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Authorities recovered cocaine in the hotel room where Whitney Houston died ... TMZ has learned. As for the quantity of cocaine that was found, official documents show one of the items police recovered was " white, powdery remnants ." Sources tell us the powder was tested and it's cocaine. We're told Beverly Hills detectives are NOT investigating rumors that someone removed cocaine from the room, because they're convinced it wasn't removed. Sources directly involved in the investigation told TMZ early on ... no illegal drugs were recovered from the room. We have circled back with these sources who now tell us they were unaware at the time that cocaine was present. Bottom line -- cops are in the final stages of their investigation, but they are not focusing on anyone who possibly removed cocaine, because authorities are in possession of the goods.

A House Without Doors Vote Fraud in America     by James J. Condit, Jr.     (published in the November 1996 edition of Chronicles Magazine)     James J. Condit, Jr. is the director of the Cincinnatus Political Action Committee and Precinct Project Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has studied and battled vote fraud since 1979.     For decades now CBS, ABC, and NBC have pretended on election night to be in hot competition to project the "winner" and "loser." We know the act well: Dan, Peter, or Tom comes on the air and solemnly intones, "We can now project that President X is the winner in Florida."     As a viewer, I imagined bespectacled analysts sweating in back rooms, perhaps 30 accountants nervously crunching numbers-all in an attempt to get their anchorman on the air first with the projected winner. But now we know it was all a hoax. For all of the networks (CNN included) have been getting the exact same numbers, at the exact same time, from the

Jason Russell , co-founder of the San Diego-based Invisible Children and the face behind their ‘Kony 2012′ viral video phenomenon, has been diagnosed with brief reactive psychosis . That verdict comes after the 33-year-old was detained by police after he was allegedly caught masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and acting in what authorities termed “a bizarre manner.” On Wednesday morning, Russell’s wife, Danica Russell, released a statement discussing the “worldwide attention” Russell received over Invisible Children’s video, which calls for the capture of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, and how that caused Jason immense stress: “The preliminary diagnosis he received is called brief reactive psychosis, an acute state brought on by extreme exhaustion, stress and dehydration. Though new to us, the doctors say this is a common experience given the great mental, emotional and physical shock his body has gone through in these last two weeks. Even for us, i

By ABC News Mar 23, 2012 5:00pm   (Image Credit: ABC News; Orange County Jail) The slaying of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a Florida high school student who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain, has captured national attention. Petitions calling for justice for Martin have exploded, amid allegations of racism and calls for more scrutiny into how local police  handled the investigation. George Zimmerman has yet to be charged in the case. Below is a timeline of events: Feb. 26 : Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old Florida high school student, is found shot and killed, in Sanford, Fla., a community north of Orlando. Several eyewitnesses report to police that they heard a scuffle, then a cry for help, and then a gunshot. According to the Sanford police report, George Zimmerman, 28, a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain, is found armed with a handgun, standing over Martin. He has a bloody nose and a wo

Silicon Valley fights to keep its diversity data secret By Julianne Pepitone @ CNNMoneyTech November 9, 2011: 1:13 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- How diverse are Silicon Valley's offices and executive suites? Activists have been trying for years to answer that question, but some of the industry's largest and most influential employers -- including Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook -- closely guard that information. Every U.S. company with more than 100 employees is required to file a one-page form each year with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), an independent federal agency. Called the EEO-1, the form categorizes U.S. workers by their race and gender. It's a blunt and imperfect measurement tool, but it's also the only hard data available for tracking the diversity of corporate America. CNNMoney filed a Freedom of Information request in August seeking EEO-1 data from 20 companies: The tech industry's 10 biggest firms by annua

The political leader and Harlem Baptist minister Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972) was a pioneer in civil rights for black Americans. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was born on November 29, 1908, in New Haven, Connecticut, moving with his parents at the age of six to Harlem, New York City. His father was a successful clergyman and a dabbler in real-estate. Adam was sent to Hamilton, New York, to Colgate University (1930, A.B.) and afterwards to Columbia University (Teachers College, 1932, M.A.) and studied for the ministry at Shaw University (1935, D.D.). He was heir-apparent to his father at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and succeeded him as pastor in 1937. Upon his return to Harlem from Colgate in 1930 he had launched a career of agitation for civil rights, jobs, and housing for African Americans. It was the era of the Depression. He led demonstrations against department stores, Bell Telephone, Consolidated Edison, and Harlem Hospital, among others, to hire

Matthew 4:1-11 New International Version (NIV) Matthew 4 Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness   1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted [ a ] by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.  3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”   4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ [ b ] ”   5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:    “‘He will command his angels concerning you,    and they will lift you up in their hands,    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ [ c ] ”   7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ [ d ] ”   8 Again, the devil took him