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An unarmed Florida therapist was shot by police while trying to calm down his autistic patient, authorities said. Police in North Miami were responding to a report of a man with what appeared to be a gun when they came across Charles Kinsey and his patient, who had run away from a group home.

Dallas police officer Nick Novello, 62, accused his police chief David Brown of failing the public The 34-year veteran with the force claims Brown is at the helm of a police team low on morale and over worked with insufficient pay He said the police chief was guilty of 'grandstanding' in his public appeal to hire more young black men to his force He claimed that the Dallas Police Department had been plunged into an all time low with many disillusioned officers serving the public He said much of the black community in Dallas distrusts the police force Novello said...

A black delivery driver was told by his manager that he would not be making a delivery because the customer had said she only wanted a white driver in her house. Marcus Bradley, an African American, who has worked for Lowe's Home Improvement for the last 11 years, was left devastated after his manager complied with the customer's outrageous wish. The shocking incident reportedly happened in the city of Danville, situated in the US state of Virginia.

The Charleston church that was the site of a massacre on Wednesday held its first service since the horrific incident today. Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church opened its doors for their weekly 9:30am service as thousands poured out to support the church, most filling the outside parking lot and street as they could not even get into the building. Just five days ago, nine members of the congregation were shot dead in a racially motivated hate crime at the hands of 21-year-old Dylann Roof. Services began with the organist playing Amazing Grace followed by What a Friend We Have in...

DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox this afternoon premiered the trailer for Lincoln, which opens November 9:

<p>The Salahis weren't the only gate-crashers living it up at the White House state dinner last November. The Secret Service revealed Monday that a third individual who was not on the guest list made it into the dinner, though the agency says the individual went through security screening and did not appear to have any interaction with President Obama. The Secret Service, which did not name the individual, said the information about the third party-crasher came out in the course of the investigation into the breach at the Nov. 24 dinner honoring India's prime minister.</p>

I would like to be able to read the bill so that I know what questions to ask.

A private swim club in suburban Philadelphia allegedly discriminated against minority children from a city day camp, denying the campers re-entry amid claims of racism, camp officials claim. Alethea Wright, executive director of Creative Steps Inc., told MyFOXPhilly.com that the camp's check for $1,950 was returned after just one 90-minute session on June 29 at the Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley.

Can anybody tell me if the Harley Davidson Sportster 883 is okay for a beginner? Any suggestions on the best bike to start out with?

My husband and I have been trying to get my husband's missing absentee ballot for weeks now. His home town is in the tank for Obama (city in Michigan) my husband usually votes Republican and his hometown is so small they know the absentee voters by name. Can you believe they finally sent my husbands ballot 10/31 and we received it today 11/3/08. I called the Clerk's office and she said it had to be there by 8pm 11/4. I gladly paid $16.50 to send my husband's ballot by 12pm tomorrow someone will have to sign for his mail and...

<p>I just watched him get interviewed and Diane tried to do what she tries to do (talk down to you so sweetly). But Joe was not having it, he politely articulated that Obama wants to spread the wealth, which is socialism. Good Job Joe!</p>

I just want to say that we should boycott the Olympics. China is a repressive, corrupt, un-godly, heinous regime. Our athletes are forced to compete in their foul air, under the watchful eye of big brother. China's citizen's were forced to skim their foul seas of algae so their government would not be embarrassed. We should not reward them with our viewing.

Drilling off the coast of California, Florida and elsewhere would increase domestic oil production by 7 percent by 2030, according to the Energy Information Administration. But “because oil prices are determined on the international market…any impact on average wellhead prices is expected to be insignificant.” There is no short-term benefit to drilling, says the EIA, because it would take at least five years for oil production to begin. (Source: Center for American Progress.)

NORFOLK At the end of this semester, Steven Aird will lose his job as an associate professor of biology at Norfolk State University for giving out too many F's. He is not going quietly. Aird says his termination is part of a dumbing-down of academic standards at NSU - a move by administrators to intimidate faculty members into passing undeserving students and rewarding inferior work. Other faculty members in NSU's School of Science and Technology say they, too, have experienced pressure to bend their standards to pass more students, and more than a dozen current and former students in the...

RYAN FREDERICK is no hero, no matter what they're saying about him on the Internet. He's the 28-year-old Chesapeake man being held in the Jan. 17 shooting death of Detective Jarrod Shivers. Shivers, 34, was executing a drug search warrant at Frederick's residence the night he was killed. According to police, the eight-year police veteran was hit in the arm and chest by a shot fired from inside the house. In a jailhouse interview, Frederick said he was in bed when the police came to his door about 8:30 p.m. Awakened by his barking dogs, Frederick said, he thought his...

SUFFOLK – A former Navy SEAL found with illegal weapons and explosives at his home near Chuckatuck was arraigned in court today. Elbert Tillman Jr., 34, was arrested by Suffolk Police on Dec. 29 after a search of his residence revealed more than 200 different types of illegal explosives, a large quantity of possible illegal steroids, syringes, 18 rifles, numerous handguns, two computers and 28 metal military boxes of assorted ammunition. Tillman was arraigned via video in Suffolk General District Court from the Western Tidewater Regional Jail, where he’s being held without bond. Tillman pled not guilty to four felony...

SUFFOLK The helicopter flew low and fast over the parked cars at Peanut Fest, barely topping the nearby treeline before its nose pulled up in an almost vertical tilt. Rick Jackson watched the acrobatics Sunday from his nearby hangar. He figured the maneuvers were just part of a solo test run to check the wind. Then the helicopter flew closer, and Jackson grew alarmed. The rides had already begun. "You don't do that when you've got people aboard," said Jackson, a licensed pilot and helicopter owner. The police cut short the helicopter rides at Peanut Fest soon after and arrested...

A 60-year-old woman who is mentally ill has filed a $2 million lawsuit against the city of Virginia Beach, the state and Sheriff Paul Lanteigne. The lawsuit, filed in Virginia Beach Circuit Court on Tuesday, says Janace Johnson, who has schizoaffective disorder, was wrongfully arrested and prosecuted. It also says Johnson did not receive necessary medical care and that law enforcement officers used excessive force against her while she was in the Virginia Beach jail. The retired nurses' aide supervisor was released from jail May 18 with a broken nose, a busted lip, a black eye, broken dentures and other...

Subject: NOAH IN 2006 In the year 2006, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said, "Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me.   Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing along with a few good humans."   He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, "You have 6 months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights."   Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in...

FORT LAUDERDALE – Young men armed with baseball bats or sticks attacked three homeless men, killing one and hospitalizing the two others early Thursday morning in the city's downtown and beachside areas, police said. One of the homeless men died from his injuries around 8 a.m. at Broward General Medical Center. He was identified later as Norris Gaynor, 45. The two other homeless men were listed as serious at the hospital. They were not immediately identified. The attacks occurred between 2 and 4 a.m. and involved two to four young white males, news partner NBC 6 reported. The attacks occurred...