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• Mom, son killed in car accidents hours apart in Wisconsin

  A Wisconsin woman and her adult son were killed in separate traffic crashes just hours apart in a Milwaukee suburb, police say.

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• Don't you have any friends that share different political ideologies?

  There are always complaints about how people respond on internet forums when addressing someone who shares different political ideologies. Some people are crass, rude, and or disrespectful. It makes me wonder.. Don't you have any friends that share different political ideologies? …

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• Five Myths About Crime in Black America—and the Statistical Truths - COLORLINES

  Source: Colorlines

  In the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death, we’ve seen a lot of discussion of the larger societal issues that play into how and when people are perceived as criminals. There were hoodies, there were marches, and there were frank talks from parent to child about how to mi …

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• Would You Vote For an Atheist?

  Anne Graham Lotz (daughter of evangelist Billy Graham) was recently on a show called Meet the Press where they discussed the implications of religion and politics. She said a number of interesting things. She pretty much starts off with this tidbit:

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• Seafarers outraged that captain jumped ship

  Seafaring tradition holds that the captain should be last to leave a sinking ship. But is it realistic to expect skippers to suppress their survival instinct amid the horror of a maritime disaster? To ask them to stare down death from the bridge, as the lights go out and the water rises, until everyone else has made it to safety?

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