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Girl, 13, Suspended for Bringing Butter Knife to Cut Fruit at Lunch
A butter knife is causing some major controversy in Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Yes, a butter knife.
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National News
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Montana Judge to Retire After Racist Obama Email Uncovered
Montana's chief federal judge will retire following an inquiry into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama.
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Police Still Searching For Missing Montana Woman Nicole Waller
April 3, 2013 Police and the FBI continue to investigate the case of Nicole Waller, a Montana women that has been missing for a month. Nicole was living in Kalispell, MT - and had traveled to the Sidney-Fairview area
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What Will Happen if Bees Continue to Die? [VIDEO]
March 29, 2013 A year ago, scientists linked nerve-agent pesticides to the recent collapse in the bee population. California commercial bee keepers have reported a 40% - 50% drop in number of bees. France and Italy are among countries who have banned such pesticides. If the bees continue to die off, will we be able to pollinate our millions of acres of crops in the United States?
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Of Course Willie Nelson Has the Most Awesome Argument Ever in Support of Marriage Equality
Willie Nelson, like anyone else who essentially isn't a bigot, thinks gay marriage should be legal. And his reasoning for it -- aside from the obvious Equal Protection stuff -- is perfect:
"Gay people should be just as miserable as the rest of us."
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Defense of Marriage Act Goes Before Supreme Court
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard its second day of arguments on the issue of same-sex marriage, specifically a challenge to the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This follows Tuesday's case concerning California's Proposition 8.
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Supreme Court Hears First of Two Gay-Marriage Cases
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the case that is challenging the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. It is the first of two gay-marriage-related cases the court will hear this week; on Wednesday it will hear arguments in United States v. Windsor, a challenge to the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
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Winning $338 Million Powerball Jackpot Ticket Sold in New Jersey
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - One winning ticket for Saturday night's drawing of the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot was sold in New Jersey.
The New Jersey Lottery released a statement that the grand prize winner was sold in that state for an annuity of $338,300,000 - or $211,026,552
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Website’s Early April Fools – Saying North Dakota Trying To Ban String Underwear
March 25, 2013 UPDATE - They got me too! This is a joke! :)
North Dakota has been all over the news lately - from the oil boom, to banning abortions, and now dictating what type of underwear women can wear.
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Yoko Ono Tweets a Photo of John Lennon’s Bloody Glasses to Call for Gun Control [PHOTO]
Yesterday, March 20, would have been the 44th wedding anniversary of Yoko Ono and John Lennon -- had he not been shot and killed in 1980 by a lunatic fan.
(Like Paul McCartney, we refuse to mention Lennon's killer by name.)
In commemoration of her fallen husband, the now 80-year-old Ono tweeted a photo of his bloodied glasses (which originally appeared on the cover of her 1981 album 'Season of Glass') along with a statistic about gun violence to bring attention to the problem.
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Williston North Dakota Murder Suspect Waives Extradition Hearing
March 21, 2013 Jonathan Peter Horvath was arrested in Billings on Monday March 18th as the suspect of a Williston, ND murder. 28-year-old Derrick Spiegel from Williston, was shot following an argument at the Heartbreakers bar around 1am Sunday morning (March 17th)
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Police Find Dead Body, Explosives, Guns Inside Florida College Dorm Room
On Wednesday morning, authorities found the body of a University of Central Florida student inside a dorm room, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A campus spokeswoman said that there were also improvised explosive devices and additional weapons in the room.