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One in four 26-year-olds still live with parents thanks to tanked economy

Robert Wilde
breitbart.com
Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:50 UTC
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A ten-year survey of millennials reveals that almost one in four (22.6%) 26-year-olds are still living with their parents.

The U.S. Department of Education report confirmed that, if you are tired of living with Mom and Dad, then do your homework and stay in school. According to the survey titled "Where Are They Now," education makes a difference: generally those with more schooling were less likely to be living at home. The study shed some light on how older millennials have been faring during the Great Recession.

According to a Pew Research analysis of the 2012 data, lower levels of employment, an increase in college enrollment, and a decrease in young people getting married are major factors in the increase of millennials living at home.

The survey followed 13,000 high school students who were sophomores in 2002, and checked in with them in 2012 to see where are they now.

Some of the results are:
  • 10% living with roommate(s), prompting fellow millennial Katy Waldman to write an embarrassing Slate article bearing the headline, "More 27-Year-Olds Live With Parents Than Roommates"
  • 53.8 percent made less than $25,000 from employment in 2011
  • 40% had been unemployed for one or more months since January 2009
  • 13% reported they were neither working for pay nor taking postsecondary courses
  • 60.2 % of those who had enrolled in college, reported they had taken out student loans
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British teacher found dead in Qatar 'was sexually assaulted, stabbed and burned then dumped in desert'

Don Mackay
The MIrror
Fri, 07 Feb 2014 21:43 UTC
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Tragic: Lauren Patterson's body was left smouldering in a remote desert
A British school teacher found dead in Qatar had been sexually assaulted and stabbed before her burnt remains were left smouldering in a remote desert, a court heard.

Prosecutors have demanded the death penalty for one of the men accused of murdering 24-year-old Lauren Patterson branding it "heinous and shocking" to the country's "conservative society."

Lauren's mother, Alison Patterson from West Malling, Kent, and other family members, were in court in Doha to hear how her attacker took Lauren to a home he used for sexual trysts with women, "conquered her body", and killed her by stabbing her twice.

Then with his accomplice, he put Lauren's body in the boot of his car and drove out of the city of Doha to Al-Kharrara, where they burned her remains.

The court was told a knife was found inside Lauren's rib cage.
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Hearts

Facebook answers grieving dad's emotional plea

Brandon Griggs
CNN
Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:30 UTC
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It was a desperate plea from a tearful dad, tossed like a message in a bottle into the vast sea of the Internet.

"You ever do something crazy because you just don't know what to do anymore? Well, that's what I'm doing right now," said John Berlin, staring into the camera with moist, red-rimmed eyes.

"I'm calling out to Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook," he continued. "You've been putting out these new movies, these one-minute movies that everyone's been sharing. Well, my son passed away ... and we can't access his Facebook account. I've tried e-mailing, and different things, but it ain't working. All we want to do is see his movie.

"I know it's a shot in the dark, but I don't care," he said, his voice breaking. "I want to see my son's video. His name's Jesse Berlin. So please help me."

The Arnold, Missouri, man shot the emotionally raw, 84-second clip on his phone and posted it Wednesday morning to YouTube and Facebook. By late afternoon it had hundreds of thousands of views and he was deluged with Facebook messages.

Then, that night, Facebook called.
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Google's mysterious hi-tech barge must be moved from San Francisco Treasure Island pier, orders City

Peter Fimrite
San Francisco Chronicle
Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:20 UTC
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© Lea Suzuki, The ChronicleA sailboat moves on San Francisco Bay near a Google barge off of Pier 1 on Treasure Island on Monday, February 3, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.
State regulators said Monday that Treasure Island development officials must find a new place for Google's mysterious high-tech barge or face penalties for not having the necessary permits.

The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission sent a letter Friday informing the Treasure Island Development Authority that the barge is not authorized to be moored on the island.

"No permit has been issued to anybody for any activities at Pier 1 or on the adjacent shoreline," said Larry Goldzband, executive director of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. "We have started an enforcement action with regard to activities at the pier and shoreline."

The directive comes after numerous complaints about the construction since the spring when it came to light that Google was building a floating structure at the island.

The barge, made of 80 stacked shipping containers, will have to be moved to another permitted facility in San Francisco Bay while the authority seeks a Conservation and Development Commission authorization to moor the craft on Treasure Island, Goldzband said. The authority could face fines or enforcement proceedings if it doesn't comply.
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Insane America: Chicago G8 protestors found not guilty of terrorism, but guilty of protesting


RT
Fri, 07 Feb 2014 21:14 UTC
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© Reuters / Chicago PoliceThe 'NATO 3': Brian Church (L), Brent Vincent Betterly (C), and Jared Chase are seen in these handout photos from the Chicago Police department released to Reuters May 19, 2012.
Defendants in the 'NATO 3' trial were found not guilty of terrorism charges on Thursday. The three young men, accused by the state of Illinois of plotting violent acts at the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago, were found guilty on two counts of mob action.

Brian Jacob Church, Brent Betterly and Jared Chase were acquitted of charges including material support for terrorism and conspiracy to commit terrorism.

The defendants were found guilty of two much lesser mob action charges and one count each for possessing an incendiary device to commit arson, which carries the possibility of up to 30 years in prison.

After nearly three weeks of trial proceedings, the jury in the case deliberated for just under eight hours before the verdict was read at around 16:15 CST. Closing arguments lasted around five hours on Thursday.

Illinois state prosecutors and attorneys for the defense said the verdict in the trial would create a clear line between terrorism and violence. In addition, throughout the case, the defense showed how much the supposed plot to use molotov cocktails in Chicago during the 2012 NATO meeting was shepherded by law enforcement, highlighting increased counter-terrorism operations by police in the US that critics say border on entrapment. The defense also warned that dissent should not be conflated with terrorism.
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Out of control LAPD cops who riddled cars with bullets in manhunt for renegade Marine Chris Dorner escape with slap on the wrist

Erika Aguilar
Southern California Public Radio
Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:10 UTC
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© AP Photo/Chris Carlson,FileThis Feb. 7, 2013 file photo law enforcement officers look over the scene of an officer involved shooting in Torrance, Calif.
Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck and the L.A. Police Commission have found eight officers violated department policy when they fired at two women delivering newspapers in Torrance last year during the hunt for ex-LAPD cop Christopher Dorner. Beck will now decide the discipline the officers will receive.

"In this incident the Police Commission unanimously adopted the recommendations of the Chief of Police for all officers who discharged their service weapons," police commissioner Steve Soboroff said in a written statement.

Two women were delivering newspapers early Feb. 7, 2013. At about 5:15 a.m., eight LAPD officers fired more than 100 rounds at their blue Toyota Tacoma truck. Two bullets struck Emma Hernandez, 71. The other woman, Margie Carranza, 47, was injured by broken glass.

The officers were protecting an LAPD official's home who had been threatened by Dorner. Law enforcement across Southern California had been on the lookout for a gray Nissan Titan that was reportedly driven by Dorner. A few hours before the LAPD shooting, Dorner fired on two Riverside police officers, killing one of them.
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Attention

Crybabies of the 1 percent: Spoiled rich kids, Tom Perkins and the real affluenza

Paul Campos
Salon
Sat, 08 Feb 2014 08:00 UTC
Forget affluenza. The rich's real "disease" is failing to get that their privileges come at a price: our contempt.

Ethan Couch, Tom Perkins
© CBS DFW/AP/Eric RisbergEthan Couch, Tom Perkins
More than half a century ago, "West Side Story" satirized the idea that what was then known as juvenile delinquency was a product of poverty and the psychological maladjustments it produced, and that therefore "this boy don't need a judge, he needs an analyst's care."

Since then, America has been busy transforming itself into an unabashed plutocracy: while median household income has barely budged since the mid-1960s, the annual income of the top 1 percent has increased by an average of approximately 200 percent in real terms.

So perhaps it's not surprising that the belief that economic deprivation leads to psychological hardship, which in turn inspires youthful crimes, has not merely been discarded but, in some cases, actually inverted.

Consider the case of a Texas teenager who killed four people and severely injured two others while drunk-driving in his father's pickup truck. Prosecutors wanted to send him to prison for 20 years, but a judge decided to give him no jail time at all after an expert witness for the defense testified that the defendant was suffering from "affluenza."
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7 of 10 voters prefer that Obama work with Congress, not go around it

David Sherfinski
The Washington Times
Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:24 UTC
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© AP/Manual Balce CenetaPresident Barack Obama makes a face as he speaks to Costco employees during a visit to a local Costco in Lanham, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. The president is promoting his newly unveiled plans to boost wages for some workers and help Americans save for retirement no action from Congress necessary.
In a new poll released Wednesday, nearly seven in 10 likely U.S. voters say it's better for President Obama to work with Congress rather than act alone, compared to 27 percent who say it's better for him to go around Congress if necessary "to accomplish what he feels is important."

Mr. Obama said in his State of the Union Address Tuesday night that he'd like to work with Congress but that he's prepared to take action on his own when necessary to act on big-ticket items like the economy.

Fifty-three percent of those polled think it's more important for the Republican party to work with the president, while 40 percent say it's more important for the GOP to stand for what it believes in.

Thirty-eight percent say the president more closely resembles the will of the American people, compared to 40 percent who say Congress and 21 percent who aren't sure.
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California man points gun at Girl Scout at his door to sell cookies

David Edwards
The Raw Story
Mon, 03 Feb 2014 12:45 UTC
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A California man was taken into custody over the weekend after he allegedly pulled a gun on a young Girl Scout who was selling cookies.

A press release from the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner's office that the father of the girl, who is a minor, contacted authorities after he saw 59-year-old John Dodrill point the gun at his daughter while she was selling cookies door-to-door on Sunday.

"When the victim knocked on the suspect's door, he opened the door and pointed a gun at her," the release said.

Dodrill was taken into custody for suspected assault with a deadly weapon. His firearm was confiscated as evidence, the sheriff's office said.

The Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner's office has asked anyone with information about the case to call Officer Garcia #4162 at the Southwest Sheriff's Station at 951-696-3000.
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Post-It Note

The complete guide to everything that's happened since the massive chemical spill In West Virginia

Kiley Kroh
Think Progress
Sun, 09 Feb 2014 12:15 UTC
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It's been one month since a leak was discovered at a chemical storage facility operated by Freedom Industries on January 9, spilling an estimated 10,000 gallons of crude MCHM - a chemical mixture used in the coal production process - into the Elk River and the water supply for 300,000 West Virginians.

Despite assurances from federal and state officials that the water is safe, residents and experts remain concerned as the black licorice smell characteristic of crude MCHM is still being detected in homes and schools.

"The scariest part is that we really just don't know what's going to happen," 21-year-old Charleston resident Kellie Raines told ThinkProgress. "All of us are using the water now and we're okay now but in 30 years - I'm young, I don't want to in 30 years realize that I have cancer because of this water."
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