Brooklyn gentrification meets resistance from longtime Latino residents in South Williamsburg - New York Daily News

Hey hipsters, keep your skinny jeans out of my Southside Williamsburg neighborhood. A local Brooklyn Latino organization wants to help long-time residents take back the community before hipsters and their trendy bars and overpriced clothing stores wipe out the area's Latino cult …

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BBC News - Costa Concordia: Giglio official 'never saw Schettino'

As the Costa Concordia was sinking, the deputy mayor of the Tuscan island of Giglio, Mario Pellegrini, went on board to join the rescue effort. "I met the mayor and immediately we devised a plan to co-ordinate the evacuation of the people, so I decided to go on a tender and to g …

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Police: Son turns dad in for molesting girl - CBS 5 - KPHO

GLENDALE, AZ (KPHO) - A Glendale man's son called police after he found a memory card containing videos of his father allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl, Glendale police said... Police said one video showed Rivera telling the girl to undress.

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Man Dies Eating Cocaine: Man Dies After Eating Ounce of Cocaine Out Of Brother's Butt - WPIX

After eating an ounce of cocaine hidden in his brother's buttocks, a South Carolina man died soon after.Deangelo Mitchell, 23, and his brother Wayne, 20, were in the back of a North Charleston Police Department cruiser on Nov. 30.

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Police: Fake Doc Injected Cement In Woman's Rear : NPR

A woman who wanted to work at a nightclub started searching for someone who could perform plastic surgery at a cheap price to give her a curvier body.

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Joe Paterno's Firing by Penn State: Attorney General Has 'Concern' - ABC News

Pennsylvania's attorney general has voiced "concern" over Penn State University's firing of legendary football coach Joe Paterno and the treatment of other witnesses and officials involved in a child sexual abuse case.   Nils Hagen-Frederiksen, a spokesman for the Pennsylv …

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Oakland council leans toward ending Occupy camp

  A majority of the Oakland City Council indicated late Thursday that they would like an end to the Occupy Oakland encampment in front of City Hall...

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Occupy Wall Street kitchen slowdown targets squatters - NYPOST.com

The Occupy Wall Street volunteer kitchen staff launched a “counter” revolution yesterday -- because they’re angry about working 18-hour days to provide food for “professional homeless” people and ex-cons masquerading as protesters. For three days be …

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Conflict is a feature of democracy, not a flaw - CNN.com

Government today looks like the focus of a fierce debate over what it stands for and what it can accomplish. Democrats, in rough terms, think the government can be a useful social engine to protect the environment, help the poor and build the economy.

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TODAY Show - Cherokee Indians: We are free to oust blacks

Is this an issue about an ethnic group choosing it's own members; or an ethnic group responsible for their forefathers slaves? If the Cherokee's were not compelled by the US government to give this arrangment it would be one thing.

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Houston woman accused of taking daughter to Cleveland for abortion to cover-up rape

On October 15, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services received an anonymous call about a 12-year-old who was taken to an Ohio clinic for an abortion, according to the Houston Chronicle.

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Green badge of courage: Rehabbed park honors two black war heroes

As measured by spirit, the biggest event in the city Tuesday is the opening of a small, renovated South Bronx park, officially renamed the Charlton Thompson Memorial Garden. The renovation of this once disgracefully neglected half-acre comes after six years of tireless effort by  …

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BBC News - Rioters identified on CCTV face eviction say councils

Rioters in Manchester and Salford have been told that they face being evicted from their council homes if they are identified on CCTV footage. Both city councils have issued warnings that if any of their tenants or their children have been involved in violence or looting they wil …

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Sex With Dog: Woman Dies of Allergic Reaction After Sex With Dog - ktla.com

 A man is facing life in prison in connection with the death of his girlfriend who died after having sex with his Alsatian dog...Prosecutors say the sex appeared to be consensual...The incident happened in 2008 and the dog has been held in custody since. The mother of four f …

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Air Force, Navy aircraft still flying Libya missions, AFRICOM says - Stripes - Independent U.S. military news from Iraq, Afghanistan and bases worldwide

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Clarence Clemons suffers stroke | NJ.com

A source close to Clarence Clemons has confirmed that he has suffered a stroke. Veteran entertainment journalist Roger Friedman wrote, on the web site showbiz411.com that the beloved saxophonist, known as the Big Man, had suffered a stroke at his Florida home, and is "seriously i …

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Two decades later, cops still suspect mother in disappearance, death of South Amboy 5-year-old | NJ.com

 He was 5, she was 6, and they were best buddies... "When I graduated college, I thought, ‘Timmy didn’t get to graduate kindergarten,’ " said Tara Packard, now 26.

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Unanswered SWAT raid questions demand answers - from Dupnik

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik answered almost nothing Wednesday in his "comment" on the SWAT-team shooting death of Jose Guerena. To start with, Dupnik didn't actually step forward to explain anything about the shooting of Guerena, who was inside his home when officers arri …

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SEAL team worried identities will leak - Stripes Central - Stripes

WASHINGTON – The team that killed Osama bin Laden told Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week that they are worried that their identities will be leaked. The secretary is not happy. “Frankly, a week ago Sunday, in the Situation Room, we all agreed that we would …

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Pizzeria employee punched in face after he asked a man what size pizza he wanted

A Jersey City pizzeria employee was punched several times in the face and chased through the store after he asked a man what size pizza he wanted, according to police reports.

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7- and 9-year-old rape suspects taken from families

Memphis' youngest known rapist is so small his feet didn't touch the ground as he fidgeted on a Shelby County Juvenile Court bench Monday to face a judge.

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U.S. hints at Libya airstrikes as Gadhafi pounds rebels

The United States is suggesting that the United Nations should do more than just impose a no-fly zone on Libya as Moammar Gadhafi's forces fight their way east toward the rebel capital of Benghazi.

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Orthodox Jewish prayer ritual spooks Alaska Airlines flight attendants; crew locks down cockpit

Flight attendants on an Alaska Airlines flight to Los Angeles on Sunday interpreted an elaborate prayer ritual by Orthodox Jewish men onboard as a security threat and locked down the cockpit, airline officials said.

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Peace Corps Gang Rape: Volunteer Says U.S. Agency Ignored Warnings. More Than 1,000 Rapes, Sexual Assaults Since 2000

More than 1,000 young American women have been raped or sexually assaulted in the last decade while serving as Peace Corps volunteers in foreign countries...the Peace Corps has ignored safety concerns and later tried to blame the women who were raped for bringing on the attacks.

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There Is No Such Thing As President's Day, According To The Government.

Q. Why did the National Weather Service (NWS) change its weather forecast references from Presidents Day to Washington's Birthday in 2011?

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