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Unrest in Charlotte, Stop and Frisk the Nation
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Black Lives: One person was shot and critically wounded in Charlotte, NC, during a second night of disturbances after the police killing of a black man in a parking lot while officers were looking to serve a warrant on someone …
Brangelina Breakup, Terrorist Son
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
The BIG D: Angelina Jolie’s filing for divorce from Brad Pitt is a fade to black for one of the most famous Hollywood marriages of all time. Pitt and Jolie, nicknamed “Brangelina” by the tabloids, have been together for 12 …
Suspect Taken After Gunfight, “Christie Knew”
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
The Bomber: After a brief running gunfight, police in Linden, NJ, yesterday wounded and arrested the prime suspect in weekend bombing incidents in New York City and New Jersey. Ahmad Khan Rahami had been found sleeping in the doorway of …
More Bombs and Suspect Identified
Monday, September 19, 2016
The Bombs: Police in Elizabeth, NJ, overnight exploded a bomb left in a trash can near a train station. They say five devices were found in a backpack that exploded when a robot snipped its wires. The physical description of …
Bombs in the Streets, Civics Lesson
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Bombs: A powerful explosion injured 29 people last night in the Chelsea neighborhood of lower Manhattan, while in Seaside, NJ a bomb in a trash can went off without harm along the route of a 5K run. There’s no immediate …
Trump Drops Birther Lie, Freezer Burn
Saturday, September 17, 2016
“Hello,” He Lied: Donald Trump yesterday dropped the falsehood he’s been perpetuating for five years that President Obama was not born in the United States and immediately hatched a new one: that it was Hillary Clinton who started the “birther …
On the Road, More Jobs Than Needed
Friday, September 16, 2016
On the Road Again: Burned by her own description of half of Donald Trump followers as a “basket of deplorables,” Hillary Clinton returned to campaigning yesterday saying she will keep things on the upbeat. “I want to give Americans something …
A Thin Margin, Conflict of Interest
Thursday, September 15, 2016
The Numbers: A new NY Times poll says that among likely voters Hillary Clinton holds a thin margin over Donald Trump of just 46 to 44 percent. When the poll includes the two third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, …
Incomes Up, A Bunch of Clowns
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Working: US incomes rose 5.2 percent in 2015, the biggest one-year jump in median household income since 1967. The median for 2015 was $56,516; good, but not all good. That’s still 2.4 percent lower than the peak in the 1990s. …
No Gay, No Play; Hillary and Health
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
No Gay, No Play: The NCAA announced that it is removing all championship athletic events from North Carolina in the 2016-17 season because of the state’s new laws that allow discrimination against people who are gay, lesbian and generally sexually …
