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Heavy D Autopsy Results Inconclusive

Source: Matthew Perpetua / Rolling Stone Results of an autopsy on rapper Heavy D have been inclusive in determining his cause of death last week at the age of 44. The L.A. County coroner's spokesman reported last week that there were no illegal drugs found in the rapper's Beverly Hills home, but that he had [...]

NY Cops Opening Gates To Zuccotti Park, Occupy Protesters Have Made A Human Shield

Source: Matthew Lysiak / New York Daily News Protesters are creating a human shield to protect themselves. Police are opening the gates. by Matthew Lysiak To follow this topic visit the New York Daily News.

Ohio Set To Execute Man Who Killed 3 Sleeping Sons

Source: AP / CBS News COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio is set to execute 66-year-old Reginald Brooks, who fatally shot his three sons while they slept in 1982 shortly after his wife filed for divorce. State and federal courts have rejected attorneys' arguments that Brooks, of East Cleveland, is not mentally competent and that the government [...]

Mike McQueary E-Mail Says He 'Made Sure It Stopped' With Sandusky

Source: USA Today For more than a week, there has been speculation about what happened when Mike McQueary allegedly saw former assistant Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in 2002. According to NBC correspondent Peter Alexander, McQueary didn't walk away as most inferred from the information contained in the grand jury presentment. Alexander relayed [...]

ABC News Exclusive: Gabrielle Giffords' Recovery (VIDEO)

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Police Evict Occupy Protesters From New York Park

Source: CNN New York - Police in riot gear moved in to New York's Zuccotti Park early Tuesday morning, evicting hundreds of protesters from the site where the now-global Occupy movement began. Police arrested more than 100 people, according to Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne. New York City Council member Ydanis Rodriguez was among those arrested, [...]

Sandusky Denies Abusing Boys; N.Y. Times Says There's More Victims

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: AP / Chicago Sun-Times NEW YORK — A former Penn State football assistant coach charged with sexually abusing eight boys in a scandal that has rocked the university said Monday that there was no abuse and that any activities in a campus [...]

Jerry Sandusky: 'I Shouldn't Have Showered With Those Kids' (VIDEO)

Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky admitted to showering and horsing around with young boys, but said he is not a pedophile, in an exclusive interview with Bob Costas broadcast Monday night on NBC's Rock Center.

Washington Watch with Roland Martin, 11.13.11, Video Podcast

At the top of our agenda this week, voters send a message to overreaching politicians: "Stop the shenanigans." But is there a message of hope for the President and the Democrats? And GOP presidential candidates Herman Cain and Rick Perry embarrass themselves and their party. Our "Washington Watch" newsmakers: one of the 12 Super Committee [...]

Herman Cain Stumped On Libya (VIDEO)

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain talks to the Journal Sentinel editorial board about the Obama administration's handling of Libya.