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Barrett Brown | The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Prison: I Tried to Eat a Mouse But it Didn't Work
Barrett Brown, D Magazine
Brown writes: "Three weeks ago, I was sentenced to prison, which in some ways was a great relief, as federal prison is said to be much nicer than the jail holding units and temporary detention centers where I have spent the last two and a half years of my life."
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Bob Simon, Veteran of CBS News and '60 Minutes,' Dies in Car Crash
Bill Chappell, National Public Radio
Chappell writes: "Decorated journalist Bob Simon, a correspondent for 60 Minutes known for his insightful reporting from far-flung spots around the world, has died in a car crash in New York City. He was 73."
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Bill Chappell, National Public Radio
Chappell writes: "Decorated journalist Bob Simon, a correspondent for 60 Minutes known for his insightful reporting from far-flung spots around the world, has died in a car crash in New York City. He was 73."
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NYPD Officer Who Shot, Killed Brooklyn Man Indicted by Grand Jury
Aaron Katersky, ABC News
Katersky writes: "A grand jury in Brooklyn returned an indictment today against Officer Peter Liang, who was 18 months out of the police academy when he shot and killed Akai Gurley in a dimly lit stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing project."
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News
Katersky writes: "A grand jury in Brooklyn returned an indictment today against Officer Peter Liang, who was 18 months out of the police academy when he shot and killed Akai Gurley in a dimly lit stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing project."
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Shot Three Times by Police, Then Isolated in Hospital. Why was Kevin Davis's Family Barred From Seeing Him?
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine writes: "Police in Georgia are to review why a man who was fatally shot by an officer at his home was handcuffed to his hospital bed for the last two days of his life and barred from visits by his family, who allege that he was isolated to stop him disclosing full details of the shooting."
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Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine writes: "Police in Georgia are to review why a man who was fatally shot by an officer at his home was handcuffed to his hospital bed for the last two days of his life and barred from visits by his family, who allege that he was isolated to stop him disclosing full details of the shooting."
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Egypt Orders Bail Release of Al Jazeera Journalists After 14 Months in Prison
Patrick Kingsley, Guardian UK
Kingsley writes: "A court in Egypt has ordered two imprisoned al-Jazeera English journalists to be released on bail, nearly a fortnight after their Australian colleague, Peter Greste, was deported."
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Patrick Kingsley, Guardian UK
Kingsley writes: "A court in Egypt has ordered two imprisoned al-Jazeera English journalists to be released on bail, nearly a fortnight after their Australian colleague, Peter Greste, was deported."
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Delhi Election: Why an Idealistic 'Common Man' Beat PM Modi's Party
Syed Nazakat, Christian Science Monitor
Nazakat writes: "He's known as India's corruption buster. And now Arvind Kejriwal, a youthful-looking former tax inspector and winner of Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, has pulled off a stunning near-sweep in New Delhi's local elections on Tuesday."
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Syed Nazakat, Christian Science Monitor
Nazakat writes: "He's known as India's corruption buster. And now Arvind Kejriwal, a youthful-looking former tax inspector and winner of Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, has pulled off a stunning near-sweep in New Delhi's local elections on Tuesday."
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1 Year After Chemical Spill Contaminated Water for 300,000 People, W. Va. Considers Bill That Loosens Safety Regulations
Ken Ward, Charleston Gazette
Ward writes: "A year after a toxic leak contaminated drinking water for 300,000 residents, West Virginia lawmakers are considering a series of proposals that would weaken a new chemical tank safety law, remove stronger pollution protections for streams across the state, and protect the coal industry from enforcement actions over violations of water quality standards."
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Ken Ward, Charleston Gazette
Ward writes: "A year after a toxic leak contaminated drinking water for 300,000 residents, West Virginia lawmakers are considering a series of proposals that would weaken a new chemical tank safety law, remove stronger pollution protections for streams across the state, and protect the coal industry from enforcement actions over violations of water quality standards."
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