Drone Makers Worry About Privacy Backlash
While many civilian applications have nothing to do with surveillance, they're getting a bad reputation
Civil Liberties
North Dakota May Soon Have No Abortion Providers
If restrictive new law goes into effect
Single Slaying Leads to 141 Counts of First-Degree Murder
Prosecution insists it's not grandstanding
Facebook Group Against Police Brutality in Vancouver Launched
Created after footage of a man being punched in the head while being arrested by Vancouver police emerged
Former AZ Mayor Launches Program to Hand out Free Shotguns
Shaun McClusky wants to target high-crime neighborhoods
Obama Urges Lawmakers Not to Forget Sandy Hook
Some senators are threatening to filibuster gun control legislation
Drone Makers Worried About Having Their Projects Grounded Because of Privacy Concerns
Many fear UAVs pose a threat to civil liberties
Black LAPD Cop Awarded $1.2 Million over Racial Harassment
References to watermelons, fried chicken
Gay Former Army Lieutenant Fights Charges over White House Protest
Daniel Choi faces six months in jail for chaining self to White House fence
5 Ridiculous School Security Scares
There's keeping kids safe, and then there's just acting crazy.
Chicago Parents Want More School Choice
Poll shows support for more charter schools, parent-trigger laws
Alaskan GOP Senator Latest to Start "Evolving" on Gay Marriage
Lisa Murkowski acknowledges changes in how marriages are being viewed
Obama Attempts to Use Shame to Garner Gun Control Support
While shamelessly referencing Newtown, Conn., massacre.
Hunters Boycott CO In Retaliation for Gun Restrictions
Most hunting revenue comes from out-of-staters
FBI Wants Broad Power to Monitor Communications as They Happen
Every line is a party line
Arms Trade Treaty Set to Pass United Nations; "U.S. Virtually Certain to Go Along"
Final draft to be approved by UN member-states later today
North Dakota May Lose Its Only Abortion Clinic
Women face a long drive for alternatives
Red States Gain Population as Americans Seek Freedom, Economic Opportunity
Even social freedom does well in red states
Sequencing HeLa Genome Raising Privacy Concerns
Most widely used cell line in biology came from a woman who never gave consent for anything. Neither did descendants
Complaints About Quota-Like Approach to Seatbelt Violations in Maine
Quotas not illegal there though
The Supreme Court's Latest Drug Dog Ruling Has a Downside
When a man's home is no longer his castle.
Laws Being Proposed to Terminate Sheriffs Who Refuse to Enforce Gun Control Laws
380 sheriffs in 15 states have said they won't comply with new gun control laws
Iowa Governor Urged to Release Man Convicted of Murder in 1974
Supporters say he's turned his life around and has helped others in jail do the same
DOMA is Done: Damon Root on a Supreme Win for Gay Rights
A report from this week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court.
2005 Law Limiting Eminent Domain in Colorado Not Stopping Some Cities
Robbing Peter to give it to Paul
Riverside Withdraws Reward for Christopher Dorner, LAPD Says to Do So Would be Disingenuous
Two claims for the reward have been made
