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Court affirms conviction, long sentence for Detroit ex-mayor

DETROIT (AP) - An appeals court has upheld the corruption conviction and 28-year prison sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

In 2013, Kilpatrick was convicted of two dozen crimes, from tax evasion to bribery. A jury found that he rigged contracts, took bribes and committed other corrupt acts.

Kilpatrick's ...

Big Win For E-Cigarettes: Study Says Nicotine No More Dangerous Than Coffee

'Getting people on to nicotine rather than using tobacco would make a big difference to the public's health'

Flashback: Experts Warned 'For the Record' About Islamic State Chemical Weapons Threat in 2014

The government's nonchalant response to Hillary's security breaches

(Paul Mirengoff) Hillary Clinton's mishandling of sensitive, classified, and even top secret information has finally prompted widespread discussion as to whether she committed crimes. The discussion is warranted, particularly given the Obama administration's aggressive posture in cases involving leaks and the mishandling of classified material. The prosecution of General Petraeus springs immediately to mind. As Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor, points out: [Petraeus] was tarred, feathered and ridden out of the

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RetroPie 3 Lets You Play Old Games On Your New Pi

The RetroPie project has always been one of the best things about the Raspberry Pi. This software suite turns your tiny, single-board computer into a retro gaming engine and has powered such exciting projects as the CupCade. RetroPie includes all of the emulators necessary to play anything from the Atari 2600 to the Game Boy Advance. The new version, 3.0, is available for download here it… Read More

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Feingold Received $35K in Lobbyist Contributions From J Street PAC

Former Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold, who is attempting to take back the Senate seat he lost to Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in 2010, received over $35,000 in bundled lobbyist contributions despite previously leading the push against lobbyist money and for full disclosure from bundlers.

EPA: Don't Worry, The River We Polluted Will Fix Itself

When a corporation damages the environment, the government needs your money to fix it. When the government damages the environment, the government needs your money to not fix it. Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News: A river that turned a troubling shade of orange after toxic waste was accidentally released into it a week ago is "restoring […]

CNN Host Tells Guest Graphic Islamic State Story 'Feeds the Impression That These Muslims Are Animals, Savages' — but Listen to Her Sharp Response

"And it feeds an impression of what Islam is. What is your response to that?"

Inmate's Shock Claim: 'Very High-Ranking' Cartel Member Living 'Blue Collar' in U.S. City — but 'You Would Never Know It'

"They're here. They exist. They're real. They are more powerful than you can ever imagine."

Walker to Release Obamacare Replacement Plan Next Week

Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker says in National Review his plan would provide more health-care options, make care more affordable and "won't use arbitrary federal rules to punish businesses and employees." Obamacare is disaster "because it's built on the flawed premise that Washington bureaucrats are in a better position than Americans are to make decisions about their own health care" Walker plans to deliver health-care speech in Minn. next Tuesday at 9am Washington time at Cass

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Introducing The Startups Presenting At The NYC Meetup + Pitch-Off

If you're a frequent flyer over here in TechCrunch airspace, then you know that there is an upcoming Meetup + Pitch-off going down in NYC in but four short days. Ten companies will have exactly sixty seconds to pitch their wares to a panel of expert judges and a ready-and-waiting audience in a fight to win the opportunity to attend TC Disrupt SF in September. We've been holding… Read More

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'Top Secret' Hillary Clinton Emails Contained Information About Drones

The two emails from Hillary Clinton's private system identified as containing "top secret" information by the inspector general of the intelligence community held information about drones.

Lawyers: Immigrant family detention still lengthy and unsafe

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A group of immigrant rights lawyers say that detention of women and children caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is lengthy and unsafe, challenging the government's claims that immigrant families are held only briefly and that their detention doesn't violate a longstanding ban.

In a filing ...

Poll: Americans Are Not Happy About How Obama Is Dealing With Iran

Will Congress be able to shut the deal down?

Bullets Fly After Gun Owner Comes Home to Find Two Armed Thugs Inside His House — Only One Person Escaped Unharmed

"I mean, if I come home and there's somebody in my house I would do the same thing."

Mike Rowe Shows a Fan How to Handle Rejection by Sharing Amazing 17-Year-Old Rejection Letter That Was 'Hardest One' to Accept

"I was once again devastated."

Kerry in Havana Says U.S. and Cuba Aren't Prisoners of the Past

John Kerry, the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Cuba since 1945, told guests at the reopened American embassy in Havana that the two nations' leaders "made a courageous decision to stop being prisoners of history."

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European Entrepreneurs Launch StartupBoat To Address Refugee Crisis

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While many in Europe are sunning themselves on beaches, a group of young tech entrepreneurs and investors have grouped together to address the crisis of refugees, many from Syria, which have come to European shores in wave after wave this Summer. The initiative was started by Paula Schwarz, an entrepreneur based in Berlin, who's family owns a house on the the Greek island of Samos… Read More

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The Ventura factor

(Scott Johnson) I wrote about Donald Trump's relationship with Jesse Ventura in "The Trump factor." I think the relationship is illuminating and deserving of attention in a number of respects, including Trump's discussion of the difficulties of a third-party presidential run late last year. Now Ventura has made it clear that he is available and eager to join the Trump ticket as a vice presidential candidate. "I shocked my staff today," he

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Missouri Woman Sues Restaurant Known as 'Home of Throwed Rolls' for Being Hit by a Roll

Mika Brzezinski Scolds 'Morning Joe' Regulars For Being Lame

As a certain presidential hopeful might say, she had blood coming out of her eyes.

Whistleblower From Sixth Planned Parenthood Video Reveals What Her 'Instructor' Admitted After Her Jarring First Day at StemExpress

"At the same time, my instructor, she came into the recovery room and she's like…"

St. Louis County Lifts State of Emergency in Ferguson

Trump Opens First Campaign Office in Iowa: Des Moines Register

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plans to expand campaign staff in Iowa from its current 10 staffers, but campaign says due to surplus of volunteers, there's no current need to hire more staff, Des Moines Register reports. Office is located in West Des Moines NOTE: Trump is set to arrive at Iowa fair this afternoon by private helicopter and plans to visit the butter sculpture of a cow, Washington Post reported yesterday

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jEugene Detects Errors In Legal Documents, Saving Time And Money

Legal documents. If they didn't already bore you to death imagine having to find the mistakes in them. This is the role of quite a number of poor humans who must screen these things, or suffer hefty losses when something goes wrong. For years, software engineers have enjoyed the assistance of quality assurance software when writing computer code. Lawyers, however, are generally stuck… Read More

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Judge Denies Injunction in 3D Printed Gun Pioneer's Suit Against the State Department

A federal judge denied 3D printed gun pioneer Cody Wilson's request for a preliminary injunction against the State Department after the agency forced him to remove gun designs from his company's website.

Ann Coulter Unintentionally Makes The Case Against Donald Trump

It's time we accept the fact that Ann Coulter and her ilk are solely animated by, and utterly obsessed with, the issue of illegal immigration. This is not merely a facet of their larger conservative worldview, but, instead, the defining issue. You can be for single-payer healthcare — or taxpayer-funding of Planned Parenthood — so long […]

Firefighter Shot in the Leg While Responding to Fire in NYC

Conservative Group Files Complaint With FEC Claiming Dem Senator Inadvertently Admitted She Violated Federal Campaign Finance Law

"She crossed the legal line."

TetraScience's Internet-Of-Instruments Could Supercharge Research

There are estimated to be over 13 million scientists globally, almost all of whom have to enter the results of their work manually, often by hand in a notebook. Sure, much of it gets entered into computers. But time is wasted managing data, and productivity suffers. The implications are pretty bad given the year we live in. Over 50% of R&D time is wasted, there's significant… Read More

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Clinton Camp Tries to Ease Supporters' Concerns Over Poll: NYT

Clinton's campaign says a poll that has Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in a statistical tie in N.H. undercounts older voters and Democrats, NYT reports, citing "friends and allies" memo. NOTE: Poll, released this week was conducted by Franklin Pierce University and the Boston Herald NOTE: Unaffiliated voters can vote in either party's primary Clinton's campaign also noted that for 30 yrs, no candidate from a neighboring state, Republican or Democrat, had finished worse than 2nd in N.H. prima

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Thoughts from the ammo line

(Scott Johnson) Ammo Grrrll appears this week in the guise of CURMUDGEON GRRRLL. She writes: Even though I have been Ammo Grrrll for a couple of years now, for this week I am feeling a bit cranky and would like to be known as Curmudgeon Grrrll. And feelings – as we all know – are paramount. Especially for someone in a protected class of grievance-mongers, which, fortunately for me, includes women. In

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Deutsch: The American Populace Has Turned Off to Hillary Clinton

Jesse Ventura: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders campaigns remind me of mine

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says real estate mogul Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont are shaking up the presidential race and they're reminding him of his successful 1998 run for governor.

"We have differences of opinions on many issues, but I think Donald Trump is wonderful that ...

45-Year-Old Teacher Struck, Killed After Entering Roller Coaster's Restricted Area to Search for Lost Cellphone

Read Mexico's Attempt at a Trump Take-Down

Republican presidential primary front-runner Donald Trump has often spoken about building a "true" wall along the U.S./Mexico border in order to keep out drug cartel members and criminal aliens when he is elected president and has stated Mexico will pay for its construction. The Mexican government has heard Trump's message and has delivered their answer: "Pay for your own ...More

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Israeli force-feeding law pits doctors against state

RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) - Hospital-bound and shackled, Palestinian detainee Mohammed Allan was 60 days into his hunger strike, launched in protest of his detention without charge in an Israeli jail, when he slipped into unconsciousness on Friday.

What happens next - whether or not the suspected militant becomes the ...

The Latest on 'Top Secret' Clinton Emails: One Talks Drones, Officials Say the Other Could Point to Improper Handling of Classified Material

Illegal Immigrant Allegedly Slaughters Three People and Unborn Child, Leaving Behind 'Almost Unimaginable' Crime Scene

The suspect entered the U.S. illegally earlier this year – and has a well documented criminal history.

The Life of Vernon Jordan, Civil Rights Leader and Clinton Confidant

A life in the spotlight of American finance and politics.

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Kanawha County Commission seeks social media ethics ruling

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper is asking state ethics officials whether county officials can publicly recognize business owners and post photos on social networking sites like Facebook.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports (http://bit.ly/1KlaM7T) the state Ethics Commission issued an advisory opinion saying public officials should post ...

From Living Under Jim Crow to Living Large on Wall Street: Vernon Jordan Turns 80

After starting out as a chauffeur, the counselor to presidents and CEOs never left the driver's seat.

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Autopsy of a Revolution

Edward Said once famously took the scholar Bernard Lewis to task over the history of the Arabic word for "revolution"—thawra. In an essay called "Islamic Concepts of Revolution," Lewis had traced the term's usage back to the classical period of the language, and presented evidence showing that it had acquired its current sense only in the 19th century. Before this, Lewis had argued, it would have been more accurately translated by the English terms "excitement," "uprising," or, at the most, "rebellion," having originated in a verb form which literally meant "'rise up' (e.g. of a camel)."

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Sammy Davis Jr. pendant among Elvis artifacts auctioned

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A diamond and gold pendant Elvis Presley gave Sammy Davis Jr. was among 160 authenticated artifacts sold Thursday evening during an auction at the King of Rock 'n' Roll's longtime Memphis, Tennessee, home.

The auction at Graceland was ...

Take a Guess How Much the Clintons Are Rumored to be Paying for Two-Week Hamptons Vacation Home

Al Gore Not Planning 2016 Presidential Run: Politico

"There's no truth to it. He's laser-focused on solving the climate crisis", Politico reports, citing former U.S. Vice President Al Gore spokeswoman Betsy McManus. NOTE: Al Gore Backers Discuss Possible Presidential Run: BuzzFeed

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Long line of plush exit deals at University of Illinois

URBANA, Ill. (AP) - University Of Illinois trustees have begun the process of firing Chancellor Phyllis Wise after rejecting her initial resignation and rescinding a $400,000 negotiated bonus. The decision followed a series of controversies at the school, including the disclosure last week that she used private emails to hide ...