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Rodney King was in a 'state of drug- and alcohol-induced delirium' on the June night he drowned in his backyard pool, according to a coroner's report. By Phil Willon, Los Angeles Time August 23, 2012 ,  9:33 p.m. Rodney King 's struggles with addiction thrust him into public consciousness more than two decades ago, as a drunk driver bludgeoned by Los Angeles police. In June the same affliction led to his death, medical examiners have concluded. King, an avid swimmer, drowned in the pool of his Rialto home in the early morning of June 17 after slipping into a "state of drug and alcohol-induced delirium," according to a  San Bernardino County coroner's report  released Thursday. His death was deemed accidental. Coroner's officials said drugs and alcohol, combined with his enlarged heart, likely triggered an irregular heartbeat that incapacitated him after he fell or jumped into his backyard pool. Along with alcohol, toxicology test...

The Cafe' {Think Tank} Reports: WAKE UP AMERICA!  August 24, 2012 RECORDER REPORT 0 Comments  A Texas county judge is using the threat of a possible civil war if President Barack Obama is re-elected to argue for a tax increase to hire more sheriff''s deputies. Lubbock County Judge Tom Head claimed that Obama will try to "hand over the sovereignty of the United States to the UN" if he wins the November election. Head, who as a county administrator oversees emergency management, said that if that happens the citizens of Texas will not stand for it. "I''m thinking the worst. Civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war maybe. And we''re not just talking a few riots here and demonstrations, we''re talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy," Head said in an interview with the local Fox News affiliate Tuesday. "Now what''s going to happen if we do that, if the public dec...

Breaking News: Obama Put on Notice U.N. TREATY SURRENDERS U.S. SOVEREIGNTY BY SHREDDING THE 2ND AMENDMENT By Nancy Thorner & Edward Ingold - Just as  The Law of the Sea Treaty , also know as LOST, www.unlawoftheseatreaty.org is being urged upon the U.S. by the United Nations and fans of world government as a treaty which works against the interests of the U.S., as does another treaty that the U.N. is presently deliberating over -- the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)-- which seeks to establish common international standards for the import export and transfer of conventional arms. The administration of George W. Bush opposed the treaty when first proposed in 2006, casting a the lone negative vote when 153 nations passed a U.N. General Assembly resolution to begin the treaty-drafing process; the Obama administration is giving ATT high-level support in its push for global arms control. This month (July 2 - 27) the Obama administration is participating in month...

The Supreme Court, in a case involving two 14-year-olds, will consider whether such sentences are cruel and unusual. A California bill allowing parole for juvenile murderers will be addressed this week. Reporting from Chowchilla, Calif.—  She started leaving home at 13, and soon she was gone for good. The streets drew her, the Barrio Pobre gang took her in. She does not deny that at 16 she was there in Long Beach the night her boyfriend killed a younger girl in a gang dispute over a piece of jewelry. Now she is 37, and though two decades have passed, Elizabeth Lozano still looks young — short, thin, with long black hair and expressive eyes. Even in her prison blues, she radiates youth, and she has won acclaim for reaching out to help teenagers in prison and others who are at risk of ending up there. She was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of ever being released, one of at least 2,500 inmates nationwide who were convicted of murder as juveniles, ...

Sentencing a juvenile offender to 110 years to life in prison for attempted murder is cruel and unusual punishment, the California Supreme Court rules, striking down a sentence in an L.A. County case. In this March 11, 2012 photo provided by the California Department of Corrections is Sara Kruzan.  Kruzan was a teenage prostitute in 1994 when she shot and killed her 33-year-old pimp in the honeymoon suite of the Dynasty Suites Motel in Riverside. The next year, she was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Since then, her case has become a cause celebre for victims of spousal abuse and activists who believe too many juvenile criminals are receiving unduly harsh adult sentences. California Department of Corrections — AP Photo Sentencing a juvenile offender to 110 years to life in prison for attempted murder is cruel and unusual punishment, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday, striking down a sentence in a Los Ange...

Daniel Larsen was found 'actually innocent' of carrying a concealed knife, but the attorney general's appeal is keeping him in prison, claiming that he missed a key deadline. At a news conference Monday, Brian Banks, center, carries petitions calling for the release of Daniel Larsen.  ( Brian van der Brug, Los Angeles Times  /  August  20 , 2012 ) By Victoria Kim and Weston Phippen, Los Angeles Times August 21, 2012 ,  5:33 a.m. Daniel Larsen was in a California prison serving a life sentence when he received the news he had awaited more than a decade. A federal court in Los Angeles had thrown out his conviction for carrying a concealed knife. Two judges concluded that jurors who convicted Larsen would never have found him guilty had they heard from additional witnesses who saw a different man with the knife. Larsen's attorney, who has since been disbarred, failed to adequately investigate the case and identify the witnesses before the tria...

By  Anthony Castellano Aug 16, 2012 9:43am ABC A former Texas high school English teacher and mother of three is on trial, accused of having sex with five male students. The evidence against Brittni Colleps, 28, includes cell phone video that allegedly shows group sex between her and four students at her home. Prosecutors say it happened while her children and husband, who is an Army specialist stationed out-of-state, were away. The graphic video was shown to the jury this week. “She [Colleps] said that she craved, that I had something that she wanted,” one of the students involved testified. Police say the alleged incident took place at her Arlington, Texas home in April and May of 2011, according to  ABC News affiliate WFAA . Since all of the students were 18 at the time of the alleged incident, Colleps is not facing statutory rape charges. Instead, she has been hit with five counts of having an improper relationship with a student. One student told...

By  Dugald McConnell  and  Brian Todd,  CNN August 16, 2012 -- Updated 1047 GMT (1847 HKT) (CNN)  -- A web video featuring former special forces officers accuses President Barack Obama of taking too much credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden and allowing classified information about the raid to become public. The ad also includes former Navy SEALs. The organization behind the ad, the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund, has posted the 22-minute web video on its  website . A spokeswoman says the group has raised about $1 million toward an advertising campaign in some key swing states. Over a picture of Obama, the video's narrator says that the group's mission is to stop politicians from using sensitive intelligence about the bin Laden raid and other clandestine programs for political benefit. In a series of interviews, former military and intelligence officers accuse Obama of seeking political gain by disclosing successful sec...