Thursday, May 19, 2016

Auction ends for gun that killed Trayvon Martin and other top stories.

  • Auction ends for gun that killed Trayvon Martin

    Auction ends for gun that killed Trayvon Martin
    In his latest interview, Zimmerman says Trayvon Martin's parents capitalized on their son's death and treated him "like a dog without a leash." Video provided by Newsy NewslookIn this 2013 file photo, Sanford police officer Timothy Smith holds up the gun that was used to kill Trayvon Martin at the trial of George Zimmerman.(Photo: Joe Burbank, Orlando Sentinel, AP)George Zimmerman said Wednesday the online auction has ended for the sale of the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin in 2012..
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  • The Latest: Clinton campaign slams Trump Supreme Court list

    The Latest: Clinton campaign slams Trump Supreme Court list
    WASHINGTON — The Latest on Donald Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court justices (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman has released a scathing statement in response to likely rival Donald Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court picks. John Podesta says Trump’s list of 11 Supreme Court candidates includes “no people of color, but does include a judge who upheld a law requiring doctors to use scare tactics to impede reproductive rights and another judge who e..
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  • NY / Region|De Blasio's Elections Strategy, Under Scrutiny, Recalls Predecessor's

    NY / Region|De Blasio's Elections Strategy, Under Scrutiny, Recalls Predecessor's
    “The line between legal and illegal is razor-thin,” Ms. Lerner said. “Certainly it is a critical legal difference, but in the real world, they’re practically identical.”No one has suggested that Mr. Bloomberg’s conduct in 2007 was illegal. News accounts at the time of the special election highlighted the flood of outside money into the race, including from Mr. Bloomberg, a Republican at the time, and cited party leaders on both sides saying the election was crucial to the State Senate’s balance..
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  • Student Dies At Football Practice At Encinal High School

    Photo: Bob Larson, Special To The Chronicle A file photo of Encinal High School quarterback Jonathan Brown avoids the tackle from Novato High's Hee Tai Sing in the second quarter of the 2008 NCS Division III Football Championship game at Dublin High School in Dublin Calif., on Saturday, Dec.13, 2008. less A file photo of Encinal High School quarterback Jonathan Brown avoids the tackle from Novato Hig..
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  • Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Meets Conservatives Amid 'Trending' Furor

    Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Meets Conservatives Amid 'Trending' Furor
    Acknowledging that "many conservatives don't trust that [Facebook] surfaces content without a political bias," Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg met with about a dozen prominent right-wingers Wednesday at the company's California headquarters. The meeting — on the fourth anniversary of the day Facebook issued its initial public offering and became a public company — was closed to reporters, but in a statement afterward, Zuckerberg noted that "Donald Trump has more fans on Facebook than any oth..
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  • Bathroom controversy: Mississippi latest state to buck federal guidance

    Bathroom controversy: Mississippi latest state to buck federal guidance
    In opposition to new federal guidance on transgender students' rights in school, the head of the Mississippi Department of Education advised state educators not to adhere to the policy put forth by federal education and justice officials.Mississippi Secretary of Education Carey Wright wrote in a statement Wednesday that her department should "follow the lead of state leadership" and hold off on adopting suggestions put forth by the Obama administration's "significant guidance" outlined in a le..
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  • Cops gun down knife-wielding man in Midtown

    Cops gun down knife-wielding man in Midtown
    A knife-wielding man was shot dead in a confrontation with police in Hell's Kitchen after he stabbed woman Wednesday morning, sources said. NY Daily News. Man shot in Hell's Kitchen after stabbing woman: police. A knife-wielding man was shot dead in a ...
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  • AAUP investigators fault lawmakers, UM curators in Melissa Click firing; board rejects conclusions

    AAUP investigators fault lawmakers, UM curators in Melissa Click firing; board rejects conclusions
    COLUMBIA — Investigators with the American Association of University Professors have determined that the UM System Board of Curators’ firing of Melissa Click jeopardized academic freedom at MU and opened the door for future legislative interference.A three-person investigative committee visited Columbia in March to interview Click, MU Interim Chancellor Hank Foley, members of the MU Faculty Council and the MU AAUP chapter and others. The AAUP wrote letters to university administrators on Feb. 2..
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  • Bernie Sanders, Eyeing Convention, Willing to Harm Hillary Clinton in the Homestretch

    Bernie Sanders, Eyeing Convention, Willing to Harm Hillary Clinton in the Homestretch
    “The only thing that matters is what happens between now and June 14,” Mr. Devine said, referring to the final Democratic primary, in the District of Columbia. “We have to put the blinders on and focus on the best case to make in the upcoming states. If we do that, we can be in a strong position to make the best closing argument before the convention. If not, everyone will know in mid-June, and we’ll have to take a hard look at where things stand.”The prospect of a drawn-out Democratic fight is..
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  • Colorado kindergartner suspended for bringing bubble gun to school (video)

    Colorado kindergartner suspended for bringing bubble gun to school (video)
    BRIGHTON, Colorado — A love of bubbles has a 5-year-old girl in trouble. A "no-tolerance" policy has led a school district to suspend a kindergarten student for one day because she brought a bubble gun to class. The girl's mother, who gave her name only as Emma, tells KDVR Channel 31 in Denver that she was stunned when she received a call telling her to pick up her daughter and take her home. "I apologized right away and said that I am so sorry she did that," the girl's mother tells thedenve..
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