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Post election thoughts
Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:22 PM EST
Looking back at the election and events that happened simultaneously with it, it took me a while to collect all my thoughts over the big picture and all of the implications. And I am no professional pundit.
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Utah rogue cops tasered man for refusing to sign a speeding ticket
Seeded on Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:31 AM EST (CNN)
Dashcam video shows a Utah state trooper tasering a man for not signing a speeding ticket. Abuse of power to the extreme. This is outright scary. This cop needs to go to jail. Protect and serve? Protecting who?
Man arrested for photographing police activity receives settlement
Seeded on Thu Nov 8, 2007 10:33 PM EST (The Seattle Times)
An amateur photographer who was taken into custody last year after shooting pictures of two Seattle police officers while they were making an arrest on a public street received an $8,000 settlement this week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington said this morning.
Verizon Admits to Emergency Wiretapping
Seeded on Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:07 PM EDT (eweek.com)
Verizon—without a warrant or subpoena—turned over customer records of telephone calls and Internet activities to federal officials more than 700 times since 2005, according to the nation's second largest telecom carrier.
Egyptian troops gun down refugees | The Australian
Seeded on Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:47 PM EDT (Australian News Network)
EGYPTIAN troops killed four Sudanese refugees yesterday as they tried to cross the border into Israel, with the Egyptians pointing guns at Israeli soldiers who tried to intervene.
U.S. slips to 42nd in life expectancy rankings
Seeded on Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:08 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)
Americans are living longer than ever, but not as long as people in 41 other countries.
Soldier sentenced to 110 years in rape and murder of Iraqi girl
Seeded on Sat Aug 4, 2007 10:20 PM EDT (CNN)
A soldier convicted of rape and murder in an attack on an Iraqi teenager and her family was sentenced Saturday to 110 years in prison. Some justice is served, finally.
Prince Harry: 'We will never be normal'
Seeded on Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:06 PM EDT (msnbc.com)
The time, Prince Harry tells TODAY co-host Matt Lauer in an exclusive interview, has gone by "really, really slowly actually. It's weird because I think when she — she passed away — there was never that time, there was never that sort of lull.
Getting A Patent Just Got Harder - Forbes.com
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2007 12:41 PM EDT (Forbes)
The U.S. Supreme Court has just made it more difficult to obtain a patent, providing a boon to many technology firms and other companies that are often accused of patent infringement.
Bhutan holds fake national poll
Seeded on Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:13 AM EDT (BBC News)
The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is taking a big step to end 100 years of monarchy by staging a mock election.
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
Seeded on Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:26 AM EDT (CNN)
Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was 84. RIP Kurt Vonnegut
'Porn & Pancakes' fights X-rated addictions
Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2007 1:36 PM EDT (CNN)
"At 8 o'clock on a recent Saturday morning, more than 250 men gathered at New Life Christian Church in Morton, Illinois, for a breakfast of porn and pancakes."
Cancer alert on arsenic in rice from US
Seeded on Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:19 PM EDT (express.co.uk)
HIGH levels of arsenic which can cause cancer have been found in American rice, scientists warned yesterday. Experts are investigating how much rice eaten in Britain is affected by the toxic chemical.
7-year-old on dirt bike arrested, cuffed - Vehicular Peculiarity
Seeded on Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:25 AM EDT (msnbc.com)
Police arrested a 7-year-old boy, handcuffed him and hauled him down to the station house on a charge of riding a motorized dirt bike on a sidewalk. What were they thinking...?!
U.S. military claims deletion of AP footage at attack site in Afghanistan justified - International Herald Tribune
Seeded on Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:08 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
The U.S. military asserted that an American soldier was justified in erasing journalists' footage of the aftermath of a suicide bombing and shooting in Afghanistan last week, saying publication could have compromised a military investigation and led to false public conclusions.
Africa | Mauritania pilot outwits hijacker
Seeded on Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:55 PM EST (BBC News)
The pilot of a hijacked Air Mauritania plane deliberately made a rough landing so passengers and crew could tackle the gunman, Spanish officials say. Pilots ROCK!
UK bottom of child welfare league, sharing the bottom with the US
Seeded on Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:37 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
The UK is ranked bottom in an assessment of child well-being across 21 industrialised countries, according to Unicef.
Katrina shootings police not to face death penalty
Seeded on Thu Feb 1, 2007 2:18 PM EST (Reuters)
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Prosecutors said on Thursday they would not seek the death penalty for four New Orleans police officers charged with shooting dead two people on a bridge shortly after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city.
US soldier jailed for Iraq deaths
Seeded on Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:52 PM EST (BBC News)
A US soldier has been jailed for 18 years for his part in the murder of three Iraqi detainees in May of 2006. 18 years for three murders. Fair? You be the judge.
4 Americans in Iraq crash shot in head
Seeded on Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:17 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
Four of the five Americans killed when a U.S. security company's helicopter crashed in a dangerous Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad were shot execution style in the back the head, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday. More sad news.
Cop Makes Two Guys Rap
Seeded on Mon Dec 4, 2006 11:19 PM EST (YouTube)
An episode of local cable show Tempe StreetBeat put the Arizona city's police department in hot water, AP reported.
UCLA student stunned by Taser plans suit
Seeded on Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:49 PM EST (The L.A. Times)
The UCLA student stunned with a Taser by a campus police officer has hired a high-profile civil rights lawyer who plans to file a brutality lawsuit.
Iraq War Will Cost More than $2 Trillion
Seeded on Sun Nov 5, 2006 6:13 PM EST (Information Clearing House)
Two scholars, one a Nobel Prize winner, revisit their estimate of the true cost of the Iraq war – and find that $2 trillion was too low.
Amish grandfather: 'We must not think evil of this man'
Seeded on Wed Oct 4, 2006 1:23 PM EDT (CNN)
PARADISE, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A grieving grandfather told young relatives not to hate the gunman who killed five girls in an Amish schoolhouse massacre, a pastor said on Wednesday.
UW Football | Mercier mixes music with charity
Seeded on Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:09 AM EDT (The Seattle Times)
In the happy aftermath of Saturday's 29-19 win over UCLA, it was convenient to label the victory as a defining moment for the type of program coach Tyrone Willingham is trying to build at Washington.
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