Daily News Feed 7.8.2010/Vocab: Sibylline

Zimbabweans wash dirty US dollars with soap, water
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The washing machine cycle takes about 45 minutes — and George Washington comes out much cleaner in the Zimbabwe-style laundering of dirty money.

Low-denomination U.S bank notes change hands until they fall apart here in Africa, and the bills are routinely carried in underwear and shoes through crime-ridden slums.

Some have become almost too smelly to handle, so Zimbabweans have taken to putting their $1 bills through the spin cycle and hanging them up to dry with clothes pins alongside sheets and items of clothing. (Continue Reading…)

Arrest Made in Serial Killing of 10 Blacks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A one-time police garage attendant suspected of killing 10 people and stumping detectives for more than two decades was finally arrested Wednesday after police used DNA from his son to track him down.

Lonnie Franklin Jr., 57, was charged with 10 counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and special circumstance allegations of multiple murders that could make him eligible for the death penalty if convicted, District Attorney Steve Cooley said.
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Housing bias in black and white: Andrew Cuomo targets discrimination that’s still rampant in N.Y.
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is forcefully speaking about – and taking action against – New York‘s dirty little secret: the housing discrimination that makes the Big Apple one of the most racially segregated cities in America.

“Discrimination is alive and well in America today,” Cuomo (above) said at a press conference Tuesday announcing lawsuits against landlords in Brooklyn and upstate Schenectady County. (Continue Reading…)

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