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Seattle sues attorney over public records request

http://www.komonews.com

SEATTLE -- On the heels of a scathing federal review of Seattle police practices, dash-cam video is once again at the center of a firestorm at City Hall.

This time, the city is suing an attorney who wanted dash-cam videos connected to alleged police misconduct.

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Public school education: "Make out with Mom day"

http://www.datelinezero.com

Wrong on several levels, it is humiliating, and it was organized by Rosemount High School administrators. And, yes, it took place in view of the children at the school, because it was during an assembly. The students were blindfolded, and then told that “someone” was going to kiss them. The “someone” was their own parents.
What is it with public (read: GOVERNMENT) schools lately? Are they trying to screw up our kids?

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Obama is Americas 4th greatest president.

http://www.theblaze.com

There is so much wrong with this That I don't know where to start. And wait til you hear who the other 3 greats are.

“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln — just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history,” Obama told CBS’s Steve Kroft.

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Utah man tries to pay taxes with silver. Is rejected by Utah govt.

http://washingtonexaminer.com

Utah man tries to pay taxes with silver. He's rejected by Utah govt.

What this Ellis says about silver could be more accurately said of that fiat currency he so desires. Read over the comments to this article. It is amusing.

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San Jose's $100,000 pension club is rapidly growing

http://www.mercurynews.com

With San Jose leaders locked in a heated debate over how to curb retirement costs, an analysis by this newspaper shows a startling jump in six-figure pensions for retired cops, firefighters and top City Hall bureaucrats.
Nearly 1 in 3 retired San Jose police officers and firefighters now receive annual pensions of $100,000 or more -- up from 1 in 5 just two years ago, according to newly released records.

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Teen stopped at airport for design on purse

http://www.news4jax.com

A teenage girl's sense of style got her in trouble at the airport.

Vanessa Gibbs, 17, claims the Transportation Security Administration stopped her at the security gate because of the design of a gun on her handbag.

Gibbs said she had no problem going through security at Jacksonville International Airport, but rather, when she headed home from Virginia

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Police Drop Ball, 12 yo girl solves burglery case.

http://abcnews.go.com

12 year old kid finds robbers when police failed to do the job. After reporting the information to the authorities, the authorities do not conduct any arrests. Typical.

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Belgium Thrives Despite a Lack of Federal Government for Over 1 Year +

http://blogs.wsj.com

COMMENTARY
By FRANCES ROBINSON

There’s been no federal government for more than a year, but the country is continuing to grow and outperform the single currency bloc as a whole.

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No charges for girl who admitted telling rape lie

http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk

A TEENAGE girl, who claimed someone had tried to rape her on a bridleway, was not telling the truth, police have revealed.

Suffolk Police received a report on June 26 from a 15-year-old who claimed she had been attacked by a man in Red Lodge on June 19.

The girl claimed she was grabbed by the man in a bridleway near Hundred Acre Way at around 6am. According to the teenager, she fought the attacker off before fleeing the scene.

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Some federal workers more likely to die than lose jobs

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USA Today reports that some Federal workers are more likely to die than be laid off.

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SF To Shutter Courtrooms; Lay Off 200 Workers

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The San Francisco Superior Court announced Monday that it's laying off more than 40 percent of its staff and shuttering 25 courtrooms because of budget cuts.

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Mother Arrested For Not Wanting Her Daughter to Get Groped By the TSA

http://www.tennessean.com

A 41-year-old Clarksville woman was arrested after Nashville airport authorities say she was belligerent and verbally abusive to security officers, refusing for her daughter to be patted down at a security checkpoint.

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Xbox Live SWAT Griefing

http://kotaku.com

Instead of bogus pizza deliveries, sending a SWAT team to your door appears to be the hip new griefing trend in online gaming. Earlier this month we told you about a gamer in Eugene, Ore. who answered the doorbell to a police raid, thanks to some douchebag he met in FortressCraft. Now it's happened to someone in Florida.

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Dead Man Prosecuted For Skipping Out On Jury Duty

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Michael Wylie, who died 5 years ago, has been named in a criminal complaint for dodging jury duty.

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Bomb Squad over reacts once again.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla, -- The Bomb Squad responded to Herschel & Dancy Streets Monday morning.
A TV with graffiti written on it was turned on its side in the middle of the road.
The TV had the words, "You will die watching television" on it.
The TV was destroyed and the scene is now clear.

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The U.S. Postal Service Nears Collapse

http://www.businessweek.com

With the rise of e-mail and the decline of letters, mail volume is falling at a staggering rate, and the postal service's survival plan isn't reassuring. Elsewhere in the world, postal services are grappling with the same dilemma — only most of them, in humbling contrast, are thriving.

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US won't pay for Ferrari wrecked by FBI agent

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com

An FBI agent assigned to move a rare Ferrari wrecked it during a short drive in Kentucky, and its owner is now suing the U.S. Justice Department, which has refused to pay $750,000 for the car.The Ferrari F50 was stolen in 2003 from a dealer in Rosemont, Pa., and discovered five years later. The FBI kept it in Lexington, Ky., as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
FBI agent Fred Kingston was to move the Ferrari from a garage in May 2009. Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Hamilton Thompson said Kingston invited him on a "short ride."

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Brooklyn Man Still In Jail 5 Years After Charges Dismissed

http://gothamist.com

A Brooklyn man whose assault charges were dismissed remains in prison after already serving five years. ABC7 reports that Oswind David was sentenced to 23 years in Sing Sing because a jury was not aware that a judge has tossed out David's indictments due to a prosecutorial error.

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TN cops burn home; Tear gas maker warns: Don't use indoors

http://www2.tricities.com

A Bristol Herald Courier investigation of the charred living room – destroyed April 27 following a daylong police standoff – turned up the partially disintegrated remains of a canister that resembles the grenade, called a Triple Chaser.

Any use of such an outdoor-only device could negate any legal justification police had in destroying property when searching for their suspect that day, said use-of-force and defensive tactics expert Roy Bedard, of Tallahassee, Fla.

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