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FBI files detail Muslims’ religious practices

FILE – In this file photo of Feb. 29, 2012, New York University students, faculty and clergy gather on the NYU campus to discuss the recent discovery of surveillance by the New York Police Department on Muslim communities. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday released records it […]

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In this file photo of Feb. 29, 2012, New York University students, faculty and clergy gather on the NYU campus to discuss the discovery of surveillance by the New York Police Department on Muslim communities. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday released records it obtained from the FBI that it said showed the bureau's San Francisco division used its Muslim outreach efforts to collect intelligence on religious activities protected by the Constitution. Under the U.S. Privacy Act, the FBI is generally prohibited from

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Trayvon Martin’s parents go to Capitol Hill

Trayvon Martin's parents, father, Tracy Martin, left, and mother Sybrina Fulton attend a House Judiciary Committee briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (AP) — In a packed forum on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the parents of Trayvon Martin found support among […]

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Trayvon Martin's parents, father, Tracy Martin, left, and mother Sybrina Fulton attend a House Judiciary Committee briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a packed forum on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the parents of Trayvon Martin found support among members of Congress who turned the death of their 17-year-old's son into a rallying cry against racial profiling. Martin's parents spoke briefly before a Democrats-only congressional panel as cameras clicked noisily in front of them.

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Justice Served? Families of Afghan massacre victims paid by US

Afghan villagers pray over the grave of one of the 16 victims killed in a shooting rampage in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 24, 2012. Mohammad Wazir has trouble even drinking water now, because it reminds him of the last time he saw his 7-year-old daughter. He had […]

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Afghan villagers pray over the grave of one of the 16 victims killed in a shooting rampage in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 24, 2012. Mohammad Wazir has trouble even drinking water now, because it reminds him of the last time he saw his 7-year-old daughter. He had asked his wife for a drink but his daughter insisted on fetching it. Now his daughter Masooma is dead, killed along with 10 other members of his family in a shooting rampage attributed to a U.S. soldier. The soldier faces the death penalty but Wazir and his neighbors say they feel irreparably broken. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

(MintPress)— The United States has paid tens of thousands of dollars to family members of victims killed in a shooting rampage allegedly perpetrated by an American soldier. MintPress previously reported that US Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales stands accused of leaving his post on a base in Afghanistan in the middle of the night March 11,  and

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NYPD whistleblower’s allegations confirmed

(NEW YORK) MintPress — The hits just keep on coming for the New York Police Department. It is already under fire for reports that it spied on Muslim communities in New York and New Jersey and infiltrated Muslim student associations at several universities on the East coast as well as for the recent killing of […]

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(NEW YORK) MintPress — The hits just keep on coming for the New York Police Department. It is already under fire for reports that it spied on Muslim communities in New York and New Jersey and infiltrated Muslim student associations at several universities on the East coast as well as for the recent killing of an unarmed teen in the Bronx and

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2 US soldiers held in drugs, murder plot

Kevin Corley EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Two men with Army ties — including an active-duty sergeant — sought to work with a Mexican drug cartel in a murder-for-hire scheme in which they would kill rival gang members and recover stolen cocaine for $50,000 and drugs, according to a federal criminal complaint. Sgt. Samuel Walker, […]

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Kevin Corley

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Two men with Army ties — including an active-duty sergeant — sought to work with a Mexican drug cartel in a murder-for-hire scheme in which they would kill rival gang members and recover stolen cocaine for $50,000 and drugs, according to a federal criminal complaint. Sgt. Samuel Walker, 28, and former Lt. Kevin Corley, 29,

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Lawmakers call airport screeners ineffective, rude

WASHINGTON (AP) — House members of both parties on Monday teed off against the agency in charge of airport and port anti-terrorist screening, saying it uses ineffective tactics, wastes money on faulty equipment and treats travelers rudely. “We’re not cattle,” said Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., adding that ‘barking orders” undermines the good work of the […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House members of both parties on Monday teed off against the agency in charge of airport and port anti-terrorist screening, saying it uses ineffective tactics, wastes money on faulty equipment and treats travelers rudely. "We're not cattle," said Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., adding that 'barking orders" undermines the good work

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