'50 Shades' leading to erotic injuries?

Bradley Manning Found Guilty Of 19 Counts, Not Guilty Of Aiding The Enemy

Bradley Manning Found Guilty Of 19 Counts, Not Guilty Of Aiding The Enemy: FORT MEADE, Md. -- Bradley Manning, the Army intelligence analyst who laid bare America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by covertly transmitting a massive trove of sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, has been convicted on 19 of 21 charges, including 6 counts of espionage. He was found not guilty of aiding the enemy, the most serious and controversial charge laid against him.

Pope Francis On Gays: Who Am I To Judge Them?

Pope Francis On Gays: Who Am I To Judge Them?: Pope Francis has had a busy week at World Youth Day in Rio as he visited his slums and prisons, blessed the Olympic flag and brought three million people to Copacabana Beach for a final Mass on Sunday morning.

Now he has made another headline, this time when the pontiff said, "Who am I to judge a gay person?"

FBI crackdown nabs pimps, rescues children - CNN.com

FBI crackdown nabs pimps, rescues children - CNN.com: Washington (CNN) -- They are mostly teenage girls, often from broken homes where no one misses them. Their world is one of drugs and abuse -- emotional and physical -- in which they are forced to sell their bodies.

In announcing the FBI's latest crackdown on child prostitution, officials Monday described a dark underside of society that has grown through Internet sites that provide pimps easy access to johns in hotels, motels, at truck stops and just about anywhere else.

The nationwide operation over the weekend resulted in 150 arrests, with 105 children between the ages of 13 and 17 rescued, according to Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division.

Here's what an eavesdropper sees when you use an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot | PCWorld

Here's what an eavesdropper sees when you use an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot | PCWorld: You’ve probably read at least one story with warnings about using unsecure public Wi-Fi hotspots, so you know that eavesdroppers can capture information traveling over those networks. But nothing gets the point across as effectively as seeing the snooping in action. So I parked myself at my local coffee shop the other day to soak up the airwaves and see what I could see.

My intent wasn't to hack anyone's computer or device—that's illegal—but just to listen. It’s similar to listening in on someone’s CB or walkie-talkie radio conversation. Like CBs and walkie-talkies, Wi-Fi networks operate on public airwaves that anyone nearby can tune into.

Zimmerman Redux | Merritt Landry | Louisiana Self-defense

Zimmerman Redux | Merritt Landry | Louisiana Self-defense: Merritt Landry, a 33-year-old “white caucasian” shot the victim, a 14-year-old black boy, in the head. A single spent cartridge case was recovered at the scene, indicating that a semi-automatic weapon was used and suggesting that a single shot was fired. The hour of the shooting was approximately 2:00AM, on Friday, July 26, 2013. As of this writing the victim is reported to remain alive, in critical condition at a local hospital.

Principal Allegedly Called Black Teachers “Nappy-Headed,” “Big Lipped” and “Gorillas” Before Firing Them | breakingbrown.com

Principal Allegedly Called Black Teachers “Nappy-Headed,” “Big Lipped” and “Gorillas” Before Firing Them | breakingbrown.com: A New York City high school principal is in hot water after allegedly using vile and racist language to describe two black teachers before firing them.
Principal Minerva Zanca of Pan American International High School allegedly described two of her black teachers as “nappy-headed”, “big-lipped”, and “gorillas” before firing them. Assistant Principal Anthony Riccardo claims  Zanca said one teachers “looked like a gorilla in a sweater,” according to WNYC.
Activists protested at the New York City Department of Education Headquarters on Monday, demanding an “immediate, rapid an unbiased investigation” by Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott’s office.

Russian Neo-Nazis Allegedly Lure, Torture Gay Teens With Online Dating Scam

Russian Neo-Nazis Allegedly Lure, Torture Gay Teens With Online Dating Scam: A neo-Nazi group in Russia has apparently enacted a disturbing campaign against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth by allegedly using a popular social network to lure in victims and torture them.

The Spectrum Human Rights Alliance (SHRA), an LGBT rights group focusing on Eastern Europe, claims the campaigns -- called "Occupy Pedophilyaj" and "Occupy Gerontilyaj" -- were launched by former skinhead and Russian ultranationalist Maxim Martsinkevich to purportedly identify and report pedophiles. However, the group's method may be to target male teens who respond to same-sex personals ads on Russia's Facebook equivalent, VK.com. Group members are said to meet the boys when they show up for the supposed date; they bully the boys and even torture them, all while recording the encounters on camera.

Jean-Pierre Trias, Man Who Put Killing Wife, Katherine Porter, On 'To-Do' List, Sentenced

Jean-Pierre Trias, Man Who Put Killing Wife, Katherine Porter, On 'To-Do' List, Sentenced: He may be a murderer, but at least he has follow-through.

Jean-Pierre Trias, 44, put killing his wife on a "to-do" list -- and then did it. The former math professor at Eastern Michigan University was sentenced Tuesday in the murder of 53-year-old Katherine Porter, according to the Ann Arbor Journal.

Trias stabbed Porter to death at their home in Pittsfield Township, Mich., in January, WXYZ reported.

Before the stabbing, Trias put killing his wife on a to-do list later found on his computer, according to a civil wrongful death filed earlier this month by Porter's two sisters.

Family Dollar Murder Suspect Lavere Bryant Was A Former Employee, Charged In Dearborn, Mich. Slayings

Family Dollar Murder Suspect Lavere Bryant Was A Former Employee, Charged In Dearborn, Mich. Slayings: DEARBORN, Mich. -- A former employee of a discount store in Michigan was arraigned Wednesday in the fatal shootings of two other workers.

Lavere Bryant declared his innocence following an afternoon hearing in Dearborn District Court. He is accused of killing two employees of a Dearborn Family Dollar store.

"I did not murder" the victims, Bryant said as he left the courtroom.

The 34-year-old Dearborn man is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of felony murder as well as armed robbery, unlawful imprisonment, felon In possession of a firearm and felony firearm charges.

Nearly naked rape victim left outside as scared homeowners call 911 - CNN.com

Nearly naked rape victim left outside as scared homeowners call 911 - CNN.com: (CNN) -- A Florida couple declined to answer the door just before midnight when a nearly naked woman knocked and screamed she had just been raped.

Rather, the homeowners called 911 Monday night.

The couple inside the home refused to let the woman in because they said they were afraid to open their door. In the 911 call, the woman can be heard pleading in the background. The distressed couple begged police to hurry. Their home is in an isolated area, and the couple feared for their safety if they opened the door.

It took about 11 minutes for police to arrive

Georgia DA asks to drop murder charges against Sneiderman - CNN.com

Georgia DA asks to drop murder charges against Sneiderman - CNN.com: CNN) -- A Georgia judge signed off Friday on the prosecution's request to drop all murder charges against Andrea Sneiderman, whom authorities have said conspired with her boss to have her husband killed.

Prosecutors said the murder charges against Sneiderman were "unjust and unethical" because they weren't positive they could prove them.

Before the decision, Sneiderman was facing malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault charges related to the death of her husband, Rusty. All three were dismissed.

Dora Charles, Paula Deen Employee, Spills Unsavory Details Amid Food Network Return Rumors

Dora Charles, Paula Deen Employee, Spills Unsavory Details Amid Food Network Return Rumors: Will Paula Deen return to the Food Network? Eater reported on Thursday that, according to an anonymous source, the network plans to bring Deen "back in a year or two, under different terms. Maybe some guest spots." That's all barring further antics.

Yet the same day the Eater story broke, The New York Times published a damning account from Dora Charles, a cook at Deen's Lady & Sons restaurant who Deen has described as her "soul sister."

George Zimmerman Trial Juror B29 Says He 'Got Away With Murder'

George Zimmerman Trial Juror B29 Says He 'Got Away With Murder': The only minority on the jury that found George Zimmerman not guilty for fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin sat for an exclusive interview with Robin Roberts for Friday's "Good Morning America" and revealed very strong feelings about how the 29-year-old fared in his trial.

"George Zimmerman got away with murder," she said. "But you can't get away from God. And at the end of the day, he's going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with. [But] the law couldn't prove it."

Jerry Jones says two NFL teams could move to Los Angeles | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports

Jerry Jones says two NFL teams could move to Los Angeles | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports: When the Dallas Cowboys opened training camp in Oxnard, Calif. last Saturday, owner Jerry Jones said that the NFL was "closer than ever" to a return to the Los Angeles market.

On a Wednesday appearance on the NFL Network, Jones acknowledged that the league had not gotten it right with the second-largest metropolitan area and media market in the United States and that teams — plural — could move to Southern California.

"I feel more imminent about a team being in here, that it's more imminent than any time since we haven't had a team in Los Angeles," Jones said (via Dan Hanzus of NFL.com). "And yes, this market is a huge market, it's a little bit of a black eye for all of us to have had this many years and not had an NFL team in Los Angeles.

Memoir Reveals Mrs. Partridge's Threesome, and More - Shirley Jones shows sexual side in new autobiography

Memoir Reveals Mrs. Partridge's Threesome, and More - Shirley Jones shows sexual side in new autobiography: Newser) – She played the Partridge Family's Mrs. Partridge, the Music Man's Marian the librarian, Oklahoma!'s farm girl Laurey ... but a decidedly raunchier side of Shirley Jones is revealed in her new self-titled autobiography, out today. The 79-year-old, who co-wrote the memoir, spends quite a bit of time on her troubled—and apparently quite kinky—marriage to actor Jack Cassidy, whom she calls her "sexual Svengali." Some of the revelations: Cassidy was quite well-endowed; Jones was "highly sexed"; they had a threesome with another woman that Jones apparently didn't enjoy—her reaction to it was "yuck," the AP reports

Crocodile Bites Head Of Trainer Pravit Suebmee In Thailand (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

Crocodile Bites Head Of Trainer Pravit Suebmee In Thailand (GRAPHIC VIDEO): Some crocodiles can bite with a force of 3,700 pounds per square inch. So it's remarkable that a trainer in Thailand managed to escape with just minor injuries after a crocodile clamped down on his head Sunday.

In graphic video of the incident, Pravit Suebmee, 27, can be seen rubbing the croc's snout with sticks as a partner holds the reptile's tail. Suebmee then says a prayer and begins to insert his head into its mouth. Moments later, the croc bites down and begins to shake with Suebmee caught in its jaws. He breaks free about a half-second later.

Memoir Reveals Mrs. Partridge's Threesome, and More - Shirley Jones shows sexual side in new autobiography

Memoir Reveals Mrs. Partridge's Threesome, and More - Shirley Jones shows sexual side in new autobiography: Newser) – She played the Partridge Family's Mrs. Partridge, the Music Man's Marian the librarian, Oklahoma!'s farm girl Laurey ... but a decidedly raunchier side of Shirley Jones is revealed in her new self-titled autobiography, out today. The 79-year-old, who co-wrote the memoir, spends quite a bit of time on her troubled—and apparently quite kinky—marriage to actor Jack Cassidy, whom she calls her "sexual Svengali." Some of the revelations: Cassidy was quite well-endowed; Jones was "highly sexed"; they had a threesome with another woman that Jones apparently didn't enjoy—her reaction to it was "yuck," the AP reports

Memoir Reveals Mrs. Partridge's Threesome, and More - Shirley Jones shows sexual side in new autobiography

Memoir Reveals Mrs. Partridge's Threesome, and More - Shirley Jones shows sexual side in new autobiography: Newser) – She played the Partridge Family's Mrs. Partridge, the Music Man's Marian the librarian, Oklahoma!'s farm girl Laurey ... but a decidedly raunchier side of Shirley Jones is revealed in her new self-titled autobiography, out today. The 79-year-old, who co-wrote the memoir, spends quite a bit of time on her troubled—and apparently quite kinky—marriage to actor Jack Cassidy, whom she calls her "sexual Svengali." Some of the revelations: Cassidy was quite well-endowed; Jones was "highly sexed"; they had a threesome with another woman that Jones apparently didn't enjoy—her reaction to it was "yuck," the AP reports

Memoir Reveals Mrs. Partridge's Threesome, and More - Shirley Jones shows sexual side in new autobiography

Memoir Reveals Mrs. Partridge's Threesome, and More - Shirley Jones shows sexual side in new autobiography: Newser) – She played the Partridge Family's Mrs. Partridge, the Music Man's Marian the librarian, Oklahoma!'s farm girl Laurey ... but a decidedly raunchier side of Shirley Jones is revealed in her new self-titled autobiography, out today. The 79-year-old, who co-wrote the memoir, spends quite a bit of time on her troubled—and apparently quite kinky—marriage to actor Jack Cassidy, whom she calls her "sexual Svengali." Some of the revelations: Cassidy was quite well-endowed; Jones was "highly sexed"; they had a threesome with another woman that Jones apparently didn't enjoy—her reaction to it was "yuck," the AP reports

Meet Weiner's Latest Sexting Partner - BuzzFeed identifies her as Sydney Elaine Leathers

Meet Weiner's Latest Sexting Partner - BuzzFeed identifies her as Sydney Elaine Leathers: Newser) – BuzzFeed has identified Anthony Weiner's newly revealed sexting partner as Sydney Elaine Leathers, a progressive activist in her early 20s who lives in Indiana. Pictures on her Facebook and Formspring accounts look pretty close to the blurred images offered up on The Dirty when it broke the sexting story, and she's talked about Weiner quite a bit online (often on accounts that are now deleted). For example, in a June 2011 Facebook post, she declared: "Rep. Weiner can continue sending dick pics every single day for the rest of his life as long as he continues to legislate like he does. I decided." Her TwitPic account identifies her as an Obama for America field organizer.

Luxury cruise fails surprise health inspection

(CNN) -- A surprise inspection by the Centers for Disease Control has resulted in a failing grade for one of the plushest cruise ships afloat.

According to a report by the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program, the cruise ship Silver Shadow was cited repeatedly for using an "organized effort" to remove 15 trolleys of food from the ship's galley to individual crew cabins to "avoid inspection."

The snap inspection of the Silver Shadow on June 17 in Skagway, Alaska, was conducted after an anonymous crew member sent still photographs to the CDC showing meat in crew cabin sinks and trays of food in the corridors in the hallways outside those cabins.

It resulted in a failing grade of 82 for the Silver Shadow. Any grade less than 84 is considered "less than satisfactory," according to the VSP website.

Ted Nugent Blasts Stevie Wonder's 'Brain-Dead' Boycott, 'Hoodlum, Dope-Smoking Trayvon Martin'

Ted Nugent Blasts Stevie Wonder's 'Brain-Dead' Boycott, 'Hoodlum, Dope-Smoking Trayvon Martin': Ted Nugent provided a predictably unhinged response to Stevie Wonder's decision to not perform in Florida after the George Zimmerman verdict, telling WXBR that he found the decision "brain-dead."

"You've got to be kidding me," he said. "So 700 black people, mostly young children and young people were slaughtered in Chicago last year by black people, and not a peep out of Stevie Wonder. Are you kidding me? What is this, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'? How brain-dead do you have to be? How strangled by denial, how dishonest, how cheap do you have to be to focus on a clear-cut case where all the evidence, from the DOJ, from the FBI, from the army of investigative specialists in Florida determined that George Zimmerman acted in self-defense against a life-threatening attack by hoodlum, dope-smoking Trayvon Martin?"

Vermont town worried over high-risk sex offender's release | Fox News

Vermont town worried over high-risk sex offender's release | Fox News: SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – The hours are ticking down toward the release from prison of Timothy J. Szad, a sex offender deemed so dangerous that Vermont authorities are taking the unusual step of not only warning the public but cautioning that blue-eyed, blond-haired boys of 12 or 13 could be in particular peril.

Some parents are worried in Szad's hometown of Springfield -- where he was planning to move in with his parents, until they backed out because of threats -- and the police chief in the community of 9,000 is urging people to be alert.

Did missed connections in murder case open door to Boston bombings? - CNN.com

Did missed connections in murder case open door to Boston bombings? - CNN.com: Waltham, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Jamal Abu Rubieh, owner of the Brookline Lunch cafe, knew something wasn't right when Brendan Mess and Erik Weissman sat quietly in a back corner booth that August night in 2011.

Gone was the usual boisterous banter typical of their regular visits. Abu Rubieh says things became even more tense when a bald, blue-eyed man twice their age arrived. The three talked for about an hour.

"He sounded different and he acted different, the guy with them, and they all were, like, nervous," Abu Rubieh said. "And that time, (Mess) was really serious and he wasn't himself."

Sheriff: Suspect admits killing Louisiana girl found in trash can - CNN.com

Sheriff: Suspect admits killing Louisiana girl found in trash can - CNN.com: (CNN) -- A man has admitted he killed his uncle's 6-year-old stepdaughter, whose body was found in a Louisiana trash can this week, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

Matthew Flugence admitted to detectives Wednesday morning that he stabbed Ahlittia North, a girl he previously babysat, over the weekend, Col. John Fortunato said.

Flugence, 20, was arrested in the case on Tuesday, the day authorities found Ahlittia's body in a trash can down the street from her mother and stepfather's apartment in the New Orleans suburb of Harvey.

Defense in Bulger trial goes after star prosecution witness - CNN.com

Defense in Bulger trial goes after star prosecution witness - CNN.com: Boston (CNN) -- They were partners-in-crime for more than two decades: Reputed mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger and his henchman, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi.

In the course of three days on the witness stand in Bulger's federal trial, Flemmi has described in great detail the murders he says he witnessed Bulger commit and he has portrayed himself as a lackey following orders and getting rid of physical evidence -- pulling victims' teeth to avoid identification and disposing of bodies.

Two 7-Year-Old Boys, Two Dramatically Different News Stories (VIDEO)

Two 7-Year-Old Boys, Two Dramatically Different News Stories (VIDEO): Leontine G. sent in a troubling example of the framing of children’s deviance, and their own complicity in this framing. She included two links: one to a "Today" show story about a 7-year-old boy who took his family’s car on a joyride and got caught by police, and one to a CNN story about a 7-year-old boy who took his family’s car on a joyride and got caught by police. Different 7-year-olds. One white, one black.

The white boy, Preston, is interviewed with his family on the set of the "Today" show. Knowing his kid is safe, his Dad describes the event as “funny” and tells the audience that if this could happen to a “cotton candy all-American kid like Preston,” then “it could happen to anybody.”

USC Student: Police Said I Wasn't Raped Because He Didn't Orgasm

USC Student: Police Said I Wasn't Raped Because He Didn't Orgasm: The University of Southern California is facing a federal investigation for alleged failures by school officials and campus police to prosecute rape.

In response to a Title IX complaint filed in May, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights launched the inquiry on June 26, although complainants only received notice over the weekend that the investigation had begun. A group of 13 students, along with several other unnamed students, claim they suffered from extensive failures on the part of USC administrators and the Department of Public Safety in responding to reports of sexual violence on campus.

OCR program manager Charles R. Love confirmed in a letter to USC student Tucker Reed, obtained by The Huffington Post, that the agency is investigating allegations the university failed to prosecute and adjudicate claims of sexual violence and to respond promptly to complaints of harassment on campus. Such failures would be violations of Title IX, a federal gender equality law.

Clyde Harshaw Kidnapped Girlfriend, Tortured Her With Drill: Cops

Clyde Harshaw Kidnapped Girlfriend, Tortured Her With Drill: Cops: An Oklahoma man is accused of holding his girlfriend captive and torturing her with an electric drill.

Clyde Harshaw, 42, was arrested charged with kidnapping, assault and battery, maiming and rape by instrumentation, the McAlester News-Capital reported.

Harshaw's girlfriend said that in early July, Harshaw drugged her and tied her up with rope and extension cords at his McAlester home.

He then allegedly held her captive for five days, beating her with a hammer, cutting her with a knife, pouring acid on her wounds and pulling her hair out using a drill, according to News 9.

Security | ThinkProgress

Security | ThinkProgress: An annual report published this spring by the Department of Defense revealed the pervasive sexual assault problem in our armed forces. The Pentagon estimated that 26,000 service members were victims of sexual assault in 2012, a 34 percent increase from 2010.

While the numbers are staggering, many have attacked the quality of the data in an effort to downplay the problem at hand and resist efforts to curtail incidents of sexual assault. Pentagon JAG Captain Lindsay Rodman recently called the 26,000 figure “bad math,” and suggested the reported number of sexual assaults is exaggerated. Others have claimed that sexual harassment is included in the 26,000 sexual assault victim estimate, thereby diluting the data and minimalizing the problem.

Immigration | ThinkProgress

Immigration | ThinkProgress: A federal appeals court has overturned a Dallas suburb’s ordinance that would ban undocumented immigrants from renting apartments, affirming federal authority in developing and implementing immigration laws.

In the latest blow to local and state governments passing laws to restrict immigrant rights, the notoriously conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals declared on Monday that Farmers Branch, Texas, cannot enforce the ordinance because it conflicts with federal law.

Four Charts That Prove Obama's Right About Being Black In America | ThinkProgress

Four Charts That Prove Obama's Right About Being Black In America | ThinkProgress: On Friday, President Obama gave a personal, emotional speech about the killing on Trayvon Martin, in which he spoke extensively on the broader issue of race in the United States.

Obama addressed the experiences of racial profiling that are all to common for Black men. “There are very few African-American men in this country who haven’t had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store,” Obama said. “That includes me.

Conservative Paper Invokes Lynching In Anti-Sharpton Editorial Cartoon | ThinkProgress

Conservative Paper Invokes Lynching In Anti-Sharpton Editorial Cartoon | ThinkProgress: Investors’ Business Daily, a business newspaper widely viewed as having a conservative editorial page, decided to dip its toes into racial politics over the weekend with a political cartoon about the case of Trayvon Martin. But instead of presenting a valid criticism of the negative reactions to George Zimmerman’s not guilty verdict, the publication invoked lynchings — one of the great tragedies committed against Black Americans — to try to make its point.

In an attempt to level criticism at Al Sharpton, the Black reverend-turned-TV host who has been deeply involved in cases of racial injustice, the cartoonist depicted various incidents in which Sharpton has been active as people being hanged from a tree:

U.S. Marshals lose track of encrypted radios: WSJ report - Yahoo! News

U.S. Marshals lose track of encrypted radios: WSJ report - Yahoo! News: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Marshals Service has lost track of about 2,000 encrypted two-way radios worth millions of dollars, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing internal records it had obtained through a public records request.

The paper reported that the problems date back to at least 2011, when the Marshals were deploying new versions of the radios to communicate in the field.

Virginia Republican Suffers Abortion Backlash From Donors - Bloomberg

Virginia Republican Suffers Abortion Backlash From Donors - Bloomberg: Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli has less than half as much cash as Democratic opponent Terry McAuliffe, with a prominent list of Republican donors sitting out this year’s most competitive U.S. political contest -- and in some cases switching sides.
The financial disadvantage four months before the election illustrates the difficulties confronting an attorney general who is campaigning on an economic growth plan yet is best known for his opposition to gay marriage and abortion.

Police chief: Charges expected in grisly discovery of 3 female bodies found in trash bags | Fox News

Police chief: Charges expected in grisly discovery of 3 female bodies found in trash bags | Fox News: EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio – Charges were expected to be filed against a registered sex offender who is under investigation following the discovery of three bodies in trash bags in a poor Ohio neighborhood riddled with abandoned houses.

The search for additional bodies was suspended Sunday after police and volunteers scoured about 40 empty homes, with no immediate plans to resume, said East Cleveland Police Chief Ralph Spotts.

Spotts identified the suspect as 35-year-old Michael Madison. He said Madison is expected to be formally charged on Monday, but did not elaborate.

Report questions costs of villas and mansions for top military brass - latimes.com

Report questions costs of villas and mansions for top military brass - latimes.com: CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Marine Gen. John F. Kelly works in a fortress-like headquarters near the Miami airport. Starting this fall, he will live in Casa Sur, an elegant home with a pool and gardens on one of the area's swankiest streets.


The five-bedroom residence, across the street from the famed Biltmore Golf Course, is provided rent-free to Kelly as head of U.S. Southern Command, which oversees military operations in the Caribbean Latin America.

The cost to taxpayers? $160,000 a year, plus $402,000 for renovations and security improvements now underway

Here's Florida’s Next Trayvon Martin Case | Mother Jones

Here's Florida’s Next Trayvon Martin Case | Mother Jones: A white man named Michael Dunn shot and killed an unarmed black teenager named Jordan Davis in Florida last year after a brief dispute. The prosecutor overseeing the case is Florida state attorney Angela Corey. Dunn, who will be tried for murder, claims the shooting was in self-defense. Sound familiar?
The killing took place in November 2012, while Dunn was parked at a gas station convenience store, waiting for his girlfriend to emerge from inside. Four teenagers, including 17-year-old Davis, were parked* next to Dunn's car in an SUV. After an argument over the teens' loud music, Dunn fired on the boys from his car, killing Davis. Dunn claims he opened fire only after one of the teens threatened his life, brandished a gun, and started to exit the SUV. Later he told police that he had "never been so scared" in his life

CIA Backs $630,000 Scientific Study on Controlling Global Climate | Mother Jones

CIA Backs $630,000 Scientific Study on Controlling Global Climate | Mother Jones: The Central Intelligence Agency is funding a scientific study that will investigate whether humans could use geoengineering to alter Earth's environment and stop climate change. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will run the 21-month project, which is the first NAS geoengineering study financially supported by an intelligence agency. With the spooks' money, scientists will study how humans might influence weather patterns, assess the potential dangers of messing with the climate, and investigate possible national security implications of geoengineering attempts.

Ohio police say body count could rise in murder case | Fox News

Ohio police say body count could rise in murder case | Fox News: EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio – The police chief of a Cleveland suburb told searchers Sunday that he believes there could be one or two more victims in addition to the three bodies found in the neighborhood earlier.

Police Chief Ralph Spotts told volunteers checking vacant houses to be alert for smells of rotting. He declined to elaborate on other possible victims. East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton said authorities have a lot of reasons to suspect there are more, but he refused to say why.

A 35-year-old registered sex offender arrested after a police standoff Friday is a suspect in the deaths, Norton said. The suspect, from East Cleveland, has indicated he might have been influenced by Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell, who was convicted in 2011 and sentenced to death, Norton said. As of Sunday morning, the man hadn't been charged.

"He said some things that led us to believe that in some way, shape, or form, Sowell might be an influence," Norton told The Associated Press.

In the most recent case, one body was found Friday in a garage. Two others were found Saturday -- one in a backyard and the other in the basement of a vacant house. The bodies, believed to be female, were found about 100 to 200 yards apart, and authorities believed the victims were killed in the last six to 10 days.

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John McCain: Arizona's Stand Your Ground Law Should Be Reviewed

John McCain: Arizona's Stand Your Ground Law Should Be Reviewed: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said on Sunday that while he does not question the decision of the jury in the Trayvon Martin case, he does think all states, including his own, should review their "stand your ground" laws.

"No one I know of has said this case is flawed or corrupt, or that there's anything wrong with the system of justice," McCain told Candy Crowley on CNN's Face the Nation. "I can also see that the stand your ground law may be something that needs to be reviewed by the Florida Legislature or any other Legislature.