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January 11,2017
by Associated Press
David Lynch knows how to keep viewers guessing about what to expect from the “Twin Peaks” sequel.
In a Q&A with TV critics Monday, the genial Lynch either declined to provide details about the Showtime series or gave answers that were as mysterious as the plot of the 1990s cult series.
Cast members who took part in a separate panel discussion also were mum about the plot in advance o....
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January 11,2017
by Associated Press
A 91-year-old veteran who was dismissed from the U.S. Air Force as “undesirable” in 1948 because he is gay has had that discharge status changed to “honorable.”
The move by the Air Force comes in response to a lawsuit filed in November by H. Edward Spires of Norwalk, Connecticut, who served from 1946 to 1948 as a chaplain’s assistant, earning the rank of sergeant.
Spires was forced....
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January 10,2017
by Reuters
A jury on Jan. 10 condemned white supremacist Dylann Roof to death for the hate-fueled killings of nine black parishioners at a Bible study meeting in a Charleston, South Carolina, church in 2015.
The same jury last month found Roof, 22, guilty of 33 federal charges, including hate crimes resulting in death, for the shootings at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Juror....
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January 10,2017
by Associated Press
Pro-pot activists are planning to give away 4,200 free joints during the inauguration, which is legal in the District of Columbia.
They've also pledged to light up during President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural address, which is not legal.
But Washington's mayor says police won't be looking to arrest people for smoking marijuana in public on Inauguration Day.
Speaking at a news confer....
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January 10,2017
by Op-ed
According to a report published by the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission in 2013 entitled “Estimating the Number of Sex Trafficked Youth Using Contacts with Milwaukee Police Department,” more than 77 youth below the age of 17 were trafficked in our city. This information is now more than 3 years old and does not account for adults.
There are many great organizations working to fight huma....
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January 10,2017
by Wisconsin Gazette
As part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced the Justice Department’s National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking , as required by the 2015 Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
In addition to this new national strategy, every year, the attorney general also submits the Attorney General’s Annual Report to Congress and Asse....
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January 10,2017
by Wisconsin Gazette
The text of Meryl Streep's speech at the Golden Globes after accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award, according to a transcript provided by Hollywood Foreign Press Association:
Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. This town, thank you. I love you all, but you'll have to forgive me. I've lost my voice in screaming and lamentation this weekend, and I have lost my mind sometime earlie....
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January 10,2017
by Associated Press
The view from the observation deck over a meadow of brown marsh grasses would make a nice postcard. Eagles roost on tall pines, muskrats burrow in mounds of mud and straw and black ducks splash in a pond.
But on a cold and drizzly day, Matt Whitbeck surveys the Maryland landscape with concern.
Beyond the marsh is what the Fish and Wildlife Service biologist calls “Lake Blackwater.”
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January 10,2017
by Associated Press
The Chevy Bolt has been named top car in North America, a milestone for a car General Motors hopes will finally get Americans hooked on electric vehicles.
The Honda Ridgeline grabbed the honor for top truck.
Utility vehicles were honored separately for the first time, with the Pacifica minivan from Fiat Chrysler snagging that award.
The honors were announced at Detroit’s Cobo Center as ....
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January 09,2017
by Associated Press
Meryl Streep offered a stirring rebuke to president-elect Donald Trump at the Golden Globes Sunday night, calling his imitating a disabled reporter the one performance this year that stunned her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwNhZbiEV8c....
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