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Date: January 1st, 2010

DC murder rate for 2009 lowest since 1966

1 January, 2010 (23:45) | Crime & Punishment, Human Interest | By: ricjames

Good news: Homicides in Washington hit a 43-year low in 2009. Police say the nation’s capital recorded 143 slayings in 2009, the fewest since 1966. Police had hoped to achieve the lowest total since 1964, when there were 132, but there were three slayings on New Year’s Eve. The homicide total represents a 23 percent [...]

Meet the new boss…

1 January, 2010 (14:05) | 2008 Presidential Race, Economy, Military, Politics | By: ricjames

…same as the old boss, as the lyrics go. I give you President Obama, speaking to a VFW Post in Phoenix: “If a project doesn’t support our troops, we will not fund it,” he said to a meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix. “If a system doesn’t perform, we will terminate it. [...]

Happy New Year!

1 January, 2010 (01:01) | Human Interest | By: ricjames

From we at HoodaThunk? to all of our friends & readers, Happy New Year 2010! Here’s hoping for a brighter tomorrow with liberty and justice for all.