The Arlington Police Department has begun posting the photos of men and women busted for prostitution on its Web site as it tries to cut down on criminal activity. The photos “could put some pressure on people to modify their … Continued
Suwalee Iamkhong was an AIDS infected Thai stripper who immigrated to Canada. Her husband, Percy Whiteman, met her when she danced at a Canadian club called Zanzibar. They married 8 years ago, but after 4 years she fell ill with … Continued
Proponents of the Open Government Act have determined that Republican Senator Jon Kyl has placed a “hold” on the bill preventing a vote. By tradition, a senator may anonymously block consideration of a bill he finds objectionable. Previously Mr. Kyl … Continued
Repeated grenade bombings have forced the Mexican daily newspaper Cambio Sonora to close. The newspaper is based in Hermosillo, 165 miles south of Nogales, Ariz. Following editorials critical of narcotic trafficers, the paper was bombed on April 17 and again … Continued
Virginia Tech officials claim that federal privacy statutes prevent them from releasing the medical records of the campus shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, to the Governor’s panel investigating the murder of 32 students. The Open Records Project has argued since its inception … Continued
A WEB site now offers photos and names of purported confidential informants, undercover agents, and those who cut plea deals by testifying against others. The defense bar loves the site, since it is their job to keep guilty parties out … Continued
A study by Australian National University, examined the literacy and numeracy test results of more than 90,000 students with more than 10,000 teachers in Years 3, 5 and 7 between 2001 and 2004, tracking the same group as it advanced … Continued
Successful societies possess several important attributes including Private Property Rights, the Rule of Law, and Freedom of the Press. Private Property Rights guarantee that owners may reap the benefits from investments of money and time in their homes and businesses. … Continued
A Web site that matches roommates may be liable for what its users say about their preferences, a fractured three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled yesterday. The Ninth Circuit appears to take both a broad … Continued
The Department of Defense has banned soldiers serving overseas from accessing YouTube, Metacafe, IFilm, StupidVideos, and FileCabi, the social networking sites MySpace, BlackPlanet and Hi5, music sites Pandora, MTV, 1.fm, and live365, and the photo-sharing site Photobucket. The ostensible reasons … Continued