History of Complaints Against Officer Who Had Eric Garner in Apparent Choke Hold -- Meanwhile, the EMTs on the scene have been suspended without pay, while two of the officers involved (including Mr. Daniel Pantaleo) have been reassigned to desk duty, with pay.

Activists Call for Bratton's Resignation Following Eric Garner's Death -- There's that ( Read more... )

Botched Execution Leads Doctor To Review His Principles

Related: Everything you need to know about executions in the United States -- It's rather shocking to find so few states have abolished capital punishment.

Carbon Dioxide Levels in Atmosphere Reach Terrifying New Milestone -- more than 400 ppm over a month's time, on average

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Serial murders of secret infants, as alleged in Utah, 'very rare'

‘Bully’ suffers jeers, name-calling himself -- "An Ohio man sentenced by a judge to spend yesterday wearing a sign reading “I AM A BULLY” at a busy suburban Cleveland intersection was greeted by a boisterous stream of honking car horns, jeers and insults." Technically, this should ( Read more... )

When teachers favor attractive kids | report -- the halo effect

Deadly Viruses Made Beautiful In Glass Sculptures

The Smartest Nerd in the Room -- Ta-Nehisi Coates expounds on Melissa Harris-Perry

It Is Immoral to Cage Humans for Smoking Marijuana

It's So Cold in the Midwest That Antifreeze Could Freeze

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School named for honorary KKK leader to be changed

This is the Luxury Resort Where the "Affluenza" Killer Will Be "Punished"

'Unbelievably egregious': EPA official who faked being a CIA agent to get out work sentenced to 32 months prison

The Man Who Duped Millionaires Into Paying Big Bucks For Fake Wine

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Teen girls in most deprived areas 5 times as likely to be assaulted

New research: 'Un-growth hormone' increases longevity

How exercise grows a healthy heart -- "The studies in mice suggest that exercise turns on a genetic program that leads the heart to grow as heart muscle cells divide."

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The Ministry of Truth: A mass experiment in altering political memories.

Father absence linked to earlier puberty among certain girls -- class-based: upper-income, most notably African American (the caveats go a long way toward explaining such an odd discovery)

Precursor to H.I.V. Was in Monkeys for Millennia (NYT)

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