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Senate votes to change cocaine sentencing rules
9:10 AM on 03/18/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation approved by the Senate would significantly reduce the disparity in sentences handed out to those convicted of crack and powder cocaine charges...
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Democrats' crack-cocaine compromise is still 'racist'
9:00 AM on 03/15/2010
OPINION - While some might call this political pragmatism, others might describe this outcome as the modern-day version of the Three-Fifths Compromise...
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Arrest warrant signed for ex-Detroit mayor Kilpatrick
3:35 PM on 02/25/2010
udge David Groner signed an arrest warrant for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick this afternoon for failing to make a $79,011 court-ordered restitution payment...
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. donates handcuffs to Smithsonian
6:31 PM on 02/14/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Gates' arrest last July by police investigating a report of a possible break-in at his home near Harvard University sparked a national debate over racial profiling...
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Ex-NFL star Sapp released from Fla. jail on bond
8:48 AM on 02/08/2010
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former NFL star Warren Sapp has been released from jail on $1,500 bond after being arrested in Miami Beach on charges he choked a woman in his hotel room...
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Woman held in Hawaii after Michelle Obama threat
8:25 AM on 12/23/2009
HONOLULU (AP) - A woman accused of telling the Secret Service she would "blow away" Michelle Obama was in federal custody as the Obama family planned to travel to Hawaii...
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Female officer arrests man who pinched her
8:35 AM on 12/16/2009
VIDEO -- A female Dallas, Texas police officer arrested a man after he allegedly pinched her backside as she waited in a checkout line.
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Three Army soldiers arrested for smuggling 680 pounds of pot
10:18 AM on 11/19/2009
PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix police arrested three Army soldiers after they were pulled over for speeding in a rental car with 680 pounds of marijuana and $10,000 cash inside...
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Caught on tape: 3 Seattle cops wrestle man at police department
10:18 AM on 11/16/2009
VIDEO- The suspect is seen leaving the evidence room when three officers arrive to put him back under arrest. The video shows the officers punching him and trying to subdue him for two and a half minutes...
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Where is the outrage and action for Heather Ellis?
8:04 AM on 11/16/2009
OPINION - In the lead up to the rally for Heather Ellis today in Kennett, Missouri, I've heard shocking stories about legal dealings behind the scenes...
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Caught on tape: Police tasering almost leads to riot
3:08 PM on 11/13/2009
VIDEO - Police in Lake Wales, Florida are investigating a weekend traffic stop that nearly ended in a riot...
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Pilot arrested in London, accused of drinking before flying
2:48 PM on 11/12/2009
VIDEO - A United Airlines pilot was removed from an aircraft, suspended by his airline and now faces up to two years in a U.K. prison if convicted on criminal charges...
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3 University of Tennessee football players arrested for robbery
11:13 AM on 11/12/2009
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say wide receiver Nu'Keese Richardson and defensive backs Janzen Jackson and Mike Edwards were arrested after an incident early Thursday...
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Man arrested for kidnapping while 5-year-old remains missing
10:49 AM on 11/12/2009
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man has been charged with kidnapping a 5-year-old girl, but police were still searching for the child Thursday, two days after she was reported missing...
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Katt Williams arrested for burglary
3:18 PM on 11/09/2009
ATLANTA (AP) - Comedian Katt Williams has been jailed in Georgia on charges of burglary and criminal trespassing...
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Caught on tape: Man tased after surrendering to police
12:52 PM on 11/05/2009
VIDEO - A Minneapolis police officer uses a taser on a man who appears to have surrendered, and the whole thing was caught on tape...
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Teen shot while having sex speaks out
1:08 PM on 10/20/2009
VIDEO - An 18-year-old Florida man shot while he was having sex with a teenage girl is talking about his ordeal....
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Soulja Boy arrested after shooting a music video
11:41 AM on 10/09/2009
McDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) - Police say rapper Soulja Boy was charged with obstruction after telling officers that people gathered at an abandoned Georgia house were shooting a music video...
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Chicago cop is accused of fake DUI arrests
12:34 PM on 10/07/2009
VIDEO -- A Chicago police officer is being accused of falsely charging almost two-dozen drivers with driving under the influence. And now they are using the own officer's own dash cam video...
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Method Man arrested for not paying taxes
2:34 PM on 10/05/2009
Grammy-winning rapper Method Man has been arrested in New York City on felony charges for failing to pay his taxes.
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African-Americans support Obama's race-neutral stance
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Obama has refused from the beginning of his candidacy to separate the solutions to black America's economic problems from the country's at large...
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