Fox writes: "I have to write you a very deeply personal letter right now and I hope it is met with an open mind. I have a secret to confess."
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