U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's tour of Missouri's "fusion center" on March 11 was her first visit to a state fusion center since joining President Barack Obama's Cabinet. Governor Jay Nixon...
The latest battle between Georgia and Russia will be fought in a courtroom. A case has begun at the World Court in the Hague in the Netherlands to rule on who should control South Ossetia. Any ruling the court makes, however, would not be binding on Russia."Georgia accused...
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At first, it appeared as though Roots Manuva was being incredibly sarcastic when he said that he wanted to collaborate with James 'You're Beautiful, It's True' Blunt. But then I read this again and it doesn't...
"Tragedies frequently result in flurries of legal activity. Last years witnessed the Myspace tragedy in which a 13 year old girl committing suicide. Unfortunately stalking laws have been clumsy tools that are difficult if not impossible for law enforcement officials to...
"The kitchen knife is the most common weapon used in teenage stabbings, Sir Ian Blair said today, as he revealed that close to 200 weapons have been seized since officers stepped up stop and search measures in...
On Thursday in the U.S. House in unlikely coalition between Democrats (via a sit out of vote) and Republicans voted against continued funding of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The defeat of the funding measure came on a 149-141 tally. (132 Republicans sat out the...
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It's been five days since the cyclone hit Myanmar, and only now is the first UN aid arriving in the country, due to complications over the ruling junta allowing foreign aid into the country."The first seven tons...
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A sad and unusual conclusion to this rare incident. See NowPublic member Politisite's commentary here. "A woman who died after she was hit by a spotted eagle ray leaping from the water off the Florida Keys...
"ELIZABETH,
N.J. — More than four weeks after making a remarkable escape from their
county jail cells in New Jersey, two inmates finally returned to the
building they had fled. The two, Jose A. Espinosa,...
NowPublic contributor politisite has been following this story and reported Monday that Emerson's body was found by police. Today's autopsy results reveal further details of her death.More NP coverage on...
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"A guard named in a note left by two inmates who bored holes in their cell walls to escape from a New Jersey prison has committed suicide.
The guard's body was found at his home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the day he was due to be interviewed about the...
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Inmate #1: "So here's the plan: we're going to break out of this prison by hiding dummies under our bed blankets and covering our exit route with pin-up pics of hot chicks in bikinis. What do you think?" Inmate #2: "I think it just might work."It doesn't seem possible. But...
Nanotechnology is going to revolutionize many facets of our lives, so I am going to bring you nanotech news that you may not have heard. Here's the first in my nano series:"Nanotechnology experts have found a way to harness the elasticity of carbon nanotubes to create a...
"A DNA link has been found in the unsolved murders of two young women more than 30 years ago.
Eve Stratford, 22, was stabbed to death in Leyton, east London, in 1975. Lynne Weedon, 16, was raped and killed in Hounslow, west London, later that year.
No-one was charged with...
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"Tony Hayward, BP’s new chief executive, has prepared staff for a far-reaching shake-up of the oil company as he delivered a blunt warning that third-quarter revenues would be “dreadful”.
Mr Hayward told a staff meeting in Houston he would be announcing a streamlining...
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