Saturday, November 12, 2016

Obama commutes sentences for 72 inmates and other top stories.

  • Obama commutes sentences for 72 inmates

     President Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 72 inmates, the latest sign he is accelerating his clemency push during his final months in office.  It was the second time in the past eight days the White House announced that a large group of people, most convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, would be released from federal prison. The two batches totaled 170 inmates.  In total, 944 people have had their sentences cut short by Obama — more than the last 11 presidents combined — with 760 rec..
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  • Analysis: If Clinton Wins, the Obamas Would Deserve Significant Amount of Credit

    Analysis: If Clinton Wins, the Obamas Would Deserve Significant Amount of Credit
    In 2007, many African-American leaders endorsed Hillary Clinton, arguing that the country was not yet ready for a black president. One of Michelle Obama's key roles on the campaign trail was to convince rank and file African-Americans that white voters would also support her husband, so black voters wouldn't be wasting their votes by backing him. Even on Election Day in 2008, some Obama supporters were deeply worried about the "Bradley Effect" — that white voters would tell pollsters they wo..
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  • NYPD cop shot dead, another injured in shootout with Bronx gunman

    NYPD cop shot dead, another injured in shootout with Bronx gunman
    An NYPD sergeant was killed Friday in a broad-daylight gun battle in the Bronx that left a second cop wounded and a heavily-armed robbery suspect dead, sources said. NY Daily News. Kaepernick sends message to Dilfer after criticism of protest. Heisman ...
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  • What they're saying around the country about Christie and Bridgegate fallout

    What they're saying around the country about Christie and Bridgegate fallout
    Chris Christie survived nasty battles to win office in Morris County. He clawed his way — to the surprise of many — into the top spot at the U.S. Attorney's office in Newark. And he ended the political career of Jon Corzine. But can he overcome Bridgegate and fact four from his inner circle forever will be identified as felons? There weren't many keeping a light on for Christie's political career Friday after a jury nailed Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly on every count it could. And so is t..
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  • Clinton is seeing early turnout among the women and Latinos she is counting on in crucial states

    Clinton is seeing early turnout among the women and Latinos she is counting on in crucial states
    Donald Trump and his campaign surrogates have been banking that a cadre of voters who rarely surface at the polls will show up and buoy his campaign as it drives toward Tuesday’s election.Yet while reliably Republican voters are showing up at early-voting sites, they are being met there by a countering army: women, Latinos and other supporters of Hillary Clinton. The early vote is an imperfect measure of results, but two points seem clear.The first is that an election whose negativity seemed d..
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  • Report: Melania Trump worked in US without proper permit

    Report: Melania Trump worked in US without proper permit
    Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, was accused of copying a phrase from Marla Maples, Trump's second wife, during a speech on Nov. 3 in Berwyn, Pa. (The Washington Post) Melania Trump, the wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and an immigrant from Slovenia, was paid for 10 modeling jobs in 1996 before she received legal authorization to work in the United States, the Associated Press reported Friday night. The AP cited detailed ledgers fro..
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  • Former Rutgers student stabs current student, faculty member

    Former Rutgers student stabs current student, faculty member
    A former Rutgers University student stabbed a professor and a current student at Rutgers Business School Friday afternoon, police said. The former student slashed the two people "without provocation" in an office at the school's Linvingston Campus in ...
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  • Watch Barack Obama Talk Media, Marijuana, Trump With...

    Watch Barack Obama Talk Media, Marijuana, Trump With...
    With two months left in Barack Obama's tenure as president, he finally – after years of interview requests from Real Time – sat down with Bill Maher for an extensive interview that touched on topics like marijuana legalization, "food purity," socialism, Donald Trump and more. In Defense of Obama The Nobel Prize-winning economist, once one of the president’s most notable critics, on why Obama is a historic success Maher broadcasted an 18-minute version of the interview ..
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