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NEW HAVEN — SNIPPET: "Thompson was charged over the weekend with the June 6 carjacking at Church and Chapel streets and is under investigation for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail over the fence at the Yale power plant at 18 Tower Parkway June 7. He told Detective Wayne Bullock that Allah instructed him how to “melt down” the plant, according to documents filed in court Monday. It didn’t cause any damage." SNIPPET: "Police recovered the stolen Nissan Sentra. After Thompson’s confession, bomb technicians spent hours in a wooded grove near the Kimberly Avenue bridge after he claimed he had buried...

DetroitROBERT THOMPSON wanted to give away $200 million to help children escape some of America's worst public schools. But for three years the successful businessman turned education philanthropist suffered the wrath of Michigan's Democratic establishment for his politically incorrect charter-school proposal. Then finally in August, Thompson found an ally willing to accept his charity. The nonprofit Skillman Foundation will join him in creating the first of 15 planned charter high schools in Detroit. The schools' goal is a "90/90 system"--that is, a graduation rate of 90 percent (up from the city's current 50 percent) and a college admission rate of...

Back in March, Action 4 News spoke to Edinburg's Robert Thompson about his unusual crocheting hobby and he expressed how much he loved making lap blankets for children. He still has needle and yarn in hand, but it's not by choice. Last Thursday Thompson was sentenced to 320 hours of needlework by Hidalgo County State District Judge Rose Guerra Reyna for pleading no contest to sexually assaulting a child. That ruling was the subject of harsh criticism on Monday night's CNN program "Demanding Justice with Nancy Grace". The host accused the judge of hiding for refusing to be on the...