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Date Sent: 2015-01-07
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Wednesday, January 7, 2015 |
Shrinks: Libertarians Are Crazy -- Geronimo's Rage
Witness: Kansas Cops Killed Man Surrendering with Raised Hands -- Lavabit founder wants to make "dark" e-mail secure by default -- Newsweek Magazine Joins in the War Against God! -- Police: Entitled Bullies, Specially Protected 'Victims' -- CPS inspector general: Employee orchestrated $870K billing fraud -- Nanny State: Sledding faces limits over liability concerns -- Going postal: Reporter sues government for spying from USPS network -- Incoming REPUBLICAN Senate chairman: Gas tax increase on table -- State Sen. Ben Hueso avoids jail time in plea bargain -- Police: 2 Arrested In Bronx Shooting Of 2 NYPD Officers -- FBI says search warrants not needed to use "stingrays" in public places -- Historic SpaceX Rocket Launch Scrubbed Until Friday -- Bond Yields Fall As Demand Grows for Safe Havens -- S&P 500 records longest loss streak since late 2013 -- The Testament of James and an interview with author Vin Suprynowicz -- Catastrophe at Ukraine's Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant? -- It's time to abolish the CIA -- 01-06-15 -- Drew Phillips - Kirsten Tynan - James Babb - George Donnelly -- LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM -- Book Recommendation: "When Lions Roar"" The Churchills/The Kennedys." -- Jim Webb: The Alternative? -- Anti-terror plan to spy on toddlers 'is heavy-handed' -- Major Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Goes Offline After Possible Hack -- Could 2015 See the Real Crash Peter Schiff Predicted? -- How Vladimir Putin Upset NATO's Strategy -- The History of Opium and The History of How the Pharmaceutical Industry Intentionally .... -- Why The Stock Market Casino Is Dangerous: The True Relationship Between Crime and Law Enforcement -- US and Canadian Expatriates Comment on US Healthcare -- How Propaganda Works In The 21st Century -- Euro, Crude Crash Resumes; US Stock Futures Slump On Grexit Fears; China Soars -- "Now There's Not Even Soap" Maduro Heads To China To 'Save' Socialist Utopia Venezuela -- German Stocks Plunge, Erase All Post-FOMC Gains -- 2015: A World Ruled By Hubris, Willful Blindness And Desperation -- Oil Keeps Falling -- Oil Companies Made Massive Bets That Oil Prices Are Not Going To Go Up -- A Boston Police Officer Has Been Charged With Assaulting An Uber Driver -- Appalling Israeli Treatment of Palestinian Prisoners -- America's Dirtiest Cops: Cash, Cocaine and Corruption on the Texas Border -- Voyager Buffeted by Interstellar 'Tsunami Waves' -- How Bad Slavery Was
AZ: AZ Legislative Forecast Luncheon featuring Governor-elect Doug Ducey 01-09-15; World Liberty Conference Bali 2015 - June 29 - July 3rd, 2015 (ISIL)
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Shrinks: Libertarians Are Crazy
01-06-2015
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Lew Rockwell blog
Since psychiatry is an enforcement arm of the State, I guess we cannot be too surprised that the latest mental illness called 'oppositional defiant disorder' defined as an 'ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile and defiant behavior,'
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Witness: Kansas Cops Killed Man Surrendering with Raised Hands
01-06-2015
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Dustin Deckard was driving home on Saturday afternoon when he saw a Wichita police officer aiming her rifle at an unarmed man.
"It was clearly a younger man in his early 20s of Hispanic descent, and he was wearing a blue jersey and he had his ha
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Lavabit founder wants to make "dark" e-mail secure by default
01-06-2015
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ars technica
Ladar Levison is most well-known as the founder of the secure e-mail service Lavabit, which he shut down in mid-2013 in an effort to avoid being forced to comply with a US government demand to turn over users' e-mails.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Eating Right
01-06-2015
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by Wendy McElroy
Food has always been political. Throughout history, armies have razed crops and demographics have shifted in response to hunger. Political correctness now drives the civics of food with bountiful nations attempting to dictate
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police: Entitled Bullies, Specially Protected 'Victims'
01-06-2015
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
The NYPD has already pioneered the use of "hate crimes" statutes to criminalize anti-police sentiments: Last summer, a graffiti artist named Rosella Best was charged with "criminal mischief as a hate crime" for tagging police vehicles
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
CPS inspector general: Employee orchestrated $870K billing fraud
01-06-2015
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Chicago Trubune
A former Chicago Public Schools employee, with help from colleagues and vendors, orchestrated the theft of more than $870,000 by fraudulently billing the district for goods and services, and a lot more
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News Link • Government
Nanny State: Sledding faces limits over liability concerns
01-06-2015
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Washington Times
As anyone who has grown up around snow knows, part of the fun of sledding is the risk of soaring off a jump or careening around a tree. But faced with the potential bill from sledding injuries, some cities have opted to close hills
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News Link • Surveillance
Going postal: Reporter sues government for spying from USPS network
01-06-2015
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ars technica
Sharyl Attkisson, the former CBS investigative reporter who claims government intimidation, electronic surveillance, and cyber-attacks takes the government to court over the hacking of her personal and work computers, and her home network.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Incoming REPUBLICAN Senate chairman: Gas tax increase on table
01-06-2015
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Associated Press
The incoming chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee says raising the federal fuel taxes is among the options under consideration to replenish the dwindling Highway Trust Fund.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
State Sen. Ben Hueso avoids jail time in plea bargain
01-06-2015
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Los Angeles Times
tate Sen. Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) on Thursday entered a plea bargain in which prosecutors lowered charges of drunk driving to a lesser misdemeanor, allowing him to avoid any possibility of jail time.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police: 2 Arrested In Bronx Shooting Of 2 NYPD Officers
01-06-2015
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http://newyork.cbslocal.com
Two suspects have been arrested in connection Tuesday afternoon in connection with the shooting of two NYPD officers responding to a grocery store robbery in the Bronx, according to police.
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News Link • Government
FBI says search warrants not needed to use "stingrays" in public places
01-06-2015
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http://arstechnica.com-David Kravets
Feds' position on decoy cell-site towers continues anti-privacy theme.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
S&P 500 records longest loss streak since late 2013
01-06-2015
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http://www.cnbc.com-Kate Gibson
U.S. stocks recovered a portion of their losses on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 back above 2,000 after falling below the level for the first time in nearly four weeks.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Scientists turn to hemp for cheap, fast-charging batteries
01-06-2015
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http://www.engadget.com-Jon Fingas
Forget lab-made materials like graphene -- natural, old-fashioned hemp may be the ticket to our energy future. Researchers have demonstrated that you can make very efficient carbon electrodes simply by heating hemp bast fibers in a two-stage process.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
The Testament of James and an interview with author Vin Suprynowicz, part I
01-06-2015
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http://www.backwoodshome.com-Claire Wolfe
A Review
The Testament of James
By Vin Suprynowicz
194 pages
December 2014, Mountain Media
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News Link • World News
Catastrophe at Ukraine's Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant?
01-06-2015
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http://www.globalresearch.ca-George Eliason
Over the last week, more publications, including Zero Hedge, have started reporting on a still developing nuclear problem at the largest nuclear plant in Europe. This news has been widely circulated in Eastern Europe over the last few weeks.
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News Link • Government
Very, Very Bad Things
01-06-2015
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http://www.veteranstoday.com- Preston James
Intel Cowboys all over the World are getting clued in to how they have been used... to be later disposed of by the Organized Crime Cabal -- and are now taking action to reverse this.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Anti-terror plan to spy on toddlers 'is heavy-handed'
01-06-2015
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telegraph.co.uk
Nursery staff and childminders are given 'duty' to report toddlers they suspect of being at risk of becoming terrorists under new Home Office measures
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
The 11 Coolest Things at CES So Far, From Wi-Fi Tea Kettles to Electric Roller Skates
01-06-2015
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Wired.com
The show has barely begun, and we've already seen enough weird and wonderful tech to fill a house.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Major Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Goes Offline After Possible Hack
01-06-2015
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Wired.com
Not even a year has passed since top bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox collapsed into a pit of burning money, blaming a hacking incident for a nearly half-billion dollar meltdown and bankruptcy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Could 2015 See the Real Crash Peter Schiff Predicted?
01-06-2015
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Lewrockwell.com
Peter Schiff had a very honest conversation about his predictions in his best-selling book The Real Crash with Wall Street Daily founder Robert Williams.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NATO
How Vladimir Putin Upset NATO's Strategy
01-06-2015
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Lewrockwell.com
At the annual summit on security organized by the Bertelsmann Foundation and NATO in Munich in 2007, President Vladimir Putin had stressed that the interest of Western Europeans was not only overseas but also and especially with Russia.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
The History of Opium and The History of How the Pharmaceutical Industry Intentionally ....
01-06-2015
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Lewrockwell.com
Opium has been used medicinally and recreationally for centuries. Fifteenth century China doctors used opium for medicine, with some using it recreationally.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Why The Stock Market Casino Is Dangerous: The Case Of Looney Tunes In the Sand Dunes
01-06-2015
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Lewrockwell.com
On August 4th the Wall Street Journal carried a breathless tale of how a handful of obscure oilfield suppliers were striking immense riches in the sand dunes of Wisconsin.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
The True Relationship Between Crime and Law Enforcement
01-06-2015
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Lewrockwell.com
In a speech titled "The Tramp" he gave in 1902, Jack London described the police as "the right arm of the corporate power of our great cities…"
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News Link • Obamacare
US and Canadian Expatriates Comment on US Healthcare
01-06-2015
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
I have a couple more emails from readers in response to Single-Payer "Medicare for All" Proposal; Live and Let Die; Why Does Single-Payer "Work" in Europe?
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News Link • Drones
Project Ryptide drone flies life-rings to distressed swimmers
01-06-2015
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gizmag.com
The speed that drones can be deployed makes them ideal for delivering items when time is of the essence.
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News Link • Propaganda
How Propaganda Works In The 21st Century
01-06-2015
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Daily Paul.com
I stumbled upon this video yesterday by accident and I thought it was one of the most interesting pieces of analysis I ever watched. This is about how our rulers and their media lapdogs keep the general public in a constant state of misinformation, c
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News Link • Economy - International
Euro, Crude Crash Resumes; US Stock Futures Slump On Grexit Fears; China Soars
01-06-2015
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zerohedge.com
The new year is not even a week old and already the volatility fireworks are off, as well as the continued commodity derisking.
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News Link • Economy - International
"Now There's Not Even Soap" Maduro Heads To China To 'Save' Socialist Utopia V
01-06-2015
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zerohedge.com
Social media is awash with striking images of #EmptyShelvesInVenezuela (#AnaquelesVaciosEnVenezuela) as the evaporation of basic human staples such as toilet paper has now been hyperinflated to total chaos at warehouses and supermarkets.
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News Link • Economy - International
German Stocks Plunge, Erase All Post-FOMC Gains
01-06-2015
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zerohedge.com
Having tested the almighty 10,000 level, Germany's DAX is plunging back to pre-FOMC earth levels following the weak CPI print this morning...
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News Link • General Opinion
2015: A World Ruled By Hubris, Willful Blindness And Desperation
01-06-2015
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zerohedge.com
Issuing lies and pursuing willful blindness is not leadership: it's failure on a grand scale.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Oil Keeps Falling
01-06-2015
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Business Insider
US crude and Brent futures dropped to fresh 5-1/2-year lows Monday as worries about a surplus of global supplies amid weak demand continued to drag on oil markets.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Oil Companies Made Massive Bets That Oil Prices Are Not Going To Go Up
01-06-2015
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Business Insider
As a war of nerves between U.S. shale producers and Gulf powerhouses intensifies, OPEC's biggest members are counting down the months until their upstart rivals lose the one thing shielding them from crashing oil prices -- hedges.
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
A Boston Police Officer Has Been Charged With Assaulting An Uber Driver
01-06-2015
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Business Insider
An off-duty Boston police officer has been charged with assaulting an Uber driver, the Boston Globe reports.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Voyager Buffeted by Interstellar 'Tsunami Waves'
01-06-2015
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arclein
A "tsunami wave" occurs when the sun emits a coronal mass ejection, throwing out a magnetic cloud of plasma from its surface. This generates a wave of pressure. When the wave runs into the interstellar plasma -- the charged particles found in the s
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
The Coming Era of Mega Systems
01-06-2015
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arclein
The answer to this question is "no," because plans for the highly publicized Pan-American Highway were never completed, leaving a 60 mile gap across a dense jungle region, known as the Darian Gap, between Panama and neighboring Columbia.
Both
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News Link • Food
All About Nuts
01-06-2015
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arclein
True, some nuts are more than 80 percent fat, but these foods are also the best plant sources of heart healthy Omega 3 fatty acids. Nutrition experts recommend one ounce of nuts at least five times a week to lower risk of cardiovascular disease and t
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News Link • American History
How Bad Slavery Was
01-06-2015
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arclein
Second, African people were placed in "slave dungeons" for weeks and sometimes months until the slave ships came. They were often underfed, terribly beaten, raped and stuffed together so tightly they could hardly move. African people were packed
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Feature Article • World News
Is Another Euro Crisis at Hand?
Ivan Eland
If you have any spare cash laying around and need of a vacation, Chevy Chase would probably recommend that you go to Europe. The euro currency has dipped to a nine-year low against the dollar.
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Feature Article • Police State
Cop Block Newsletter #005
Donna Hancock
Video Contest: #WhyIFilmThePolice - The Police Accountability Report is back! - The Cop Block Store is re-opened! - Cop Block is committed to the non-aggression principle.
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Opinion • World News
Ray McGovern: My Take
Rebuilding the Obama-Putin Trust
01-05-2015
Ray McGovern
The year 2015 will surely mark a watershed in relations between the United States and Russia, one way or the other. However, whether tensions increase â€" to war-by-proxy in Ukraine or an even wider war â€" or whether they subside depends mostly on P
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police chief offered to drop charges against teen if she posed nude
01-04-2015
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New York Daily News
A small-town New Hampshire police chief resigned after he allegedly asked a teenager to pose for nude photos in the station basement in exchange for dropping a possession of alcohol charge.
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News Link • Activism
WATCH: St. Louis cops pepper-spray protesters as they swarm police headquarters
01-04-2015
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Rawstory
Early Wednesday, approximately 25 protesters attempted to force their way into the downtown police headquarters to evict the officers they accuse of "perpetrating police brutality on our citizenry," according to Al Jazeera.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Andrew and the under-age 'sex slave': Duke denies claim teen was picked to sleep with him
01-04-2015
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Daily Mail
30-year-old Virginia Roberts ?" says in court documents she was told to 'give the prince whatever he demanded' by his friend Jeffrey Epstein, the US billionaire pedophile who hosted the sordid parties.
She claimed she and other underage girls
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News Link • Corruption
As sentencing approaches, Gov. McDonnell leans on his friends and faith
01-04-2015
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Washington Post
About a month after his corruption conviction, former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell paid a quiet visit to the home of an old Alexandria friend.
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