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Living paycheck to paycheck gets harder
"What used to last four days might last half that long now. Pay the gas bill, but skip breakfast. Eat less for lunch so the kids can have a healthy dinner.Across the nation, Americans are increasingly unable to stretch their dollars to the next payday as they juggle higher...A Times Square Pedestrian Is Arrested for Standing Around
"When Matthew Jones of Brooklyn lingered on the corner of 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue in the early morning of June 12, 2004, gabbing with friends as other pedestrians tried to get by, something unusual happened: He was arrested for it. ...In the prosecution’s view, it...
What "Leftist" Means in America Today
"O'Reilly has aptly highlighted here the new ideological divide in our political culture -- one is now on the "Left," usually the "Far Left," if one supports what were previously the defining attributes of basic American liberties ...Fortunately, there is widespread... Did the NSA's Domestic Surveillance Begin Before 9/11?
"Did the NSA's massive call records database program pre-date the terrorist attacks of 9/11?That startling allegation is in court documents released this week which show that former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio -- the head of the only company known to have turned down the NSA's...The Age of Apoplexy
"Too many of us are afraid of letting disagreeable or uncomfortable ideas into the limelight. If it’s not the p.c. overreach of campus “speech codes” or the attempts to criminalize “hate speech,” it’s the FCC’s crackdown on cussing in PBS documentaries and the...Schools Ban Hugging
"The principal says the rampant hugging is creating bottle necks in the hallway and making kids late for class. Furthermore she says although hugs are supposed to be handshakes from the heart some times they don't seem so innocent. "Too long, too close, and usually between...Court decides strip-searching children for drugs is okay.
"The decision upheld a federal district court's summary judgement that Safford Middle School Vice Principal Kerry Wilson, school nurse Peggy Schwallier and administrative assistant Helen Romero did not violate the girl's Fourth Amendment rights on Oct. 8, 2003, when they... Tales of segregation, nooses and bigotry in Jena are distortions
"To Ben Reid, 61, who set down roots in Jena in 1957 and lived here through the civil rights era, "this whole thing ain't no downright, racial affair."Reid, who is black, presently serves on the LaSalle Parish... Man Arrested for Refusing a Prostitute
"It was 8 a.m. when she and her husband, Erasmo, dropped their 6-year-old daughter off at school and had picked up their 22-year-old daughter to go out for breakfast when they saw the woman waving her arms at 53rd Street and Kedzie Avenue last November.The Palacioses, of... Southwest fashion police set no-fly zone
"Kyla Ebbert ... was escorted off a Southwest Airlines flight two months ago for wearing ... a white denim miniskirt, high-heel sandals, and a turquoise summer sweater over a tank top over a bra.After the plane filled, and the flight attendants began their safety spiel,...The Dangers of a Turbocharged Economy
"[America] has morphed into a nation of consumers and investors, rather than citizens. ...The 1970s, the decade when America’s immediate postwar economy, a middle-class bonanza like no other, began to give way to today’s upper-class bacchanalia ... [which] drove ... a... Point, Click ... Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates
"The FBI has quietly built a sophisticated, point-and-click surveillance system that performs instant wiretaps on almost any communications device. ... The surveillance system, called DCSNet, for Digital... FBI spied on Martin Luther King's widow for 4 years after slaying
"The severe dangers from allowing the government to engage in surveillance of Americans' communications with no oversight ought to be self-evident. That government leaders will abuse unchecked powers is the most basic premise of our country since its founding. ... There is a... Monsanto Looks to Patent Pigs, Breeding Methods
"In a move that has environmentalists and consumer advocates worried, one of the world's most controversial corporations is looking to claim swine farming procedures as intellectual property. ...Then, who has been... NFL, MLB, & Studios Overstating Copyright Claims
"Any fan of the NFL can almost recite the warning by memory: "This telecast is copyrighted by the NFL for the private use of our audience. Any other use of this telecast or any pictures, descriptions, or accounts of the game without the NFL's consent is prohibited.""It sounds...Top Members Today
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