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Israel Announces Major West Bank Land Appropriation for Settlement

Batsheva Sobelman, LOS ANGELES TIMES   JERUSALEM (L.A. Times) — Israel appropriated a swath of 990 acres in the West Bank on Sunday and declared the...

Down at Half, U.S. Beats Turkey in Basketball Worlds

Brian Mahoney, ASSOCIATED PRESS   BILBAO, Spain (AP) — They figured it would be simple, that they would just beat up on Turkey like they did...

Hip-Hop Moves as Strong Force for Michael Brown

Mesfin Fekadu, ASSOCIATED PRESS   NEW YORK (AP) — Rappers are making their voices heard in song and on the ground in Ferguson, Missouri, in the...

AFP Summit: 2016 Prospects Hone Pitch to Koch Donors, Activists

Kenneth P. Vogel, POLITICO   DALLAS (Politico) — Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Pence, Rick Perry and Ben Carson all sounded like presidential candidates in weekend...

Smithsonian to Honor La. Family’s Civil Rights Efforts

Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY   WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Small communities like Bogalusa, La., often are overlooked in histories of the civil rights movement, but...

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At Least 5 Ferguson Officers Apart from Brown Shooter Have Been Named in Lawsuits

Kimberly Kindy and Carol D. Leonnig, THE WASHINGTON POST   FERGUSON, Mo. (The Washington Post)—Federal investigators are focused on one Ferguson, Mo., police officer who fatally...

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