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(CNN) -- A prosecutor is dropping a charge against prominent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. after Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the city's police department recommended that the matter not be pursued. (What this blurb doesn't say is that they arrested him for breaking into his own house, which he then proceeded to prove he lived at. Anywho, read the rest at CNN.com)

For another perspective, try this on for size from Gawker.com: Black Professor and White Lady Reenact Crash in Cambridge. Even if you think the reporting/blogging is totally biased (and it definitely has a slant, as have all the articles I've read regarding htis incident) it's worth checking out for the source documents embedded in the article as well as the comments from readers, which range from the profound to the oddly hilarious.

And lastly a perhaps more middle ground report from The Boston globe: Harvard professor Gates arrested at Cambridge home. The comments, however, are standard fare. It takes a little while to find anyone not look at this from a reasonable point of view.