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The full autopsy of Trayvon Martin, which was made available online Thursday afternoon, states that the 17-year-old was killed by a single gunshot to the chest, fired by George Zimmerman at intermediate range. (See the entire document below.) CBS News reports  that patterns caused by gunpowder wounds near the bullet "suggests Zimmerman fired inches away from the teenager." The autopsy and other medical evidence could prove vital for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who has been charged with second degree murder after fatally shooting Martin in February. His defense rests on the claim that Martin attacked him, and that Zimmerman was acting in self-defense when he pulled the trigger. NBC News reports that Martin's autopsy  revealed a small abrasion  on Martin's left ring finger, which could bolster Zimmerman's claim that Martin punched him. And on Tuesday, ABC News reported that a medical report from Zimmerman's famil...

Tumblr Courtesy of Random House Rob Reid's new novel,  Year Zero , takes a satirical look at copyright law. Most people don't look at U.S. copyright law and think, "Comedy gold!" But it's been fertile ground for comic novelist Rob Reid. The former Internet entrepreneur poked fun at the media industries, and what he considers their hysterical overreactions to copyright infringement, in a talk that he delivered this spring at the TED Conference in California. Reid has followed the same ideas to some outrageous conclusions in a new satirical novel called  Year Zero . Year Zero  begins with the premise that human beings make the best music in the universe. Actor John Hodgman reads the audio book version, which begins: "Aliens suck at music. And it's not for lack of trying." The narrator describes how an otherwise advanced alien civilization first learns about our musical mastery when it intercepts a TV broa...

We were watching the MSNBC on Direct TV and a very interesting statistic displayed on which ethnic race gets the majority of the food stamps in America… The poll reads: “WHO GETS FOO STAMPS?” WHITE – 36% AFRICAN-AMERICAN – 22& HISPANIC 10% It’s true that “white” people do make up the majority of the United States but after all of the name calling and racial accusations over the years, they surely do claim the solid lead out of the group. Interesting…

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 51 year old Ann Pettway who stole the baby in 1987 and raised the child as her own has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

One is black and has big brown eyes. The other is a blue-eyed blonde with the palest of skin. They might share the same cheeky smile, but side by side, they could hardly look less alike. Yet remarkably, Kian and Remee are twins, born a minute apart. Loving: Black and white twin sisters Kian (left) and Remee (right), seven years after they came into the world The pair owe their appearance to a one in a million combination of their parents’ genes.  Mother Kylee Hodgson and father Remi Horder both have white mothers and black fathers. The startling result is a two-tone set of delightful little girls.  They first attracted international attention when they were featured in the Mail at less than a year old.   More... Social workers snatched me from the white parents I loved to make me live with a black family: How the colour-obsessed foster care system sentenced Dawn to a life of regret Now, approaching their seventh birthday, t...

  State Senator R.C. Soles (D - NC) Long time Anti-Gun Advocate State Senator R.C. Soles, 74, shot one of two intruders at his home just outside Tabor City , N.C. about 5 p.m. Sunday, the prosecutor for the politician's home county said. The intruder, Kyle Blackburn, was taken to a South Carolina hospital, but the injuries were not reported to be life-threatening, according to Rex Gore, district attorney for Columbus, Bladen andBrunswick counties.. The State Bureau of Investigation and Columbus County Sheriff's Department are investigating the shooting, Gore said. Soles, who was not arrested,declined to discuss the incident Sunday evening. "I am not in a position to talk to you," Soles said by telephone. "I'm right in the middle of an investigation." The Senator, who has made a career of being against gun ownership for the general public, didn't hesitate to defend himself with his own gun when he believed he was in immediate danger a...

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is seen in this file photo.  (KABC Photo) POMONA, Calif. (KABC) --  Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is accused of conducting secret research on as many as 17 patients during back surgeries. A lawsuit against the hospital and two medical device manufacturers claims Pomona Valley allowed surgeons to implant patients with a putty designed to generate bone growth. According to evidence from an L.A. law firm, the alleged experiments were conducted between 2006 and 2011, with the majority occurring after 2009. An attorney representing 35-year-old April Cabana of Alta Loma said she was enrolled in the experimental research at Pomona Hospital without her consent in September 2008. The lawsuit contends the putty promoted excessive and unwanted bone growth onto her nerve channels, compressing the nerves. A second operation to remove the growth was unsuccessful. Cabana has reportedly not recovered from the surgeries and is now p...