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FERGUSON PR [?] STILL DOESN'T GET KNOW HOW TO CALM A COMMUNITY WHEN THEY HAVE A JACKASS IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS?

Officer Timothy Zoll, the Ferguson Police Department’s public relations officer:
 “But a pile of trash in the middle of the street? The Washington Post is making a call over this?”



MICHIGAN AGAIN TARGETS THE POOR!


Implementing a statewide program could cost between $700,000 and $2.4 million, according to the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency, which said any costs or savings for the pilot version would depend on the counties selected and the number of recipients who lose benefits.

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Robert Redford | American Democracy and Torture

Robert Redford, Reader Supported News
Redford writes: "When U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein recently released the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the U.S. use of torture, like many, I was both moved by her tenacity and shocked by the picture it painted of American democracy. America tortured people after 9/11 and here was the proof."
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Welfare Drug Testing Pilot Program Signed Into Law by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder
Jonathan Oosting, MLive Media Group
Oosting writes: "Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday signed a new law creating a one-year pilot program requiring the Department of Human Services to screen some welfare recipients and test those suspected of drug use."
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New York's Attorney General Files $10 Billion Lawsuit Against Credit Suisse for Mortgage Fraud
Linda Sandler and Christie Smythe, Bloomberg
Excerpt: "Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) was ordered to face a $10 billion lawsuit by New York's attorney general accusing the Swiss bank of fraud in the sales of mortgage-backed securities before the 2008 financial crisis."
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Mike Brown Memorial in Ferguson Destroyed, Police Spokesman Calls It "A Pile of Trash"
Jose A. DelReal, The Washington Post
DelReal writes: "People hurriedly cleaned and rebuilt a memorial to Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on Friday morning after they said a car intentionally destroyed it."
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North Korea Blames US for Internet Outages
Jack Kim, Reuters
Kim writes: "North Korea called U.S. President Barack Obama a 'monkey' as it blamed Washington Saturday for Internet outages that it has experienced amid a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures."
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Worst Flooding in Decades Forces Evacuation of 100,000 Malaysians
Kiley Kroh, ThinkProgress
Kroh writes: "In what the Malaysian government is calling the worst flooding in more than 30 years, five people have been killed and more than 100,000 displaced across five east coast states."
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