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New Website Tracks How Much NFL Teams Cheat

A new website that purports to chronicle how every team in the NFL cheats promises to “spread the truth” about how often professional football teams bend, break, and shatter the rules.

Brady AP

Amtrak’s New Speed Control System Was Installed — But Never Turned On

Many raised questions on Wednesday, asking why the new speed reduction system wasn’t installed to help stop the speeding Amtrak train derailment that killed 8 on Tuesday. But now reports reveal that the new system actually had been installed, but was never turned on.

The Associated Press

Amtrak Engineer Claims He Has ‘No Memory’ of Derailment

The engineer who was piloting the Amtrak train that derailed Tuesday evening, causing eight fatalities so far, is claiming that he has “no memory” of the accident and “no explanation” for why it occurred.

Huy Richard Mach/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP

Jeb Bush Slips, Says He’s Running for President

Jeb Bush is still one of the main GOP candidates who hasn’t officially announced he is running for the GOP nomination for president, but in an interview on Wednesday, he accidentally said, “I’m running,” before backtracking to say, “if I run.”

The Associated Press

Martin O’Malley Claims Americans Worse Off in Era of Obama

Martin O’Malley, a likely Democrat primary opponent for Hillary Clinton, is saying that America’s city residents have become worse off during the entirety of Obama’s years in the White House. During a campaign trip through New Hampshire, O’Malley, a former

REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST

Railroad Crashes Are Up, with Amtrak Leading the Pack

As the nation comes to grips with Tuesday evening’s Amtrak accident that took the lives of seven passengers, government sources reveal that rail accidents and derailments have increased over the last few years, with Amtrak’s rates higher than the rest.

AFP PHOTO/JEWEL SAMAD

1970’s Constitution Fix Continues to Fuel Illinois Pension Crisis

The most pressing budget issue that the State of Illinois faces is its spiraling public pension debt. The problem is proving difficult to fix, not necessarily because the legislature refuses to try to fix it — though they are doing darn little — but because the problem is ensconced in the state’s Constitution, causing the state Supreme Court to rule against any changes in the pensions.

Deadbeat Illinois

‘Clinton Cash’ Sparks Global Media Firestorm

Media outlets around the world are catching fire with Peter Schweizer’s blockbuster new book Clinton Cash and the steady stream of new information it reveals about the shady inner world of money, power, and corruption of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/AFP

Event at U.N. Touting Press Freedom Was Barred to the Press

An event held at the United Nations, aimed at exploring the topic of press freedom, had everything going for it but members of the press. As it happens, the event was ironically closed to the press by UN security.

Reuters/Brendan McDermid

Police Charge Baltimore Protester Who Cut Fire Hose

The man who police and fire officials say cut a fire hose, preventing firefighters from putting out the flames engulfing a CVS pharmacy in downtown Baltimore last week, has now been tracked down and charged with that crime.

Reuters