U.S. Legalization of Marijuana Has Hit Mexican Cartels' Border Trade
The cartels are still smuggling harder drugs but advocates point out the success of legalization in cutting illegal tradeIn the midst of this seething mountain capital, Mexico’s security ministry...
View ArticleGoFundMe Rejects Fund Campaign for SC Cop Who Fatally Shot Walter Scott
A campaign to raise funds for North Charleston, South Carolina police officer Michael T. Slager, who was charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man during a routine stop, has...
View ArticlePolice Officers in Minneapolis are being issued boxes of healthy foods to...
Besides their standard tools, Hennepin County sheriff's deputies patrolling the streets of downtown Minneapolis this summer will be packing a box filled with oatmeal and other healthy foods.The...
View ArticleTexas Bill Would Make Recording Police Illegal
State Congressman Jason Villalba (R) introduced a bill to the Texas House yesterday that would make recording police officers a class B misdemeanor, the Houston Chronicle reported.House Bill 2918,...
View ArticleSecond officer in Walter Scott video is being sued for allegedly stomping on...
Clarence Habersham, who was with Michael Slager during shooting, is being sued by another black resident who alleges police stomped on his faceSheldon Williams Booking picture of Sheldon Williams...
View Article17 year old brutally assaulted by police officer after complying and...
The Free Thought Project reports that in January, 18-year-old Courtney Griffith was pulled over for the light on her license plate being out. Concerned by the officer’s aggressive behavior and knowing...
View ArticleAs promised, 'Anonymous' delivers names of officers in New Jersey fatal...
The hacking group that calls itself Anonymous, following through on a video threat, revealed the names of two of the Vineland, N.J., officers involved in a fatal arrest last week, and officials...
View Article30-year-old Russian man, Valery Spiridonov, will become the subject of the...
This week, 30-year-old Russian man, Valery Spiridonov, announced that he will become the subject of the first human head transplant ever performed, saying he volunteers to have his head removed and...
View ArticleJudge: IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Movie Pirate
The filmmakers behind the action movie "Manny" have filed hundreds of lawsuits against BitTorrent pirates this year, but not all have been successful. In a prominent ruling Florida District Court Judge...
View Article17 year old brutally assaulted by police officer after complying and...
Police in Virginia Beach, VA have been caught on video assaulting two teenagers after pulling them over for a broken license plate light. The officers subsequently tried, yet failed to delete the cell...
View ArticleMiddle school boy charged with felony hacking for changing his teacher's desktop
A middle school student who said he was just trying to play a prank on a teacher he didn't like was charged with a cybercrime Wednesday after authorities said he hacked into his school's secure...
View ArticleRand Paul Pledges to 'Immediately' End NSA Mass Surveillance If Elected...
Sen. Rand Paul vowed Tuesday while announcing his presidential campaign to immediately end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records."The president created this vast...
View ArticleOklahoma set to adopt nitrogen gas for executions | "The person will become...
Oklahoma was poised Friday to become the first US state to use nitrogen gas as an alternative to lethal injection when carrying out executions.Legislation to implement the measure was on the desk of...
View ArticleNew Mexico Governor signs bill banning police practice of civil asset...
Gov. Susana Martinez does not like the term “policing for profit,” but she still signed into law today a measure aimed at barring law enforcement from seizing money, cars or other types of property...
View ArticleAutistic 11 year old convicted of Felony Assault on a Police officer after...
Diagnosed as autistic, the sixth-grader was being scolded for misbehavior one day and kicked a trash can at Linkhorne Middle School in Lynchburg, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A police officer...
View ArticleSprint Fined $15.5 Million After Charging Feds for Government-Mandated...
Sprint Communications just got whacked with a $15.5 million fine for charging the feds the cost of government-mandated wiretapping technology upgrades. The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement...
View ArticleThe most important education law is 50 years old, and we're still fighting...
This sentence from the New York Times might seem straight out of a debate about education in Congress today: "The strings attached to the federal funds were causing many educators to question whether...
View Article10 Healthy Reasons to Start Squeezing Lemons
Saying that lemons are a superfood is an understatement. Not only do they add abundant flavor to a variety of dishes, but they also boast a ton of health benefits. The flavonoids within the juice are...
View ArticleFeeling Sluggish? Energy-Draining Foods to Avoid
Food is fuel, and what you eat affects how your body runs. If you don't want to putter along, feeling sluggish all day long, check out these foods that zap your energy so you can avoid them. Sugary...
View Article22 Delicious High-Fiber Foods
Fiber is incredibly important. It escapes digestion in the stomach and ends up reaching the gut. There, it feeds the friendly gut bacteria, leading to all sorts of health benefits . Fiber also...
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