Senate Blocks Effort to Strip Obamacare Funding
Party-line vote
Nanny State
Meddling Officials Put Kibosh on Crazy Naked Haunted House Plan
No stripping at Shocktoberfest!
Miley Cyrus Points Out America's Ridiculous Culture of Censorship Using Breaking Bad and the VMAs as Examples
It can abide a twerk or a meth cook, but not a molly or an f-bomb
Psychiatric Hold Gives Doctors More Power Over Amanda Bynes Than Conservatorship Would Give Mother
Doctors gave mother power to make medical, financial decisions for Bynes instead
NYPD Officers Cut Bike Lock, Confiscate Bike, For Joe BIden's Security
Nearby doorman convinced them to give it to him so that he could return it to the owner when he came out
Senate Intelligence Committee Looking to Reform NSA Surveillance Practices
Even supporters, apparently
EU Threatens Italy With Fines Over Toxic Emissions at Largest Steel Plant on Continent
Too much pollution for Brussels
New York Teen Facing Weapons Charge For Air Soft Gun
Mom says cops came back several weeks after initial incident, said they were being pressured to produce a charge
Push to Deport Polish Journalist May Have to Do With Report on Corruption, His Bisexuality
Is married to a US citizen who is also bisexual
Third EU Hackathon Held in Brussels, Focuses on Government Surveillance
28 hackers from 13 countries
Oregon Court of Appeals: Suspects Have Right to Privacy in Bathroom
Cops can't barge in looking for evidence of illegal activity
Lesbian Couple Married in Massachusetts Suing Pennsylvania for Recognition
Looking to overturn state law banning same-sex marriages
NSA History: "Operation Minaret" Spied on MLK, Muhammad Ali, and Senator Frank Church and Howard Baker
Over Vietnam opposition--even the NSA acknowledged it was at least disreputable and probably illegal too
Legal Medical Marijuana Mulled in West Virginia
Marijuana Policy Project gives presentation to lawmakers
Los Angeles Schools Halt IPad Program After Students Hack Them
That's $1 billion well spent, eh?
DOJ Update: Las Vegas PD Making Progress, Police Shootings in Las Vegas Down to .86 Per Month
Record-tying 25 people shot by Vegas cops in 2012
Scalia Expects Supreme Court to Hear Cases on NSA Surveillance
But doesn't think the court is equipped to evaluate it
ATF Has Lost Track of Hundreds of Millions of Seized Cigarettes
Audit shows years of misuse of money from sting operations and, of course, lack of oversight
Former Atlantic City Police Chief Quit Rather Than Taking a Budget Cut Demotion, Now Suing Because He Didn't Get Rehired
Sounds like AC made the right call
158 Mass. Medical Pot Dispensaries Clear First Hurdle
Working on getting licenses to legally operate
School Defends Long Term Suspension of Students For Playing With Air Soft Gun: It's For The Children, Even the Suspended Ones
Toy guns dangerous principal insists
Latest Drug Fearmongering From Maryland State Police: "Dabbing" Butane Hash Oil
The crack of marijuana! Panic!
Canadian Military Requiring Wounded Vets to Promise Not to Criticize Them on Social Media
Claim it's for education purposes
40 State Attorneys General Write to FDA Pushing E-Cigarette Regulations
For the children, science be damned
Disney World Cancels Program That Lets Children With Disabilities to Front of Line
After outcry about such passes being resold
French Court Orders Champs Elysees Sephora Closed at 9pm Due to Labor Laws, Angering Salespeople Who Want to Work Late
Country's largest unions sued collectively over the issue
ACLU: DEA Say There's No "Constitutionally Protected Privacy Interest" to Prescription Records
In response to an ACLU lawsuit
Third Maryland CO Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Importing Drugs, Other Contraband to Prison
Other two also became pregnant by the inmate they assisted
Update: Seventh Graders Now Expelled For Playing With Pellet Gun Off School Grounds
One being homeschooled, other going to alternative school
