Sunday, December 14, 2014

RSN: Huge Marches in Washington, New York, Boston Protest Police Killings, Hundreds of Ex-Obama Staffers Call on Warren to Run





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Hundreds of Ex-Obama Staffers Call on Warren to Run
Senator Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Getty Images)
Andrew Prokop, Vox
Prokop writes: "On Friday morning, the group 'Ready for Warren' released a letter calling on Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president — with the signatures of over 330 former Obama campaign staffers."
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Huge Marches in Washington, New York, Boston Protest Police Killings
Ian Simpson, Lacey Johnson and Jonathan Spicer, Reuters
Excerpt: "Thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, New York and Boston on Saturday to protest against killings of unarmed black men by police officers."
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FBI Probing Hanging Death of Black North Carolina Teen
Marti Maguire, Reuters
Maguire writes: "The hanging death of a black teenager in a small North Carolina town will be probed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the agency said on Friday, after his family questioned a finding by local authorities that it was suicide and his mother pleaded to know, 'Was my son lynched?'"
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Scene at Botched Oklahoma Execution of Clayton Lockett Was 'a Bloody Mess'
Katie Fretland, Guardian UK
Fretland writes: "A doctor tried to set a new intravenous line in the groin area of Clayton Lockett during the condemned Oklahoma inmate’s botched execution, but blood squirted on to his clothing."
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In Wisconsin, A Decade-Old Police Shooting Leads to New Law
National Public Radio
Excerpt: "Race is at the forefront of the current debate over the police use of deadly force. But one shooting in Wisconsin highlights another factor at play when police shoot civilians - the lack of outside investigation. And the decade-old death has led to real reform in the state."
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Justice Dept. Says Indian Tribes Can Grow Pot
Associated Press
Excerpt: "The U.S. Justice Department has confirmed that Indian tribes can decide to grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same federal conditions laid out for states that have legalized the drug."
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Sea Swallows the Last House in Doomed Virginia Beach Town
Greg Hanscom, Grist
Hanscom writes: "Richard F. Hall will land in the history books, if he makes it at all, alongside dreamers and hucksters who sold swampland in Florida and on parched mesa tops in New Mexico."
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