Nanny State
California Legalizes Industrial Hemp Farming
If the feds allow it, which is a pretty big "if"
One of Two Honolulu Cops Fired For Marijuana Conviction Reinstated
Were both fired after being caught with marijuana while in Las Vegas
FBI Raid Silk Road, Arrest Owner
Allege narcotics, hacking, and money laundering conspiracies associated with the online marketplace
US Postal Service Defaults on $5.6 Billion Retiree Benefits Payment
As predicted--government solvency related, not government shutdown related
Florida Man Arrested For Alleged Fake Bomb Threat That Shut Down Jacksonville International
Charged with false bomb reporting, manufacture and possession of a hoax bomb
Workers Attempt To Block Off WWII Memorial Again (UPDATE: Vets Back In)
But more veterans are coming
Federal Judge Rules Dying Member of "Angola Three" Didn't Get Fair Trial in 1974, Orders Release
Spent decades in solitary
Posting "Revenge Porn" Can Now Lead to Jail Time, Fines in California
No posting nude pics of former partners on the Internet without their permission
Jacksonville International Airport Shut Down for Several Hours Over Two Suspicious Packages
One apparently "destructive"
Cellphone Use While Driving Now a "Primary" Traffic Offense in Maryland
Can be pulled over just for that
Palo Alto to Require Electric Car Charging Stations in New Homes
California has highest number of electric cars per capita
Former EPA Official Who Admitted to Stealing $900,000 by Impersonating CIA Offficial Pleads Fifth at House Hearing
Top Democrat shocked by "betrayal of the public trust"
Let Us Be Clear: Obama Deserves Chief Responsibility for Gov't Shutdown.
Boehner and the GOP may well be "anarchists" and Reid and the Dems may be useless. But it's the president who runs the show.
Obamacare vs. Samaritan Health-Care Ministry: A Case Study
The new law erodes the power of individuals to make health care cheaper & better.
Obesity in NYC Has Skyrocketed Under Bloomberg
Bet he'll argue that's proof there needs to be even more rules
NSA Stores Metadata for MIllions of Web Users for at Least a Year
Regardless of whether they are connected to any investigation
San Diego Sues to Force Marijuana Dispensary to Close
As Filner goes, so goes his hands-off policy (pun unintended)
Illinois Begins Setting up Medical Marijuana Program
Agencies hope to have plan for lawmakers by 2014
Mark Cuban Faces Insider Trading Trial
In connection with sale of stake in Internet search company
Qwest CEO, Newly Out of Prison, Feels Vindicated by Snowden Leaks
Convicted of insider trading after resisting NSA surveillance
Planned Parenthood Sues to Block Texas Abortion Law
Passed over the summer during a special session
Terminal Cancer Patient in Iowa, Entire Family, Face Drug Charges Over His Medical Marijuana Use
He's going to die but the state wants a piece of him first
Atlanta Charter Schools Will Not Have to Help Pay for Pension Debts
Judge rules the school district cannot withhold fund from their budget
Psychotropic Drug Prescriptions for Small Children Leveling Off
Following the huge boom of the '90s
