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The shootings of two police officers overnight in Ferguson, Missouri, are "inexcusable and repugnant" and threaten the reforms sought by nonviolent protesters, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday. "We will continue to stand unequivocally against all acts of violence against cops whenever and wherever they occur," he said in a statement. A report commissioned by Holder and issued last week found widespread racial bias in law enforcement in Ferguson. The officers were shot toward the end of a demonstration that followed the resignation of the Ferguson police chief. The St. Louis County police chief described the shootings of the...

The year is winding down with some good TV news: The amoral biker-gang drama "Sons of Anarchy" has ended its seven-year run on the cable channel FX, after a final season drenched in pointless sex and violence. Jax, the leader of the gang, shot a bunch of his enemies dead and then drove his motorcycle straight into the oncoming grill of a semi truck. The show wound down into a relentless deathfest. Jax shot his mother dead, because she stabbed his wife in the neck with a barbecue fork. Most of the cast was slaughtered. And for what? It all...

Have you heard about Leland Yee?“Ridin’ Through This World” A longtime California politician who was praised for his efforts to make government more transparent and authored gun control legislation was arrested Wednesday, accused of conspiracy to deal firearms and wire fraud. That, in a nutshell, defines progressive hypocrisy, doesn’t it? There’s more: State Sen. Leland Yee, a prominent figure in California's Democratic legislative majority, was arrested in a federal corruption investigation Wednesday along with an ostentatious gangster known as "Shrimp Boy" — who insisted that he had gone straight — and two dozen of their alleged associates.An affidavit filed in...

Aside from the hardened mug of Ron Perlman and the laid-back country rock soundtrack, Jackson "Jax" Teller (played by Charlie Hunnam) might be the single greatest thing about Sons of Anarchy . Described as "macho eye candy ... Brad Pitt crossed with Kurt Cobain" by The Dominion Post's Jane Bowron (I think she has a crush on him), the club's current vice-president and only son of founder John Teller is at the centre of the story of SAMCRO, the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original. But Jax isn't great because Hunnam is a particularly brilliant actor (though he is...