Leonardo Blair

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  May 7, 2014

  Woman Claims NYPD Officers Repeatedly Tried to Arrest Dead Husband in Home Despite Posting Death Certificate on Door

  A Brooklyn, New York woman filed a federal lawsuit against the City of New York and two NYPD officers seeking unspecified damages Friday for repeatedly barging into her home seeking to arrest her husband who has been dead for more than eight years.

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  May 7, 2014

  University of Arizona Campus Preacher, Brother Dean, Says Women Wearing Yoga Pants 'Partially Responsible' for Rape (VIDEO)

  A young student campus preacher at the University of Arizona who sparked controversy and an online petition to get him booted from the school last year for saying immodestly dressed women "deserve rape" defended his position in a recent interview that there are "certain qualities" that attract sexual assault.

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  May 6, 2014

  Mother of Zach Sobiech, Teen Who Wrote Inspiring Song 'Clouds' Before Dying From Cancer, Tells His Story in 'Fly a Little Higher'

  A year ago Zach Sobiech, 18, of Lakeland, Minnesota, captivated the world with his brave battle with a rare cancer called osteosarcoma through an inspiring song he wrote called "Clouds." Now, almost a year since he died, his mother, Laura Sobiech, is telling his story in a book called "Fly a Little Higher."

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  May 6, 2014

  Family Pastor of Iowa Church Commits Suicide Weeks After Lead Pastor Gave Thanks That Church Never Had a Funeral in Five Years

  A family pastor in Iowa left his family and friends in deep sorrow and a state of "unbelief" last Thursday when he reportedly committed suicide, leaving behind a wife and two sons.

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  May 5, 2014

  Woman Pays $15,000 Bail for Complete Stranger After Witnessing 'Worst' Arrest She Has Ever Seen

  A woman moved by the arrest of a young man she described as "one of the worst things I've ever seen" plunked down $15,000 last Thursday to secure a cash bail for him even though he was a complete stranger to her.

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  May 5, 2014

  Stephen Hawking Warns Artificial Intelligence Could be 'Worst Mistake in History' as Johnny Depp's 'Transcendence' Examines It

  "Imagine a machine with a full range of human emotions. Its analytical power will be greater than the collective intelligence of every person in the history of the world. Some scientists refer to this as the 'singularity'. I call it 'transcendence'," says Johnny Depp's character Dr. Will Caster in the haunting new science fiction drama 'Transcendence'.

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  May 5, 2014

  First Openly Gay Bishop Gene Robinson Announces Divorce From Partner of 25 Years

  Gene Robinson, retired Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire and the first openly gay priest elected as a bishop in a major Christian organization, announced this past weekend that he is divorcing Mark, his partner of 25 years.

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  May 2, 2014

  Armed Good Samaritan Stops Robbery of Woman's Purse and No One Gets Hurt; Public Calls Him a Hero

  A good Samaritan armed with a gun who prevented two crooks in Houston, Texas, from snatching the purse of a mother while she shopped with her two children without hurting anyone is now being praised as a hero and hailed as the face of appropriate gun ownership.

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  May 2, 2014

  8-Y-O Boy Killed While Trying to Defend His 12-Y-O Sister From Teen Rapist; Community Prays After Revelation

  A family and an entire community in Richmond, Virginia, grieved through prayer and tears Thursday night after 8-year-old Martin Cobb was killed with a rock to the head as he tried defending his 12-year-old sister from being brutally raped by a teenage suspect.

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  May 1, 2014

  Grocery Store in Alabama Advertises 'Jameis Winston King Crab Legs' for $17.99 Per Pound in Jest at Embattled Player

  A grocery store in Alabama is advertising "Jameis Winston King Crab Legs" in honor of the reigning Heisman trophy winner's recent bust for shoplifting $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish from a supermarket in Florida.