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Jon Palmieri: Ex-WFU Baseball Coach Charged In Child Sex Sting

Jon Palmieri, former baseball coach for Wake Forest University (WFU) was caught in a child sex sting. Jon Palmieri was chatting online with who he thought was a 14-year-old girl; Jon Palmieri then set up a meeting with the girl, who turned out to be a Greensboro sheriff's...

created by Jordan Yerman | 17 wks ago
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Offensive black "Lil Monkey" doll pulled from Costco shelves

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Cuddle with Me Doll Pulled from Costco over Racism Complaint

A doll depicting an African-American child wearing a hat that reads "lil' monkey" was pulled from Costco shelves following a customer complaint. The toy, called "Cuddle with Me", features several...

created by Jordan Yerman | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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Prisons + Tshirts = Jobs

Michael Norburyhttp://bringhomethepoliticians.comThe following is a comment I posted to a California newspaper's online Op-Ed complaining that the idea being considered to release 27,000 low risk and elderly prisoners was being unfairly opposed citing that just because the...

opinion by BringHomeThePoliticians | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
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Ideas Over Idols: The Bring Home The Politicians Blog

"The Immigration Divide and This Chick I knew in Middle School To clarify, when I use the term "Chick" I really mean to say "Female American."With that resolved, it's time to fix yet another issue with a story of my own.Growing up in California I had a friend for many years...

created by BringHomeThePoliticians | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
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Former Hemp Clothing Store Owner's Guide To Capping Cap & Trade

Seen through the eyes of a Kung Fu Master (which I am not) the approach toopposing "Cap & Tax" is very flawed.The C&P legislation bound for the Senate is the result of decades ofyellow journalism, movies, tv, radio, and video games. This is a behemothamount of...

opinion by BringHomeThePoliticians | 24 wks ago
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Former Drama Female Teacher Faces Sex Charges

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Former Female Drama Teacher Faces Sex Charges

"GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – A former Guilford County drama teacher is charged with having sex multiple times with a student.Leanne Macklin, 26, worked as a teacher at Weaver Academy High School for Performing and...

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created by politisite | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Tax Incentives Causing Layoffs and Shutdowns

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Tax Incentives Causing Plant Shutdowns

Hundreds of job seekers at the Liberty Center in Lancaster, Ohio (population 35,353) lined up to apply for several dozen jobs that will be opening when U.S. Corrugated opens it new cardboard manufacturing plant in...

created by John Astad | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Slain soldier's husband charged with arson

FAYETTEVILLE -The husband of a Fort Bragg Army nurse whose remains were found in a brush fire three days after she went missing was being held Monday on a charge of first-degree arson over a fire in her apartment building. Marine Cpl. John Wimunc, 23, was in the...

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created by CJaye | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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MS-13 on the Run?

"I seriously doubt it. Taking a couple of thugs out of action is a good thing but won’t destroy the gang. Taking away their reason for being an organization - i.e. their ability to make money - will kill MS-13...

created by BigT | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Josh Wolf andDavid Ardia, director, Berkman Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard Law School

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Training helps bloggers hone professionalism, navigate legal issues

"Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 million defamation lawsuit when he wrote that a Miami developer had gone bankrupt...

created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Indie Rock the Vote: Arcade Fire and Superchunk Team for Obama Campaign Shows

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Indie Rock the Vote: Arcade Fire and Superchunk Team for Obama Campaign Shows

"Arcade Fire and Superchunk Team for Obama Campaign ShowsBy Eliot Van Buskirk EmailApril 22, 2008 | 5:57:33 PMCategories: Shows Barack Obama's iPod contains some Jay-Z songs, but his campaign will receive a boost...

created by mbaumgartner | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Ownership vs. Rental Costs

" Faced with a choice between two bad new housing credits proposed by Sens. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), the Senate merged the two and added several more unwise housing tax incentives and called it the Foreclosure Prevention Act. The Tax Foundation...

created by scaramouche | 1 year ago
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Ferrum College, VA in Lockdown After Gunman Spotted

Early this morning a man armed with a gun was seen entering a residence hall at Ferrum College. Police were called and the university was put into lockdown. There were no reported injuries or threats and the...

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created by Rob Walker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Snow Etc. Hitting Eastern US

Looks like the warm spell last weekend was but a tease -- the eastern part of the US will today be hit by a storm system that will bring snow, sleet, rain and other messiness to the Mid-Atlantic region, and go on to wallop the Northeast on Friday. Bundle up and keep an ear...

created by Brian A Kennedy | 1 year ago
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Ex-Lacrosse Players File Sweeping Federal Lawsuit Against Durham

The Duke saga continues, as the former lacrosse players file a lawsuit that also demands administration changes. The lawsuit calls the criminal case against Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and Dave Evans "one of the most chilling episodes of premeditated police,...

created by PEP | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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