Drug selling teen charged in drug death

Opinion I have never heard of police taking this approach - charging people who sell illegal drugs that ultimately kill their users.  I wonder if this approach could be expanded to include Tobacco companies?  " Alta. teen arrested in connection with party drug...

Stevens says, 'I am innocent' after corruption conviction

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens vowed to fight his Monday conviction on federal corruption charges, a verdict he attributed to "repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct." ...

McCain fortune traced to organized crime

This is from World News Daily and Jerome R. Corsi, who is so often quoted by the right's charges against Barack Obama." ELECTION 2008 McCain fortune traced to organized crime Mob...

WWJD: Who Would Jesus Deputize?

"The man accused of last month's mass shooting in a Tennessee church was indicted yesterday on two counts of first-degree murder and eight other counts. It seems likely that Jim David Adkisson's public defender will seek an insanity defense. He wants the case in Knox County's...

Girls' Most Dangerous Sport: Cheerleading

Sometimes I catch a glimpse of the national cheerleading contest on TSN (ESPN) and some of the stunts that they do are really impressive. Throwing people up in the air while they are flipping and spinning then...

Olympic Fashion: a country by country critique (some of them, anyway)

Canadians have been pretty hard on our country's Olympic fashion choices this year, and this blog roundup of international media critiques shows other countries are equally self-deprecating. Perhaps it's...

Alexa to exclude Social Media Traffic to be taken into account

"Alexa no longer counts traffic that a site gains from social media sites like Digg and Reddit. For people whose traffic Last two to three weeks have been good due to social media buzz, they have noticed that it...

Bin Laden's driver found guilty in a split verdict

"GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A jury of six U.S. military officers convicted Osama bin Laden's former driver of supporting terrorism but cleared him of conspiracy Wednesday in the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay. A...

I Am Become Death: Atomic Bomb Dropped 8/6/1945

"Am Become Death: Atomic Bomb Dropped 8/6/1945 Posted on 06 August 2008 by Kevin Today in history, on this day August 6, 1945, U.S. bomber, the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima...

Man wanted for 52 counts of sexual assault in Newport News

" Police are seeking a man charged with committing 52 counts of sexual assault against two Newport News girls. Jerry Thomas Tomlin, Jr., 47, is charged with 26 counts of indecent liberties with a child, 25...

Computer security consultant charged with infecting a quarter million computers

I came across this story which was published on the US Department of Justice website today and after reading the story, I had to share this with the NowPublic community.This 26 year old has been controlling OUR computers without our knowledge for sometime now.  The thing...

Alaska Senator Ted Stevens (R) Indicted 7 Counts, Turns Himself In to DOJ

Alaska Senator Ted Stevens (R) has been indicted 7 counts of making false statements This report is in reverse chronological order.  As we reported events as they unfolded,  the newest reports are found...

Sect leader Warren Jeffs charged with child sex assault, 5 others Charged

Sect leader Warren Jeffs charged with child sex assault, 5 others Charge"  Jeffs was charged with sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony, Abbot said. Four of Jeffs' followers were each charged...

Sulu negotiators in Drilon kidnapping face raps

"MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE 3) Kidnap for ransom charges will be filed against a town mayor in Sulu and his son who negotiated for the release of a television news team over circumstantial evidence that the two had connived with the Abu Sayyaf group, police officials said...

"Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"

""Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" (June 9, HBO) explores the implausible events that took place between these dates, along with details, before and after, that forever altered the life and career of acclaimed...

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