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Bradley Manning sentence: Will other leakers be deterred?The man who provided hundreds of thousands of classified documents to Wikileaks was sentenced to 35 years in a military prison on Wednesday. Some activists worried the sentence would discourage leakers from coming forward in the future.聽
How the NSA may have broken the lawIn an attempt to quell concerns about the government's secret surveillance programs, intelligence agencies released documents describing the scope their scope on Wednesday. They reveal that the National Security Agency collected tens of thousands of emails unintentionally.
Dollywood to expand with new resort, shows, and ridesDollywood's聽total dollar investment in the next decade will exceed the company's spending聽so far, said Craig Ross, president.- Georgia school shooting: A hero emergesAntoinette Tuff, the Georgia elementary school's bookkeeper, persuaded the gunman to surrender. "I told the police he was giving himself up. I just talked him through it," Tuff said.
- Oklahoma shooting: Australian calls for boycott of US tourismOklahoma shooting: An Australian college baseball player was fatally shot in Oklahoma. Three teenagers are being charged with the shooting. A former Australian deputy PM has called for a tourism boycott to pressure the NRA.
Teens say they shot Christopher Lane for 'the fun of it'Three teenagers have been charged in the murder of Australian baseball player Christopher Lane, killed while visiting his girlfriend in Oklahoma.- Flight diverted after man tries to open door in flightFlight diverted: An AirTran flight was diverted to Memphis during a flight from Baltimore to Austin, Texas. A man tried to open the emergency exit and was taken into custody Monday night.
Georgia school shooting: Suspect is in custody after reports of gunfireA suspect was in custody after shooting into the air at an Atlanta-area elementary school Tuesday, the school chief said. All the children and teachers were safely evacuated from the Georgia school.
California allowed to force-feed hunger-striking prisoners, judge rulesSome 136 California inmates are currently taking part in a hunger strike that began July 8 to demand changes to housing policies for gang members. After concerns arose that some hunger strikers had been coerced into refusing food, the court ruled Monday that the prisons can force-feed inmates.
Obama: Five years after the crash, Wall Street remains too unregulatedThe law that bailed out the banks also required regulation of Wall Street, but years after the bailout, many of the required regulations are still not written, let alone enforced.
Detroit bankruptcy: Union members and other creditors file objectionsDetroit bankruptcy: Residents, retirees, and union members filed objections Monday to Detroit's request for bankruptcy protection, which could eliminate billions in debt.
B-1 bomber crash: Four crew members ejected from the aircraft surviveB-1 bomber crash:聽Out of South Dakota's Ellsworth Air Force Base in a remote area of southeastern Montana on Monday a B-1 bomber crashed. The four crew members聽ejected from the aircraft before the聽bomber聽crashed, but there were some injuries.
Mechanical problem cause of deadly California limo fireThe California Highway Patrol聽says the deadly limo fire broke out on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge on May 4 because of a catastrophic failure of the rear suspension system.聽Authorities say no charges will be filed.- Andrea Sneiderman guilty of perjury in preschool murder caseAndrea Sneiderman was found guilt of nine counts, including hindering an investigation and false statements in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband outside an Atlanta preschool. Andrea Sneiderman was not charged with murder.
- UFO sightings? Believers say Area 51 truth is still out thereUFO sightings weren't mentioned in the CIA admission that Area 51 exists. The 407-page CIA document still contains many redactions, and, say UFO buffs, who's to say those missing sections don't involve UFO sightings?
Al-Qaida: Alleged 9/11 mastermind, conspirators could be tried Sept. 2014Al-Qaida: Prosecutors are pushing to begin the death penalty trial against alleged 9/11 organizer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as early as September 2014. Mohammed and four co-conspirators are charged with terrorism and murder, among other charges.- NYPD faces prospect of 2 outside monitorsThis week a federal judge appointed an outside monitor to supervise changes to the NYPD's unconstitutional stop and frisk policy. In addition, New York City officials will vote Thursday on creating a inspector general for the police department, making it one of the nation's most closely monitored police forces.
Seattle's Hempfest celebrates new law, mellows pot activistsIn contrast to last year's Hempfest rally in Seattle, which pitted activists in favor of legalizing marijuana against activists concerned about potential harm to the medical marijuana industry, this year's event focuses on public education.
Fort Hood trial: Prosecutors will tackle motive this weekProsecutors will argue Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of committing the worst mass shooting ever on a US military base, felt he had a 'jihad duty,' or believed he would be a martyr.
Sandusky victim settles with Penn StateThe young man known as 'Victim 5' has settled with Penn State for several million dollars, the first of 26 settlements expected among 31 men who have pressed charges over the school's response to their abuse at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
