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U.S. / OPINION Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 9:25am neoform

Salon -- A federal jury in Miami today unanimously found U.S. citizen Jose Padilla guilty of "conspiracy to support Islamic terrorism overseas." In so doing, the jury dealt an enormous blow not only to Padilla himself, but also to the theory which the Bush adminis.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 4:27pm neoform

pressesc.com -- US citizens who apply for a job will need prior approval from Department of Homeland Security under the terms immigration bill passed by the Senate this week. American Civil Liberties Union pointed out that the DHS's Employment Eligibility Verification.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 9, 2007 @ 12:17pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A service station that offered discounted gas to senior citizens and people supporting youth sports has been ordered by the state to raise its prices. Center City BP owner Raj Bhandari has been offering senior citizens a 2 cent per gallon price break a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 18, 2007 @ 9:39am mrmdc

Ars Technica -- A new article from the New York Times reveals that it's not just the FBI—the agency traditionally tasked with domestic law enforcement—that has been accessing citizens' banking records in the name of the war on terror: both the military and the CIA.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 13, 2006 @ 4:38pm mrmdc

Washington Post -- Two-thirds of Americans believe that the FBI and other federal agencies are intruding on privacy rights as part of terrorism investigations, but they remain divided over whether such tactics are justified, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll rele.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

SF Gate -- After citizens shot and wounded three suspected criminals in the past week, Oakland police acknowledged Tuesday that residents are fed up with crime and expressed understanding for two shopkeepers and a resident who they say fought back in self-defense... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 8:38pm neoform

New York Times -- WHAT is shocking about Senator Larry Craig’s bathroom arrest is not what he may have been doing tapping his shoe in that stall, but that Minnesotans are still paying policemen to tap back. For almost 40 years most police departments have been aware of s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 8, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

USA Today -- The government is considering a temporary waiver of new anti-terrorism rules that require U.S. citizens to show passports when flying to and from Mexico and Canada, because of a backlog in passport applications, according to a Bush administration official.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 22, 2007 @ 7:55am neoform

Washington Post -- In a crowd of nearly 100 eager faces of newly sworn-in citizens on the grounds of Mount Vernon yesterday, three men in the front row stood out. Their black shoes shone to glossy perfection. Their backs were ramrod straight. One wore the crisp white unifor.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue May 15, 2007 @ 9:45am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- ON APRIL 2, this newspaper reported that the Los Angeles Police Department had asked Philip Morris USA for a $50,000 donation to help fund its investigation into counterfeit cigarettes. That makes a lot of sense: If TV cop shows have commercials, why shou.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Apr 30, 2007 @ 10:06pm neoform

Alter Net -- Arizona rancher Roger Barnett became an anti-immigration icon by claiming to have detained 12,000 border-crossers. Then he terrorized a family of U.S. citizens. Cochise County, Ariz. -- Crouching low, Ronald Morales and his 11-year-old daughter moved q.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sun Apr 1, 2007 @ 10:20pm neoform

Washington Post -- The winds of secession are blowing in the Green Mountain State. Vermont was once an independent republic, and it can be one again. We think the time to make that happen is now. Over the past 50 years, the U.S. government has grown too big, too corrupt.. Read More