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I don't know if I'm late on this story, but I just heard it today on the radio and immediately looked it up online. The story is about 17 year old Genarlow Wilson, who received oral sex from a fellow teenager (the girl was 15) and now he has to spend 10 years in prison because of redneck/racist...

If you feel something crawling on your neck, it might be a wasp or a bee. Or it might be something much more dangerous. Israel is developing a robot the size of a hornet to attack terrorists. And although the prototype will not fly for three years, killer Micro Air Vehicles, or MAVs, are much...

Just for fun... Obviously I can't list all the players, so I picked the likely candidates. If you think someone else will get it, post the name

Some of you will remember the story about the boy who was charged with murder at age 11, one of the youngest persons in US history to ever be tried as an adult. Very good read for those interested.... ::: ::: Nathaniel Abraham on trial Nathaniel Abraham Now Nathaniel...

Man Holed Up in Home After Tax Verdict By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A man who holed up in his house with armed supporters while being tried on tax evasion charges was convicted Thursday, along with his wife, of failing to pay federal income taxes for a...

By Andre Damon 22 January 2007 A number of revealing details have surfaced in recent weeks concerning the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest charitable concern. According to a report published January 7 in the Los Angeles Times, the Gates foundation invests its assets in...

By Anne Flaherty Republished from Associated Press Draft manual loosens the standards of evidence for detaining and executing terror suspects. The Pentagon has drafted a manual for upcoming detainee trials that would allow suspected terrorists to be convicted on hearsay evidence and coerced...

An interview with Antonio Caba, a Maya activist working to hold ex-dictators accountable for one of the western hemisphere's most violent civil conflicts in the modern era. Last month marked the ten-year anniversary of the signing of the Peace Accords in Guatemala -- an agreement that ended...

No heavyweight dinner, Hopkins moves on Rick Reeno / BoxingScene.com Posted: 6 days ago The "Cinderella Man" of the new millennium, WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev, had a golden opportunity to make some big bucks against a fighter who is fully capable of still making the...

Thought this was pretty cool. Maybe some of you from the Bay area can shed a little more light... By Brad Kava Republished from San José Mercury News Daniel Roberts won't stop making pirate radio broadcasts. The FCC won't stop telling him to stop. This has been going on since Roberts, 25...

Discuss his legacy: Your thoughts, comments, observations regarding MLK, speak on the contraversy surrounding his death, etc., in honor of MLK. :: :: Martin Luther King Jr. in his later days did start to explore socialism; his views evolved and he understood that the main problem was not...

Everybody hates the US government.... ::: ::: Attackers have fired a rocket at the US embassy compound in the centre of the Greek capital, Athens. The rocket, fired from street level into the front of the embassy, caused minor damage to the building but no-one was injured. The US envoy...

A new stage in Washington’s illegal “terror” war By Chris Marsden 10 January 2007 US air strikes against targets in the south of Somalia have claimed a substantial number of civilian lives. The bombing campaign, begun Sunday night and continued on Monday, mark a major escalation in the...

This is quite a move by Chavez. By this and his rhetoric, even referring to Karl Marx, Lenin and Leon Trotsky, Chavez definitely seems to be moving further left after his recent landslide election victory. This will undoubtedly result in a deepening radicalization across Latin America. This...

WASHINGTON — The Army on Saturday blamed a computer mix-up for recruitment letters mistakenly sent out over the holidays to the families of 275 officers killed or wounded in action in Iraq. “Every Army leader is just sick that this happened,” said Gen. Richard Cody, the Army’s vice chief of...

Can More US Troops Save Iraq? That's what George W. Bush wants you to believe. Your thoughts please. (I've included a few of mine) Will the Democrats oppose the so called "serge?" Unlikely, since most of them don't even know they have that power. Newly elected Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS) said...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_on_...on_prediction_9 Pat Robertson predicts 'mass killing' Wed Jan 3, 5:32 AM ET In what has become an annual tradition of prognostications, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States...

Marry Christmas! Bush Pardons Small-Time Meth Dealer Four Days Before Christmas, President Pardons 16 People By JASON RYAN WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2006 — - Four days before Christmas, President Bush granted pardons to 16 people, including a man convicted of dealing methamphetamine and another...

Turkmenistan's authoritarian president Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled the Central Asian country for 21 years, has died aged 66, state TV has reported. Mr Niyazov, who named cities and airports after himself in a personality cult, left no designated successor. Turkmenistan, which has large gas...

I'm trying to compile a list of people (US only) assassinated from the 60s to 70s, if you notice anyone missing from this list, please post, thanks... Medgar Evers, civil rights activist assassinated on June 12, 1963 John F. Kennedy assassinated on November 22, 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald...