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7 California boys arrested in attack on teen | National & World News | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Breaking News - Portland, Oregon : "Seven black teens have been arrested on suspicion that they committed a hate crime when they attacked a 15-year-old Hispanic boy while he was walking home from school in Southern California, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office. The March 14 beating in Palmdale was captured on video and posted on YouTube, but has since been removed from the site. The seven boys, ages 13 to 16, were arrested Wednesday for investigation of assault and committing a hate crime, Lt. Don Ford said. The attack happened near Cactus Middle School, but Ford didn't know if any of the teens involved were students there. The video shows as many as 10 boys surrounding the victim and challenging him to a fight. The suspects then began hitting the teen while others watched." During the beating, the teens made raci

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 ATLANTA (WXIA) -- Twitter has taken the TweetDeck app offline to look into an apparent bug that has given some users access to hundreds of Twitter and Facebook accounts. According to tech blog Techcrunch, Australian TweetDeck user Geoff Evason says he discovered he was somehow able to access hundreds of other accounts through TweetDeck. After emailing and tweeting TweetDeck developer Twitter on Friday, and showing them how the bug allowed him to send tweets from accounts he did not own, Twitter shut down global access to TweetDeck, which is a power app used by thousands of Twitter users around the world.  The only word from Twitter was a tweet from @TweetDeck: TweetDeck is currenly down while we look into an issue. Apologies for the inconvenience. TweetDeck allows Twitter users to access and manage multiple accounts, content lists, messages and posts on a single web page. There's no word from Twitter as to when TweetDeck service will be restored.

With any Presidential visit you can expect protesters. Members of Occupy Maine set up across the street from the Portland Museum of Art in the Congress Square Park. Group leaders say they held a soup line for the 99 percent while the President and the one percent are having their dinner.

Richard Branson unveils time machine | MNN - Mother Nature Network : "Either April Fool's has come early or Richard Branson has really has invented a time machine. Since my iPhone currently has an Apple logo and not a Virgin one, I'm going to assume that he's pulling our legs. The 61-year-old earlier today posted a blog post showing off a rather well-done mockup of a "Virgin Time Machine," saying "We've had a slightly frightening breakthrough with a time machine. I've found that we can now go backwards in time but not forwards. Fortunately we can get back to the present." Branson then adds that he's traveled back to 1972, presenting a picture of him in '70s garb and clutching an LP. He then asks the question: "How far backwards would you like to time travel? Where would you like to go?" Writes one commenter: "OK, yep, send me back to 1995 so I can "un" stuff up my finances, regain my house, get rid of

George Zimmerman Trayvon Al Sharpton: Rev. Al Sharpton will escalate efforts if George Zimmerman isn't arrested in Trayvon's death. - Orlando Sentinel : "If George Zimmerman is not arrested in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin soon, theRev. Al Sharpton will call for an escalation in peaceful civil disobedience and economic sanctions. Sharpton would not say the efforts would be taken against the city of Sanford specifically, but he has been critical of the police department's handling of the case" http://www.orlandosentinel.com/videogallery/69123495/News/Gov-Rick-Scott-talks-about-Trayvon-Martin-case 'via Blog this'

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Trayvon Martin Video Shows No Blood or Bruises on George Zimmerman - Yahoo! News : "A police surveillance video taken the night that Trayvon Martin was shot dead shows no blood or bruises on George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who says he shot Martin after he was punched in the nose, knocked down and had his head slammed into the ground. The surveillance video, which was obtained exclusively by ABC News, shows Zimmerman arriving in a police cruiser. As he exits the car, his hands are cuffed behind his back. Zimmerman is frisked and then led down a series of hallways, still cuffed." 'via Blog this'

Spike Lee apologizes for retweeting wrong address : "Spike Lee has apologized to a Florida couple who say they were forced to leave their home when a Twitter posting that the director helped spread listed their address as that of a man who shot an unarmed teenager. Elaine and David McClain are in their 70s and say they have a son named William George Zimmerman who lived in their Sanford-area home in the mid-1990s. They say he is no relation to 28-year-old George Zimmerman who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26. The killing has touched off widespread public outrage and protests across the country, including from Lee and other celebrities, because Zimmerman was not arrested. He says he acted in self-defense. Lee tweeted late Wednesday: "I Deeply Apologize To The McClain Family For Retweeting Their Address. It Was A Mistake. Please Leave The McClain's In Peace."" 'via Blog this'

The teen was suspended from school three times He was on suspension when he was shot in February, after officials caught him with a 'marijuana pipe' and a baggie with drug residue Trayvon was kicked out of school in October for graffiti after he was allegedly caught with a 'burglary tool' and a bag full of women's jewelry Officials also suspended him once for skipping school and tardiness. Trayvon Martin was suspended from school three times in the months before he was shot dead by a neighborhood watchman, it emerged today. The new claims, revealed in a leaked report, paint a different picture of a teenager who frequently found himself in trouble with authorities. It was also revealed that he might have attacked a bus driver, according to a Twitter account that it is claimed belonged to the teen. The Miami Herald claims that in October, he was caught with a 'burglary tool' - a flathead screwdriver - and 12 pieces of women's jewellery. Martin

VIDEO ‘They will haunt your thoughts forever’: Family and friends of two British tourists gunned down in Florida confront their teenager killer as he is jailed for life" Read more:  TYSON'S PRISON PHONE CALL Shawn Tyson called his half brother from prison saying police had found bullet casings connected to the shooting, the Florida courtroom heard today. Here is Tyson's recorded telephone conversation with his half brother, who has not been named, from Sarasota County Jail: Tyson : 'What's up, bro?' Brother : 'What's up, lil' man?' Tyson : 'S***.' Brother : 'What them crackers talkin' about?' Tyson : 'S***. I don't even know right now. I don't know why they talkin' about.' Brother : 'Yeah, I don't know what them crackers talkin' about. S***, like. You was in the house, like.' Tyson : 'I know... that's what I keep on... these crackers talkin' about tha

TORONTO (AP) -- A ban on brothels puts prostitutes at risk and is unconstitutional, Ontario's top court ruled Monday, in a case that is expected to be appealed to Canada's top court and have ramifications for the country at large. The Ontario Court of Appeal said sex workers should be allowed to work safely indoors. "The world in which street prostitutes actually operate is a world of dark streets and barren, isolated, silent places," said the five-judge panel in their ruling. "It is a dangerous world, with always the risk of violence and even death." The court in Canada's most populous province has given the government a year to rewrite the law if it chooses. The panel also said Monday that rules against profitting from prostitution should apply only to "circumstances of exploitation" to prevent pimps from exploiting prostitutes. The change will allow police to prosecute violent and manipulative pimps while at the same time per

President Obama got caught in private conversation with a hot mic today in Seoul, South Korea, telling outgoing Russian president Dmitry Medvedev that Vladimir Putin should give him more "space" and that "[a]fter my election I have more flexibility." President Obama: "On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it’s important for him to give me space." President Medvedev: "Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you…" President Obama: "This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility." President Medvedev: "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir, and I stand with you.

On Feb. 26, when Zimmerman first spotted Trayvon, he called police and reported a suspicious person, describing Trayvon as black, acting strangely and perhaps on drugs. Zimmerman got out of his SUV to follow Trayvon on foot. When a dispatch employee asked Zimmerman if he was following the 17-year-old, Zimmerman said yes. The dispatcher told Zimmerman he did not need to do that. There is about a one-minute gap during which police say they're not sure what happened. Zimmerman told them he lost sight of Trayvon and was walking back to his SUV when Trayvon approached him from the left rear, and they exchanged words. Trayvon asked Zimmerman if he had a problem. Zimmerman said no and reached for his cell phone, he told police. Trayvon then said, "Well, you do now" or something similar and punched Zimmerman in the nose, according to the account he gave police. Zimmerman fell to the ground and Trayvon got on top of him and began slamming his head into the sidewalk, he

 The mother of Trayvon Martin has filed two applications to secure trademarks containing her late son’s name, records show. Sybrina Fulton is seeking marks for the phrases “I Am Trayvon” and “Justice for Trayvon,” according to filings made last week with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In both instances, Fulton, 46, is seeking the trademarks for use on “Digital materials, namely, CDs and DVDs featuring Trayvon Martin,” and other products. The March 21 USPTO applications, each of which cost $325, were filed by an Orlando, Florida law firm representing Fulton, whose first name is spelled "Sabrina" in the trademark records. Martin, 17, was shot to death last month during a confrontation with George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old neighborhood watch captain. Martin, pictured above, was visiting his father’s home in Sanford, Florida when he was shot to death by Zimmerman, who has claimed that he was acting in self-defense.

Expanding the definition of “cracker,” a t-shirt featuring the photo of the man who shot Trayvon Martin is now available for purchase. As seen at right (click to enlarge), the shirt has a picture of George Zimmerman and the words “Pussy Ass Cracker.” Zimmerman, a 28-year-old Hispanic, killed Martin, 17, last month while acting as a neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida. The shirt’s “pussy ass cracker” line is apparently a reference to lyrics from the rapper Plies’s song “100 Years,” which bemoans stiff sentences handed out by racist judges.

Speaking at a university in Seoul, US President Barack Obama has said that he is committed to deterring nuclear proliferation, ahead of a two-day summit that will focus on reducing access by terror groups to radioactive material and build a nuclear bomb. "The danger of nuclear terrorism remains one of the greatest threats to global security. That is why in Seoul we need to keep at it," he said in a speech in the South Korean capital ahead of the 53-nation summit on Monday. Obama also assured that the United States can further reduce its nuclear weapons stockpile while maintaining its strategic deterrent and international commitments. Obama told students that he is confident the United States and Russia can jointly reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons, building on the successful extension of arms control agreements known as START. The White House said nuclear weapons reduction continues to be a priority in US relations with Russia, and that Obama will raise it w

Leonard Simon Nimoy, March 26, 1931 “I think it’s my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.”  - Leonard Nimoy  Happy Birthday, Sir.

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Zimmerman attorney Craig Sonner appeared on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” and said he client sustained a broken nose and a head laceration on the night of the incident. “His nose was broken, he sustained injury to his nose and on the back of his head he sustained a cut that was serious enough that probably should have had stitches…it was an injury that was done by Trayvon Martin,” Sonner said.

African-American Lynch Mob | FrontPage Magazine : "Is anybody else out there as sick and tired as I am of lynch mob racists like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (vide: Tawana Brawley, the Duke Lacrosse kids) who don the mantel of the “civil rights” movement to indict non-blacks in advance of the facts, and incite racial rage against them? Yet that is exactly what they – and scores of black leaders — are doing to an Hispanic individual named George Zimmerman. Along with a cast of thousands, they are holding him guilty of racism before the fact, justifying a hatred, as inflammatory as the hatred once spewed by southern crackers against blacks. There is no evidence whatsoever that race was a defining factor in the tragic death of Trayvon Martin. Notwithstanding the absence of evidence, this unhappy incident is now the occasion for school shut-downs, mass marches and public death threats by enraged African Americans, displaying behaviors reminiscent of the lynch mobs that were once a

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Witness counters Trayvon Martin media narrative : "Zimmerman had called 911 to report the suspicious activities of a youth in his neighborhood, telling the dispatcher that he was following Martin. On the recording of another 911 call, repeated cries of “help” can be heard before the gunshot. The witness, identified only as John, says those cries were made by Zimmerman who was on the ground being beaten by Martin. “The guy on the bottom who had a red sweater on was yelling to me: ‘help, help … and I told him to stop and I was calling 911,” he said." 'via Blog this'

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If George W. Bush or any other American president had made a comment like this.  What do you think the media and American people would have said? "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Obama said, "I think [Trayvon's parents] are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves, and we are going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened." "Obviously, this is a tragedy," he said. "I can only imagine what these parents are going through, and when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids, and I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this, and that everybody pulls together -- federal, state and local -- to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened."

TORONTO - Farzana Baig says she is angry a book has surfaced in Toronto that instructs Muslim men how to make their wives submissive through violence. The book called A Gift for Muslim Couple - which was being sold at Islamic Books and Souvenirs on Gerrard St. E. - Instructs on “punishing women and the manner to discipline them” by restraints, scoldings and beatings. “It is not like that in our community. This is upsetting. A wrong thing against our community. My husband doesn’t beat me. I haven’t heard of this. If it happens it is rare,” Baig said. Her husband, a vice president with Jame Masjid Mississauga, had not heard of the book but plans to investigate on Monday. “This is totally wrong. It should not be and I don’t know what to say. This doesn’t represent our community and I will look into it. This isn’t proper reading and it shouldn’t be out there. It makes the whole community look wrong,” he said. Wasim Vania, president of the Islamic Society of Toronto, also con

‘Seinfeld’ actor shoots self in head | TV | Entertainment | Toronto Sun : "Actor Daniel Von Bargen has been hospitalized in Ohio after shooting himself in the head. The 61-year-old, who played Mr. Kruger on hit TV sitcom Seinfeld, attempted suicide on Monday, but had a change of heart about ending his life when he survived the gunshot wound. In a 911 call, obtained by TMZ.com, the diabetic actor explained he was set to have his toes amputated as a result of his health condition and he put a gun to his temple because he didn’t want to go through with the operation. He told the operator, “I’ve shot myself in the head... and I need help. I was supposed to go to the hospital and I didn’t want to. They (doctors) were supposed to amputate at least a few toes.” Paramedics responded to Von Bargen’s cry for help and transported him from his Cincinnati apartment to a nearby hospital. The actor has also appeared in films such as Basic Instinct, Super Troopers, Broken Arrow and Ph

Foot washing for homeless: About 400 homeless people had their feet washed, toenails clipped and calluses trimmed off at the First United Methodist Church - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com : "In a long-running, and ever-growing, pre-Holy Week tradition, church volunteers emulated the biblical example of Jesus Christ, who humbled himself before his Apostles by washing their feet on the eve of the Passion, by washing the feet of the homeless in the church's open-air courtyard. The symbolic act has also proven a good, practical opportunity to alleviate some of the ills of homelessness, which is hard on mind and body. Especially feet." 'via Blog this'

News from The Associated Press : "NEW YORK (AP) -- Aretha Franklin has a lot more than her 70th birthday to celebrate: She says she's reuniting with one of her music mentors, Clive Davis, for a new album. Franklin told The Associated Press at her birthday party Saturday in New York that she and Davis will be working on music once again. Davis helped engineer Franklin's comeback in the 1980s. The music mogul was one of her guests at the soiree. Others in attendance were Diane Sawyer and the Rev. Al Sharpton. The Queen of Soul - whose birthday actually is Sunday - also joked that she was turning back the hands of time. She told her guests: "I was wondering, `What is it going to be like to be 50?' I can tell you now, it feels like 40."" 'via Blog this'

George Zimmerman,shot and killed Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, Why is it news NOW?

Last weekend in the city of Chicago alone, gangbangers slaughtered ten people and wounded another forty. The youngest fatality is only six years old. The youngest person wounded is only one-year-old. Many of the victim were pedestrians sprayed with bullets in drive by shootings. The national news has said nothing about this. So why does one shooting in Florida warrant weeks of national news? Why has there been thousands of articles a day, for the last four days, about one single shooting? The fact that even the president would chime in on this makes me very suspicious. Almost all of the news items about George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin contains a combination of false statements, opinions presented as facts, transparent distortions, and a complete absence of some of the most relevant details. Almost all news items are written soley from the point of view of the grieving family. The media also fills their articles with outdated baby-faced pictures of Trayvon. Very few include t

Why This Photograph is Worth $578,500 : "Last week, a collection of 36 prints by William Eggleston was sold for $5.9 million at auction.  The top ten list of most expensive photographs ever sold doesn’t contain a single work worth less than a cool million. Just a few months ago, Andreas Gursky’s ‘Rhine II’ became the world’s most expensive photograph, selling for $4.3 million. Every time news like this reaches the Internet, the comments sections of photography blogs explode with righteous indignation. The common sentiment in these reactions seems to be that the art world is populated by rich fools buying the emperor’s new clothes. Some commenters underscore this idea by expressing how unremarkable they think the photograph in question is, or how it fails technically or esthetically. In the case of the recent Eggleston auction, the photograph ‘Memphis (Tricycle)’ that sold for $578,500 was dismissed by several commenters as a snapshot that ‘any fool with a camera could have tak

Marine sergeant faces discipline for Facebook critique of Obama | Reuters : "The Marine Corps has initiated disciplinary action against a Marine sergeant for comments he posted on his "Armed Forces Tea Party" Facebook page criticizing President Barack Obama, a spokesman said on Thursday. Sergeant Gary Stein, 26, a weather forecaster assigned to Camp Pendleton near San Diego, cast the Marines' reaction to his comments as an infringement on his freedom of speech and defended his right to express personal political opinions when he is off-duty and out of uniform. "There is not a document in this world that trumps the United States Constitution," the San Diego Union-Tribune quoted him as saying. But Army veteran Rick Rogers, host of the San Diego military talk radio show "Front & Center," said Stein appeared to be instigating a confrontation with the Marines "to get notoriety." Stein previously ran afoul of the military over commen

Santorum is the biggest joke  ... Times-Picayune columnist James Gill and Washington bureau reporter Jonathan Tilove talk about Saturday's Louisiana primary and its impact on the Republican presidential race.  Louisiana primary March 24. In this climate, it is hard to predict success for the campaign to repeal the creationism law in the state legislative session that has just begun. The wall of separation was conceived to prevent government intrusion in matters of conscience, and we owe it in large measure to Roger Williams, subject of John Barry's latest absorbing book. When Williams, exiled from Massachusetts in the 1630s, found refuge in what was to become Rhode Island, he acknowledged the hand of God by naming his settlement Providence. The faithful who now chafe at the Establishment Clause cannot be more devout than its progenitor. And chafe they do, none more than Santorum, who has just announced that JFK's celebrated 1960 speech on the "absol

The Marine Corps Times previews its cover story about anti-Obama Marines at their 'Battle Rattle' blog. According to the article, of the 792 active-duty troops and mobilized reservists who responded to this year's Military Times Poll, 44 percent said that they disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job as commander in chief. The article cites hot button issues such as repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," relaxing restrictions of women in combat, and steep budget cuts, behind the disapproval numbers. The report highlights the recent controversy over a Tea Party Facebook page operated by active Marine Sgt. Gary Stein. The full article is available only to Marine Times subscribers. by Charlie Spiering  Commentary Staff Writer  

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Ann Romney Makes Pitch to Women Voters - Sarah B. Boxer - NationalJournal.com : "MOLINE, Ill. – On the campaign trail, Ann Romney regularly talks about being a wife and mother, usually steering clear of policy or voting demographics. But in a departure from the norm on Sunday, she made a specific pitch to women voters as her husband Mitt seeks to lessen President Obama’s current double-digit advantage among them. Speaking to about 200 people at a pancake breakfast in Moline, Ann Romney said she was “really upset” with Obama’s policies and added, “I love it that women are upset, too, that women are talking about the economy.” “Women are talking about jobs, women are talking about deficit spending,” she continued. “Thank you, women. We need you. We all need you in November, too. We have to remember why we’re upset and what we’ve got to do to fix things.” In his remarks, Mitt Romney echoed his wife's sentiments, describing the particular challenges that mothers he has met on t

News from The Associated Press : "The head of security in Egypt's south Sinai Peninsula, Mahmoud Hefnawi, said six armed men with covered faces approached the tour bus carrying the Brazilian women and took them and their guide off the bus. The remaining passengers were allowed to go. The tourists were near the sixth-century St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, one of Egypt's most popular tourist sites." 'via Blog this'

Watch the latest video at <a href="http://video.foxnews.com">video.foxnews.com</a> The Minnesota Legislature is expected to vote this week to rescind a get-out-of-jail-free card for state lawmakers who are arrested for drunken driving. The provision, found in the state constitution, allows lawmakers "privilege from arrest" when they are pulled over by police. According to Article IV, Section 10, of the Minnesota Constitution, "the members of each house in all cases except treason, felony and breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during the session of their respective houses and in going to or returning from the same." "Back in the 1800s, when our Founding Fathers wrote the constitution, there was a natural fear of political retribution for certain votes and freedoms of speech, that our Founding