"The protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, want justice for the unarmed black teenager shot and killed there by a police officer. But the protests also reflect broader patterns of racial injustice across the country, from chronic police violence and abuse against black men to the persistent economic and social exclusion of communities of color."

"An off-duty St. Louis, Missouri, police officer shot and killed a teen Wednesday, firing his gun 17 times, authorities said."

"A Habersham County grand jury has decided not to charge any of the law enforcement officers involved in the botched drug raid that disfigured a toddler."

"A Dubai police spokesperson told the 7 Days newspaper that custom-made software will allow the officers' Glass to sync with a database of faces. That way if police officers encounter wanted crooks, their eyewear can alert them."

"Records compiled by New York City's Department of Transportation (DOT) reveal that a single speed camera located Brooklyn pumped out an astonishing 1,551 tickets on a single day this past July, totaling a staggering $77,550 for the city."

"Below is a timeline from both perspectives on what may have happened that afternoon."

A McCook, Nebraska man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly trading cigarettes for sex with two 15-year-old Lincoln girls. Thirty-one-year-old Adam Brunswick faces two counts of first-degree sexual assault and electronic child enticement. Police say Brunswick began interacting with the girls through a dating website.

"Statutory rape victim forced to pay child support"

"Now, some police departments are using miniaturized video cameras and their microphones to capture, in full detail, officers' interactions with civilians. The cameras are so small that they can be attached to a collar, a cap or even to the side of an officer's sunglasses. High-capacity battery packs can last for an extended shift. And all of the videos are uploaded automatically to a central server that serves as a kind of digital evidence locker."

"A Connecticut family has filed a lawsuit claiming a public school district, a trio of high school teachers and others engaged in a "predatory religious indoctrination" that left their daughters speaking a "bizarre new language.""

I hate doing dishes as much as the next guy... unless this is the next guy.

"While crime rates have fallen 45 percent since 1990, the memo said that the incarceration rate is now at a "historically unprecedented level," jumping 222 percent between 1980 and 2012. An African-American man who never graduated from high school has a 70 percent likelihood of being imprisoned by his mid-30s; for similarly educated white men, the rate is about 15 percent. And the United States imprisons at a rate six times greater than most peer nations, including those of the European Union, Japan, Israel, and Mexico."

"The parents say Benson High responded quickly. The 15-year-old has been expelled." In your opinion, do you feel the school's punishment was appropriate? Please explain your view.

"A day after a Pennsylvania student rampaged through his high school's hallways, stabbing wildly with two kitchen knives, hints of a motive remain elusive."

"A homeless woman in Japan managed to sneak into a man's house and lived undetected in his closet for a year - and was only arrested after he became suspicious when food mysteriously began disappearing."

"It's a really quick fix, but it was a big jerk move for Facebook to do this without asking permission, or even telling you that it happened. Spread this info around so people don't get stuck without any contact information, too, lest we lose the one aspect of Facebook that was still useful."

"After a year of attacks on whistleblowers and digital journalists and revelations about mass surveillance, the United States plunged 13 spots in the group's global press freedom rankings to number 46."