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Published June 27, 2012
The DEA and Florida law enforcement today shut down a state-wide ring of alleged pill mills that, according to police, were partially owned by two firefighters from Pompano beach.
Published June 25, 2012
With the right equipment, anyone can take control of a GPS-guided drone and make it do anything they want it to -- a gaping hole in the security of military drones, experts say.
Published May 31, 2012
In less than 100 days, Democrats will gather in Charlotte, N.C., for their presidential nominating convention.
Published May 18, 2012
Sen. Lamar Alexander wants to make clear that his amendment to the Lacey Act wasn't intended to justify seizure of instruments made before 2008, and he and the amendment's co-sponsor are writing a letter to authorities to clarify that point.
Published May 18, 2012
About 500 miles north of the U.S.-Canada border in a remote area of Alberta roughly the size of Florida lies the largest single deposit of petroleum anywhere in the world.
Published May 08, 2012
The Alabama Department of Transportation has reversed course, and decided to work with local county officials on installing road signs meant to direct people to a new tornado shelter -- after an official initially resisted on the grounds that shelter signs had not been approved for state roads.
Published May 08, 2012
After waging a lengthy battle with state and federal bureaucrats over the right to have storm shelters, a tornado-stricken county in Alabama is running into another pile of red tape -- this time over the road signs directing people to those shelters.
Published May 07, 2012
The Congressional Prayer Caucus has sent a strongly worded letter to Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos and Board of Trust Chairman Mark Dalton chastising the university for creating what the lawmakers say is an “environment that is hostile” to the existence of religious groups on campus.
Published May 07, 2012
In the latest sign the culture wars are alive and well, voters going to the polls in North Carolina on Tuesday will decide on a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in the state.
Published April 12, 2012
It was seven months ago that federal agents with guns drawn raided the Gibson guitar factories in Nashville and Memphis. A half million dollars worth of Indian rosewood and ebony was seized under the premise that it had been imported illegally. The feds also took a number of guitars and computer hard drives. The factory was shut down for the day and employees told to go home.