Erik Scott’s family is expected to file a civil case against Costco, the Metro police, and the individual officers over his death, but that isn’t the only action being called for because of this incident. Metro has raised the ire of the the Long Gray
Where will anti-government sentiment — call it "libertarian," "tax revolt" or "tea party" — take America's cities and towns? For a top example, Governing magazine's current edition features the draconian measures under way in Colorado Springs, Colo.
An Israeli military court convicted 2 soldiers of using a Palestinian child as a human shield by forcing him to check for booby traps during the 2008-2009 Gaza war. Ordering a 9-year-old boy to search bags confiscated from arrested Palestinians
15-year-old Ashley was facing trial in Family Court for lying to police after she told officers she didn't know who had assaulted her on the way to school. As she waited in the court's holding area juvenile counselor Simmons came to the handcuffed gi
A veteran federal judge faces drug and firearms charges after an exotic dancer at an strip club told authorities he used cocaine, marijuana and other illegal drugs with her. Judge Camp was arrested after he handed an undercover cop $160 for cocaine a
Since mid-August, the market has become overrun with inflation expectations on beliefs that a massive QE 2 program is in the works. With economic data worsening, the US recovery proven to be the joke it was all along, and stocks close to falling off
Sat, Oct. 9, 2010. Come down and make your favorite sign! There are already so many great stencils that you can use to make signs with, so pick your favorite and paint away. OR, make a new stencil with whatever message you want to send to the public
One of our favorite economists, Gary Shilling of A. Gary Shilling & Co., has given us permission to publish the following excerpt from his latest monthly report.
Hear what Lawrence will has to say about the possibility of an anarchist movement sans the Left, those anarchists who continue to defend, and justify the actions of left-wing groups whose ideas and actions run counter an anarchist or anti-authoritari
President Obama said the United States was facing an "untenable fiscal situation" and would have to get serious about tackling its federal deficit. The US budget deficit is forecast at a record $1.47 trillion in the fiscal year that ended in Septembe
US national security planners are proposing the 21st century's critical infrastructure -- power grids, communications, water utilities, financial networks -- be shielded from cyber marauders and other foes. The perimeters policed by the Pentagon and
"The real problem that exists is people just having credit ripped from their wallet. That's a social adjustment that we're going to have to deal with," said Whitney. "If you had money and you don't have money anymore, that's a traumatic experience.
The only people who can profit from [general warnings] are the officials who issue it. If something does happen, they are covered: They warned us, they won't be criticized or forced to resign. If nothing happens, then we'll all forget about it anyway
A document obtained and witnesses interviewed by Fox News raise new questions over whether there was an effort by the Defense Department to cover up a pre-9/11 military intelligence program known as "Able Danger.
NEY: Cranial features distinctive to Australian Aborigines are present in hundreds of skulls that have been uncovered in Central and South America, some dating back to over 11,000 years ago.
Writings confirm that this period was a difficult one for Norse settlements in the area, marked by devastating crop failures. “Men ate foxes and ravens….The old and helpless were killed and thrown over cliffs,” reads one contemporary account. “We hav
The Fuji Molten salt thorium reactor would generate power at a cost significantly lower than that of current Light Water Reactors (LWR) – at least 30% lower.
. The storms also revealed a deep channel leading into the harbor next to the end of the platform. The channel is cut through the reefs and the bedrock. Research revealed that the harbor has never been dredged and the channel was not cut in modern ti
This is partially a retread of what she said last week, but Meredith Whitney on CNBC says the banks will have one more decent quarter before we start to see new deterioration of credit quality, thanks largely to declining home prices.
Strip away the political correctness, Chapter 3 of the IMF's World Economic Outlook more or less condemns Southern Europe to death by slow suffocation and leaves little doubt that fiscal tightening will trap North Europe, Britain and America...
Almost by definition, unsustainable trajectories of deficits and debts will never actually transpire, because creditors would never be willing to lend to a country in which the fiscal debt relative to the national income is rising without limit. Ben
I prefer to think of this transformation as the National Security State because it rests on a popular consensus that liberties must be sacrificed in exchange for greater public safety from various threats, international terrorism being the most promi
A tiny amount (a milligram) of this radioactive poison quick marches up your smelling nerves right into your brain and keeps firing 1.2 Million bullets a day – forever. That’s a bunch.