Dozens of businesses in Ferguson were looted, damaged or destroyed in the riots that followed a grand jury's decision to not indict Officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Michael Brown in August. The majority of those businesses, most of them on West Florissant Avenue — located near the apartments where Brown was shot and the site of the August protests — were owned by locals who seemingly to lost everything. Nearly 13,500 people across the globe have donated $500,000 on the crowdfunding site GoFundMe.com to help the businesses rebuild, according to a Washington Post report Read more... More about Crowdfunding, Us World, Us, and Ferguson | | | | U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Cleveland police department uses "excessive force," and that its officers are "poorly trained and reckless," findings described in a Department of Justice report released Thursday The report comes at the end of an investigation that began in March 2013 to determine if the officers were engaged in a pattern and practice of excessive force. "We have determined that there is reasonable cause to believe that the Cleveland Division of Police engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force –- in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and as a result of systemic deficiencies, including insufficient accountability, inadequate training and equipment, ineffective policies, and inadequate engagement with the community," Holder said Thursday Read more... More about Force, Police, Us World, Us, and Eric Holder | | | | Having recently turned four years old, Instagram's user base of just north of 200 million may pale in comparison to Facebook's 1.35 billion, but the engagement rate for brands on this visually oriented app is hard to beat in the social media ecosyste... | | | | The golden age of Sriracha-inspired food and drinks is a glorious time to be alive. The latest innovation in the condiment's world takeover is spicy beer — Rogue Ales is rolling out a Sriracha Hot Stout Beer on December 8, available for pre-order now. Finally, you can swig a drink during your meal without breaking up the parade of spices Whether or not the beer actually tastes good remains to be seen, but there are enough devotees to the "Sriracha on everything" life philosophy that it's bound to to have a few fans Unsurprisingly, Rogue Ales recommends pairing it with any food you might possibly want to eat, so it looks like the brewery's banking on your hot sauce loyalty Read more... More about Beer, Alcohol, Watercooler, Conversations, and Sriracha | | | | For phone users that rely on Verizon's 3G network, this might not be great news. The wireless carrier apparently has plans to cut the amount of spectrum dedicated to 3G connectivity to make room for more high-speed 4G LTE. This could mark the beginni... | | | | When you impress Michael Jordan, you know you're doing something right Charlotte Hornets guard Kemba Walker unleashed on Wednesday night one of the most devastating ankle-breaking crossovers you'll ever see in an NBA game. As seen in the video, abov... | | | | There's almost as much going on under underneath London as on the surface Sewers, hidden rivers, 270 Tube stations, disused postal railways and Churchill's War Rooms all combine to create a 3D maze just out of sight. But somehow, the ambitious Crossr... | | | |
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