A.M. Links: Manning Trial Verdict Expected Today, Medical Pot Legal in DC, Taliban Free Prisoners in Pakistan
(US Army/wikimedia)
- A military judge will issue the verdict in the Bradley Manning court martial today. The Army private, who leaked classified information to Wikileaks, faces life in prison.
- Medical marijuana is now legal in Washington D.C. That only took 15 years…
- The Taliban have staged a jailbreak in Pakistan, freeing 243 prisoners.
- Unsurprisingly, Anthony Weiner is now polling fourth in the New York City Democratic primary for mayor.
- Syrian state television announced the "collapse of the terrorists' citadel" after the army retook the rebel stronghold of Khalidiya in the city of Homs.
- A Missouri judge didn't mince his words when rejecting the state education agency's attempt to prevent a charter school from renewing its charter.
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