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China ?Taking Care? of Hundreds of Bibles Seized at Airport

Posted on August 18, 2008
From pollution to crackdowns on reporters, the Olympics have served to highlight many of the aspects of Chinese life that officials wanted to conceal. Now, a group of American Christians are refusing to leave an airport after the Chinese seized hundreds of bibles in their luggage...

Texas Police Officer Under Fire for Letting Dog Die While Ticketing Couple

Posted on August 18, 2008
Pet owners are outraged by the video below of a San Marcos police forcing Michael Gonzalez thought that to wait by the side of the road as his dog, Missy, dies in his car. Gonzalez was speeding between 90 to 100 miles an hour to an emergency veterinary clinic when he was pulled [...

No Reprieve for Khristian Condemned by Bible Passages

Posted on August 17, 2008
Convicted murder Kristian Oliver was a bit put out when he learned that jurors relied on not simply on the evidence but biblical passages during their deliberations to convict him. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that the use of a biblical passage in jury deliberations is not [...

Terrorists Strike Christiansburg

Posted on August 17, 2008
The authorities in Christiansburg and Pearisburg can finally use some of that anti-terrorism grant money that Congress has spread around the country. They nailed two “terrorists” in the midst of an attack on the local Wal-Mart and K-Mart...

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PM George Galloway Wins Defamation Lawsuit Suit; Shutdowns London?s Only Jewish Radio Station

Posted on August 17, 2008
PM George Galloway won his case against Jcom, a non-profit Jewish radio station in London for broadcasting a defamatory radio segment accusing him of anti-Semitism. The radio program is broadcast over the Internet to a tiny audience — only 36 people heard the juvenile segment by Richard Malach...

Not So Sharpe: District Attorney Intern Arrested for Trying to Sell Copies of Case Documents

Posted on August 16, 2008
Robert Sharpe will at least be familiar with the people prosecuting him in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Sharpe was a volunteer intern with the Onslow County District Attorney’s Office after he tried to sell an undercover agent copies from the Cesar Laurean case...

Community Outraged By Unrestricted Release of Religious Pedaphilic Leader

Posted on August 16, 2008
One could well understand why Harrisburg resident Angel Fox does not want George Feigley, 68, as a neighbor. Feigley is the former head of the Neo American Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which was found to be a sex cult where children were abused by depraved church members...

Miami Man Pounds on Doors Screaming for Help When Police Arrive and Taser Him to Death

Posted on August 16, 2008
Miami-Dade police officers are being accused of excessive force in the death of Kenneth Oliver, 45, who was repeatedly hit with taser shocks. Witnesses called police to report a drunken Oliver knocking on doors and asking for help. The police arrived and, reportedly over the objections of onlookers, shoot him four times [...

Reading, Writing, and Re-Loading: School District To Train and Arm Teachers

Posted on August 16, 2008
While other school districts are demanding teachers get more certifications on math and science, the Harrold Independent School District wants teachers trained to lock and load weapons at school. School officials have announced that teachers will be trained and armed in the future to protect the students and themselves from a possible attack on [...

Twist on a Cross Dressing Lawsuit: California Family Sues School in Fatal Shooting of Son ? For Allowing Him to Wear Make-up and Girl?s Clothing

Posted on August 15, 2008
A newly filed lawsuit in Ventura, California puts a new twist on past controversies over kids who want to cross dress in school. Increasingly, schools are leaving the matter to the parents and allowing cross dressing. The King family of Oxnard says that E...

Ex-Boyfriend Gets Two Years for Killing Tweety Cat

Posted on August 15, 2008
Scott Allen Atkinson of Los Angeles wanted an effective way to express his displeasure with his girlfriend, so he killed her cat Tweety and left a note telling her to “follow the blood trail to find Tweety.” A judge just left an order for Atkinson to follow to jail for two years...

The ICE Man Cometh: ICE Sends Notice to Wrong Home, Then Arrests Him for Failiure to Respond, and Holds Him Until He Dies From Untreated Cancer

Posted on August 15, 2008
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has come under increasing attack for the brutish approach that it has taken to deportation cases, often refusing medical care and coercing people to waive their rights. In the case of Chinese computer engineer Hiu Lui Ng, the abuses may have killed him...

Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht Charged with New Ethics Violation

Posted on August 15, 2008
Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht was required to appear before the Texas Ethics Commission on a new ethics charge: that a substantial discount given to him by a Texas firm resulted in a violation of campaign finance laws. Hecht had raked up $440,000 in legal fees in defending himself against charges that [...

Ethics Charges Filed Against Praying Alabama Judge

Posted on August 15, 2008
In Andalusia, Alabama, Covington County Circuit Judge Ashley McKathan has struggled to find ways to interject his faith into court proceedings. He had the Ten Commandments embroidered on his robe and, as discussed earlier he asked the parties and staff in his courtroom to join in a prayer circle during a hearing earlier this year...

Rounding Up the Usual Suspects at Disney: Tinkerbell, Cinderella, and Snow White Arrested in Protests Over Unfair Labor Contract

Posted on August 15, 2008
Tourists in Anaheim, California were given a unique insight into “The Happiest Place on Earth” this week. As they entered the park, they walked by Disney characters Cinderella, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, Snow White and others handcuffed and waiting to be bused away to jail...

Mukasey?s Elmer Fudd Defense

Posted on August 14, 2008
I have certainly heard from folks about my reference to Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s explanation for not taking action in the political hiring scandal as the “Elmer Fudd defense”, click here. Mukasey stated that, once again, he would not take action in this matter, but suggested it was due to the fact that the [...

Socratic Sans Toga: Kansas Professor Under Review for Mooning Judges

Posted on August 14, 2008
Bill Shanahan, a professor at Fort Hays State University, is facing disciplinary measures after he dropped his pants and mooned judges at a debate event out of frustration with scoring of his team. The video below has become a popular item — outside of University administrators who are a bit ticked...

Louisiana Officer Charged with Manslaughter Over Taser Killing

Posted on August 14, 2008
Officer Scott Nugent of Winnfield, Louisiana has been charged with manslaughter by a grand jury in the death of Baron “Scooter” Pikes, 21. Pikes was tasered nine times while handcuffed in a case that has raised racial questions in the state...

The Golden Years: China Challenged Over Age of Female Gymnasts

Posted on August 14, 2008
Even after their gold medal finish, China is facing widespread suspicion that it forged documents to use underaged girls in the competition in violation of Olympic rules. Half of the team appear much younger than 16. After China used an attractive nine-year-old girl to lip sync the opening song because the actual girl [...

Bush Science: Bush Administration Seeks to Limit Role of the Scientists on Environmental Science

Posted on August 13, 2008
President Bush has long had problems with science. In his first term, Bush used his own vaulted scientific knowledge to dismiss the findings of his own EPA scientists on global warming as “junk science.” Click here. Since that time, he has led one of the most anti-environmental administrations in history and turned [...

Supreme Court Considers New Religion Case Over Candy Canes

Posted on August 13, 2008
The Supreme Court has been asked to consider an interesting case out of Saginaw, Michigan. Fifth grader Joel Curry, 11, was asked to remove religious expressions contained on candy canes being sold at Heritage High School. Despite the fact that he was still given an A for the exercise, he sued for being [...

Nation on Fire: Mexicans Finally Rally Against Corrupt and Violent Police

Posted on August 13, 2008
In a case that reads like a scene from Man on Fire with Denzel Washington, Mexican police officers have been arrested in the abduction and death of the son of a wealthy industrialist. Fernando Marti, 14, was the latest victim in the kidnapping rage in Mexico...

Charges Dropped After Video Shows Denver Police Beating Man

Posted on August 13, 2008
Another police beating has only been proven by a lucky videotape, linked below. John Heaney was charged with assault on a police officer and criminal mischief until a video showed that Denver police detective beat him outside Coors field. Heaney was on his way on his bike to visit his terminally-ill mother at [...

No Fury Like a Woman Texted: Estranged Wife Nails Husband in Private Sting Operation

Posted on August 13, 2008
Arnold Reed, 40, of Plattsburgh, N.Y. has learned that there is no greater wrath than an ex-wife texted. His 23-year-old estranged wife says that she mistakenly text messaged him from her new cell phone. Thinking that he was communicating with a stranger, he struck up a conversation that ultimately led to his estranged [...

Massive STD Award in Muscatine

Posted on August 12, 2008
Mark Twain once said that that “I remember Muscatine for its sunsets” which he insisted was unparalleled in the world. Now, the town may be better known in legal circles for a difference kind of distinction. In what may be a record for an STD case, a jury in Muscatine, Iowa, awarded Karly [...

Shock Video: Florida Deputy Resigns After Captured on Tape Beating Handcuffed Suspect

Posted on August 12, 2008
A dashboard camera caught a police beating of a handcuffed suspect that has now prompted one of the officers to resign. Pablo Gilberto Valenzuela, 42, was arrested on May 26 on suspicion of the robbery of a pharmacy in West Palm Beach. After he was cuffed, he was repeatedly kicked and hit in [...

Bathing It Your Way: Employee in Hot Water After Posting Video Bathing in Kitchen Sink of Ohio Burger King

Posted on August 12, 2008
If you ever needed another reason not to eat at a fast food restaurant, you may want to see this video of an employee calling himself Mr. Unstable bathing in the kitchen sink of the Burger King in Xenia, Ohio. Even worse yet, the video appears to show a manager and employees looking on...

One Mind, No Soul: Mother and Other Religious Sect Members Arrested in Death of Toddler

Posted on August 12, 2008
Baltimore is dealing with a horrific death of a Javon Thompson, who was nineteen months old when he was allegedly starved to death because he would not say “Amen.” His mother, Ria Ramkissoon (shown here), and three others (Queen Antoinette, 40, also known as Toni Ellsberry or Toni Sloan; Marcus Cobbs, 21; and Trevia [...

Say It Ain?t So Miaoke: China Accused of Faking Nine-Year-Old?s Song at Opening Ceremony

Posted on August 12, 2008
Internet sites have made a startling accusation. They are reporting that Lin Miaoke (???)?the ultra-cute nine-year-old girl who sang ?Paean to the Motherland? when the Chinese national flag entered the Bird?s Nest Stadium during the Olympics Opening Ceremony, was a fake...

?Preppie Killer? Robert Chambers Heads Back to Jail

Posted on August 12, 2008
Robert Chambers, the so-called “preppie killer,” is heading back to jail for over 19 years after pleading guilty to drug and assault charges. This is his second long stint after spending 15 years in jail for killing Jennifer Levin in Central Park in what he claims was rough sex...

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