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BALTIMORE —City police said of 27 people who were shot, at least eight of them were killed in a series of separate shooting in Baltimore since Friday afternoon. In the most recent events, officers were called to the 1600 block of Hazel Street around 10:30 p.m. Sunday for a report of discharging of a firearm. While investigating, police were notified of a walk-in shooting victim to an area hospital. The man at the hospital sustained a gunshot wound to his buttocks. The victim told police he was shot by two masked men. No further details are available. Detectives are investigating...

Full Title: Bill Clinton, in final 'Late Show' appearance, jokes he'll move back to the White House ... if Hillary lets himBill Clinton hopes to be Hillary Clinton's First Man in the White House, but there's a big 'if" ... if she invites him to live at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. "If she wins the election, the chances are 100 percent that I'll move back," the former president told David Letterman Tuesday night on "The Late Show." "By the way, if I'm asked!" he added with a smile. To help Hillary make history by becoming the first woman to win...

In China, friends and family of the deceased may have to do without a special form of funereal entertainment: strippers. According to a statement from the Ministry of Culture on Thursday, the government plans to work closely with the police to eliminate such performances, which are held with the goal of drawing more mourners.

The parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old killed last year by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., filed a civil lawsuit against the city Thursday. This lawsuit alleges that the officer’s actions violated Brown’s civil rights, and goes on to state that the city’s broader law enforcement practices “led directly to the unjustified killing.” Brown was shot and killed last August by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson police officer. This shooting set off frenzied protests in the city, demonstrations that flared up again in November when a grand jury opted not to indict Wilson and again last month when the...

Your article would post as follows: Click here to pledge your support via secure server ^ Time to Get Serious! If You Love Free Republic You Can Keep It By Making Your Donation! PLEASE Go Monthly IF You possibly & reliably can! RUSH:  You know, it's interesting to try to pinpoint exactly when the Tea Party began.  Now, the modern incarnation of the Tea Party as we understand it is a television phenomenon, and that was Obamacare.  Obamacare and the stimulus, the debt and the spending, is what motivated people who were already thinking in a different way. Some people...

Let's finish this one quickly so Jim can fully recover without hosting the fundraiser for two months! :) Thank you!! Wonderful graphic by RedMDer!Pictured: Syncro and Jim! Woo-Hoo! Our 4th Quarter FReepathon is off to a great start, thanks to all of you who have made your donations in such a timely manner to help us try to complete this FReepathon this month, so that Jim can spend his time healing and recovering, instead of concerning himself with fundraising for the next 2 months! Jim is in the re-hab facility where is he learning to transfer himself. Once that...

Let's finish this one quickly so Jim can fully recover without hosting the fundraiser for two months! :) Thank you!! Wonderful graphic by RedMDer!Pictured: Syncro and Jim! Woo-Hoo! Our 4th Quarter FReepathon is off to a great start, thanks to all of you who have made your donations in such a timely manner to help us try to complete this FReepathon this month, so that Jim can spend his time healing and recovering, instead of concerning himself with fundraising for the next 2 months! Jim is in the re-hab facility where is he learning to transfer himself. Once that...

First photos of Jim taken by Syncro last night and his comments to Jim! Well maybe you dozed off a bit... Jim now has a matched set. The surgeon did a fantastic job, and came and unwrapped it for the first time about an hour ago. Here's a pic, a bit graphic...a Charlie Brown smile. The squeamish may not want to click. ~Syncro All: Just heard they’re going to discharge me this afternoon and transfer me to a short-term rehab center. Hoping to get physical therapy there so I can transfer in and out of bed by myself, then...

Beautiful Graphic by Mama_Bear & RedMDer's Message! Dearest FReeper-Patriots, FRiends & Readers, Jim's surgery was a grand success! Praise God! Thank you Lord and thank you ALL for your prayers! Please continue to pray for Jim's rapid recovery and complete healing! We need and want him back with us ASAP! Howdy everyone! Checking in! All is well.~Jim @ 10/4/2013 11:41:12 AM God bless you, dearest Jim! Our faithful prayers will continue. We know it can't be easy to lose your remaining leg, and I know I can't begin to imagine the pain you went through in your battle to...

Beautiful Graphic by Mama_Bear! Dearest FReeper-Patriots, FRiends & Readers, Change in plans! The surgeon cancelled his trip. All tests are go. Surgery is now planned for tomorrow morning. Will be transferring soon out of ICU to a regular room. The chaplain stopped in for another prayer. Looks like we’re ready to go. Pulse rate coming down. Prayers up! ~Jim PRAISE GOD!Thank you, Lord!God bless you, dearest Jim!Thank you ALL for your prayers, and please continue praying!Surgery for Jim tomorrow morning. We'll let y'all know as soon as Jim lets us know! Our FReepathon got off to a great start...

To borrow a Sarah Palin aphorism, after their election defeat in 2008, conservatives didn’t retreat, they “reloaded.” Instead of finding new solutions to public policy problems or seriously reevaluating Bush’s failures, conservatives focused almost solely on new ways to communicate their old ideas. To do so, they looked to their natural allies in corporate marketing for inspiration — and they looked to the Left for imitation. The result has been a recent and profound turnaround that has allowed the Right the bury Obama’s message and dominate the political debate. Historical right-wing domination of the media Traditionally, conservatives have almost always...