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Mom arrested at airport screening defends actions

NASHVILLE (AP) - A Clarksville mother charged with disorderly conduct after she berated Transportation Security Administration officers who were trying to pat down her teenage daughter is defending her conduct. In a statement provided to The Tennessean, Andrea Abbott, 41, said a …

Opinion: America's New Apostolic Reformation

A fast growing right-wing politico-religious presence plans to implement an end-times, Christian theocracy in the US.

N.C. Senate overturns Perdue's abortion bill veto

Women must obtain ultrasounds, state-mandated counseling, and wait 24 hours before abortions under new requirements the state approved today. The state Senate voted 29-19 to cancel Gov.

FBI Investigates Taped Beating By Tennessee Police

The FBI has launched a criminal probe into a January incident where Tennessee police stripped a man naked, then kicked and beat him while he lay handcuffed in the snow. The incident, recorded by a patrol car's dashboard camera, also reveals police repeatedly shocking the man, Da …

Serial Butt Slasher Sought in Virginia

One man may be responsible for slashing at least five women on the butt, according to Fairfax County police. In the most recent attack, an 18-year-old woman was shopping at Forever 21 inside the Fair Oaks Mall at 5:30 p.m. Monday when she was distracted by clothing falling over.

Dharun Ravi: Rutgers student who 'drove gay roommate to suicide' seeks to clear his name

The Rutgers University student accused of causing his roommate to leap from a bridge and kill himself never bullied the gay teen, his lawyers said today. Dharun Ravi, 19, is charged with 15 criminal counts in connection with Tyler Clementi's widely-publicised suicide in Septembe …

Woman's Ex Posts Nude Photo on Facebook

PHOENIX - A valley woman knows all too well the issues you can encounter with social media.

Testing the limits of free speech

BONNEAU -- A woman pulled her pickup truck into a gas station in a small town in Berkeley County recently, with big red fake testicles dangling from the trailer hitch. Bonneau Police Chief Franco Fuda pulled up and wrote her a $445 ticket.

Calif. Milk Board Yanks Controversial PMS Ad Campaign

The California Milk Processor Board abruptly ended an ad campaign that promotes drinking milk as a way to combat premenstrual syndrome after much controversy this week.

What's with the New Formatting, Newsvine?

Many of us have noticed, and remarked about, the sudden rash of glitches on Newsvine over the past few days.  It began, for me, when my tracker drop-down failed to function.  First, the failure was on my Windows 7 netbook, combined with an inability to send a friend req …

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Native Family Allegedly Attacked by Skinheads

Johnny and Lisa Bonta, a Native family from the Reno Sparks Indian Colony, became the latest victims of an apparent hate crime on May 24 when they were allegedly attacked at a gas station along I-80 in Fernley, Nevada, a border town between the Fallon and Pyramid Lake Indian  …

Children under six banned from Pennsylvania restaurant McDains

A PENNSYLVANIA restaurant has ignited a local controversy after banning children under the age of six. "This is not a kid-oriented place," said Mike Vuick, owner of McDain's, a restaurant and driving range in Monroeville, 22km east of Pittsburgh.

Feds Investigating Ex-CIA Agent for War Crimes

A federal investigation into a potential war crime committed at Abu Ghraib is closing in on the man who ran the CIA’s “ghosting” program.

New Rules Ban Fried Foods, Sugary Drinks in Massachusetts Schools

Massachusetts school children will no longer be able to buy soda or chips from the vending machine. On Wednesday, the state's Public Health Council passed new regulations banning fried food, sugary drinks and artificial sweeteners from public schools.

Outrage over Netflix rate hike continues

Yesterday, we reported on the initial reaction to the changes, and by last night we'd seen more than 9,000 comments on the Netflix Facebook page, which has 1.5 million fans. (There are 23.6 million Netflix members in the U.S.

For $10K, You Can Hunt This Unemployed Man

Could the recession turn The Most Dangerous Game into reality? Mork Encino hopes so. The 28-year-old unemployed Utah man is offering “hearty gentlemen who fancy themselves sportsmen” the chance to hunt him down and even kill him for $10,000.

Expedition to Find Bin Laden's Body

Two months after American special forces killed Osama bin Laden and buried his body at sea, California-based explorer Bill Warren has announced the goal of his newest expedition: To find the body.

TSA - No Shampoo but Tasers or Stun Guns Okay?

Fly JetBlue for the DirecTV, stay for the free tasers. The cleaning crew for JetBlue flight 1179 found a stun gun in the backseat pocket of the plane that landed in Newark, New Jersey Friday night. It had come from Boston.

No Private Profiles on Google+ After July 31

Google+ is requiring that everyone have a public profile on the network after July 31st, and some people are having a fit about that already, especially on Twitter. But what does that mean? All the people who are screaming about privacy issues seem to be overreacting.

Anti-Abortion Ohio Legislator Mecklenborg's 'Personal Matter'

When asked about his young passenger, Mecklenborg said, "I understand the interest in the DUI part, I guess, but the rest is a personal matter." A personal matter? Perhaps this is Rep.

Storm as Wide as Earth Rages on Saturn

The Great White Spot on Saturn has been imaged in unprecedented detail and is now yielding clues to how this titanic storm may have formed far earlier than scientists expected. The staggeringly powerful thunderstorm is approximately 6,200 miles (10,000 kilometers) wide, nearly …

Softer pot laws saved Philadelphia $2 million in 2010

The Philadelphia District Attorney's office estimates that it saved the city two million dollars in revenue through a new program designed to deal with individuals arrested with less than 30 grams (slightly more than one ounce) of marijuana.

"Media Assassination" Slammed by Casey Anthony Lawyers

No sooner had Casey Anthony been acquitted on charges of killing her daughter than her attorneys lashed out against cable news coverage that they said unfairly cast the verdict as shocking. Shortly after the jury's decision was announced, one of Anthony's lawyers, Cheney Maso …

Betty Ford dies at 93: Former first lady founded iconic clinic

Betty Ford, a self-proclaimed “ordinary” woman who never cared for political life but made a liberating ad­ven­ture out her 30 months as first lady, died Friday at age 93. [...]

5,000 BIG ancient mammal bones uncovered

Diggers at an excavation in west-central Colorado turned up almost 5,000 large bones in seven weeks from mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, bison, horses, deer and camels.

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  • Mom arrested at airport screening defends actions

    NASHVILLE (AP) - A Clarksville mother charged with disorderly conduct after she berated Transportation Security Administration officers who were trying to pat down her teenage daughter is defending her conduct. In a statement provided to The Tennessean, Andrea Abbott, 41, said a …

  • Opinion: America's New Apostolic Reformation

    A fast growing right-wing politico-religious presence plans to implement an end-times, Christian theocracy in the US.

  • N.C. Senate overturns Perdue's abortion bill veto

    Women must obtain ultrasounds, state-mandated counseling, and wait 24 hours before abortions under new requirements the state approved today. The state Senate voted 29-19 to cancel Gov.

  • FBI Investigates Taped Beating By Tennessee Police

    The FBI has launched a criminal probe into a January incident where Tennessee police stripped a man naked, then kicked and beat him while he lay handcuffed in the snow. The incident, recorded by a patrol car's dashboard camera, also reveals police repeatedly shocking the man, Da …

  • Serial Butt Slasher Sought in Virginia

    One man may be responsible for slashing at least five women on the butt, according to Fairfax County police. In the most recent attack, an 18-year-old woman was shopping at Forever 21 inside the Fair Oaks Mall at 5:30 p.m. Monday when she was distracted by clothing falling over.

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