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In Case You Missed It: Well, at least the turkey came back March 6, 2015
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Student poets tackle race, gender and mental illness in ninth Line Breaks Festival March 6, 2015
Seven days of performances and three days of workshops mark the ninth annual festival that has a renewed focus on First Wave student work.
Report: Donna Shalala to head Clinton Foundation March 6, 2015
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Scot Ross and Matt Sinovic: Will Scott Walker flip-flop on ethanol at Iowa Ag Summit? March 6, 2015
Flip-flop alert: Scott Walker recently changed his stance on immigration. Don't be surprised if he flip-flops on ethanol Saturday at the Iowa Ag Summit.
Injured east side turkey reunited with friends March 6, 2015
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Lynn Goldfarb: Carbon fee is bipartisan solution to climate change March 6, 2015
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T. Greg Bell: ALEC was Scott Walker's real education March 6, 2015
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The Chicago Tribune

2 Ferguson police officers resign in wake of FBI investigation, racist emails: reports March 6, 2015
Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson was still on the job Friday, two days after a government report blasted his beleaguered department for years of racial profiling, and the mayor refused to speculate about the chief's future, saying his role was not to "just chop heads."
KKK skit shocks Wheaton College campus March 6, 2015
An incident involving Wheaton College football players who dressed up in Ku Klux Klan robes as part of a parody of the Will Smith film "Bad Boys II" has rocked the college's campus, which already has been reeling from two other recent high-profile incidents.
Indiana 'baby box' bill sparks backlash from some groups March 6, 2015
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Prosecutors: Man died when friend tried to collect dice game debt March 6, 2015
An attempt to collect a gambling debt ended with one of the collectors dead and two other people wounded, prosecutors said Friday.
CPS adds 2 school days because of closings related to snow, cold March 6, 2015
Chicago Public Schools has tacked on two more days at the end of the school year to make up for classes canceled in February because of snow and cold weather.
Accused rapist dragged from prison and killed by Indian mob March 6, 2015
Several thousand people stormed a prison in northeastern India, where they dragged away a man accused of rape and then lynched him, police said Friday.
Outrage: Extremists take ancient statues, damage Iraqi site March 6, 2015
Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric joined UNESCO Friday in decrying the Islamic State group's attack on the renowned archaeological site of Nimrud, a nearly-3,000 year-old city in present-day Iraq whose treasures were one of the 20th century's most significant discoveries.
Evanston Mayor's 'Good Wife' tweet goes global March 6, 2015
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The New York Times

Two Ferguson Police Supervisors Linked to Racist Emails Resign March 6, 2015
The supervisors, Capt. Rick Henke and Sgt. William Mudd, left the force a day after a court clerk was fired over emails discovered in a Justice Department inquiry.
Obama Backs Justice Department’s Decision Not to Indict Ferguson Officer March 6, 2015
The president said there was not enough evidence to file federal civil rights charges, but he embraced a report that found systemic racial bias among the Ferguson police.
Menendez Expected to Face Federal Corruption Charges March 6, 2015
The Justice Department expects to charge Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, in an inquiry that has focused on his ties to a Florida eye doctor, an official said.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Alabama’s Dangerous Defiance March 6, 2015
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On Religion: Los Angeles Police Veteran Makes Outreach to Muslims Part of His Mission March 6, 2015
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Accounts of Heartbreak in Tsarnaev Trial as Victims of Boston Marathon Bombings Testify March 6, 2015
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Hillary Clinton Asks State Department to Vet Emails for Release March 6, 2015
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Vigorous job growth continues, unemployment falls to 5.5 percent March 6, 2015
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Ohio home egged for a year; police can't crack case March 6, 2015
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Hillary Clinton emails: What's a homebrew email server? March 6, 2015
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SF Giants, Silicon Valley firms urge supreme court to declare right to same-sex marriage March 6, 2015
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Jerdon's babbler, long thought extinct, reappears to answer recorded song March 6, 2015
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Broad Street shooting suspect was in court for nephew's sentencing before rampage, police say March 6, 2015
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Bobby Jindal's prayer rally cost Louisiana $10,000 in state police overtime March 6, 2015
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Sexually harassed or discriminated against, has it happened to you? March 6, 2015
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Orleans Parish School Board Ira Thomas resigns, colleagues call bribery charge shameful March 6, 2015
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The Guardian, UK

Outcry over Isis destruction of ancient Assyrian site of Nimrud March 6, 2015
Militants’ latest assault in Iraq described as war crime by Unesco and condemned as part of systematic campaign to erase millennia of cultureActivists, officials and historians have condemned Islamic State (Isis) for the destruction of the ancient Assyrian archaeological site of Nimrud in Iraq, with Unesco describing the act as a war crime.“They are not dest […]
Fifty years after Selma, Alabama at the heart of a new civil rights struggle March 6, 2015
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Democrats clamor for credible Clinton challenger in wake of email revelations March 6, 2015
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India's bar council meets to decide action against rape trial lawyers March 6, 2015
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How Xi Jinping’s presidency was shaped by traumas of Mao and Gorbachev March 6, 2015
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CIA to make sweeping structural changes with focus on cyber operations March 6, 2015
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Top Sierra Leone athlete arrested after he was found living rough in London March 6, 2015
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Wired-up tax snoopers could be unleashed in Greece March 6, 2015
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The BBC

Outcry as IS 'wrecks' Assyrian site March 6, 2015
Archaeologists and officials express outrage about the reported bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants.
Doctor feared Harrison Ford fireball March 6, 2015
The doctor who pulled US actor Harrison Ford from the wreck of a plane crash says he feared a fireball from the aircraft's leaking fuel.
Canada gunman's video lists motives March 6, 2015
In a newly-released video made by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the gunman who carried out attacks in Canada last year blames its foreign policy.
CIA director orders major overhaul March 6, 2015
CIA director John Brennan says he has ordered one of the biggest structural reorganisations in the US spy agency's history.
Snowden yearns for Switzerland move March 6, 2015
The fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden tells a Swiss audience he would love to get asylum in Switzerland.
Three charged over US data breach March 6, 2015
US authorities charge three men for their roles in what they claim is one of the biggest data breaches in American history.
Call to double monitors in Ukraine March 6, 2015
Russia and Germany call for the number of OSCE observers monitoring a truce in eastern Ukraine to rise from 500 to 1,000.
Alps murders motorcyclist ruled out March 6, 2015
A motorcyclist who was being sought over the murders of four members of a UK family in the French Alps is ruled out of the investigation.

The Independent, UK

Laser beam capable of burning hole in car from one mile away unveiled by Lockheed Martin March 6, 2015
A photo of a car on fire, which wouldn’t look out of place in a Hollywood action movie, has displayed the startling power of a new laser weapon which can disable a running car from over a mile away.
Harrison Ford plane crash: Surgeon describes moment WW2 plane crashed onto a golf course March 6, 2015
An off-duty spine surgeon who was playing golf when Harrison Ford's plane crash-landed nearby has described the dramatic moment he rushed to help the Hollywood actor as he "moaned in pain".
Harrison Ford plane crash: Surgeon describes moment star's WW2 plane crashed onto a gold course March 6, 2015
If you are a well-off 72-year-old man, it is perhaps to be expected that you might occasionally drop by the golf club.
Video: Take a ride on the world's tallest and fastest giga coaster March 6, 2015
Those who suffer from vertigo, look away now.
Los Angeles Shooting: Homeless man killed by police identified as Charly Keundeu Keunang, a Cameroonian national March 6, 2015
Officials in Los Angeles have identified the real identity of the homeless man shot dead by police earlier this week, rather than the stolen French identity he had used and lived with for many years.
Kentucky: Thousands of motorists stranded overnight by freezing winter weather March 6, 2015
Thousands of motorists stranded by snow and freezing weather were forced to spend up to 24 hours in their vehicles after a winter storm created a huge traffic jam in the US state of Kentucky.
Apple Watch: apps given 10-second limits to save battery and distraction March 6, 2015
Apple has encouraged developers to make apps for its smartwatch in such a way as to avoid annoying users, according to reports.
Harrison Ford plane crash video: Passer-by records moments before emergency landing March 6, 2015
Footage has emerged purporting to show the last moments before Harrison Ford’s plane crash.

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