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Racial tension between police and citizens is higher than ever.
More clashes are to be expected after an armed 18-year-old black man was shot and killed by a white police officer in Berkeley, Missouri (just two miles from Ferguson). Edit
This latest police shooting is nothing like Brown or Garner.
An armed 18-year-old black man was shot and killed by a white police officer in Berkeley, Missouri (just two miles from Ferguson). The city released a video that, the mayor says, shows the man aiming a gun at the police and says it cannot be compared to officer-involved deaths in Ferguson and Staten Island. Edit
It's better to read a real book instead of an e-reader.
From the Boston Globe: "Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital reported Monday that people who read a book on a glowing screen before bedtime took longer to fall asleep and felt less alert the next morning, compared with when they read a printed book."Edit
From ABC News: " Former President George H.W. Bush, 90, was taken by ambulance to the Houston Methodist Hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening."Edit