2015 September 29

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Detroit drug dealer known as ‘White Boy Rick’ loses re-sentencing bid

A Detroit man sentenced to life in prison as a teenager on a drug offense decades ago is not entitled to a new sentencing hearing, the Michigan appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Richard Wershe, 46, known as “White Boy Rick,” was...

Georgia board rejects female death row inmate’s clemency bid

Georgia’s parole board denied a request for clemency by the lone woman on the state’s death row, just hours before her scheduled execution on Tuesday for her role in her husband’s murder. Barring a last-minute court stay, Kelly...

US judge dismisses Sept. 11 victims’ case against Saudi Arabia

A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed claims against Saudi Arabia by families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, who accused the country of providing material support to al Qaeda. U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said Saudi...

Al Gore rips the GOP: We’re the only country in the world where a major party denies climate change

Former Vice President Al Gore blasted Republicans on Tuesday for continuing to deny climate change, as he and MSNBC host Chris Hayes noted that American conservatives are unique in doing so. “We’re the only country in the world where...

Sam Brownback says tax-starved Kansas has enough money to prepare for a zombie apocalypse

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback will announce the beginning of “Zombie Preparedness Month” for his state on Wednesday, the Wichita Eagle reported. “If you’re prepared for zombies, you’re prepared for anything,”...

UCLA student was stabbed to death before her apartment was set on fire: police

Two men were charged on Tuesday in the murder of a University of California, Los Angeles student and sorority member found slain in her burned-out apartment near the campus last week following an apparent botched robbery, prosecutors said....

Here’s how the ‘pro-life’ money machine turns desperate women into submissive baby-makers

This story is adapted from a presentation Vyckie Garrison gave at the 2015 American Atheist National Convention where she was named “Atheist of the Year.”

Pregnancy smoking linked to childrens’ behavioral issues: study

Children whose mothers smoke during pregnancy — and even those born into smokers’ homes — are nearly twice as likely to develop behavioural problems, researchers said Tuesday. A study of some 5,200 French primary school...

Mars water discovery find boosts quest for extra-terrestrial life

The search for extra-terrestrial life just got a big boost from NASA’s stunning announcement that it now has its strongest evidence yet of liquid water on Mars. So did the prospects for human exploration of the red planet because the...

Pope Francis calls Rome’s mayor ‘pretend Catholic’ for supporting marriage equality

Pope Francis raised eyebrows in Italy on Tuesday by slapping down the left-leaning mayor of Rome as someone who “pretends to be Catholic”. The unforgiving assessment of Ignazio Marino — a man the Italian media love to hate...

Oklahoma to remove Ten Commandments monument from Capitol by Oct.12

An Oklahoma commission voted on Tuesday to remove a privately funded granite monument of the Ten Commandments from the State Capitol grounds, after a judge ordered its removal by Oct. 12. The Capitol Preservation Commission, which oversees art...

Here are 8 times seemingly pathological Carly Fiorina has skullf*cked the truth

Five short months into her surprising presidential run, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina is not only moving to the top of the polls, she is also gaining a reputation as the campaign’s biggest liar — an impressive feat in a field full of...

ATF agent arrested at Texas high school football game for assaulting man and waving gun at crowd

An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) was arrested on Friday after he assaulted one man and held his gun on a crowd of people at a high school football game in Houston, Texas. According to KHOU Channel 11, Special Agent...

Two arrested in California after woman found beaten, malnourished in shed

A man and his girlfriend who prosecutors say kept his sister locked in a storage shed in the Southern California community of Lancaster have been charged with torture and false imprisonment, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Elias Abdurahman, 61, and...

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Detroit drug dealer known as ‘White Boy Rick’ loses re-sentencing bid

Georgia board rejects female death row inmate’s clemency bid

US judge dismisses Sept. 11 victims’ case against Saudi Arabia

Al Gore rips the GOP: We’re the only country in the world where a major party denies climate change

Top Indiana Repub quits after sexually-explicit video is sent from his ‘stolen’ cell phone

Sam Brownback says tax-starved Kansas has enough money to prepare for a zombie apocalypse

UCLA student was stabbed to death before her apartment was set on fire: police

Here’s how the ‘pro-life’ money machine turns desperate women into submissive baby-makers

Pregnancy smoking linked to childrens’ behavioral issues: study

Mars water discovery find boosts quest for extra-terrestrial life

Pope Francis calls Rome’s mayor ‘pretend Catholic’ for supporting marriage equality

Oklahoma to remove Ten Commandments monument from Capitol by Oct.12

Here are 8 times seemingly pathological Carly Fiorina has skullf*cked the truth

ATF agent arrested at Texas high school football game for assaulting man and waving gun at crowd

Two arrested in California after woman found beaten, malnourished in shed

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