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Police: Trayvon Martin’s Death ‘Ultimately Avoidable’

Source: CNN Just over two weeks after the fatal shooting, and less than a month before an arrest was made, police in Sanford, Florida, urged prosecutors to take George Zimmerman into custody after arguing his killing of Trayvon Martin was “ultimately avoidable.” This disclosure came out Thursday, part of a wealth of information released that [...]

Suspected Shooter Arrested In Mississippi Highway Slayings

Source: CNN Investigators have arrested a suspect in the shooting deaths of two motorists in Mississippi, killings that stirred panic and fear for drivers around the state, authorities said Friday. Police arrested James D. Willie, 28, of Sardis, Mississippi, after tests concluded that a gun he had was used to kill two people along roadways [...]

Illinois Senate Rejects Nation Of Islam Follower For Human Rights Post

Source: Dave McKinney / Chicago Sun-Times SPRINGFIELD — In a rebuke to Gov. Pat Quinn, the Illinois Senate on Thursday rejected a Nation of Islam follower whose website advocates black separatism for a third term on the state Human Rights Commission. The Senate voted down public-access cable television personality Munir Muhammad for the $49,960-a-year post [...]

ABC NEWS: Trayvon Martin Had Drugs In System, Autopsy Found

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Source: Matt Gutman and Seni Tienabeso / ABC News Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer, had the drug THC in his system the night of this death, according to new information obtained by ABC News. The revelation came as prosecutors in the [...]

Facebook’s IPO Price: $38 Per Share

Source: Julianne Pepitone / CNN Money NEW YORK  - After four months of paperwork, hype and speculation, the last piece of the Facebook IPO is in place: Facebook said it has priced its IPO at $38 a share. At that price, Facebook’s IPO will raise $16 billion, making it the largest tech IPO in history. [...]

Trayvon Martin family lawyer: Stop The Leaks–Release All The Records In Zimmerman Case

Source: Dylan Stableford / Yahoo News The attorney for Trayvon Martin’s parents is calling for the release of all of the documents related to the death of their son, rather than continue what he says are strategic leaks of records intended to benefit the defense of George Zimmerman, who is charged with killing Martin. Attorney [...]

Postal Service To Close Or Consolidate 140 Sites

Source: Reuters / MSNBC WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service will move ahead with a plan to shut or consolidate mail-processing facilities as part of its cost-cutting effort but will spread out the closings to maintain overnight delivery of local mail. The agency said on Thursday it would consolidate processing at 140 of its 461 [...]

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Republicans Anxiously Discourage Racially-Charged Super PAC Strategy

Source: Michael O’Brien / MSNBC Republicans moved quickly on Thursday in hopes of distancing themselves from a strategy being weighed by a GOP-oriented super PAC, which threatened to inject racial politics into the 2012 presidential campaign. Mitt Romney’s campaign, joined by a slew of other GOP heavyweights, sought to disavow a strategy that was presented to [...]

G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighs Hard-Line Attack On Obama

Source: Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg / The New York Times WASHINGTON — A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the “super PAC” era and attack President Obama in ways that Republicans have so far shied away from. The plan, which [...]