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On Saturday, a rich 25-year-old man, Jovan Belcher, murdered his 22-year-old girlfriend, the mother of his child. First, columnist Jason Whitlock of Fox Sports suggested that this “25-year-old kid” wasn’t responsible for his actions – it was the “gun culture” that was to blame. Then, Bob Costas of NBC repeats this idiotic notion, even though the 6’2”, 228 lb. linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs could easily have murdered his girlfriend with a knife. Now CNN is getting in on the act. Leading their website this afternoon is an op-ed from Kevin Powell, former Democratic Congressional candidate in New York,...

SAN GABRIEL, Calif. - A Pasadena man found naked and bloody on a roof near an apartment where his girlfriend was found stabbed to death was arrested, authorities said Sunday. George Wood Pigman IV, 23, was booked for investigation of murder and was being held on $1 million bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. The body of Eimi Yamada, a 21-year-old student from Japan studying in the United States, was found early Saturday morning in an apartment in an unincorporated area near San Gabriel, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies said. The deputies found Pigman on the roof of...