When Ohio police put out an A.P.B. for a black male who had robbed five banks, they were puzzled as to why they could never catch the guy.

He always seemed to slip away, despite cops locking down the area around the target banks.

That’s probably because the real suspect was a white guy from Florida disguised as an African-American. Blame this one on the magic of Hollywood.

Conrad Zdzierak, a former Seminole resident, was a… Continue

With all the media hype that came with the debut of the iPad, I thought it would be fitting to poke a little fun at the "magical" and "revolutionary" device. Granted, I'm a committed Apple fan with my iMac and my iPhone so it hurts me a little bit when techies bash the innocent, little thing. No matter, I'm sure just like the i… Continue

How the War on Drugs gave birth to a permanent American undercaste By Michelle Alexander

Ever since Barack Obama lifted his right hand and took his oath of office, pledging to serve the United States as its 44th president, ordinary people and their leaders around the globe have been celebrating our nation's "triumph over race." Obama's election has been touted as the final nail in the coffin of Jim Crow, the bookend placed on the history of racial caste in America.

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Terry McDermott takes a look at Fox News and notes the obvious: they don't tend to have a lot of Democratic guests:



This appears to be politically motivated, but that could be just an artifact — the content seems political but the primary aim is much more likely commercial. Cable news is not literally a broadcast business, but a… Continue

I’m a little burned out on Kos posts these days. Not that they’re dogmatic. They tend to be. It’s forgivable. What isn’t forgivable is predictability. Well,

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They call it potbelly hill, after the soft, round contour of this final lookout in southeastern Turkey. To the north are forested mountains. East of the hill lies the biblical plain of Harran, and to the south is the Syrian border, visible 20 miles away, pointing toward the ancient lands of Mesopotamia and the Fertil… Continue

Tony Perkins of Greenwood, Indiana is in jail on accusations that he knowingly and intentionally spread the AIDS virus to hundreds of women. Investigators say Perkins used the web site PlentyofFish.com to find the majority of his victims. One of Perkins’s ex-girlfriends came forward despite allegedly receiving death threats from Perkins. Perkins is in a Johnson County, Indiana jail charged with one count of intimidation. Continue

(Feb. 23) -- A Delaware pediatrician has been indicted on 471 counts of sexual crimes against 103
children at his practice, and authorities are urging former patients and parents with any information to come forward.

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Here’s an interesting little compilation to make you think twice before you get involved with a chick who only sends you an angular photo of herself online.

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