Russian passion Killer Freed after 2 years

This is a tragic story that started in 2002 On July 1, 2002, Skyguide was operating with a single air traffic controller who told the pilot of the Russian Tupolev plane to descend to avoid a collision, even though...

McDonald's Employee Charged With Oversalting Officer's Burger

"McDonald's Employee Charged With Oversalting Officer's Burger Kendra Bull, a 20-year-old employee of a McDonald's in Union City, Georgia, was arrested Friday and now faces criminal charges for allegedly putting too much salt on a police officer's hamburger. After using the...

NYPD Acted as Republican Goon Squad

"Joshua Kinberg's internet-connected, sidewalk-printing graffiti bike got him a lot of attention ahead of the 2004 Republican National Convention; he was Boing Boinged, Slashdotted and featured on CNN and in Popular Science. Though he didn't know it at the time, his gadget...

Canadian anti-Semitism hits all-time high

The audit, performed by the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada, takes into account not only reported criminal incidents but all reported incidents of anti-Semitism. The dramatic leap has been largely...

U.S. soldier gets 18 years prison in Iraq slayings

CHICAGO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A third U.S. soldier on Thursday was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty in the deaths of three Iraqi detainees, officials at Fort Campbell in Kentucky said. Pfc. Corey Clagett, 22, had entered into a plea agreement at the start...

Minuteman border patrol "rooted in fear of the unknown"; founder in snit

The volunteers who patrol American borders have been called everything from patriots to vigilantees. The found of the Minuteman movement - Jim Gilchrist - walked off the set of Democracy Now. You can read an...

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