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School Cop Staged Shooting To Look Like A Hero?

AP | Posted 10.26.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Prosecutors say a Los Angeles school police officer made up a story about being shot by a car burglary suspect to look like a hero. In...

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San Leandro Cop Quits Amidst Drug And Sex Scandal

San Leandro, CA Patch | Jill Replogle Email the Author | Posted 09.18.2011

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Jason Fredrikkson, the San Leandro narcotics detective accused of giving his girlfriend marijuana to sell, quit the force last Friday, the San Francis...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Obama's Foreclosure Program Will Reach Less Than One Quarter Of Administration's Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration's signature anti-foreclosure program will ultimately aid less than a quarter of the nearly four million distressed homeowners...

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Mehserle Sentenced to 2 Years

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

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Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Brett Myers LOS ANGELES-Judge Robert ...

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Weekly Audit: Why Elizabeth Warren Should Head New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger With the Wall Street reform bill finally cleared through Congress, activists and intellectuals are pushin...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Bailout Watchdog Criticizes Geithner Over Obama Housing Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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The panel created to keep tabs on the federal bailout grilled Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday over the lackluster performance of the ad...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Feds Didn't Do Enough To Avoid 'Poisonous' AIG Bailout And Now Changing Story To Defend It, Watchdog Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite the many options it had, the team led by current Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner chose to bail out ailing insurer American International G...

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VIDEO: Fox News Spins Snowball Fight Incident So That It's Interesting

R.J. Fried | Posted 05.25.2011

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Though the gathering was an innocent snowball fight, Fox News knew a war protest was amidst. What better way to protest war than by throwing snowballs at people who agree with you.

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Hutaree Militia Planned To Kill Cop And Bomb Funeral, Prosecutors Say

AP | COREY WILLIAMS and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — Nine alleged members of a Christian militia group that was girding for battle with the Antichrist were charged Monday with plotting to...

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Arizona Police Officer Speaks out: Anti-Latino Law Makes Him "Feel Like a Nazi"

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

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When we started looking for people in Arizona who wanted to talk about SB 1070, I wasn't expecting Paul Dobson. Paul is an Arizona police officer. When I heard what he had to say, I knew we had to share it.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Obama Foreclosure-Prevention Plan Lagging, New Data Shows (EXCLUSIVE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Only about a third of the homeowners who have successfully completed the trial period of the Obama administration's mortgage modification program have...

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Small Islands Discover their Power in Copenhagen

Anuradha Vittachi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anuradha Vittachi

The UN's Copenhagen climate conference has suddenly become a thrilling place to be. It's the small islands that are making waves here - islands so small that they will drown if action is not taken.

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Cop Brings Gun To Snowball Fight

Washington City Paper | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to an eyewitness, a D.C. Police detective went nuts after kids pelted his Hummer with snowballs at 14th and U Streets NW this afternoon. The...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Bailout Watchdog: Shutting Down TARP To Be Tricky, Government Does Not Have Plan To Address 'Too Big To Fail'

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Of all the problems that plague TARP -- including its lack of transparency and disclosure, shifting goalposts, and an unclear purpose -- there's one t...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Bailout Watchdog: Obama Foreclosure Plan Inadequate, New Direction Needed

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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This story has been updated Add Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law professor-turned-crusader for Main Street and the middle class, to the growing list...

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Chinese Cop Labeled 'Martyr' After Drinking To Death

AP | CHI-CHI ZHANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — A Chinese policeman who died after drinking too much at a banquet he was made to attend has been deemed a martyr who died in the line ...

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Beer Metaphor Becomes Frosty-Cold Reality

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Barack Obama is the first president to not just accept the premise of the "having a beer" test, but to embrace it and turn it into reality.

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