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Man arrested for breaking Manhattan street racing record on YouTube
Police have arrested a Harlem man for posting what appears to be a record-setting drive around Manhattan. Adam Christopher Tang, 30 was nabbed in his East Harlem apartment Thursday. He's allegedly responsible for a YouTube video, posted August 28, that shows a dash cam's perspective as a car bursts clockwise around Manhattan Island, finishing the loop in 24 minutes. The previous record, according to the upload, was 26 minutes.
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Robber Who Got Out Of Prison Early Allegedly Went On A Killing Spree In Nebraska
A convicted robber in Nebraska allegedly shot four people in the head weeks after finishing a decade-long prison stint that began when he was a teenager
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In the U.S., Good News on Fisheries
Around the world, the status of fish and fisheries is grim indeed. Approximately 85 percent of global fish stocks are either over-exploited, fully-exploited, depleted or recovering from depletion. But rigorous management efforts have resulted in some American fisheries making a comeback.
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Obama administration had restrictions on NSA reversed in 2011
The Obama administration secretly won permission from a surveillance court in 2011 to reverse restrictions on the National Security Agency’s use of intercepted phone calls and e-mails, permitting the agency to search deliberately for Americans’ communications in its massive databases, according to interviews with government officials and recently declassified material.
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Iowa granting gun permits to the blind
No one could see this coming. Iowa is giving people who are blind permits that will allow them to purchase guns or to carry firearms in public, the Des Moines Register reports.
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NY man discovers he was declared dead after bank account closed
A very much alive New York man said his Medicaid benefits were cut off, and credit cards and bank accounts were canceled after a hospital declared him dead.
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Why 31 million people will remain uninsured under ObamaCare
President Obama's signature health-care law is expected to extend coverage to 25 million uninsured people in the U.S. as all of its provisions are implemented over the next decade. But ObamaCare is far from universal — the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that 31 million people will still lack insurance by 2023.
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Verizon’s bid to kill network neutrality law goes to court Monday
Gutting law would let ISPs block content, applications, services, and devices.
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Switzerland decides 16-year-old girls can no longer be prostitutes
The Swiss parliament voted Tuesday to raise the legal prostitution age from 16 to 18, tightening the country’s liberal sex-trade laws to bring them in line with European standards.
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Mistakes put homes in peril
This woman’s family thought her $639.47 tax bill was paid off. They didn’t know the D.C. tax office still listed a debt: $44.79. Because of the mix-up, SHE LOST HER HOME.
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German town decides it doesn’t want Adolf Hitler to be an honorary citizen any more
Adolf Hitler will lose his honorary citizen’s title in Goslar, Germany, the latest town to distance itself from the former Nazi leader, officials said Wednesday.
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5 Reasons Legalized Marijuana Might Be Bad for Pot Smokers
It's a good time to be a marijuana smoker. Colorado and Washington have already enacted laws making weed legal for recreational use, and another 20 or so states allow it for medicinal use. With such a huge swath of the nation no longer harshing the mellow of their resident smokers, it appears the domino effect that marijuana proponents hope will lead to legalization at the federal level is finally gaining momentum.
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Kim Dotcom sues New Zealand over electronic snooping
The Megaupload founder is suing the New Zealand government for $4.8 million, claiming it illegally spied on him in advance of a raid on his house, says Wired.
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Tax Cuts for Pot Law-Breakers?
Marijuana legalization was sold as a way for the government to better regulate the industry. But now the mask is coming off, and we’re seeing what they really want: unrestricted drug sales and soaring profits.
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Google May Owe You Money
If Google put your house on Street View between 2007 and 2010, the company might (eventually) owe you money.
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In Hudson Falls park, you can enjoy grass as long as you don't sit down
You can stroll or skip or stand on the grass in J. Walter Juckett Park, but the Village Board recently passed a rule banning people from sitting on the grass or lying on it. In a decision made last month, following publication of the law and a public hearing at which there was no comment, the board voted to strengthen rules at all five village parks.
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Wife of Scientology critic details alleged church harassment
All Monique and Marty Rathbun had to do was show themselves, and trouble would follow. Walk down the front steps of their home. Take out the trash. Sit on their back deck. Climb into their pickup. A group of Scientologists called the "Squirrel Busters'' were always there, taunting, pointing cameras at them, telling Marty Rathbun to stop what he was doing. They often rolled up in a golf cart, coming from a rented house down the street.
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California to allow driver's licenses for illegal immigrants
In promising to sign the bill allowing illegal immigrants driver's licenses, California Gov. Brown said he hoped it would 'send a message to Washington that immigration reform is long past due.'
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Does your state stop your boss from reading your Facebook messages?
The NSA doesn't have to ask for your permission before poking around your Facebook account — according to disclosures made by Edward Snowden. But what about your boss?
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Who Owns The Moon?
The moon is not as far away as some things, but it's definitely farther away than your nearest McDonalds or the bottom of the ocean or, you know, anything on Earth at all. Basically it's not easily accessible. So it would be pretty presumptuous for a person or group to say that they owned a certain part of it. Or all of it. But it's kind of complicated to figure out what would happen if anyone tried.
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