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the system could be programmed to alert the city's emergency center whenever a camera spots a vehicle matching the description of one being sought by authorities. The system could be programmed to recognize license plates. It could alert emerg
As Afghanistan struggles to cut its raging opium production, aid workers try to find alternative crops, but for some former poppy farmers the choice was easy -- they planted marijuana instead. Afghanistan's opium crop topped all records this year
Starting today, state Department of Revenue agents will begin stopping Tennessee motorists spotted buying large quantities of cigarettes in border states, then charging them with a crime and, in some cases, seizing their cars. Critics say the new
More than 19,000 militants have been killed in fighting with coalition forces since the insurgency began more than four years ago. The statistics show that 4,882 militants were killed in clashes with coalition forces this year, a 25% increase over al
U.S. Customs agents seize $59,000 in life savings from a dishwasher who earned it by working minimum wage jobs for 11 years.
"Mankiw's 10 principles of economics, translated for the uninitiated", by Yoram Bauman, http://www.standupeconomist.com . Presented at the AAAS humor session, February 16, 2007.
An ultra-secret conservative group -- so secret that members don't even use the group's name in communications -- will feature Vice President Dick Cheney as a speaker at a meeting in Utah today.
"If you're convicted of a crime involving drugs, of course you should be punished," Obama said in a speech at Howard University's opening convocation. "But let's not make the punishment for crack cocaine that much more seve
The Spanish newspaper El País published the transcript of a conversation between President Bush and then-Prime Minister José María Aznar weeks before the invasion of Iraq confirms the most dreadful accounts and suspicions about Bush's intentions
When the Arizona Libertarian Party was forced to allow hundreds of thousands of non-libertarians to vote in the primary of 20,000 Libertarians to determine their internal officers and candidates,... they sued. Years later, the verdict.
A U.S. soldier cried as he told a court-martial that his staff sergeant ordered him to shoot an unarmed Iraqi. He said the sergeant then laughed and told the trooper to finish the job as the dying man convulsed on the ground.
School security guards have been caught on camera assaulting a 16-year-old girl and breaking her arm after she spilled some cake during lunch and left some crumbs on the floor after cleaning it up. Caught on camera by another who was then assaulted b
“When I speak of a long-term presence, I’m thinking of a very modest US presence with no permanent bases, where we can continue to go after Al Qaeda in Iraq and help the Iraqi forces.” He envisions a quarter of the current combat brigades. [40,000 tr
In Georgia, 21-year-old Genarlow Wilson is serving a mandatory 10-year jail sentence for aggravated child molestation. His crime: When he was 17, he had oral sex with a 15-year-old girl.
Under the guise of a stop-gap spending bill that is simply supposed to keep the government running until a long-delayed appropriations process is completed the Congress has just approved a massive increase in war funding.
Police had already set up a protest pen outside of the UN for a rally, and quickly moved to herd the marchers into the pens. When members of the War Resister's League exited the pen to deliver the arrest warrant, police arrested 8 of them
Presuming that you are not actually ignorant enough to desire war with the United States, you might be well advised to read the history of the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana harbor in 1898 and the history of the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964.
NASA's first purely scientific mission powered by three solar electric ion propulsion engines. Since it has three ion engines, that puts it one up on the Twin Ion Engine (TIE) fighters of the fictitious Galactic Empire in "Star Wars"
ECB emergency funding is tapped. Banana Republic charges were leveled at the US and UK. The US dollar is at all time lows. Short term commercial paper in Canada is frozen for 7 years. Commodity prices are soaring. Countrywide Financial is delaying th
Some news reports have linked the plane to the transport of terrorist suspects to the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but those reports cite logs that indicate only that the plane flew twice between Washington, D.C., and Guantanamo Bay
The deterioration of the housing markets over the past six weeks has been devastating. I really don't care what we hear on the conference calls this week, because I'm here to tell you from ground zero, it is much worse than anyone has discuss
Naulls' home and businesses were invaded by DEA agents armed with shotguns, automatic rifles -- even helicopters. They seized everything he owned: his businesses, his property, all of his accounts. County child protective services came along on t
Those who regret their vote five years ago to authorize military action in Iraq should think hard before supporting this approach. Because, in my view, it has the same potential to do harm where many are seeking to do good.
Jerry Seabrook is a statistic. Or, rather, he used to be. On June 23, he was a drunken driver. On Aug. 9, he wasn't....In other words, Seabrook was not driving under the influence of alcohol. But now he's out $750 in legal fees with no recour
The Chinese authorities are in the midst of an unusually harsh crackdown on the Internet, closing tens of thousands of websites that had allowed visitors to post their opinions, according to bloggers and Internet monitors in China.
Americans are in far greater danger from their own police forces than they are from foreign terrorists. Bush’s "war on terror" has made Americans less safe at home by diminishing civil liberty and turning an epidemic of police brutality int
Posted by freetarian on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 10:24 PM
I woke up the other day realizing, coming out of a sleep that a coup has occurred. It's not just a question that a coup lies ahead with the next 9/11. That's the next coup, that completes the first.
The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a $4,000 fine against Comcast Corp. for airing a pitch for a sleep aid without telling viewers that the spot was financed by the maker of the product.
Letter of instructions to the Sheriff from the Private Company 'Pacific Institute'. Typed from a mailed copy sent to us by the Sheriff, Bruce Hartman. The colored paper produced unreadable faxes. DNA Roadblocks target all motorcyclist.
