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ALABAMA — An estimated 300 dead birds have been found on the side of the I-65 highway in Alabama, WAFF News reports.

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Nebraska– Police are looking for three women involved in a brutal fight that took place on a bus in Lincoln, Neb. One of the women had her two children with her. KOLN’s Cassie Anderson reports on the shocking video.

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ARIZONA Days after the Tuscon, Arizona shooting, a billboard for Rush Limbaugh’s radio show with the words “Straight Shooter” and features bullet holes in it still stands in Tuscon. Limbaugh has been extremely defensive about the incident, blaing democrats, defending Sarah Palin and criticizing Arizona Sheriff, Clarence Dupnik. RELATED STORIES Rush Limbaugh: Democrats Support Arizona […]

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Washington D.C.– Getting the nod as the black consensus candidate for next month’s Chicago mayoral election worked like a charm for Carol Moseley Braun — the third time around.

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WASHINGTON D.C. Black sorority, Delta Sigma Theta has celebrated its 98th Founder’s Day. Delta Sigma Theta was founded in 1913 at Howard University by 22 female students. Delta Sigma Theta has a history of political activism dating since the women’s suffrage movement when they marched in the 1918 Women Suffrage March in Washington D.C. The […]

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Denny Olbermiller, an ex-convict who once served 9 years in prison has pleaded guilty to handcuffing his own grandparents, killing them, and raping his grandmother.

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Tragedies like the mass shooting in Tucson at a public event organized by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) are horrifying enough on their own, but they also have a way of bringing out the worst in reporters and politicians. Check out this video, produced by reason.tv, which gives five rules on how to best cope with […]

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Mississippi-  Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour drew mixed reactions from analysts on Wednesday for his decision to push for a civil rights museum for his state ahead of a possible presidential bid.

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Tucson, Arizona (CNN) — When President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had opened her eyes for the first time since being shot on Saturday, an overflow crowd of nearly 30,000 people at a memorial event erupted into cheers that the congresswoman may have heard in her hospital room.

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Amber Alerts, which have helped find 525 missing children since their start in 1996, are coming to Facebook. Facebook users from all fifty states, in addition to the District Of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, can now sign up for amber alert updates on their Facebook page. For more information on this story, […]

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Arizona– The recent tragedy in Tucson hits close to home for Congolese immigrant Joseph Mbangu, who sought asylum in the city after he and his family fled conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2000. Mbangu fondly remembers his wife Christine’s naturalization ceremony that Judge John Roll presided over in 2006, and recalls casting […]

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Many political analysts both on the right and left praised President Obama’s memorial service speech last night. Do you think this speech will change the Obama Presidency? Did you feel Obama struck the right tone? Did you think it was a good speech or did it sound a bit too political/pep-rallyish? Look forward to hearing […]