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Jesse Jackson visits

Jesse Jackson visits Alexander in prison. Jackson compares Alexander’s case with that of Trayvon Martin: In one case Mr. Zimmerman kills a young man and walks away, free to kill again. And Marissa shot no one, hurt no one, and she’s in jail for 20 years. We see radical racial polarization in the judicial system. “That’s a cause […]

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Wikipedia is not a newspaper

[alert]The second of a series analyzing Wikipedia’s structural, policy and financial problems.[/alert] Today I wanted to find out more about Amal Alamuddin, who is, depending on how you view things, either George Clooney’s fiancee, or a succesful human rights lawyer who is engaged to an actor. As we all do, I put her name into Google and looked […]

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Representing Libyan spy chief

Alamuddin is representing Abdullah al-Senussi, Colonel Gaddafi’s former spy chief, who is accused of numerous atrocities against his people. She is helping the 64-year-old appeal against the decision to allow his trial to take place in Libya, where he could face the death penalty. al-Senussi was convicted in absentia by a French court for the 1989 bombing of a […]

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Born in Beiruit, Lebanon

Amal Ramzi Alamuddin is born in Beirut, Lebanon, Her mother Baria, is the foreign editor of Arab newspaper, al-Hayat. In her youth she was a newsreader on Lebanese television. Her father, Ramzi, is a retired professor of business studies at the American University of Beirut. According the the Daily Mail, Ramzi married outside the Druze faith. He met Baria in […]

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Wynn: Clooney ‘money coddled’

In a Bloomberg TV interview Steve Wynn denys he ever insulted Obama and says Hollywood celebrities “live in a very strange bubble of their own.” They’re money coddled, they’re highly privileged, We are talking about successful artists like George, Barbra Streisand … they live in a relatively small world, the people around them are very solicitous and caring […]

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Clooney, Alamuddin engaged

People magazine reports Clooney’s engagement to Alamuddin, an Oxford graduate and British lawyer who shares the same passion as Clooney for campaigning for international human rights. After visiting her parents in Dubai in March, Clooney gets down on one knee to propose. Clooney presents Alamuddin with a 7-carat emerald cut diamond, ethically mined. The ring also […]

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Wikipedia vs. the Truth

[alert]The first of a series of posts analyzing Wikipedia’s structural, policy and financial problems.[/alert] As soon as Winston had dealt with each of the messages, he clipped his speakwritten corrections to the appropriate copy of ‘The Times’ and pushed them into the pneumatic tube. Then, with a movement which was as nearly as possible unconscious, […]

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Dorner’s ‘Manifesto’ released

In a 20-page document Dorner lays out a long list of complaints against fellow LAPD officers who he blames for a 2008 termination. In the document, Dorner gives shout outs to people he likes: Anderson Cooper, Charlie Sheen, Piers Morgan, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, and even suggests who Hillary Clinton should pick for her […]

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Bets placed on Baby name, twins

Wagers are now being taken on the likely name, gender and hair color of their first-born, bookmaker William Hill said in a written statement. It has Frances and John as the favorites for the baby’s name, at 9-to-1, with Charles, Victoria and George at 10-to-1. WILLIAM HILL: We fully expect that the betting public will get involved […]

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Nintendo World opens

Nintendo opens its first store in the Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. The store replaces the Pokemon Center and contains merchandise from many Nintendo series. George Harrison, Nintendo of America’s senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications, says: Today’s opening of Nintendo World is a milestone in our history. We know fans from […]

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Vanity Fair interview: ‘Won’t Marry Again’

In an interview with Vanity Fair Clooney says  he would never get married again, referencing his failed marriage to with actress Talia Balsam: I probably-definitely-wasn’t someone who should have been married at that point.  I just don’t feel like I gave Talia a fair shot. I was responsible for the failure of that marriage.