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Estranged relative arrested in Hudson killings

Newcastle :: WA :: USA | about 2 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

CHICAGO – Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson on Monday in the deaths of the entertainer's mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation. William Balfour...

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FBI: Birmingham Mayor arrested on federal charges

Birmingham :: AL :: USA | about 12 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

The mayor of Alabama's largest city, a player in a multibillion dollar sewer bond deal that drove the surrounding county to the brink of bankruptcy, was arrested on Monday on federal criminal charges, an FBI spokesman said. Larry Langford was...

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Miracle writer Gibson dies at 94

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 12 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by thapaprajwal

US playwright William Gibson, whose The Miracle Worker documented the story of deaf-blind student Helen Keller, has died in Massachusetts aged 94. Gibson wrote 12 plays, but The Miracle Worker, which followed teacher Annie Sullivan's relationship with Keller, endeared him...

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THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THE 'NEW POST-RACIAL AMERICA'

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 8 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by vishnughimire

I want to give the reader fair warning here: for I am about to tell a very disturbing story, although I will try my utmost to relate it as tastefully as I can. It was a story I saw recently...

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The horror news:9 headless bodies found in Mexico.

Tijuana :: Mexico | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

The bodies and heads were left in a vacant lot beside a factory. Nine decapitated bodies have been discovered in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, a hot spot in an increasingly gruesome war between drug cartels. Mexico is facing...

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Bush: US stands behind India in wake of attacks

Olympia :: WA :: USA | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by vishnughimire

President George W. Bush on Saturday pledged full U.S. support to India as it investigates the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, saying the killers "will not have the final word." Bush spoke at the White House after returning from the...

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US Jewish, meditation groups' members die in India

New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

NEW YORK – Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife worked tirelessly after they landed in India to run a Jewish outreach center, serving homemade kosher meals to their many guests and strengthening their connection with God. Their outpost was...

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teen commits suicide broadcast online via webcam

Altamonte Springs :: FL :: USA | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by apriljieh11

BY LISA LUCAS in Pembroke Pines, Fla. AND RICH SCHAPIRO in NEW YORK DAILY NEWS WRITERS Updated Friday, November 21st 2008, 2:41 PM' Twisted Internet voyeurs watched a Florida college student commit suicide in his bedroom - some even egging...

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Black Friday Indeed: Man Trampled and Killed at Wal-Mart

New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by cooldiponline

A worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Wal-Mart. [Blub alert, and not in a good way. I'm also going to politely request right up front that this not turn into an...

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Sarah Evita Palin, The Coming Police State

Yuba City :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by michael144

Originally posted at Huffingtonpost.com By Naomi Wolf Please understand what you are looking at when you look at Sarah “Evita” Palin. You are looking at the designated muse of the coming American police state. You have to understand how things...

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