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Samir ibn Zafar Khan (December 25, 1985 – September 30, 2011) was the Pakistani-American editor and publisher of Inspire magazine, an English-language online magazine reported to be published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Inspire is where the Tsarnaev brothers who committed the Boston Marathon bombings learned how to make their pressure-cooker bombs. A citizen of the United States, he was killed in a drone strike in Yemen while in the presence of al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki. He was not a target.

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Anwar al-Aulaqi was an American-born preacher killed in a drone strike in Yemen on September 30, 2011. He was the first American targeted in a drone strike, a highly controversial move for President Obama after his promise to improve upon the civil rights policies of the Bush Administration. Even Bush never killed an American citizen without a trial

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, former Chief of Staff to Michelle’s husband President Barack Obama. Emanuel has attempted, with limited success, to crack down on gang violence in the city

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The WilliFest Dream Team raps about the upcoming WilliFest 2013, a film and music festival in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Statistics on violence and gang activity in Chicago from the Crime in Chicago blog

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Some gang members are as young as 10

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Excerpt of the DOJ’s search warrant for Fox News journalist James Rosen’s Gmail account, in connection with the investigation into the leak of national security information regarding North Korea. State Department adviser Stephen Kim, with whom Rosen spoke, was prosecuted as part of this probe.

This search warrant is notable because it is the first-ever instance of the U.S. government officially accusing a reporter of breaking the law for reporting on government secrets.

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There was a 25% increase in gang activity in Chicago from 2009 to 2012

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Gang members were responsible for 61% of all homicides in 2012

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Up 21.3% from 2011

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