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  1. Unschooling on the TODAY Show!

    By Nash,
    • 0 replies
    • 807 views

  2. People Burnt Alive Because of Religion.

    By LOOSEKANNONN,
    • 1 reply
    • 766 views

  3. Maxine Waters: 'Over 170 Million Jobs Could Be Lost' Due To Sequestration

    By Nick Coons,
    • 3 replies
    • 850 views

  4. Artificial Sweeteners in Milk?

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

  5. Holder, FBI chief spend $11 million flying in luxury jets

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 755 views

  6. D.C. man who shot dogs biting boy could face charges

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 709 views

  7. Steven Brill's Time essay on healthcare

    By Julien,
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    • 862 views

  8. Pentagon Frets Sequester Cuts; Wastes $1.5T on DOA Fighter Jet

    By Alan C.,
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    • 723 views

  9. Audit finds common misuse of Minnesota driver data

    By Alan C.,
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    • 903 views

  10. Only 6% Rate News Media As Very Trustworthy

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 635 views

  11. 'Conferences' cost taxpayers $340M in 2012

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 757 views

  12. Climate shocker: Carry on as we are until 2050, planet will be FINE

    By AlesD,
    • 0 replies
    • 739 views

  13. NYC cop said he was ‘dying to taste some girl meat’

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.8k views

  14. Police officer imprisoned for sex crimes w/ minors

    By Alan C.,
    • 2 replies
    • 876 views

  15. Illinois: High-Ranking Cop Caught Lying About DUI Arrests

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 614 views

  16. Philly Officer Who Hit Woman At Parade Acquitted

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 851 views

  17. Clinical Trial Studies Reparenting Psychopaths with Schema Therapy

    By STer,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views

  18. Thousands of untested rape kits collect dust in police storage

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

  19. Veterans suffer 'moral injury' from warfare

    By Alan C.,
    • 2 replies
    • 896 views

  20. 13,753 Gov’t Requests for Google E-Mail Data in 2012, Most Without a Warrant

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

  21. Tax dodgers named on HMRC list

    By PatrickC,
    • 2 replies
    • 920 views

  22. "I'm someone who's facing years in prison because gun laws are radically different between states. I've been fighting with almost no help for a year, and I feel like I'm about to give up."

    By Bodeswell,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views

  23. Ohio Court Upholds Police Entry Into Home Over Failure To Signal Turn

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 795 views

  24. Cop threatens to feed man to alligators [Florida]

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 789 views

  25. Bill Would Extend Forfeiture Actions to Petty Misdemeanors [Hawaii]

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 730 views

  26. NYPD Sergeant with 15 years on force arrested for child porn

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 897 views

  27. Half-finished $208-million DMV technology overhaul canceled

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 906 views

  28. RCMP officer, wife charged with child abuse [Canada]

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 976 views

  29. Politician wants fines for vulgar Photoshopping [Georgia]

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

  30. PBS: Why poverty? Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream

    By Julien,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.1k views

  31. Gabby Giffords and Propoganda

    By VforVoluntary49,
    • 1 reply
    • 904 views

  32. Shadow Banking Statistics

    By Individualize,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views

  33. Obama Reacts to Dr. Benjamin Carson's Damning Speech [VIDEO]

    By lifelibertynow,
    • 1 reply
    • 893 views

  34. Ron Paul Calls on United Nations to Confiscate Domain Names of His Supporters

    By Nick Coons,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.5k views

  35. LAPD shoot two innocent people in hunt for killer ex-cop

    By Magenta,
    • 1 reply
    • 898 views

  36. Florida City Caught Issuing 1645 Camera Tickets On Shortened Yellow

    By Alan C.,
    • 2 replies
    • 911 views

  37. Obama's Latest 'Kill List' Policy - Imminent Doesn't Mean 'Soon', Anymore

    By Individualize,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views

  38. Chicago Police Changing Response Plan For Some 911 Calls

    By Alan C.,
    • 2 replies
    • 927 views

  39. Miami Police Dept.'s Personnel Problems [Florida]

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 826 views

  40. Police Caught on Camera Allegedly Ignoring Emergency Calls

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 712 views

  41. Retirement Savings Accounts Draw U.S. Consumer Bureau Attention

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 764 views

  42. Deadliest sniper in U.S. military history is murdered [Texas]

    By Alan C.,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.4k views

  43. Postal Service says it’s immune from local traffic laws

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

  44. minister defends parents right to smask.

    By tonymod,
    • 0 replies
    • 783 views

  45. FBI Banned from Iceland

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  46. 79 year-old widow "tax evader" fined $26M, faces 6 yrs in prison

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  47. Couple faces fine, jail for rescuing, raising deer

    By Alan C.,
    • 1 reply
    • 905 views

  48. Woman Sues Police Over ‘Flash Grenade’ SWAT Raid of Wrong House

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

  49. Cops handcuff and interrogate boy, 7, for hours over missing $5

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 764 views

  50. Ex-D.C. Cop Guilty in Deaths of Mistress, Infant

    By Alan C.,
    • 0 replies
    • 878 views
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