http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/crime-news/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:44:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050390/posts Crushing scientific dissent By Christopher CookI have a dualistic and conflicted view of science and scientists. One the one hand, I respect greatly the rigor and honesty with which most scientists conduct themselves. I respect the field's idealized desire for the truth, no matter where it leads.On the other hand, I realize that while there is an idealized desire for truth, the unfortunate fact is that science, like every other human field of endeavor, is run by humans. And scientists, like all humans, run the gamut: Some are honest. Some are honest but lazy. Some are honest but do the... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050390/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:44:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050335/posts Bill O'Reilly Nails Robert WexlerTue Jul 22, 2008 at 09:11:12 PM Bill O'Reilly did a good number on "local" Congressman Robert Wexler tonight. And I think Wexler is in a bit of trouble. You see, the longtime Democratic rep says he lives in Delray Beach and he's required to maintain a residence in his district. But he really lives in Potomac MD. The house in Delray that he calls his "offical residence" is owned by Lawrence and Roslyn Cohen, the parents of Wexler's wife, Laurie. And it's in a restricted over-55 community, which makes it impossible for Wexler and and... Broward Palm Beach http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050335/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:55:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050320/posts Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., emphasis on the Sr., is obviously displaying the early signs of senility. How else do you explain his blatant use of the N-word during that now infamous whispered conversation during a taping of “Fox & Friends” on July 6? “Barack...he’s talking down to black people...telling n—s how to behave.” The fact that Jackson, a self-described civil rights advocate, used the N-word is not that surprising in the scheme of things. I mean after all, we are talking about Rev. Jesse Jackson. This is the same Rev. Jackson who had an affair with a staffer that resulted... Winston Salem Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050320/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:25:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050307/posts COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - A Republican state senator from South Carolina is being criticized for a post on his blog that shows photos of Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden wearing similar clothing, along with a line that states the difference between the two is "a little B.S." The image was posted on Sen. Kevin Bryant's blog on Friday without an explanation from the politician. It appears to be a photo of a T-shirt, with images of bin Laden and Obama wearing turbans and the words "OBAMA" AND "OSAMA," with the "B" and "S" each highlighted in red. The American-Arab... WIS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050307/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:05:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050289/posts The Obamamessiah is far too busy campaigning to keep track of what his responsibilities in the Senate are to the American people. Perhaps that is why we have this latest little gaffe: (see link for video) Here’s the transcript: This, this, uh, this past week we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a bill to, uh, call for divestment from Iran. The only problem? The U.S. Senate Banking Committee isn’t Obama’s committee. He doesn’t serve on it, nor does he serve on any of its subcommittees. Yet Mr. Smooth Operator over there effortlessly lied... Stop the ACLU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050289/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:37:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050288/posts The suspect, who led police on a multi-state chase, was identified as 27-year-old Grayson Lee Clevenger. Burnsville police said Clevenger answered his cell phone at one point during the chase, telling a detective he couldn't talk because he was being chase by the police.(edit)Detectives followed the vehicle until marked patrol cars could meet up and attempt a stop. In an attempt to end the pursuit peacefully, detectives called the suspect on his cell phone. Clevenger answered the phone, saying, "Dude, I can't talk, I'm being chased by the police" and hung up. (edit)Clevenger eluded police and remains at-large Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050288/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:36:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050281/posts Washington, D.C (AHN) -- Minimum wage in the United States will see the second of three planned increases. Thursday, the federal minimum wage for workers will increase $0.70 cents to $6.55 per hour, as mandated by the Fair Minimum Wage Act passed by Congress. The third increase is slated for July 2009, when the minimum wage will jump to $7.25 an hour.According to the Labor Department, a half a million Americans currently work for minimum wage. Most of these workers are young, teens and in their early twenties.The increase approved in 2007 is the first in a decade. In 1997... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050281/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:19:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050253/posts Barack Obama's VP shortlist might have gotten shorter: The National Enquirer yesterday published a story claiming it had caught John Edwards meeting with an alleged mistress and illegitimate child. Then again, the Enquirer hasn't been able to produce quotes, photos or even eyewitness accounts. And the mainstream media seems to be ignoring it, for the most part. TalkLeft, among others, hopes it isn't true. And thus far, the claims don't seem to have hurt Edwards politically — although the Corner has something worth noting: ...after first seeming to take himself out of the running, he put himself back in the... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050253/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050246/posts Who is the real Sen. Obama?By DAN SERNOFFSKY Lebanon Daily News Who is the puppetmaster? Who’s pulling the strings? In six weeks, the Democrat Party, a political party which likes to call itself “the party of the people,” is expected to officially place in nomination the name of Barrack Hussein Obama as its candidate for the presidency of the United States. The question waiting to be answered is who Barrack Hussein Obama really is. Based on what has happened since he began his presidential campaign after having served in national office for a stunning 143 days, that identity is beginning... Lebanon Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050246/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:11:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050227/posts Melbourne: Tried everything but can’t seem to get rid of your post-marriage love handles? Well, don’t question your determination for the failed plan, for the real culprit behind all weight worries is your hubby. Yes, you heard it right. According to health experts, a husband is more of a hindrance than help in a wife's battle with the bulge. "For some women, marriage definitely can be fattening," the Courier Mail quoted Dr Brian Steadman, a leading British authority on nutrition, as saying. "It's hard enough for them to stick to good eating habits when they're single, but they can find... Sify News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050227/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:40:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050220/posts Team officials admit rules were too stringent and are now allowing sunblock to be brought into New York's Yankee Stadium. The change came after fans howled when they were forced to dump their sunscreen at the gate if it was in containers holding more than three ounces. The Yankees said the prohibition was necessary to prevent possible terrorists from concealing liquid explosives that could be brought into the stadium, The New York Post reported Wednesday. The Yankees' management will do whatever it takes to maximize profit under the guise of security, retired police officer Chester Hicks said to the newspaper.... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050220/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:32:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050207/posts A baby boy died in an Italian hospital after his Nigerian parents performed a circumcision at home, police said. The mother, 24, and the person who performed the procedure might be charged with manslaughter, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. The 2-month-old boy began bleeding heavily. He was taken to a hospital in Bari, but doctors there were unable to save his life. Fabio Ferri of Bambin Gesu Hospital in Rome told the news agency even hospital circumcisions can be risky because the penis holds a large amount of blood. He said the procedure should never be done outside a... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050207/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:19:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050200/posts Gores to host Obama fundraiser Nashville | July 24, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is preparing to host a Nashville fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, say officials. A spokeswoman for Gore, has confirmed that Al and Tipper Gore have agreed to the event although a date and location have not been set, nor even whether Obama himself would attend, The Tennessean, a Nashville newspaper, reported Wednesday. Wade Munday, a spokesman for the Tennessee Democratic Party, said we would certainly welcome the senator with open arms should he arrive in Nashville before the October... Web India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050200/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:08:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050198/posts The Castorena Family Organization is a large-scale criminal organization with more than 100 key members who oversee cells of 10 to 20 individuals in cities across the United States, according to public court documents filed by the US government in Colorado and in other judicial districts around the country. Several of the senior leaders of the organization are believed to be based in Mexico, although they enter the US occasionally to oversee the operations of lieutenants of the crime family. The organization is alleged to be involved in the manufacture and distribution of high-quality counterfeit identity documents, including social security... American Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050198/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:06:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050197/posts Fresno, CA (LifeNews.com) -- A California court is scheduled to hold a hearing today in a case of a disabled woman like Terri Schiavo who has been deprived of food and water for nine days. Janet Rivera lost her right to food and water on July 14 when a court-appointed guardian removed her feeding tube despite her family's wishes. Rivera, 46, had a heart attack on February 2006 and she never regained consciousness. She has been on life support for two years Jesus Rivera, her husband, had been his wife's conservator until June 17, when he was replaced for unknown... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050197/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050187/posts North Carolina sheriff's deputies left the children of an arrested illegal immigrant woman on the side of a highway overnight stranded in a car, attorneys say. Lawyers for Maria Chavira Ventura say she was stopped June 14 for a traffic violation along Interstate 85 in Alamance County, N.C. Deputies arrested her for driving without a license, leaving her three children, ages 14, 10 and 6, alone in the car with a man they barely knew, the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer reported Wednesday. The man, a church acquaintance who was catching a ride with Ventura, abandoned the children in the... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050187/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:45:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050184/posts The case against a Missouri mother accused of creating a fake MySpace page to harass a 13-year-old girl should be tossed out of court because if she is guilty as charged, then so are millions of Internet users every day, her attorney said in court documents filed today. The papers show that Lori Drew, who was the focus of national outrage after the girl committed suicide, will seize on a weakness in the prosecution case that has been noted by several legal experts since her May indictment: While her alleged behavior may have been wrong, there is no specific legal... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050184/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:28:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050171/posts In a surprising twist to a Johnson County murder that gained nationwide attention, Edwin Hall pleaded guilty this afternoon to killing Kelsey Smith. Hall stood before Judge Peter Ruddick as he entered guilty pleas to charges of capital murder, aggravated kidnapping, rape and aggravated criminal sodomy. For the murder charge, he faces life in prison with no chance of parole. For each of the other three counts, the range of punishment is 147 to 653 months. Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050171/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:07:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050165/posts michaelsavage.wnd.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050165/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:50:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050143/posts Call me paranoid, but my generation has seen many nasty things and I wouldn't be surprized to find the "accidental" oil spill that happened just as McCain was about to go to a rig, as a democrat induced happening....I would want to know who piloted the boats involved, were there any unions that back democrats in place, etc.....These things have to be pointed out because the democrats don't care a whit about the country, just that money and power tit they suck on.....and they are capable of doing anything....anything http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050143/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:14:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050130/posts BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a prominent Internet dissident for violating his probation terms, a rights group said, as the country steps up a pre-Olympic crackdown on dissent to ensure the Games go smoothly. Du Daobin, from the central province of Hebei, was given a suspended sentence for subversion in 2004 having been detained by police in Wuhan for posting online essays in support of fellow dissident, Liu Di. Du was then released into house arrest, Reporters Without Borders said in an emailed statement, but was arrested this week having been accused of posting articles on overseas websites... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050130/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:42:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050129/posts THE Supreme Court last month voided Washington, DC's extreme gun ban as a violation of the Second Amendment. Now, across America, public defenders and other lawyers for rapists, robbers and murderers are filing motions contending that their vicious clients have a Second Amendment right to have guns. If this were correct, the Second Amendment would be a very bad thing. Happily, it's not so. The high-court opinion vindicated the constitutional right of ordinary, responsible law-abiding adults to have a handgun to protect their families, homes and themselves. It also flatly stated that this right does not apply to criminals. Federal... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050129/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:40:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050110/posts July 23, 2008, 1:00 a.m. Our Government Problem-SolversAt election time, pols can't help but "do something" — even if it makes matters worse. By Thomas Sowell We don’t look to arsonists to help put out fires but we do look to politicians to help solve financial crises that they played a major role in creating. How did the government help create the current financial mess? Let me count the ways. In addition to federal laws that pressure lenders to lend to people they would not otherwise lend to, and in places where they would otherwise not invest, state and... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050110/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:54:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050097/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) - US lawmakers Wednesday accused China of reneging on a commitment to improve human rights when it won the right to host the Olympics, saying it had instead intensified a crackdown on dissent. "There were early indications that China was prepared to improve its behavior as the games approached," said Howard Berman, the Democratic head of the House of Representatives foreign affairs panel. But "the hope was short-lived, as China failed to honor these commitments," he said, citing as examples Beijing's "failed" pledges to allow greater press freedoms and improve its general human rights situation. Reporters Without Borders... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050097/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:32:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050089/posts Agency says getting all people, legal and illegal, to safety is its top priority The U.S. Border Patrol said today it is not checking the documents of individuals who are fleeing Hurricane Dolly, and it has no intention of using natural disasters as a pretext for rounding up and deporting illegal immigrants, 1200 WOAI news reports. Officials in the Rio Grande Valley have been worried about Border Patrol actions ever since a reporter spotted a Border Patrol official conducting a document check during a hurricane evacuation drill in McAllen in May. Some officials had expressed concern that Rio Grande Valley... 1200 WOAI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050089/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:24:31 GMT