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Raw Story | Senator Carl Levin expresses his concern over the source of secret money contributions to campaigns, especially Romney's.

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney each accuse the other of being out of touch, unable to connect with everyday people. Are either of them right?

Tim Stanley says D.C.'s power elite have so much more money than the average American. How can they comprehend the concerns of their constituents?

LA Times | "With 612 people killed in the county last year, nearly 1 in every 10 such deaths occurred at the hands of law enforcement officers."

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Voters are casting ballots Tuesday to resolve a bitter dispute over whether the University of North Dakota should save or scrap its Fighting Sioux nickname, even as supporters of the moniker promised to resume the battle this fall regardless of the outcome.

The issue has been simmering ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday fended off Republican demands that he appoint a special counsel outside of the Justice Department to look into national security leaks....

ABC News | Yesterday Putin raided homes of prominent protest leaders in effort to curb violence against riot police, but were raids actually to deter protests?

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — After firing tear gas and searching with thermal imaging and tactical teams, authorities in Montgomery appeared to have left a home early Tuesday where they believed the man charged with fatally shooting three people near Auburn University might have been hiding.

Law enforcement swarmed the scene ...

Andrew Puhanic | The initiative instigated by the Australian Federal government may lead to unnecessary prescriptions of drugs to children.

CHICAGO — There are many theories about what has caused a recent spike in Chicago's homicide rate, including a splintering of established drug gangs, the warm winter and high unemployment in some neighborhoods that seem a world away from the city's beaches, lush parks and skyscrapers.

The numbers clearly show ...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary told jurors in Jerry Sandusky's sex-abuse trial Tuesday that he saw his ex-colleague with a prepubescent boy in an on-campus shower and that  he heard a "skin-on-skin smacking sound."

His account of the night differed little from his appearance ...

BBC | "Websites will soon be forced to identify people who have posted defamatory messages online."

USA Today | Florida lawmakers believe the stand-your-ground law poses a serious risk and "negative impact" on communities.

Bloomberg | "Some provisions may be nullified when the Supreme Court rules this month on whether the law’s requirement that most Americans carry insurance is constitutional."

Infowars.com | Author F. William Engdahl talks about an ancient debt slavery system that has enslaved humanity for millennia.

Kurt Nimmo | Property rights are the cornerstone of liberty.

David Gergen and Michael Zuckerman say a 5-4 ruling against the individual mandate might be popular but risky for the court in the long run

GROVE CITY, Ohio — A central Ohio man killed his ex-wife outside an apartment when she arrived to pick up their two children, and their 13-year-old son called an emergency dispatcher to report the stabbing, police said.

The boy called 911 after the slaying Sunday morning in Grove City, just ...

The judicially-created exclusionary rule is not applicable in a civil, administrative driver's license revocation or suspension proceeding. Miller v. Toler, 2012 W. Va. LEXIS 293 (June 6, 2012).*

Defendant’s truck was under surveillance near the border with Mexico for 72 hours, and officers suspected drugs in an auxiliary fuel tank, which had become common at the time. All the factors involving this vehicle pointed to reasonable suspicion because of the suspicious activities with the truck of proximity to the border. The officers suspected that the vehicle could have been driven across the river at a shallow point. United States v. Mark, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 11751 (5th Cir. June 11, 2012).*

On the totality, the officer had reasonable suspicion that defendant was carrying drugs in his car. [Note the court mentions consent was denied, but this is not mentioned later as a factor in reasonable suspicion.] State v. Smith, 2012 Mo. App. LEXIS 776 (Mo. App. June 11, 2012)*:

Here, Appellant was first legitimately stopped for two traffic violations. Already knowing that Appellant had just left a residence known for drug activity, Officer Buske first made contact with Appellant and was struck by Appellant's nervousness, sweating, and shaking. Further, he recognized Appellant from dealing with him on previous occasions and knew of his history of drug use and criminal activity. It was at this point that Officer Buske requested to search Appellant's vehicle and Appellant denied that request such that Officer Buske made the decision to request a police dog to sniff the vehicle which was done in an expeditious manner.

Obama is suing Arizona to try to knock out its law to protect its citizens against illegal aliens, a law that polls show Americans support by two-to-one. The Arizona law allows local law enforcement to question the legal status of anyone who is stopped on suspicion of a crime, and then detain anyone who cannot prove he is legallly in the U.S. Illegal immigration is already a federal crime, and Phyllis Schlaflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11930380089191812969noreply@blogger.com0