George Zimmerman accused of threatening to kill a man during road rage incident

Top Colleges That Enroll Rich, Middle Class and Poor -- I knew my alma mater would be featured in this article, just by the title alone.

Sophisticated Neanderthals may have made abstract art

Why Not Having Kids Makes Some People Crazy

Australian Man Awakes from Coma ( Read more... )

The racial divide is on display in Missouri

How whites feel about Ferguson

Seven Arrested and One Shot After Protesters Defy Ferguson Curfew -- The curfew has since been lifted, with the arrival of the National Guard.

What will it take to restore calm and justice in the Ferguson community?

Other stuff:

Young Men Think It's OK to "Coerce" ( Read more... )

'We Need to Have Everybody Tone It Down': Ferguson Police Rethinking Tactics | Unbelievable Ferguson police: They're a cross between Bull Connor, the iconic racist police chief of the segregation era, and the Keystone Cops

Steve King: Racial Profiling Not an Issue in Ferguson as Protestors Are of the Same "Continental Origin"

Utah woman ( Read more... )

Theodore Wafer guilty of 2nd-degree murder, manslaughter in porch shooting

Daughter hopes arrested Tulsa police officers will 'rot in prison' for fatal shooting of boyfriend | Police report: Tulsa officer fatally shoots daughter's boyfriend -- Yep. I was not surprised to find that the new boyfriend was not entirely without color. Call me cynical ( Read more... )

Michigan township rebels after new chief beefs up police force -- To police 3,900 people, do you really need 40 reserve officers, two Humvees and two armored personnel carriers?

Missing Oregon Mom Found Dead: Police -- Someone on DailyKos diaried about this woman about a fortnight ago; she's his niece. Very sad.

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I'm still recovering from how crack-delicious my dinner tonight is/has been. Anyway.

James Brady, former White House press secretary, dies at 73 -- When could we expect another conservative gun-control advocate? Especially one who did not experience such a personal attack? Best to the Brady family.

Six Philadelphia narcotics officers arrested ( Read more... )

12-year-old Florida boy arrested in killing of homeless man

Police: Man put needles in meat at Belleville grocery store 'for the hell of it' | more

Chinese Officials Seal Off 'Plague' City, Puzzling US Experts -- That is a little extreme.

USDA overhauls decades-old poultry inspections -- "The changes would be voluntary, but many of the country's ( Read more... )

Homeowner: 'She says don't shoot me I am pregnant...I shot her anyway'

Nurse won't prescribe birth control, sues because she didn't get a job that requires prescribing birth control

#WomenAgainstFeminism Is Happening Now

Alabama man sues, claiming penis amputated instead of circumcised

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Ku Klux Klan Hands Out Candy To Recruit New Members

Florida TSA agents getting geography refresher course after one refuses to recognize District of Columbia driver's license | more

Another Day, Another Woman Being Kicked off of Instagram for Not Meeting Their Standards of Beauty

Seattle man sets house ablaze trying to kill spider with lighter ( Read more... )

Wyden urges permanent Internet tax ban: Says 'Tax Freedom Act' has spurred digital economy

If it weren't for the good folks over at ohnotheydidnt, I would never have heard about this: Over the course of a weekend, DashCon 2014 descended into chaos | more

Two children freed from hot car by passerby who smashed the windows with a hammer -- This is bad enough ( Read more... )