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READERS, DONATIONS: WE GOTTA HAVE THEM: Not sure why, but what was a promising
start to our funding drive for February has disappeared into the mist. So sorry
but we cannot ignore funding. It is exasperating, but it is what keeps us in
touch with our readership and what pays the organization’s bills. Need to turn
our attention to donations, please. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported
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Barrett Brown
| The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Prison: I Tried to Eat a
Mouse But it Didn't Work 
Barrett Brown, D
Magazine Brown writes: "Three weeks
ago, I was sentenced to prison, which in some ways was a great relief, as
federal prison is said to be much nicer than the jail holding units and
temporary detention centers where I have spent the last two and a half years of
my life." READ
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Bob Simon,
Veteran of CBS News and '60 Minutes,' Dies in Car Crash
Bill Chappell, National
Public Radio Chappell writes:
"Decorated journalist Bob Simon, a correspondent for 60 Minutes known for his
insightful reporting from far-flung spots around the world, has died in a car
crash in New York City. He was 73." READ
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NYPD Officer
Who Shot, Killed Brooklyn Man Indicted by Grand Jury Aaron Katersky, ABC News
Katersky writes: "A grand jury in Brooklyn
returned an indictment today against Officer Peter Liang, who was 18 months out
of the police academy when he shot and killed Akai Gurley in a dimly lit
stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing project." READ
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Shot Three
Times by Police, Then Isolated in Hospital. Why was Kevin Davis's Family Barred
From Seeing Him? Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine writes: "Police in Georgia are to
review why a man who was fatally shot by an officer at his home was handcuffed
to his hospital bed for the last two days of his life and barred from visits by
his family, who allege that he was isolated to stop him disclosing full details
of the shooting." READ
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Egypt Orders
Bail Release of Al Jazeera Journalists After 14 Months in Prison
Patrick Kingsley, Guardian
UK Kingsley writes: "A court in Egypt
has ordered two imprisoned al-Jazeera English journalists to be released on
bail, nearly a fortnight after their Australian colleague, Peter Greste, was
deported." READ
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Delhi
Election: Why an Idealistic 'Common Man' Beat PM Modi's Party
Syed Nazakat, Christian
Science Monitor Nazakat writes: "He's
known as India's corruption buster. And now Arvind Kejriwal, a youthful-looking
former tax inspector and winner of Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, has
pulled off a stunning near-sweep in New Delhi's local elections on
Tuesday." READ
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1 Year After
Chemical Spill Contaminated Water for 300,000 People, W. Va. Considers Bill That
Loosens Safety Regulations Ken Ward, Charleston Gazette
Ward writes: "A year after a toxic leak
contaminated drinking water for 300,000 residents, West Virginia lawmakers are
considering a series of proposals that would weaken a new chemical tank safety
law, remove stronger pollution protections for streams across the state, and
protect the coal industry from enforcement actions over violations of water
quality standards." READ
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