Boehner Didn't Kill Immigration Reform — He Actually Bolstered It
House Speaker John Boehner said today that he wouldn't bring an immigration bill to the floor if it doesn't have the backing of a majority of the Republican conference.But he only committed to follow...
View ArticleMother And Child Allegedly Held Captive In Ohio House For 2 Years, Threatened...
The FBI has charged four people in connection with a case of "modern-day slavery" in Ashland, Ohio.At a press conference Tuesday, federal prosecutors and detectives from the Ashland Police Department...
View ArticleNeighborhood Forms 'Glock Block' As Alternative To 'Neighborhood Watch'
Residents of a Portland suburb are taking the concept of a neighborhood watch further than most. The Milwaukie, Ore. neighborhood has a "Glock Block" with signs saying "We Don't Call 911," Portland CBS...
View ArticleDriver In Massive Oklahoma Train Crash Had Complained He Couldn't Distinguish...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The driver of one of two freight trains that collided in the Oklahoma Panhandle last year, killing three railroad workers, had complained that he couldn't distinguish between red...
View ArticleWal-Mart Sues Labor Union And Protesters In An Effort To Keep Them Away From...
Wal-Mart is suing labor union that has protested at stores around the country this year. The lawsuit alleges that the union has been "confrontational and abusive," according to NBCDFW.com, a local NBC...
View ArticleMan Stabbed In Chest Outside Times Square Disney Store
A man was stabbed in the chest after a fight outside the Disney Store in Times Square this afternoon, DNA Info reports, in a surprise moment of violence in one of New York's busiest tourist...
View ArticleGoogle To Surveillance Court: It's Our First Amendment Right To Publish...
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc asked the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to allow it to publish aggregate numbers of national security requests it receives separately from...
View ArticleMother Allegedly Shocked Child With Stun Gun For Making Oatmeal Wrong
A Florida mother was arrested last week on charges of aggravated child abuse for allegedly shocking her child with a stun gun after he or she (gender is not identified) made oatmeal incorrectly for...
View ArticleUS Government Claims That 'Nobody' Is Listening To Your Phone Calls Are...
Since we began began publishing stories about the NSA's massive domestic spying apparatus, various NSA defenders – beginning with President Obama - have sought to assure the public that this is all...
View ArticleOBAMA: NSA Surveillance Programs Have 'Saved Lives' And Stopped At Least 50...
BERLIN (AP) — Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have...
View Article'Extremely Dangerous' Former Professor Captured By Feds In Mexican Resort Town
Mexican officials said they had arrested former US university professor Walter Lee Williams, an alleged child sexual predator on the FBI's list of top 10 Most Wanted criminals.Williams was arrested in...
View ArticleFBI Agents Have Fatally Shot 70 'Subjects' In The Past 20 Years And Deemed...
A month after the shooting death of Ibragim Todashev during an FBI interrogation about his connection to the Boston bombing suspects, we still don't have a clear narrative of what happened.Todashev was...
View ArticleKim Dotcom Says That Tons Of User Data Is Gone After Megaupload Servers Were...
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says that millions of personal Megaupload files have been destroyed by the file-hosting service Leaseweb, despite repeated requests from his lawyers that Leaseweb protect...
View ArticleChicago's Crime Problem Is Massively Overhyped
Many readers were surprised that gang-ridden Chicago did not make our list of America's 25 most dangerous cities (based on FBI crime data).After all, last year Chicago became known as the "deadliest...
View ArticleFBI Director Admits Domestic Use Of Surveillance Drones With Little Oversight
On Wednesday FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress that the agency uses drones for domestic surveillance purposes despite lacking rules to govern their use, Russia Today reports.While not a...
View ArticleThe SEC Wants To Make Banks Actually Admit It When They Do Something Wrong
For decades, the SEC has let companies and individuals settle charges without actually admitting guilt, letting bigwigs more or less off the hook with only tacit — but not legal — acknowledgment of...
View ArticleSteve King Is Holding A Marathon, Six-Hour Press Conference To Rail Against...
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), one of the House's most vocal opponents of the immigration legislation being debated in the Senate, is holding a marathon, six-hour press conference to rally opposition to the...
View ArticleObamacare Hits A Major Snag Due To Delays
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its...
View ArticleHow A 23-Year-Old Texan Became The Spokeswoman For People Who Hate...
The Supreme Court will decide a huge affirmative action case as early as Thursday, and a 23-year-old Texan's story could help do away with race-based preferences in colleges forever.Abigail Fisher is...
View ArticleThere's A New Bill To Keep Your TV (Or Xbox) From Spying On You
Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) has introduced a bill that would prohibit TV boxes or DVRs from automatically monitoring viewers to serve targeted ads, Hiawatha Bray of The Boston Globe reported earlier...
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