Anthony Herman understands that you might not appreciate the way he fights City Hall.
He realizes that some people tend to look askance when they see 8-inch-tall letters calling city leaders "assholes" is not generally popular with the ch
The BART police officer who shot an unarmed man to death on a station platform early on New Year's Day quit the force Wednesday, to avoid an interview with police internal affairs investigators trying to get to the bottom of an incident that has
Robbie Tolan sits in a Houston, Texas, hospital bed with a bullet from a police officer's gun lodged in his liver. The son of a famed baseball player was shot in his own driveway.
He ended up getting arrested by Amtrak police; handcuffed to a wall in a holding cell inside New York City’s Penn Station, accused of criminal trespass. Kerzic says he was hardly trespassing because he was taking photos from the train platform; the s
The regulations could force thousands of businesses – especially smaller ones that cannot afford the cost of lead testing – to throw away truckloads of children's clothing, books, toys, furniture and other children's items and even force them
Just create a law which allows a judge to say that someone is violating their orders, but that doesn't require the judge to actually prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person can do what they have been ordered to do:
The Chicago Police Department is investigating allegations that an off-duty officer ordered three girls strip searched in December 2007 after a small fire at their high school.
A Witness in Palestine, written by Anna Baltzer, a young Jewish American, went to the West Bank to discover the realities of daily life for Palestinians under the occupation. What she found would change her outlook on the conflict forever.
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss wealth manager UBS AG (UBSN.VX) (UBS.N) is closing all the offshore accounts of its U.S. clients, the bank said on Friday, as it comes under pressure from U.S. tax authorities.
Gary Dugan, the chief investment officer for the US bank, said there has been a remarkable change in sentiment. "People are genuinely worried about what the world is going to look like in 2009. It is amazing how many clients want physical gold,
Under pressure from federal authorities, the Swiss bank UBS is closing the hidden offshore accounts of its well-heeled American clients, potentially allowing their secrets to spill into the open.
Oh by the way, if you're wondering how far off that "catastrophically" is, the answer might be right about now. How come? Treasury today ran a T-bill auction that had only 18% indirect participation. 18% eh? Is that "screw you**
The U.S. lost more jobs in 2008 than any year since 1945 as employers fired another 524,000 people in December, indicating a free-fall in the economy just days before President-elect Barack Obama takes office.
The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, setting up an unprecedented trial in the state Senate on whether he should be thrown out for abuse of power, including allegations that he tried to sell President-elect B
There are so many parents in this free-spirited, unconventional small town who won't get their kids vaccinated that federal researchers are paying money just to hear their reasons. 80 locals will get $50 apiece to talk about their worries over th
Mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted Friday on charges that she accepted illegal gifts during her time as mayor and City Council president, including travel, fur coats and gift cards that she allegedly used for a holiday shopping spree.
Not only has the unemployment rate risen sharply to 7.2%, but the number of workers only able to find part time jobs (or have had their hours cut for economic reasons) is now over 8 million.
He’s talking about printing a bunch of money and just spending it because government—I heard Obama talk about all the things that government is going to give us. The government is broke. The government can’t give us anything it doesn’t take
Is it trespassing when bees do what bees do in California's tangerine groves? That is the question being caught between beekeepers who prize orange blossom honey and citrus growers who blame bees for causing seedless mandarin oranges to develop p
Obama has banned corporations and big donors from funding his Jan. 20 inauguration. But 90% of donations received so far have been raised by well-heeled fund-raisers, including Wall Street executives whose companies have received billions of dollars
"I sense your frustration," he told the crowd. "I understand that you've lost confidence in a process because you've seen what you believe is a homicide ... But listen to me, we are a community of people. We are civilized peopl
For several days sources inside BART have leaked information that veteran officer Johannes Mehserle is organizing a defense around the idea that he meant to unholster his taser but mistakenly reached for his Glock 40 cal. instead.
And one of the fundamental planks of our freedom from government abuse is that we do not let prosecutors take the place of juries. Blago's guilt has yet to be determined by a jury, but there's no denying his grasp of poetry...
FEMA:(Federal Emergency Management Agency) Traitors to The Constitution!
Watch and be stunned as a Fema agent and recruits call our founding fathers the first “terrorist” organization in The United States, DOES THIS MAKE YOU MAD? IT SHOULD!
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