ACLU: Consumers’ privacy at risk in Internet tax case
The American Civil Liberties Union contends that North Carolina’s efforts to collect sales taxes from online retailers could lead to government snooping on consumers’ online shopping habits.
A new policy in a Massachusetts public school district that makes condoms available to all students, even those in elementary school, is drawing criticism from some who say it goes too far.”
Man jailed by courts after courts bankrupt him
Jeff Dolan spent Father’s Day in jail, locked away for failure to pay child support. Deadbeat dads don’t garner a lot of sympathy. But you don’t need to study Jeff’s case for long before you realize that he’s anything but a deadbeat.
Mexican Drug Cartel Warns Police Officers in Arizona Border Town to ‘Look the Other Way’
Police officers in a small Arizona border city are on heightened alert following a tip that a Mexican drug cartel will put them in its crosshairs if they conduct off-duty busts.
Drug Cartel Activity Threatens Texas Water Supplies, Lawmaker Says
According to the Houston Chronicle, Mexican and U.S. authorities were “secretly scrambling” last month to thwart a plot by the Zeta cartel to blow up Falcon Dam and unleash billions of gallons of water
Border fence becomes a government boondoggle
Originally expected to run about 655 miles, the troubled, multibillion-dollar project has now been reduced to a plan for 387 miles, and its designers have lowered its technical standards “to the point that … system performance will be deemed acceptable if it identifies less than 50 percent of items of interest that cross the border.”
Camera Phone ‘Predator’ Alert Act
Camera Phone Predator Alert Act – Requires any mobile phone containing a digital camera to sound a tone whenever a photograph is taken with the camera’s phone. Prohibits such a phone from being equipped with a means of disabling or silencing the tone.
Camera Phone ‘Predator’ Alert Act
Camera Phone Predator Alert Act – Requires any mobile phone containing a digital camera to sound a tone whenever a photograph is taken with the camera’s phone. Prohibits such a phone from being equipped with a means of disabling or silencing the tone.
Peter Schiff Qualifies for Primary, Still Lags Behind Wrestling Queen
Connecticut investor Peter Schiff filed enough signatures to qualify for the Republican Senate primary, local officials confirmed Monday, setting up a contested primary between the libertarian-leaning underdog and state GOP-endorsed wrestling executive Linda McMahon
Peter Schiff Qualifies for Primary, Still Lags Behind Wrestling Queen
Connecticut investor Peter Schiff filed enough signatures to qualify for the Republican Senate primary, local officials confirmed Monday, setting up a contested primary between the libertarian-leaning underdog and state GOP-endorsed wrestling executive Linda McMahon