Half-brothers Leon Brown and Henry McCollum were
set free this week after DNA evidecne exonerated their 1983
convictions for rape and murder. They spent 30 years in
prison.- Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska)
yanked a controversial re-election campaign ad after much
criticism. The “Willie Horton-style” ad accused Begich’s Republican
challenger, former Attorney General Dan Sullivan, of letting
convicted sex offenders escape with light sentences, causing the
death of an elderly couple. - A New Jersey town
will not rename its John F. Kennedy Center the Barack Obama
Center after all. Some people were offended. - If it comes to war with ISIL,
foreign policy expert Phil Robertson (of “Duck Dynasty” fame)
is ready, he told Sean Hannity. - Polls show
resurgent support for Hamas among Palestinians. - The
Russian sex geckos all died, because the universe is cold and
lonely and cruel.
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