By Albert Samaha Article Reprint Derrick Hamilton, David Ranta, Derrick Deacon, Anthony Yarbough, Sharrif Wilson, Sundhe Moses, Kevin Smith, Eric Glisson, Cathy Watkins, Devon Ayers, Michael Cosme, Carlos Perez, Jabar Collins, William Lopez, et
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U.S. Navy to test futuristic, super-fast gun at sea in 2016
By David Alexander Article Reprint WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy is planning sea trials for a weapon that can fire a low-cost, 23-pound (10-kg) projectile at seven times the speed of sound using electromagnetic
Read moreReport: Al Sharpton Once A Paid FBI Informant on Mob
By Cathy Burke Article Reprint Activist and MSNBC host the Rev. Al Sharpton was once a paid FBI informant, known to agents as “CI-7” and passed along dirt on New York City mobsters, the Smoking
Read moreEx-aide to Mayor Daley to plead guilty to embezzlement
By: Kim Janssen Article Reprint (Chicago IL.) Mayor Richard M. Daley’s former deputy chief of staff Gene Lee plans to plead guilty to embezzlement and tax fraud charges, his attorney said Monday morning. Lee —
Read moreChicago Police underreported number of 2012 aggravated assault and battery, audit finds
BY FRANK MAIN AND STEFANO ESPOSITO Article Reprint About one-quarter of victims of aggravated assault and battery failed to get counted in Chicago Police statistics for 2012, according to a city Office of the Inspector
Read moreSolitude’s Despair
By Alexander Nazaryan Article Reprint When the tabloids splash a gruesome crime across their pages—”Suburban Lawyer Stabs Children, Eats Wife”—I yearn for the days of justice dispensed cruelly and unusually, not as a corrective hand
Read moreTurkey keeps YouTube ban after court backtrack
By AFP Article Reprint YouTube will remain blocked in Turkey, despite the end to a similar controversial ban on Twitter, after a court backtracked on an earlier ruling to grant access to the video-sharing site.
Read moreIndia offers help to Samsung chief over court appearance
By Penelope Macrae Article Reprint India will help Samsung in “whatever way” it can to avoid the South Korean company’s chairman being forced to appear in an Indian court over a payment dispute, a top
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