Tampa, Florida- Former teacher Paul King says he used to be one of those people who said lock ‘em up throw away the key.
However King has changed his mind since being arrested on public intoxication last July. A video shows deputies pushed him against a glass wall as he was being frisked, threw him [...]
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A US man has been rejected in his bid to become a police officer for scoring too high on an intelligence test.
Robert Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took an exam to join the New London police, in Connecticut, in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125.
But New [...]
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While most people think journalism is important to the quality of life, 64 percent are dissatisfied with the quality of journalism in their communities, a We Media/Zogby Interactive online poll showed.
“That’s a really encouraging reflection of people who care a) about journalism and b) understand that it makes a difference to their [...]
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There’s more bad news for Pedenphiles - supporters of Ron Paul’s Neo-Con rival Mark Peden - as new independent polls show Congressman Paul enjoying a massive 33 per cent lead in the race for Texas’ District 14.
The establishment media and fawning neo-libs like Wonkette have done their level best to prop-up Peden [...]
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Jonathan McCullum was in excellent health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.
But when he returned home to Maine just four months later, the 5-foot-9 teenager weighed a mere 97 pounds and was so weak that he struggled to carry his baggage or [...]
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The Bush administration has scaled back plans to quickly build a “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border, delaying completion of the first phase of the project by at least three years and shifting away from a network of tower-mounted sensors and surveillance gear, federal officials said yesterday.
Technical problems discovered in a 28-mile pilot project south [...]
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The economy skidded to a near halt in the final quarter of last year, clobbered by dual slumps in housing and credit that caused people and businesses to spend and invest more sparingly.The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the gross domestic product increased at a scant 0.6 percent pace in the October-to-December quarter. The reading [...]
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A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a schoolboy was impaled with a pole during a sports lesson.The 14-year-old boy was speared through the chest with the pole, which was being used as a temporary goal post, while playing sport at the Beauchamps School.
He is in a stable [...]
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Deaths from a highly infectious bug have risen by almost three-quarters in a year, according to shocking official figures released today.The number of deaths involving Clostridium difficile rose by 72 per cent, the Office for National Statistics said.
The number of death certificates in England and Wales that mentioned C diff infection rose [...]
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When Alison Garcia, 16, announced that she was leaving home to be with her 36-year-old lover, her parents could have been forgiven for hitting the roof.Instead, Sheila and Paul Garcia did something most other parents would find unthinkable.
Last month, they invited divorced double-glazing fitter and father-of-one Craig Wright into their home, where [...]
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