| Humans of New York raises $1 million for Brooklyn public school Posted: 05 Feb 2015 09:15 AM PST  A Brooklyn teen's story of living in a high-crime neighborhood struck a chord with thousands across the country.
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| RadioShack bankruptcy filing: To sell up to 2,400 stores Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:00 PM PST  Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Thursday and said it had a deal in place to sell as many as 2,400 stores to Sprint and an affiliate of hedge fund Standard General, its lender and largest shareholder. RadioShack, which posted losses in 11 consecutive quarters after failing to transform itself into a destination for mobile phone buyers, said in a statement that the Standard General affiliate, called General Wireless, and Sprint will acquire between 1,500 and 2,400 of its more than 4,000 stores, creating a co-branded retail presence in up to 1,750 of them. Sprint would effectively operate a store within a RadioShack store, selling "mobile devices across Sprint`s brand portfolio as well as RadioShack products, services and accessories," Sprint said in a statement. RadioShack also reached a deal with liquidation firm Hilco to shutter underperforming stores.
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| Adviser to Rep. Aaron Schock resigns over alleged racist Facebook posts Posted: 05 Feb 2015 01:38 PM PST  Benjamin Cole, a senior adviser for Rep. Aaron Schock, resigned after reports of racist posts on his Facebook page.
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| Pentagon study claimed Putin has Asperger's syndrome Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:20 PM PST  A Pentagon study from 2008 claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger's syndrome, giving him a need to exert "extreme control" when faced with crises, according to the report released Thursday. Experts studying his movements and facial expressions in video footage theorized Putin's neurological development was disrupted in infancy, giving him a sense of physical imbalance and a discomfort with social interaction, according to the report by the Pentagon's internal think tank, the Office of Net Assessment. "This profound behavioral challenge has been identified by leading neuroscientists as Asperger's Syndrome, an autistic disorder which affects all of his decisions," wrote the study's author, Brenda Connors, a senior fellow at the US Naval War College.
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| Brian Williams mercilessly mocked on Twitter Posted: 05 Feb 2015 05:59 AM PST  The fallout begins for the NBC anchor who admitted to lying about being shot at in Iraq.
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| Top Rand Paul aide working for Israeli PM reelection effort Posted: 05 Feb 2015 07:23 AM PST  Vincent Harris, Rand Paul's digital strategist, is working for Netanyahu's campaign.
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| Obama weighs in on freedom of speech after Charlie Hebdo massacre Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:25 AM PST  At the National Prayer Breakfast, President Barack Obama calls the Islamic State a "death cult" and offers a thinly veiled response to those who criticized him for skipping a demonstration in Paris that saw hundreds of thousands march in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo.
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| Matt Bai: My problem with the Clinton Death Star Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:56 AM PST  The problem with the Clinton Death Star strategy — and the sense of entitlement that comes with it — is that a generation of influential Democrats seems to have lost touch with the anti-establishment impulse that brought them into politics in the first place.
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| Obama condemns those who seek to 'hijack religion' Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:03 PM PST  Many wonder how the two leaders will interact during their first joint public event.
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| Massive hack attack at top health insurer Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:24 AM PST  Tens of millions of personal records may have been stolen from Anthem, Inc.
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| SUV inside train gates for about 30 seconds before NY crash Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:26 PM PST  VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) — An SUV was in the danger zone inside railroad crossing gates for about half a minute before a suburban commuter train crashed into it, killing the driver and five train passengers, investigators' preliminary findings indicate.
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| New York train was not speeding before crash with car Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:35 PM PST  By Sebastien Malo TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (Reuters) - The New York commuter train that plowed into a car stopped on a crossing this week was traveling just below the speed limit and no problem was found with the signals or traffic barriers at the site of the deadly crash, a federal investigator said on Thursday. The fiery crash that followed killed the SUV driver and five train passengers in the deadliest rail accident in the New York area in more than three decades. The driver of the vehicle behind the Mercedes told NTSB investigators on Thursday that traffic was "edging along" at the railway crossing in Valhalla, an affluent town north of New York City, Robert Sumwalt, an NTSB member, said at a news conference. The Mercedes came to a stop on the crossing, Sumwalt said.
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| Two dead in shooting at University of South Carolina's public health school Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:35 PM PST  By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Two people died in a shooting at the University of South Carolina's public health school on Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide, state police said. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division spokesman Thom Berry told a news conference the shooting in a room inside the school appeared to involve only the two deceased. He said the shooting took place in a room at the new public health research building at the university's public health school in downtown Columbia, blocks from the state capitol building.
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| Lawyers urge judge to lift grand jury secrecy in New York chokehold case Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:37 PM PST  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for civil liberty groups, the news media, public defenders and New York's elected public advocate urged a judge on Thursday to release the transcripts of secret grand jury proceedings into the killing of an unarmed black man last July by a white police officer who put him in a chokehold. The lawyers told state Supreme Court Judge William Garnett that making the transcripts public would shed light on why the grand jury declined to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner.
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| California lawmakers aim to limit vaccine exemptions Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:45 PM PST  A proposal would require vaccines for school children unless their health is in danger.
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| What anti-vax parents get wrong about personal liberty Posted: 04 Feb 2015 01:32 PM PST  Asking others to bear the risk and cost of vaccination decisions is more akin to cowardice than to liberty.
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