Eight Syrian Students Killed in Rebel Attack on School
Hit by mortar fire
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South Dakota City Bans "Distracted Driving"
New ordinance will impose penalties for eating and reading while driving
Nigerian Soldiers Fighting Boko Haram Accused of Killing Civilians
Becoming less clear who the good guys are in this fight
Taiwanese Students Demand Right to Protest
Say demonstrations against a planned sale have been made difficult by officials
Syrian Army Pushing Back Against Rebel Gains in Damascus
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 200 people were killed across Syria yesterday
U.S. Moving to Drop Internet From U.N Telecom Conference
New regulations could be another tool of oppressive regimes
NATO Promises to Respond if Syria Uses Chemical Weapons
Echoing comments made by Obama yesterday
Iran Claims to Have Captured U.S. Drone
American military official says all drones in the region are accounted for
Practical Anarchy
James C. Scott's latest book makes a low-key case for a little bit of anarchism.
NZ Spy Agency's Megaupload Role Suppressed By Rare Secrecy Order
Did we mention that this was a friggin' copyright case
Legalized Marijuana Could Be a $46 Billion Business
And that's without counting the add-on benefits to the fast-food industry
Photo Shows George Zimmerman With a Bloody Nose
It was released to support his claims of an attack by Trayvon Martin
Spanish Company Takes Argentina to World Court Over Nationalization
Stealing isn't really an acceptable policy preference
Voyager 1 on Verge of Interstellar Space
Just as long as it doesn't come back as a pissed-off artificial intelligence
Congressman, Car Salesman Rate At the Bottom In Terms of Trust
Can we expand that to politicians in general?
Congo Rebels Conceal Brutality in Showplace Capital
Potemkin village hides the usual nastiness
PA Considers Awarding Electoral Votes Proportionally
An interesting idea, but let's see how well it sells
Gary Johnson Received Record Number of Write-In Votes in Michigan
Barred from the ballot, he still drew support
Tax-Funded Texas Cancer Agency Investigated as a Boondoggle
Throwing money around and driving-away credible scientists
Wealthy Democratic Latinos Start Obama-Allied Immigration Group
Which could tick-off independent organizations that have worked on the issue for decades
Massive Property Tax Hikes Looming for Los Angeles
The beneficiaries are the usual (public-union) suspects
Chicago Anti-Violence Program Scrutinized as a Vote-Buying Scam
It spread lots of money around to (seemingly) little effect
Report Touting Medicaid Expansion Sparks Controversy in New Mexico
Let's say it makes a lot of assumptions
Syrians Scramble To Bypass Internet Blackout
It's all about getting the word out
Obama Turns Down GOP Fiscal Cliff Proposal
It contained elements of financial sanity, so no-go
Fifteen Years for NYPD Officer Who Stole Guns and Sold Them to Drug Dealers
Is comment even necessary?
Strange Bedfellows Coalition Blasts "Green" Subsidies for Utilities
Green is the favorite color of corporate welfare
