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450 Mayors Petition Obama To Adopt Broad Gun Reform
A new report from a national coalition of mayors urges President Obama to adopt dozens of reforms to help curb gun violence, including steps to crack down on problems at gun shows and the creation of a federal interstate firearms trafficking unit.
The “Blueprint for Federal Action on Illegal Guns,” a copy of which was obtained [...]
FBI REPORT: The Latest Top 5 Scams – Must Read!
The FBI has generated a list of the latest scams and ways people can protect against becoming victims.
Special Agent Dave Couvertier, a spokesman for the FBI Tampa Field Division, said there are “literally thousands” of scams making their way through cyberspace.
“Some old. Some that have evolved or been retooled,” Couvertier said. “People have to understand [...]
House Votes To Deny All Federal Funds For ACORN
The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate took similar action. “ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to fund [...]
Blogger’s Case May Test Limits of Political Speech
Internet radio host Hal Turner disliked how three federal judges rejected the National Rifle Association’s attempt to overturn a pair of handgun bans.
“Let me be the first to say this plainly: These Judges deserve to be killed,” Turner wrote on his blog on June 2, according to the FBI. “Their blood will replenish the tree [...]
POTUS Tries To Resolve Cambridge Dispute
President Barack Obama stepped back Friday from his foray into the contretemps surrounding the arrest of Harvard University African-American scholar Henry Louis Gates, saying he “could have calibrated” his words differently when he said police had “acted stupidly” in handling the situation.
The president’s highly unusual appearance at press secretary Robert Gibbs’s daily briefing came just [...]
Mexican Cartel Seeks Revenge, Escalates Drug War
It was the boldest, most widespread coordinated offensive ever mounted by drug traffickers against the Mexican government.
Within minutes of the weekend arrest of the La Familia drug cartel's operations chief, the gang launched deadly attacks in President Felipe Calderon's home state. In the worst, 12 federal agents were killed execution-style, their tortured bodies piled along [...]
Cyber Attack Targets The White House, Pentagon & Wall Street
The powerful attack that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean government agencies for days was even broader than realized, also targeting the White House, the Pentagon and the New York Stock Exchange.
An early analysis of the malicious software used in the attack found its targets also included the National Security Agency, Homeland Security Department, [...]
Drug War On The Border – This Time Canada
Reporting from Abbotsford, Canada — The latest mayhem started at the end of March, when 21-year-old Sean Murphy, a popular former high school hockey player, drove into a withering blast of gunfire near Bateman Park. He was probably dead before his car coasted to a stop in the weeds.
That same night, Ryan Richards, 19, abruptly [...]
Drug Trafficking In Your City: Justice Department Special Report
Where do all those drugs in your hometown come from? Which vehicles are most likely to be transporting drugs? Which highways and side roads are the most traveled by narcotics traffickers? The answers are contained in a new series of reports published for 32 market cities, from the Justice Department’s National Drug Intelligence Center.
Made public [...]
‘Magic Mint’ Hallucinogen Under Fire In U.S.
Saturnino Allende crouches beside a mountain path and gently puts his fingers around the stem of a plant with rough, tongue-shaped leaves.
“This is it,” he says about the powerful hallucinogen Salvia divinorum, known as “magic mint.” In just a few years, it has emerged from Mexico’s Indian villages into one of the hottest drugs in [...]
