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New Atheists Promote Bible Study?

Rev. Michael Dowd | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: New Atheists, Religion, God, Bible, Scripture Commentary, Theology, Christianity, PZ Myers, Religion and Science, Evidence, Atheism, Religion News

The brutality of ancient scripture is indeed an inconvenient truth -- a truth that outspoken atheists are all too happy to point out.

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Tweet This, Deny That: Social Media and the End of Denial

Michele Weldon | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Criminal Minds, Syria, 1984, Carrier Iq, Sherlock Holmes, Twitter, Skype, Sharon Smalls, Csi, Evidence, Facebook, Social Media, Denial, Texts, Journalism, Arab Spring, Ethics, Herman Cain, Gowalla, Youtube, Media News

Digital shaming has become the newest form of public stocks, ensuring the wrongdoings of individuals are widely known and impossible to erase.

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Evidence In More than 3,600 Criminal Cases Destroyed In Florida

The Bradenton Herald | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Murder, Rape, Homicide, Crime, Crime News, Manatee County Sheriff?S Office, Evidence Destroyed, Florida, Missing Persons, Evidence, Crime News

Evidence for more than 3,600 Manatee County Sheriff's Office cases -- including 66 homicides, more than 280 rapes, incidences of sexual battery and re...

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'He Could Kill Somebody And Not Even Think About It'

AP | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Murder, Relatives, New York Crime, Grand Jury, White Creek, He Could Kill Somebody and Not Even Think About It, Arson, Fire, Evidence, John Ogden, Cambridge, Matthew Slocum, New York, Crime News

CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. -- A police investigator says an upstate New York man accused of killing three relatives told him he shot them before setting fire to ...

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Questioning The 'Guardians Of Science'

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 08.31.2011

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So while I suppose I am indulging in some self-defense, I am far more concerned with defending science. Because the self-proclaimed guardians of science are denigrating it, every day.

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Evidence From The Casey Anthony Trial

Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Florida, Casey Anthony Evidence, Casey Anthony, Caylee Anthony, Evidence, Casey Anthony Trial Evidence, Casey Anthony Trial, Crime News

It's not the prosecutors or the defense attorneys who are responsible for winning trials -- it's the evidence. For months, attorneys have been prep...

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Would Evidence for God Mean the End of Atheism and Christianity?

Matt J. Rossano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, God Hypothesis, God Proof, Religion Science, Atheism, Evidence, Free Will, God Evidence, Religion News

A complaint often voiced by scientific atheists is that there is simply no evidence for God and therefore belief is thoroughly unjustified. But what would scientific evidence for God look like, and what implications would it hold?

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Con Games: Aspen's Keystone Kops

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aspen Police Department, Pitkin County, Evidence, Aspen, Crime, Denver News

Want to commit a crime on your summer vacation? Consider the advantages of sumptuous Aspen, Colorado, where the local City constables are likely to either be lenient or lose the evidence entirely.

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Cops Bust Street Gangs With Social Media

Lon S. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toronto, Law, Social Media, Law Enforcement 2.0, Law Enforcement, Nypd, Twitter, Social Networks, Police, Gang Violence, Missouri, Bebo, Evidence, Facebook, Gangs, Technology News

One thing you can say about the bad guys is that they're no slouches when it comes to adopting the latest and greatest in technology. Phishers and hac...

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The Space Shuttle Challenger and Climate Change

Dan Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 350, 387, Nasa, Glaciers, Carbon Emissions, Challenger-Space-Shuttle, Co2, Evidence, Challenger, 350ppm, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News

Climate scientists are telling us that we are headed for catastrophe if we keep emitting CO2 and other greenhouse gases. But instead of heeding their warnings, we are asking for proof of the impending disaster.

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Why Brain Science Is Bad for Juvenile Justice

Alexandra Cox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Science, Evidence, Research, Brain, Juvenile Justice, Politics News

Brain research may convince the public that development is a fixed, undisputed path toward rational thought, thus further marginalizing those children who stray from the path of 'normal' development.

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James Lewis, Tylenol Poisoning Suspect, Gives DNA Sample As Charges May Be Brought

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dna, Tylenol Poisoning, Tylenol, Chicago, 1982 Tylenol Poisoning, Evidence, James Lewis, Tylenol Murders, Chicago News

One of the most harrowing serial murders in Chicago history has moved a step closer to trial, thanks to a tiny smudge of evidence on a 30-year-old Tyl...

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Unexpected Review of Mary Oliver's Evidence

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Travel, Mary Oliver, Poetry Review, Mary Oliver Evidence, Evidence, Entertainment News

Having read most of her previous work, I think Evidence is my favorite. As with previous collections, there are lots of birds and grass, but this collection is different. On one hand, her age is showing.

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Lapses Are the Norm, Not the Exception When It Comes to Our Justice System

Amy Bach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Exoneration, Dna, Edward Flynn, Criminal Justice System, Walter Ellis, Department of Justice, Evidence, Dna Evidence, Troy Davis, John Dipko, Politics News

Law enforcement agencies work independently of each other, and don't coordinate well as a rule. When problems do arise, they are quick to renounce responsibility. Usually, they blame each other.

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Watch What You Say... Online

Robin Sax | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lawyers, Twitter, Crime, Social Networking, Trials, You Tube, Facebook, Evidence, Myspace, Media News

As a prosecutor, the first thing I do when I get a case is to Google the victim, the suspect, and all the material witnesses.

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Blagojevich Indictment Delay Requested To Sort Through Evidence

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has filed a motion seeking a 90-day extension to return of an indictment against Illinois Gov. Rod Bl...

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Truthfulness, Justice and the American Way

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interrogations, Troy Davis, Guilt, Judges, Justice, Evidence, Innocence, Civil Rights, Juries, Paul Ekman, Testimony, Politics News

While the fate of the nation hangs in the balance, so does that of Troy Anthony Davis. He personifies the continuing threat to justice (and to life) of our de facto judicial system.

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Eyewitness Identifications Lead to Wrongful Convictions

John Terzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Law Enforcement, Faulty Indentification, Lineup, Wrongful Conviction, DNA Exoneration, Documentation, Evidence, Procedure, Dallas, Eyewitness, Texas, Wrongful Conviction Exposed, Dallas Morning News, Dna, Eyewitness Errors, Criminal Justice System, Media News

The alarming number of false identifications uncovered by this report confirms what researchers have been repeating for years - eyewitness evidence is highly prone to error.

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Yet Another Reason to Fear a McCain Supreme Court

Nathan Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, Court, Law, Exclusionary Rule, Police, Scalia, Evidence, Politics News

Those who value their civil liberties have much more to fear from a McCain Court than the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as police gain greater and greater incentives to disregard our rights without consequence.

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Faith-Based Cruelty: The Other Georgia

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Faith-Based, Executions, Troy Davis, Death Penalty, Evidence, Georgia, Politics News

What day and time you will die? I, for one, have no interest in knowing. Troy Anthony Davis, almost certainly an innocent man, knows. He'll die Tue...

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Momentum Building For Bugliosi's Case Against George W. Bush For Murder

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, Corporate Media, Vincent Bugliosi, George W. Bush, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, American Patriot, Republicans, Justice, Evidence, Democrats, John Conyers, Author, Politics News

To be clear, this is not a partisan effort -- It's a legally binding and provable case for murder, that Bugliosi -- an American patriot -- would bring against any president regardless of affiliation.

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Blame Game vs. Root Cause Analysis

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Heathcare System, Evidence, Systems Thinking, Medical Economics, Health Insurance, Health Care, Healthcare, Healthy Living News

No one controls or even "is responsible" for the failing healthcare system, and it's not fixed by punishing or changing the people. It's fixed by changing the processes within the system.

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