Battlestar Galactica To See Season Four

2

0

ESPN.com - E-Ticket: Outrageous Injustice (Genarlow Wilson)

Another excellent writeup of the Genarlow Wilson case by an ESPN writer. It includes very recent information and interviews with lawyers, family members and members of the prosecution.

2

0

AG Gonzales: 'There Is No Express Grant of Habeas Corpus In The Constitution'

Yesterday, during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales claimed there is no express right to habeas corpus in the U.S. Constitution. Gonzales was debating Sen.

7

7

Members of Iranian Parliament try to impeach Ahmadinejad

Tehran, 9 Jan. (AKI) - Iranian reformist lawmakers have started collecting signatures in Parliament to demand the impeachment of the country's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

7

1

Liquid Body Armor

Think of things that can protect you against knives and bullets. Kevlar? Yes. Steel plates? Sure. Pancake syrup?! Probably not high on your list. Well, prison guards and other uniformed types may soon be armored with viscous stuff that would make Mrs. Butterworth proud.

1

1

How Kim Jong Il controls a nation | csmonitor.com

Surprisingly for a state leader, especially a "godhead," Kim's voice has been heard only once by the nation, for a total of nine words. "Glory to the heroic soldiers of the People's Army," he said in 1992 at an obscure rally at a military base.

0

0

Chief Justice calls the issue of judges pay a "a constitutional crisis."

Federal district court judges are paid $165,200 annually; appeals court judges make $175,100; associate justices of the Supreme Court earn $203,000; the chief justice gets $212,100.

1

0

New York Daily News - New Bush "signing statement" lets the him peek through your mail

WASHINGTON - President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant, the Daily News has learned. The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20.

1

0

Murdered for being an Atheist

On October 18, 2004, Arthur Shelton, a self described Christian and Eagle Scout, murdered his friend and roommate, Larry Hooper, because Hooper didn't believe in God.

64

111

Privately funded helicopters peering into your homes with infrared cameras

It's all about pre-crime fighting, according to Mark McCreery, director of SafeCity, an independent anti-crime group focused on Jackson.

2

0

Bomber kills 60 in Baghdad, Bush to review policy

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeting poor laborers killed 60 people in Baghdad on Tuesday as President George W. Bush prepared to review his unpopular Iraq policy in a video teleconference with U.S. military commanders in Iraq.

0

1

Duke D.A. charged with ethics violations

The North Carolina bar filed the ethics charges Thursday, accusing District Attorney Mike Nifong of violating four rules of professional conduct by making misleading and inflammatory comments about the athletes under suspicion.

0

0

20 Things you didn't know about voting: Is it true?

This link is a website with an obvious liberal bias. But the 20 statements it makes regarding voting in the U.S. are frightening.

2

0

Does Iraq need more debate? - Los Angeles Times

"EVERYONE SAYS WE need a national debate on Iraq. Left, right, politicos, pundits, editorial writers, academics. If ever there was a universally held position, it's the belief that holding a national debate on Iraq is just the thing for what ails us in the Middle East."

1

0

White House, Joint Chiefs At Odds on Adding Troops - Washington Post

The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept over the unanimous disagreement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to U.S. officials familiar with the intense debate.

0

0

USATODAY - 45% of high school students feel First Amendment goes "too far" to protect rights

The new survey finds that 45% of students, up from 35%, believe the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees. Yet questions about specific freedoms show that support for some speech and press freedoms is essentially unchanged or up slightly:

7

20

AP: Sen. Brownback wants to re-question judicial nominee on gay-marriage

DAVENPORT, Iowa - Sen. Sam Brownback (news, bio, voting record), who wants to champion social conservatives in the presidential race, said Tuesday he wants a Senate panel to re-question a judicial nominee who attended a same-sex union ceremony.

0

0

Cheney: Rumsfeld 'Is the Finest Secretary of Defense This Nation Has Ever Had'

While I normally disaprove of seeds from political sites from either side of the political spectrum as they tend to "manufacture" controversy by exagerrating the actual news-worthiness of an event, I felt it was appropriate to seed this as the site actually had video of Cheney r …

1

1