High school football star has rape charge dismissed after accuser contacts him on Facebook to say it never happened
Call it bitter sweet. A high school football star who was once one of the most highly sought after athletes in the nation has had a rape charge against him dropped after the woman confessed on Facebook that the rape never happened. Brian Banks, who is now 26-years old, spent six years in prison [...]
Right Wing Blog Giving Away One Gun Per Week: What if a Black Blog Did This?
by Yvette Carnell I don’t usually view giving away life ending instruments as the job media outlets, but then again, I’m not a right winger. I also don’t have any sort of fixation or adoration of guns. But right wing rag The Daily Caller is giving away one gun per week until election day, just because: [...]
Top CEO Pay Equals 3,489 Years For Typical Worker
WASHINGTON (AP) — David Simon of Simon Property received a pay package worth more than $137 million for last year, and the typical CEO took home $9.6 million, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Here are some ways to think about just how much money those salaries represent. Simon’s $137 million is almost entirely in stock [...]
Donald Trump Wants to Create a Super PAC to Defeat President Obama
Donald Trump thinks that the United States is starting to look like a third world country. Rather than blaming the billionaires who refuse to pay taxes for the public welfare, he would rather blame President Obama. Trumph has been eyeing a new super PAC project designed to get President Obama out of the White House. [...]
Pentagon Contractor Admits Leading Smear Campaigns to Discredit Journalists
WASHINGTON – The co-owner of a major Pentagon propaganda contractor publicly admitted Thursday that he was behind a series of websites used to discredit two USA TODAY journalists who had reported on the contractor. Camille Chidiac, a minority owner of Leonie Industries, says he acted independently of the company when he created web sites and [...]
Security Footage Released of Man Who Stabbed Two Employees at Kansas TV Station [Video]
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Scary and violent footage has been released of a man who stabbed two employees at a Kansas TV station. A few months ago, a homeless 48-year-old veteran went to CBS affiliate WIBW in Topeka to ask them to do a story on how the Department of Veterans Affairs was mishandling his case. Of course, they [...]
Unplanned Pregnancies 20 times More Likely with the Birth Control Pill than IUD
A new study shows that women who use birth control pills, the patch or vaginal ring are 20 times more likely to have an unintended pregnancy than those who use an intrauterine device (IUD) or implant. The statistics are especially concerning for women under 21, for whom the risk of unplanned pregnancy when using birth [...]
New Hampshire Considers Handing Off Its Entire Male Prison Population to Private Prison Corps
New Hampshire is on the verge of handing over its entire male prison population to private companies, according to ThinkProgress. The New Hampshire Department of Corrections recently put out a request for bids to outsources its male prisons: The New Hampshire Department of Corrections has put out a request for proposal that would essentially hand over [...]
St Louis Cops Believe That Dashboard Cameras are “Being Used Against Them”
Having dashboard cameras mounted in police cruisers protects both citizens and police. Police supervisors, juries, and even the public are no longer required to depend on testimony since the video speaks for itself. You’d think all police officers would, therefore, be in favor of the dashboard cameras right? Wrong. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that “city police officers believe [...]
North Carolina Moves Forward on Forced Sterilization Compensation Bill
A North Carolina legislative committee approved a bill that would compensate victims of the state’s forced sterilization program with $50,000, according to WFAE radio. The bill has bipartisan support, and must now be approved by the finance and appropriations committees, then voted on by the North Carolina House and Senate. Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue has [...]
