PHOENIX (AP) – America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” has been dealt another setback to his immigration enforcement efforts by a federal judge’s ruling that bars deputies from detaining people based solely on the suspicion that they’re in the country illegally. The ruling issued Friday sets the stage for a possible trial in a lawsuit that alleges [...]
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From Cstrikemann on YouTube: Give a redneck some Christmas lights and he’ll string up his house. Give the same man an engineering degree from Ga. Tech as well and this is what you get… a delightful Christmas light show.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria’s capital Sunday, killing at least 25 people there, officials said. A radical Muslim sect claimed the attack and another bombing near a church in the restive city of Jos killed 3, as explosions also struck the nation’s northeast. Watch [...]
New York Times: WASHINGTON — As Iraq erupted in recent days, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was in constant phone contact with the leaders of the country’s dueling sects. He called the Shiite prime minister and the Sunni speaker of the Parliament on Tuesday, and the Kurdish leader on Thursday, urging them to try [...]
Los Angeles Times: In a confidential deposition with congressional investigators, the then-head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives blamed agents, field supervisors and even his top command for never advising him that for more than a year, his agency allowed illegal gun sales along the southwestern U.S. border. The deposition, which was [...]
Gallup: This Christmas season, 78% of American adults identify with some form of Christian religion. Less than 2% are Jewish, less than 1% are Muslim, and 15% do not have a religious identity. This means that 95% of all Americans who have a religious identity are Christians. These results are based on a compilation of [...]
USA Today: Susan Lee, a divorced mother of three in New York City, is taking a drastic step this year. “No Christmas for me,” she says. “No gifts, no turkey, no tree, no kidding.” Lee, 41, a marketing consultant, says she needs a break from the stress and spending that are integral parts of the [...]
Los Angeles Times: A Sacramento parolee convicted of sexually assaulting a chihuahua was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison and must now register as a sex offender. A jury last month convicted Robert Edward De Shields of strangulation and sexual abuse of the 8-month-old chihuahua. He was high on meth at the time [...]
San Bernadino Sun: SAN BERNARDINO – Christopher Sullivan survived a suicide bombing while serving a tour in Afghanistan for the U.S. Army last December. Now his family is on pins and needles again, after a gunman shot Sullivan during his welcome-home party Friday in San Bernardino. “My son didn’t deserve this. He served his country,” [...]
(AP) FORT HOOD, Texas – 1st Sgt. Scott Dawson has spent several Christmases overseas during four deployments to Iraq, but he arrived home for this holiday Saturday — and he and his family hope it’s for good. Dawson was among the very last U.S. combat soldiers to leave Iraq a week ago. Members of his [...]
Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich is considering a lawsuit against Occupy L.A. protesters to reimburse the city for damage caused during the occupation of the City Hall lawn. “The city is contemplating any and all of its options,” said William Carter, Trutanich’s chief deputy. The two-month encampment cost the city at [...]
The Atlantic: Welcome to the Baghdad Country Club, founded in the middle of the war zone of 2006 Iraq, where even the beer runs were a matter of life and death. Iraqis have a word, barra, which means “out there,” and for those lucky enough to be inside the Green Zone came to mean the [...]
