Rep. William Jefferson has filed a motion for a delay in his trial — currently scheduled for January 13, 2008. Continue reading “Jefferson Moves for Delay in January Trial Due to Diminishing Funds”
Police departments appear to be vying for who can claim responsibility for the most outrageous abuse of a taser. This week’s winner: The Wichita Police Department. Continue reading “Police Enter Home on False Alarm and Then Taser a Hearing-Impaired Man Getting Out of the Bathtub”
The Sizzler is a favorite carnival ride produced by Wisdom Industries. It also seems to have a tendency to kill some children, but neither the company nor the U.S. government appears particularly eager to deal with the matter. Continue reading “The Sizzler: Is a Common Amusement Ride Defective?”
In different studies, scientists have recently identified two major sources of global warming: Kudzo and Canadian beer drinkers. Continue reading “Scientists Identify Two Emerging Threats to the Planet: Kudzo and Canadian Beer Drinkers”
Germany has long investigated Scientology as a cult and a criminal organization. It may now formally ban the organization under a proposal out of Hamburg. Continue reading “Germany Moves to Ban Scientology As a Threat to Human Rights”
James McHaney, a 28-year-old staffer to Senator Maria Cantwell has been fired. McHaney was arrested in a sting during his lunch hour for trying to arrange for a sexual encounter with a 13 year-old boy. Continue reading “Cantwell Fires Staffer Arrested in Child Sex Sting”
Talk show host Michael Savage has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the Council on American-Islamic Relations in an action that threatens journalistis and bloggers and advocacy groups that use material from broadcast and radio programs. The filing seems calculated more to allow Savage to defame an organization than to seek real legal relief. Continue reading “Michael Savage Sues Muslim Group and Attacks Islam”
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an evangelical program at Iowa’s Newton Newton Correctional Facility violates the First Amendment by using state funds to support a particular religion. Continue reading “Iowa Prison Program that Saves Prisoner “Pagans” is Ruled Unconstitutional”
James McHaney, a 28-year-old staffer to Senator Maria Cantwell has been arrested in a sting during his lunch hour for trying to arrange for a sexual encounter with a 13 year-old boy.The sting was arranged through a cooperating witness. Continue reading “Aide to Senator Cantwell Arrested”
The prosecutors have made public that they will not charge Lori Drew in the infamous Megan Meier case in which a teenager committed suicide after Drew allegedly created a false and ultimately abusive personality on MySpace. Continue reading “No Criminal Charges Against Lori Drew in Megan Meier MySpace Suicide”
States have been increasingly charging teens as adults in response to public pressure for tougher laws. Now, however, science appears to question the basis for such laws — showing that the teenage brain is still forming in substantial ways. Continue reading “Studies on Teen Brains Leads Some States to Reconsider Laws Charging Them as Adults”
President Bush has been criticized by members of both parties as something of a spendthift. With $1.7 trillion for the Afghanistan and Iraq wars alone, his administration has left a soaring debt, that now amounts to $30,000 per family. Continue reading “Latest Debt Figure: $30,000 Per Family; Grows $1 Million Per Minute”
The President of the Sudan announced that he has shown mercy and will pardon Gillian Gibbons, the teacher at the center of the Mohammad Teddy bear case. Continue reading “Sudan Grants a Pardon of Remaining 6 Days to Teacher in Mohammad Teddy Bear Case”
The latest toy from the good people of the Chinese fun shop: a CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit that uses asbestos. Continue reading “Canada Finds Asbestos in Chinese CSI Fingerprinting Kit Made for CBS”
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that the recent discovery of a rope and picture of a noose was a hoax, allegedly planted by African-American fire fighter and paramedic Donald Maynard. Continue reading “Black Firefighter Allegedly Planted Baltimore Noose Picture and Rope”