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  1. Rival campers who opened fire turn out to be sheriff's deputies

    By Alan C.,
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    • 648 views

  2. 911 dispatcher suspended for gross negligence

    By Alan C.,
    • 4 replies
    • 4.5k views

  3. Thousands of Unsold Federal Buildings Held Up by Red Tape

    By Alan C.,
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    • 788 views

  4. US gov't program forces farmers to hand over nearly half of crop w/o compensation

    By oclisa,
    • 0 replies
    • 632 views

  5. Propaganda: How the DOJ manufactured outrage over Trayvon Martin shooting

    By Magnus,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.1k views

  6. Fukushima alot worst then we thought?

    By Formelyknown,
    • 2 replies
    • 936 views

  7. Test 'reveals Facebook, Twitter and Google snoop on emails'

    By Alan C.,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views

  8. What the hell is going on in Syria?

    By g0at,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views

  9. New Zealand effectively bans software patents

    By Guest Don C,   
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  10. On The Looming Federal 'Helium' Reserve Cliff (No, Really!)

    By Guest Don C,
    • 4 replies
    • 937 views
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  11. Record Number 21 Million Young Adults Living With Parents

    By Alan C.,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views

  12. Pentagon Labels Founding Fathers, Conservatives as Extremists

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 843 views

  13. Study: Welfare pays more than work in most states

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 963 views

  14. Over 100 apply for Mass. medical marijuana permits

    By Chisleu,
    • 0 replies
    • 909 views

  15. India Bans All Gold Coin Imports, Increases Capital Controls

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 582 views

  16. Violence in Oakland forces residents to seek private security

    By Wesley,
    • 1 reply
    • 696 views

  17. Many disability recipients admit they could work

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 694 views

  18. Viewers call 911 to report cable TV outage

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 877 views

  19. N.H. police chief regrets claim armored vehicle needed for libertarians

    By Alan C.,
    • 2 replies
    • 998 views

  20. Murder charges stand for fundamentalists who let children die

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 719 views

  21. John Kerry: 'This Little Thing Called the Internet ... Makes It Much Harder to Govern'

    By Ritchey,
    • 6 replies
    • 961 views

  22. $507K Fine For Operating Unlicensed Mobile Payment Service

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views

  23. Turings Apology?

    By FreedomPhilosophy,
    • 3 replies
    • 870 views

  24. Feds give millions in contracts to firms owned by fictitious people

    By Alan C.,
    • 2 replies
    • 685 views

  25. Armed agents raid animal shelter for baby deer; euthanize it

    By Alan C.,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views

  26. Not to beat a dead horse, but sinkholes?

    By Chisleu,
    • 0 replies
    • 740 views

  27. Huckabee: Muslims are ‘uncorked animals’ after praying to Allah

    By Alan C.,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views

  28. BS Sells Papers!

    By FreedomPhilosophy,
    • 0 replies
    • 598 views

  29. Video Shows Cop Punching Mentally Ill Girl

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 644 views

  30. Police enter home without warrant, shoot two dogs

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 728 views

  31. Email Provider Forced To Shutdown For Not Helping Feds Eavesdrop

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 592 views

  32. [Iowa] Police Restrain And Punch Woman (video)

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 495 views

  33. New York woman visited by police after researching pressure cookers online

    By Wesley,
    • 1 reply
    • 776 views

  34. Police tase disabled man for standing on bus; charged with resisting arrest

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 799 views

  35. Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations

    By KyleG,
    • 11 replies
    • 2k views

  36. Detroit files for bankruptcy

    By Alan C.,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views

  37. ‘There’s Plenty of Money, It’s Just the Government Doesn’t Have It’

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 612 views

  38. L.A., Chicago Rank 1 and 2 for Gun Murders

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 729 views

  39. SFO [Airport] Officials Arrest Internet Rideshare Drivers

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 609 views

  40. Cop: "You're being arrested cuz I said so...gonna kick the piss out of you."

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 624 views

  41. Virginia State Trooper rams skateboarder with car (video)

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 934 views

  42. Deputies shoot man in his front yard

    By Alan C.,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.1k views

  43. Looks Like Scientists Finally Figured Out What Causes More Violence!

    By Wesley,
    • 2 replies
    • 873 views

  44. Mexican cartels hiring US soldiers as hit men

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 564 views

  45. Congressman Mike Rogers' staffers say criticism is "defamation"

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 633 views

  46. Pentagon: Guantanamo tab $5.2B and counting

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 782 views

  47. TSA employees caught sleeping on the job, skipping work

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views

  48. Workers at ObamaCare call center denied health benefits

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 751 views

  49. MSNBC host says Detroit fast becoming a libertarian city

    By Alan C.,
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views

  50. Court employee fired for providing document that helped free innocent man

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 822 views
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