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

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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RSN: Israeli Pres. Peres: Netanyahu blocked 2011 Peace Deal with Palestinians, Ronald Reagan's Benghazi, et al

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Jane Mayer | Ronald Reagan's Benghazi

Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
Mayer writes: "On Friday, Issa had announced that he had issued a subpoena to Secretary of State John Kerry for a new round of hearings devoted to searching, against diminishing odds, for some dirty, dark secret about what really happened in Benghazi."
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Israeli Pres. Peres: Netanyahu blocked 2011 Peace Deal with Palestinians
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a 2011 peace agreement he had secretly negotiated with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas."
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Al Gore | The National Climate Assessment: No Time to Waste
Al Gore, Reader Supported News
Gore writes: "From stronger and more frequent storms that take lives and damage infrastructure, to deeper droughts and heat waves that hurt agriculture and threaten water supplies, to rising seas that threaten our coastal cities -- the way Miami Beach is already threatened -- the costs of carbon are growing rapidly."
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Lockett Execution Drugs Banned on Animals
Paul Lewis, Guardian UK
Lewis reports: "An injection of chemicals used to execute death row inmates can cause such excruciating pain that veterinarians are banned from using them to put down animals, according to one of the most thorough reviews ever undertaken of the administration of the death penalty."
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Purity Balls, Plan B and Bad Sex Policy: Inside America's Virginity Obsession
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK
Valenti writes: "The idea of girls' chastity as a mobilizing force in culture and politics may feel like a throwback, but it's something that still tangibly impacts thousands upon thousands of modern women - even through policy."
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Sen. Franken Spearheads Major Campaign to Save Net Neutrality
Brad Reed, BGR
Reed writes: "Franken makes his case that the FCC's controversial plan could hinder future innovation and consumer choice by giving big incumbent companies a permanent competitive advantage over up-and-coming startups."
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Halting Drone-Assisted Hunting Before It Takes Off
Wayne Pacelle, Live Science
Pacelle writes: "The HSUS is calling on all 50 state wildlife agencies to adopt rules to prohibit drone-assisted hunting before this method of spotting wild animals and then chasing them down becomes the rage with people who've never contemplated the notion of hunting ethics."
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RSN: Oklahoma Torture Death Is Only Part of What's Wrong

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FOCUS: William Boardman | Oklahoma Torture Death Is Only Part of What's Wrong

William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "There should be a word or phrase for that kind of public policy disaster, where virtually no Oklahoma institution or authority performed with democratic or human decency."
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