A grand jury has the police officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice, 12, who was carrying a pellet gun in a park in Cleveland, Ohio. A prosecutor called it a “perfect storm of human error.” Yes, that was the prosecutor, not the officer’s attorney.- A computer security researcher found a database of personal information about exposed and open on the Internet.
- A police officer in Puerto Rico is in custody after taking three other officers hostage and .
- , famed member of the Harlem Globetrotters, has died at age 83.
- Canada is expecting to resettle by the end of February.
- Apparently Justin Bieber’s label has decided the best way to publicize his new album in San Francisco is via . The city is not happy, probably because it’s yet another target for people to .
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