Military choppers fly over Denver during top secret drill

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385) passed on June 16, 1878 after the end of Reconstruction. The Act prohibits most members of the federal uniformed services (the Army, Air...

Not even those on ballot turn out to vote in tiny North Dakota town

"Not even those on ballot turn out to vote in tiny North Dakota town By JAMES MacPHERSON, AP Posted: 2008-06-15 21:28:09 BISMARCK, North Dakota (AP) - Pillsbury Mayor Darrel Brudevold said voter turnout in the city's primary election usually is fairly high."I dare say a...

Jake Long, Chris Long, Matt Ryan selected 1-2-3 in NFL draft

After what started off looking like a boring NFL draft, along came some deals to shake things up a bit."Things were going so normally, so predictably at Saturday's NFL draft. All six players the league invited to the...

The New Slavery

"Human trafficking flies below the radar of most people's consciousness, but it happens — even in New Orleans By Sarah Andert The Capri Hotel on Tulane Avenue was no place for human inhabitants in November 2005. Floodwaters from the levee breaches had inundated the building...

Man asks feds: Have you seen my cocaine?

Is there something in the water in Seattle?"Concerned that his drug-trafficking employers might accuse him of stealing, Leroy Carr did what seemed sensible: phone federal agents to report 31 kilograms of missing...

School district muzzles Al Gore

This is one school superintendent who is going up against the "global warming is a religion" crowd.  Expect to see him tarred and feathered by the gaiaists."The Federal Way School Board Tuesday night put the brakes on schools showing Al Gore’s global warming movie,...

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...

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