November 12, 2014

What's happening Wednesday morning

St. Louis police buy $100,000 in riot gear, citizens buy guns ahead of Ferguson decision

In an essay posted without fanfare to its website in late October, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said for the first time that Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, had as many as 40 wives. Some of those women were also married to friends of his. And one was only 14 when she became Smith's wife.

A Pennsylvania lawyer has been ordered to pay nearly $1 million in attorney fees for allowing an expert witness to refer to a lung cancer victim’s history of smoking in a May 2012 medical malpractice trial. Defense lawyer Nancy Raynor of Malvern, Pennsylvnia, told the Legal Intelligencer that insurance would not pay the sanction and her personal assets are at risk. “I’m not only going to appeal the decision, I am going after everyone in this,” Raynor said. “If they think for one nanosecond that I’m laying down and putting up with their bullshit, they’re crazy.”

Roughly 1.7 million veterans live in households that participate in SNAP at some point during the year,

23 percent of U.S. respondents indicated they have been diagnosed with depression in their lifetime and two in five (nearly 40 percent) of those patients reported taking time off of work - an average of 10 days a year - as a result of their diagnosis.

 60% oppose . 68% public school parents oppose standardized testing.

Oregon elected a progressive D senator, a D governor, a pro-voting rights Secretary of State, a D legislature and legalized marijuana.



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