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Bride Left at Altar Feeds Wedding Meal to Homeless

One Sacramento bride’s family turned a traumatic wedding event into an altruistic and beautiful affair, burying their despair after the groom backed out at the last second and using their $35,000 wedding meal to feed the homeless.

Jilted Bride (Cary Bass-Deschenes / Flickr / CC / Cropped)

Hillary Clinton: Alabama Voter ID Law ‘A Blast from The Jim Crow Past’

On Saturday, taking a page out of the Barack Obama racism playbook, Hillary Clinton accused Alabama Republicans of returning the state to the era of Jim Crow laws, snapping that the state’s closing of 31 driver’s license offices was “discriminatory and demeaning.” She failed to mention that Jim Crow laws were enforced by Democrats from 1877 to 1965.

The Associated Press

Cat Crucified in Upstate New York Park

A black and grey striped cat was nailed to a tree, crucifixion-style, in Upstate New York. According to Schenectady Police Lt. Mark McCracken, “The cat in its entirety was nailed to the tree. … The deceased cat was processed by one of our crime scene guys and taken to a local vet who’s arranging for a necropsy.”

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VA Drivers Refusing to Return Confederate License Plates

Earlier this year, after racist terrorist Dylann Storm Roof was charged with shooting nine black people in a Charleston, South Carolina, church, the media and Democrats across the nation embarked on a crusade to wipe the Confederate flag from society.

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The Naked Mile: Cross Country Team Banned from Meet after Nude Escapade

In September, all 28 members of the Rider University men’s cross country team were denied participation in a Rider-hosted invitational meet because university public safety officers discovered members of the team about to run naked on the school’s track two weeks earlier.

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City Attorneys Advise Kevin Johnson Not to Hug People

Despite the fact that a law firm investigating a sexual harassment claim against Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson found it unsubstantiated, the same law firm wrote a memo to the city attorney warning Johnson should “be advised as to how his actions (i.e. hugging and being flirty) are being perceived by some city employees,” and that he should “refrain from hugging or touching anyone in the workplace or at city-related events.”

AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

‘Mein Kampf’ to Be Sold in Germany

Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler’s malevolent and malignant anti-Semitic manifesto, will be sold in German bookstores starting in January.

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Tree Trimmed After 16-lb. Pine Cone Injures Veteran

Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz is taking precautions after noticing a Navy veteran filed a $5 million suit against the U.S. government, the National Park Service, the Department of the Interior, and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park after a heavy cone from a bunya pine tree fell, striking him on the head.

Bunya pine (J Brew / Flickr / CC)

Teacher’s Huckleberry Finn Joke Leads to Investigation, Firing

On Tuesday, a nationally recognized teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District was fired in a unanimous vote by the Los Angeles Board of Education after a joke about Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn led to a broader investigation.

Mark Twain (Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty)

Blue Jays Fans, Unaware of Rule, Litter Field with Debris

Toronto Blue Jays fans, unaware of the perfect legality of a tie-breaking run scored by the Texas Rangers in the pivotal fifth game of the ALDS series, hurled debris on the field. The Jays eventually won the game, 6-3.

The Associated Press

More Swastikas at UC Davis

The “anti-religious” messages carved into several parked cars outside an apartment complex on the University of California Davis campus on Saturday turn out to have been swastikas.

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Man Shot and Killed Outside Hollywood’s Comedy Store

According to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, “a male black adult wearing a dark hoodie” shot and killed a man outside Hollywood’s famed Comedy Store just after midnight Wednesday morning.

Comedy Store in Hollywood (espensorvik / Flickr / CC / Cropped)

MLB Commissioner Considers New Rule Addressing Hard Slides

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, ignoring the fact that an MLB rule already addressed collisions between runners and fielders, stated that he ponders a new rule while protesting that such a move received consideration before Chase Utley’s hard slide into Ruben Tejada in Game 2 of the Dodgers-Mets NLDS.

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ESPN Delays Film Lauding Scandal-Plagued Kevin Johnson

ESPN suddenly canceled the nationwide release of a film lauding Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson after a video was released showing a teenaged girl whom Johnson has been accused of having molested nearly 20 years ago.

AP Photo/Cliff Owen

Report: California to Fall Short One Million Graduates

The leftist Public Policy Institute of California (PPI) cites its own survey to suggest that the state fork over more money to help reduce the cost of a college education for students and dumb down standards for acceptance in the UC and CSU systems, as the number of college graduates is declining considerably.

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Obama Approval Jumps in California

Unlike the rest of the nation, Barack Obama’s approval ratings have risen significantly in the last five months in California.

AP Photo/Jack Dempsey

Thabo Sefolosha Found Not Guilty in Struggle with NYPD

A jury on Friday found Atlanta Hawks swingman Thabo Sefolosha not guilty on charges of misdemeanor obstructing government administration, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest in the April 8 struggle with NYPD officers that left him with a broken right leg.

The Associated Press