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Marissa Alexander to appeal her conviction!
A New York attorney well-known for representing battered women in homicide cases is now legal counsel for a Jacksonville woman, Marissa Alexander serving a 20-year sentence for firing a gun in the direction of her husband. He will be appealing her conviction. Read more: http://aareports.com/2012/05/marissa-alexander-to-appeal-her.html
Trayvoning: A sick new Internet trend mocking Trayvon’s death.

Sadly this is not a joke. Teens on the Internet have taken to lying on the ground as if they had been shot with some skittles and can of iced tea near their bodies. They call it “Trayvoning”. They are not doing this to make any social statement on Trayvon Martin’s death but because some how they think it’s funny. Watch more on this here: http://aareports.com/2012/05/trayvoning-sick-new-internet-trend.html
I am thinking about The Walking Dead
“The pros and cons of using a baseball bat during a zombie apocalypse. http://www.thedeadwarseries.com/2012/05/pros-and-cons-of-using-baseball-bat.html ”
Check-in to The Walking Dead on GetGlue.com
I am watching The Walking Dead
“The pros and cons of using a baseball bat during a zombie apocalypse. http://www.thedeadwarseries.com/2012/05/pros-and-cons-of-using-baseball-bat.html ”
59 others are also watching The Walking Dead on GetGlue.com
Last transmission of the US Government during the zombie apocalypse before the start of the Dead War. Buy the Dead War Series: Book 1 here:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006YEKJXO
Mitt Romney struggled to find support for his education proposals while campaigning at an inner-city school Thursday, one day after declaring education the “civil rights issue of our era.” Read more here: http://aareports.com/2012/05/romney-faces-tough-questions-from-black.html
Cory Booker’s comments on Meet The Press about the Obama Campaign’s attack on private equity companies have stirred up a lot of controversy. It has even caused a newspaper in NJ to speculate whether he made a gaffe or if this was a calculated move on his part.To those wondering why it would be calculated the reason could be because The Private Equity Growth Capital Council, an industry lobbyist, noted that the state received more than $3 billion in private equity last year. Nearly half that amount — the 16th most in the country — went to Newark and its surrounding communities. So what do you think? Vote here: http://aareports.com/2012/05/did-cory-booker-intentionally-throw.html
A group of high-profile Republican strategists has put forward a plan that calls for running commercials linking Mr. Obama to incendiary comments by his former spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., whose race-related sermons made him a highly charged figure in the 2008 campaign. Read that proposal here: http://aareports.com/2012/05/super-pac-racially-divisive-plan-to.html
Prosecutors in the Trayvon Martin case have released the affidavit of probable cause for second degree murder against George Zimmerman. Read that affidavit by clicking here: http://aareports.com/2012/05/read-what-prosecutors-say-happened.html