Good morning! Today the weatherman is calling for mostly sunny skies with a high around 83°. 

Here’s what’s brewing in the news:

Wrongfully convicted man sues Charlotte police officers

After spending 12 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, a man is suing 13 Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers, alleging they falsified witness testimony against him.

Shawn Massey was released last year after law students of Duke University researched his case and compiled evidence that he not guilty of the 1998 robbery and kidnapping charges for which he was convicted. Prosecutors also admitted he was innocent, reports WBTV. 

Massey's federal lawsuit seeks damages in excess of $10,000.

QUESTION: How much would you seek to collect in damages if you spent 12 years behind bars for a crime you didn't commit?
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Convicted cop killer files appeal

A state public defender representing Demeatrius Montgomery has filed a court document laying the foundation for a possible appeal of Montgomery’s life sentence. A jury found Montgomery, 29, guilty last year in the slaying of two Charlotte police officers - Sean Clark and Jeff Shelton. The fatal shooting took place in 2007 at the Timber Ridge apartment complex in East Charlotte. Durham-based attorney Andrew DeSimone filed the record of appeal on Sept. 15. It challenges more than a dozen points from the Mecklenburg County murder trial, many of which concern whether the court should have ruled Montgomery incompetent to stand trial. (Read more)
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Free-falling space junk

Ahhh, we can breathe a sigh of relief - at least for the next 25 years because we have at least that long before another satellite as large as the 6 tons of space junk that fell on Saturday falls uncontrollably to the Earth again, according to NASA.  We can breathe another sigh of relief that the defunct satellite landed in a remote area somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, according to a statement released Tuesday by U.S. space officials. (Read more)
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These cupcakes may be offensive, but they’re “really good”

Berkeley College Republicans have come under fire and are being accused of racism after having a bake sale and pricing items based on the race and gender of customers. Organizers put the bake sale together in response to a bill which would authorize California public universities to consider race, gender, ethnicity, and national/geographic origin in the admissions process.

They say the controversy is exactly what they wanted. "The pricing structure is there to bring attention, to cause people to get a little upset," Shawn Lewis, the president of the Berkeley College Republicans, told ABC station KGO-TV in San Francisco. "But it's really there to cause people to think more critically about what this kind of policy would do in university admissions."

Some found humor in the event. "Being black, this whole event is even irritating for me because now everyone wants me to buy them cupcakes at a discount," Raymond Stone wrote on the Facebook event page. QUESTION: Should race be considered as a factor in college admissions or is that a form of racism?

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