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JaNae Hornsby, third grader who loved to sing, among Oklahoma tornado victims

9-year old JaNae Hornsby was one of 24 people killed in the recent Moore, Oklahoma tornadoes, which caused an estimated $1 billion in damage.

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9-year old JaNae Hornsby was one of 24 people killed in the recent Moore, Oklahoma tornadoes, which caused an estimated $1 billion in damage.

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 May 2013 19:24

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75-year old man arrested for running prostitution ring at senior home in NJ

James Parham, an elderly man in Englewood, New Jersey, is being accused of running a prostitution ring out of a senior home living facility. According to police, the operation employed both older residents who lived at the facility, and younger women who did not.

 

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What is the world coming to? James Parham, an elderly man in Englewood, New Jersey, is being accused of running a prostitution ring out of a senior home living facility. According to police, the operation employed both older residents who lived at the facility, and younger women who did not.

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 May 2013 18:14

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Md. hatchet murder suspect is son of Bush White House official

The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet.

 

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This image released by the Montgomery County (Md.) Police Department shows Claude Alexander Allen III. (AP Photo/Montgomery County Police)

 

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet.

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 May 2013 17:00

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NJ: Caramel-colored rubbing alcohol sold as scotch

State officials provided those new details Thursday on raids they conducted a day earlier as part of a yearlong investigation dubbed Operation Swill. Twenty-nine New Jersey bars and restaurants, including 13 TGI Fridays, were accused of substituting cheap booze — or worse — for the good stuff while charging premium prices.

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A map is displayed showing findings in an investigation dubbed "Operation Swill," in which 29 bars and restaurants in New Jersey are accused of putting cheap booze in premium brand liquor bottles and selling it, during a news conference, May 23, 2013, in Trenton, N.J. Thirteen of the restaurants cited are TGI Fridays located in central and northern New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

 


by Rema Rahman

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water — and apparently not even clean water at that.

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 May 2013 17:50

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Conyers hits Farrakhan 'racist, anti-Semitic' talk

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U.S. REP. JOHN CONYERS

 

DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan congressman apologized Thursday for his participation in a Louis Farrakhan appearance at a Detroit church six days earlier during which the Nation of Islam leader made anti-Jewish remarks.

Last Updated on Friday, 24 May 2013 12:45

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