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NSA Officers Spy on Love Interests

The Wall Street Journal reports: "National Security Agency officers on several occasions have channeled their agency’s enormous eavesdropping power to spy on love interests, U.S. officials said. The practice isn’t […]
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Minneapolis mayor's race lags in disclosing campaign contributions

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports: "If candidates for mayor of Minneapolis were running in Boston, they would file a report online of their campaign contributions every two weeks for six months before […]
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Law Enforcement Can Sell Confiscated Guns

"For decades, weapons confiscated by police in Texas were supposed to be repurposed for law enforcement use — or else destroyed. Starting next month, Texans will be able to purchase […]
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Kentucky budget cuts deprive poorer youth

“These days, Terry, (Mike) Newman and tens of thousands of other low-income Kentuckians feel under attack. Subsidies for child care and kinship care, the two state programs most central to their lives, which […]
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Bounce-house rentals not all fun and games

"As children's birthday parties ballooned into themed events and pricey productions in recent years, bounce houses became must-have entertainment for some parents. But as the bounce house rental business has […]
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Thousands of physicians still practicing despite misconduct

The nation's state medical boards continue to allow thousands of physicians to keep practicing medicine after findings of serious misconduct that puts patients at risk, a USA TODAY investigation shows. […]
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Even Small Amounts of Precipitation Dump Raw Sewage into Potomac River

Don't believe the signs city officials have posted at the four outfall spots that dump raw sewage into the Potomac River. The truth is much worse.
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Extra Extra Monday: Mentally ill inmates, sex predators unleashed, civil liberties violations

Sex Predators Unleashed | Sun-Sentinel"Another child is dead. This time, a brown-haired, brown-eyed girl, a year younger than Jimmy Ryce. A 1999 law passed after Jimmy was raped and murdered […]
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Taken

A New Yorker article states: "The basic principle behind asset forfeiture is appealing. It enables authorities to confiscate cash or property obtained through illicit means, and, in many states, funnel […]
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New York Promised Help for Mentally Ill Inmates -- But Still Sticks Many in Solitary

"In New York, inmates diagnosed with 'serious' disorders should be protected from solitary confinement. But since that policy began, the number of inmates diagnosed with such disorders has dropped," according […]
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