Mississippi NAACP | Voter Fraud | Prison | The Daily Caller

While NAACP President Benjamin Jealous lashed out at new state laws requiring photo ID for voting, an NAACP executive sits in prison, sentenced for carrying out a massive voter fraud scheme.

In a story ignored by the national media, in April a Tunica County, Miss., jury convicted NAACP official Lessadolla Sowers on 10 counts of fraudulently casting absentee ballots. Sowers is identified on an NAACP website as a member of the Tunica County NAACP Executive Committee.

Sowers received a five-year prison term for each of the 10 counts, but Circuit Court Judge Charles Webster permitted Sowers to serve those terms concurrently, according to the Tunica Times, the only media outlet to cover the sentencing.

“This crime cuts against the fabric of our free society,” Judge Webster said.

While NAACP President Benjamin Jealous lashed out at new state laws requiring photo ID for voting, an NAACP executive sits in prison, sentenced for carrying out a massive voter fraud scheme.

In a story ignored by the national media, in April a Tunica County, Miss., jury convicted NAACP official Lessadolla Sowers on 10 counts of fraudulently casting absentee ballots. Sowers is identified on an NAACP website as a member of the Tunica County NAACP Executive Committee.

Sowers received a five-year prison term for each of the 10 counts, but Circuit Court Judge Charles Webster permitted Sowers to serve those terms concurrently, according to the Tunica Times, the only media outlet to cover the sentencing.

“This crime cuts against the fabric of our free society,” Judge Webster said.

Sowers was found guilty of voting in the names of Carrie Collins, Walter Howard, Sheena Shelton, Alberta Pickett, Draper Cotton and Eddie Davis. She was also convicted of voting in the names of four dead persons: James L. Young, Dora Price, Dorothy Harris, and David Ross.

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Mississippi NAACP | Voter Fraud | Prison | The Daily Caller

WWII Airmen Missing Since '43 Coming Home - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston

The remains 12 U.S. servicemen, including two Massachusetts men, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be buried with full military honors, the Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office said Monday.The 12 airmen were last seen taking off from an airfield near Port Moresby, New Guinea, on Oct. 27, 1943, for a reconnaissance mission in their B-24D Liberator. The crew was never seen or heard from again.The remains of Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Martin P. Murray, 21, of Lowell, Mass.; and Staff Sgt. Frederick E. Harris, 23, of Medford, Mass., will be buried along with their crew mates at Arlington National Cemetery next month.Also identified were the remains of 1st Lt. Jack E. Volz, 21, of Indianapolis; 2nd Lt. Regis E. Dietz, 28, of Pittsburgh; 2nd Lt. Edward J. Lake, 25, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; 2nd Lt. William J. Shryock, 23, of Gary, Ind.; Tech. Sgt. Robert S. Wren, 25, of Seattle; Tech. Sgt. Hollis R. Smith, 22, of Cove, Ark.; Staff Sgt. Berthold A. Chastain, 27, Dalton, Ga.; Staff Sgt. Clyde L. Green, 24, Erie, Penn.; Staff Sgt. Claude A. Ray, 24, Coffeyville, Kan.; and Staff Sgt. Claude G. Tyler, 24, Landover, Md.The remains representing the entire crew will be buried as a group, in a single casket, on Aug. 4, the Department of Defense said. Eight of the airmen, including Murray, were identified and buried as individuals during previous ceremonies. Shryock, Green and Harris were also individually identified and will be interred individually at Arlington on the same day as the group interment.The remains, found in a remote area of Papua New Guinea, were not recovered until 2007, and were identified using DNA. Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died. At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 73,000 are unaccounted for from the conflict, according to the Department of Defense.

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WWII Airmen Missing Since '43 Coming Home - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston

Senate Democrats debt plan saves $2.2 trillion: CBO | Reuters

The CBO estimate has prompted Boehner to rework his legislation to identify more savings. Tuesday, the CBO said the Republican plan proposed by House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner would cut spending by $850 billion over 10 years, rather than the $1.2 trillion as the bill promised. The non-partisan budget scorekeeper for Congress also confirmed that about half of the Democrats' proposed savings would come from reduced costs as the United States withdraws from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Senate Democrats debt plan saves $2.2 trillion: CBO | Reuters

Americans answer Obama's call, contact lawmakers | Reuters

Some lawmakers' websites went down due to the high traffic, including those for House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, and Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, a favorite of the conservative Tea Party movement that has steadfastly rejected compromise.

Americans answer Obama's call, contact lawmakers | Reuters

Walter Reed to close after more than a century - Politics - Wire - TheState.com

President Dwight Eisenhower died there. So did Gens. John J. Pershing and Douglas MacArthur. It's where countless celebrities, from Bob Hope to quarterback Tom Brady, have stopped to show their respect to the wounded. Through the use of medical diplomacy, the center also has tended to foreign leaders.

Walter Reed to close after more than a century - Politics - Wire - TheState.com

Former South Vietnam leader Nguyen Cao Ky dies - World news - msnbc.com

One of his nation's most colorful leaders, Ky served as prime minister of U.S.-backed South Vietnam in the mid- 1960s. He had been commander of South Vietnam's air force when he assumed the post in 1965, the same year U.S. involvement in the war escalated.

Former South Vietnam leader Nguyen Cao Ky dies - World news - msnbc.com

Distinguished Honor - The Belgrade News: Local News

His position was a frozen area in eastern Belgium, near the German border. On Dec. 17, 1944, Milesnick, along with an artillery observer, a radio operator, a mail clerk and a reporter from Stars and Stripes, learned the Germans were mobilizing tanks and moving on Allied positions near the town of Rocherath. Milesnick told the crowd the details of his two-day ordeal fighting the Nazis. And while he received an award for his efforts, the veteran said all of the men involved in the skirmish were key, even the newspaperman.

Distinguished Honor - The Belgrade News: Local News

'The eagle couldn't have picked a better person' | StarTribune.com

It was a crow that first caught Frank Glick's attention. It was flying around erratically, so Glick got out his Nikon camera and followed it. It was around 6 a.m. on a hazy spring day and he was driving through Fort Snelling National Cemetery because he was early for a training meeting at Delta Airlines, where he works. Glick is an amateur photographer, but he always carries his camera, just in case. So he followed the crow, in some cultures a symbol of good luck and magic, until he saw it: a huge eagle perched on a tombstone, its eyes alert, its head craned, looking for prey. In the foreground, dew glistened on the grass.

'The eagle couldn't have picked a better person' | StarTribune.com

Lawyer: 'Cronies' drained Rosa Parks' estate - US news - Life - msnbc.com

The case has been tied up in the courts since the activist died in 2005. She was 92. "Since Mrs. Parks' death in 2005 ... the court system of her adopted city has embarked on a course to destroy her legacy, bankrupt her institute, shred her estate plan and steal her very name "Court cronies named John Chase Jr. and Melvin Jefferson Jr. ... used their court appointment to create make-work projects and overcharge the estate for a large amount of unnecessary administrative 'work'," according to the document.

York County, SC | Mulvaney offers debt-ceiling bill | The Herald - Rock Hill, SC

U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney offered a plan to break the federal debt-ceiling stalemate on Friday, though it found no favor among congressional Democrats or at the White House. Mulvaney's bill came as Charlotte-area lawmakers remained as far apart as their leaders in Congress over the debt issue.


York County, SC | Mulvaney offers debt-ceiling bill | The Herald - Rock Hill, SC

Somers Point: New Jersey town fights for return of bodies from Libya - latimes.com

Even as the United States and its Western allies participate in a modern war in Libya , a small city in New Jersey and a congressmen are battling to bring home the remains of 13 American sailors who died there in another war more than 200 years ago.

Somers Point: New Jersey town fights for return of bodies from Libya - latimes.com

Mexican cartel boss: We buy guns from US - World news - Christian Science Monitor - msnbc.com

It has long been known that gun stores in the American Southwest are a significant source of weaponry to Mexican cartels, a topic that InSight Crime has covered extensively in its GunRunners report. But while Rejon’s remark can be seen as a just another indictment of the availability of arms in US, there is reason to view it with skepticism. In reality, evidence suggests that US gun stores are only one source of weaponry for the Zetas. Much of their arms, especially heavy machine guns, high caliber rifles, and grenades, come from corrupt elements in the militaries of Central America.

Mexican cartel boss: We buy guns from US - World news - Christian Science Monitor - msnbc.com

Napolitano sets plan to curb Mexico drug smuggling | Reuters

President Barack Obama has been under intense pressure to beef up security on the porous southwest border to curb immigrant and drug smuggling from Mexico, and halt the flow of guns and cash proceeds south. The strategy update was the first since 2009. "Since that time we have been devoting really unprecedented efforts to make sure that the border is safe and secure," Napolitano told a news conference at the Border Patrol station in Nogales, in southern Arizona.

Napolitano sets plan to curb Mexico drug smuggling | Reuters

AP Exclusive: DC funded 300 abortions in 2 years - Nation - TheState.com

WASHINGTON — For decades Congress has used its power over the District of Columbia to ban the city from paying for abortions for poor women, but during a two-year period when lawmakers reversed course at least 300 women got city-funded procedures, according to data obtained by The Associated Press. That period when the city was free to pay for abortions ended earlier this year. The city now says that during that time it spent approximately $185,000 providing elective abortions for poor women who receive health care through government programs. The number of women who got abortions and their cost was provided by city officials after AP filed a Freedom of Information Act request.


AP Exclusive: DC funded 300 abortions in 2 years - Nation - TheState.com

Federal Prosecutor | Child Pornography | Chuck Grassley | The Daily Caller

“The OIG conducted an investigation concerning allegations that an AUSA was using his government computer to view inappropriate material on his government computer. The investigation determined that the AUSA routinely viewed adult content during official duty hours, and that there was at least one image of child pornography recovered on the AUSA’s government computer. The AUSA acknowledged that he had spent a significant amount of time each day viewing pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s Office declined prosecution. Disciplinary action against the AUSA is pending.”


Federal Prosecutor | Child Pornography | Chuck Grassley | The Daily Caller

Fort Hood shooting suspect to face court martial | Reuters

A U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in a 2009 killing rampage at a Texas military base will face a court-martial where he could be sentenced to death, a military official ruled on Wednesday. Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 40, who U.S. officials have linked to a radical Muslim cleric in Yemen, is charged in the Fort Hood shootings killed 13 people and wounded 32 others.

Fort Hood shooting suspect to face court martial | Reuters

Atheists Miss the Mark on U.S. History and Heritage | American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ - ACLJ.org

In fact, in Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas, Montana, Kansas, and Utah, there apparently wasn't a single pilot to be found who would fly a banner promoting atheism. As one atheist spokesman said: "A lot of businesses just flat-out refused us."

Atheists Miss the Mark on U.S. History and Heritage | American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ - ACLJ.org

NJ: Exits abound on Obama's economic bench - politics - More politics - msnbc.com

But what has gotten far less attention is that the administration has put little emphasis on new solutions to the painful housing correction, and has almost no permanent financial regulators in charge of implementing all the reforms Congress passed last year that were intended to protect taxpayers from another financial catastrophe like the one that cost so many people their jobs, homes, and retirement savings.

NJ: Exits abound on Obama's economic bench - politics - More politics - msnbc.com

Justice Ginsburg not leaving court 'anytime soon' - politics - More politics - msnbc.com

Democrats and liberals have a nightmare vision of the Supreme Court's future: President Barack Obama is defeated for re-election next year and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 78 the oldest justice, soon finds her health will not allow her to continue on the bench.

Justice Ginsburg not leaving court 'anytime soon' - politics - More politics - msnbc.com

'The veterans' cemetery that America forgot' - World news - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com

CLARK, Philippines — Walking along the rows of tombstones here offers a glimpse of the wars America has fought and the men and women who waged them. But most of the grave markers have been half-buried for 20 years, and there is little hope that the volcanic ash obscuring names, dates and epitaphs will be cleared any time soon.

'The veterans' cemetery that America forgot' - World news - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com