Man was driving along a rural highway in New Mexico in 2005 when he was arrested him on suspicion of drink-driving and other motoring offences. By the time all charges were dismissed and he was freed, it was 2007. Jury awarded him $22m in compensation (independent.co.uk)
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Depressed Army reservist who wrongly called National Suicide Hotline for help, says dozens of police responded by surrounding his home and arresting him, vandalizing and searching his place without a warrant, seizing his dog and killing his tropical fish (courthousenews.com)
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Guns and Self Defense: "Gun control proponents cannot deny that people use guns successfully against criminals, but they tend to play down how often such events take place. The purpose of this map is to draw more attention to this aspect of the firearms policy debate." (cato.org)
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A broken underwater wellhead has been dumping 4,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico for 7 years, and neither its owner nor state or federal govts have informed the public or seriously tried to stop it, six environmental groups claim in Federal Court (courthousenews.com)
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New Jersey Teen Pleads for her Gay Dads' Right To Marry (shewired.com)
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15-yr-old school kid, eventually gained access to elite piracy sites and went on to become the top uploader on one of the world’s most famous BitTorrent trackers. But how did the buzz of the elite compare to being hunted down by a Patriot Act-empowered FBI? (torrentfreak.com)
submitted ago by maxwellhill to technology
FDA's new claim in its battle with a Colorado clinic over a non-surgical treatment: Stem cells are drugs and therefore fall within their jurisdiction... and stem cell therapy is interstate commerce because it affects the bottom line of FDA-approved drugs in other states!" (informationliberation.com)
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Iranian Court Upholds Death Sentence for Software Designer: Canadian resident - arrested while visiting his ailing father - is charged with "insulting the sanctity of Islam" and "corruption on earth," because his photo-uploading software was "used by a porn website without his knowledge" (reason.com)
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