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Brothers In Alleged NC Terror Ring To Learn Their Fate

AP | EMERY P. DALESIO | Posted 02.19.2012

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NEW BERN, N.C. — Two brothers who watched as their father transformed their rural North Carolina family home into a base camp to launch violent ...

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Husband Who Killed Mentally Ill Wife With Flashlight Sentenced

AP | By LYNNE TUOHY | Posted 12.03.2011

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BRENTWOOD, N.H. -- A New Hampshire man was sentenced Friday to 15 to 30 years in prison for beating his mentally ill wife to death with a flashlight a...

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Mother Who Punished Boy With Hot Sauce To Be Sentenced

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 10.29.2011

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska woman convicted of punishing her adopted Russian son by squirting hot sauce into his mouth was spared immediate ja...

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Cocaine Sentencing Injustice Slightly Lessened

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

In true incrementalist fashion, Democrats have now made things slightly less unfair, but fell far short of actual fairness. It's as if, right after the Civil War, Congress announced that black people would now count as four-fifths of a person.

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Mayumi Heene, Balloon Boy's Mom, Begins Community Service

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Colorado mother who, along with her husband, told authorities that her son had flown away in a runaway balloon will be...

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New Republic Editor Martin Peretz Blasts Someone For Something, Sort Of

Barrett Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barrett Brown

Not that I'm bothered by Peretz's or anyone else's racism, which is directed only towards mere people. But why his perpetual assault on grammar? Grammar isn't an Arab, Marty. You're thinking of algebra.

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This Week in Cheating: Madoff Sentenced

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Kreisler

Bernie Madoff got 150 years in prison, though he told investors it was 175 years... and they each told two investors it was 190 years... and so on and so on and so on...

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Palin's Sentences Lack Transparency And Accountability

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kelly Nuxoll

When I hear Sarah Palin consistently fail to answer who is doing what to whom, it makes me suspicious that a) she doesn't know; b) she doesn't want to say; or c) she simply doesn't think in terms of cause and effect.

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