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13-year-old charged with murder after using wrestling move on 5-year-old sister
NEW ORLEANS A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV."The 13-year-old reported he started to wrestle with the victim and practiced 'WWE' style wrestling moves on the 5-year-old," Col. John Fortunato of the Jeffers...
Dwindling Great Lakes squeeze shipping industry
By Amber Payne, Producer, NBC NewsTOLEDO, Ohio -- Its the 14th straight year of low water levels for the $34 billion shipping industry that relies on the Great Lakes.And for ships like the Mesabi Miner, that comes at a great cost.On a recent Saturday the vessel drifted through the Detroit River and docked in Toledo, where the crew began the eight-hour process of unloading 66,000 tons of iron ore,...
A new take on 'grass-fed' meat: Pig farmer markets pork raised on marijuana
The possibilities when it comes to marketing meat made from marijuana-fed animals are close to endless, but the man who came up with the ideahas decided to simply call them Pot Pigs.William von Scheneidau, owner and founder of BB Ranch in Seattle, didnt come up with the ideato feed pigs and other animals weed while sitting around a bongin the basement with his buddies.In fact, he doesnt eve...
Journalist Michael Hastings dies at 33
Michael Hastings, the journalist best known for the 2010 Rolling Stone story that led to the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, died Tuesday in a car crash in Los Angeles, his employers at BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone announced.He was 33."We are shocked and devastated by the news that Michael Hastings is gone," BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith said in a statement Tuesday evening. "Michael wa...
Analysis: Why Edward Snowden isn't a whistle-blower, legally speaking
Ever since Edward Snowden revealed himself as the leaker of classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs, he has sometimes been called a whistle-blower. But is he?Those who believe he has shed light on improper government actions say he deserves to be called one. But there seems little doubt that he cannot claim legal whistle-blower protection.For starters, the general whistle-blower laws...
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