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Assuming that the "elderly farmer" you're referring to was Tony Martin, status had nothing to do with it. The facts of the case did not warrant acquittal. A similar case just resolved did warrant acquittal.

Unpaid hospital bills have fallen by a third in states that expanded Medicaid, a new report from Health and Human Services estimates. Because of those steep declines, the Obama administration now expects that the Affordable Care Act will reduce the amount of uncompensated care that hospitals...

And I'll bet this one will be voting Democrat come November.

Now that's a head-snapper :)

Sir Peter Cadbury . . . told BBC Two's Newsnight programme: "A lot of my friends sleep with loaded guns under their beds and I don't think they can be criticised for doing that, because if they ring the police, it will be 35 to 40 minutes before a car gets there. "I have had a loaded gun by my...

So that "abiding by the Constitution" thing applies only after you've changed it to what you want?

Art Show With Barbie And Ken As The Virgin Mary And Jesus Outrages Bishops Religion News Service | By JOSEPHINE MCKENNA Posted: 09/24/2014 5:07 pm EDT Updated: 09/24/2014 5:59 pm EDT ROME (RNS) Barbie has had a number of careers in her 55 years — flight attendant, veterinarian, astronaut...

Marlene Pinnock, the 51-year-old great-grandmother seen in a video being punched by a California Highway Patrol officer, has settled her case against the agency. Pinnock will receive $1.5 million, according to KTLA. In addition, the Associated Press reports that Officer Daniel Andrew will...

A South Carolina state trooper was fired last week and arrested on Wednesday after a dashcam video showed him shooting an unarmed man during a routine traffic stop. Former officer Sean Groubert, 31, is seen in the newly released video pulling over Levar Edward Jones. The clip, which was...

Americans for Responsible Solutions, the gun issues super PAC started by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, has decided to take down its tough ad that’s been criticized locally and nationally as “vile,” “disgusting,” “mean,” “ruthless,” and — worse yet! — threatening to Giffords’ reputation as a...

If you don’t like the idea of walking down the street surrounded by armed civilians who could pull a concealed firearm out from under their coat at any moment, that makes you “paranoid,” according to a commentary posted by the National Rifle Association on Wednesday. The NRA video features a...

John Crawford revisited: Surveillance video at an Ohio Wal-Mart shows the moment police fired upon and killed a man who was carrying an air rifle sold at the store. The recently released video appears to show 22-year-old John Crawford III setting the air rifle -- which uses compressed air to...

Somewhere buried in all this (thread) is the observation that the Pavlovian response of the gunnuts to any suggestion of control has little to nothing to do with hunting or with protecting oneself against intruders but with defending oneself and one's home against governmental assault, and while...

There's plenty of evidence, but you're looking for proof, and this isn't geometry; it's climate science.

If you had used that word in court, you most likely would have been laughed out of it. In any case, while this scenario is entertaining, you could not have been any better as a lawyer than you are as a "scientist" since you have neither a lawyer's mind nor a scientist's, which is why your posts...

But then God also spoke to John McCain and gave him permission to dump his wife and marry his mistress . . . Or was that Newt Gingrich? All those old, white men look alike . . .

Yes. That would virtually guarantee a Democrat win.

You must have been pretty terrible. "Your honor, please instruct the witness not to be so douchey." (?)

You can't possibly be referring to yourself.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A terror suspect shot dead after he stabbed two Australian counterterrorism police officers had his passport canceled on national security grounds and had recently displayed what appeared to be a flag of the Islamic State group, top police officials said Wednesday...