The Australian state of Tasmania is considering a ban on cigarette sales to anyone born after the year 2000 in an attempt to create a smoking-free generation.

A few weeks ago, the nation learned about a 13-year-old boy, Nathan Duszynski, who was attempting to help his parents through a rough financial time. Nathan saved up his money and bought a hot dog cart. The city of Holland closed Nathan's hot dog cart ten minutes after it opened. Friday, reports confirmed Nathan and his family are now homeless.

The first systematic look at the New York police department's response to Occupy Wall Street protests paints a damning picture of an out-of-control and aggressive organization that routinely acted beyond its powers.

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Michigan State Police have deployed four hundred 'talking urinal communicators' to 200 eateries prior to July Fourth, said Anne Readette, spokeswoman for the Office of Highway Safety Planning, a division of the Michigan State Police.

As the man steps up to use the urinal, the bureacratic device pipes out a nagging message of obtaining a designated driver and washing your hands.