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1. Dashcam video shows arrest of Sandra Bland before her jail death: The dashcam video shows an argumentative encounter that escalates when Encinia orders Bland out of the car, threatening her, "Get out of the car! I will light you up!" [Watch video]

2. Security guard kidnapped, forced to give ATM info, sexually assaulted: Two kidnappers forced a security guard into the trunk of her car before she was forced to release her ATM personal identification number and was sexually assaulted, Conyers police said Tuesday. [Read more]

3. Report: First Ashley Madison customer outed following hack: A person in Brockton Massachusetts, may be the first person "outed" for having an account on the website AshleyMadison.com, a website that encourages infidelity. [Read more]

4. A somber vigil for USMC Lance Cpl. Skip Wells: Sprayberry High School's heart is broken at the death of Marine  Lance Cpl. Skip Wells,  struck down by a terrorist's bullet in Chattanooga, Tenn., last week, and yet it beats on. [Read more]

5. Moms launch 'Stop Shaming Kids' campaign (Opinion): there seems to be an endless number of parents willing to publicly shame their children for one wrong or another. [Read more]

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