Sometimes, the news coming out of Southern California is more entertaining than the movies coming out of Southern California. Last week the 37,000-member California state chapter of ACORN broke away from its national organization to form a new nonprofit group
Boing Boing: The entire floor of the bathroom is on a hydraulic lift to bring people up and down.
NBC Washington: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Dulles International Airport discovered more than 60 grams of cocaine … inside a fully cooked chicken. Unfortunately, this chicken’s unique blend of 11 herbs and spices included a white powdery substance.
Have you heard the one about the pimp, prostitute, politician and the community organizer? Well, thanks to San Diego private investigator Derrick Roach, Californians are not laughing at what is turning into a political nightmare for California Attorney General Jerry
From the Calbuzz Blog: The stunning news that a spokesman for Attorney General Jerry Brown secretly taped a conversation with SF Chronicle reporter Carla Marinucci, admitting that this something he did routinely, leaves Brown with one and only option: fire
It was a little after midnight when I crossed over the bridge from Laredo, Texas into the sister city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. After having my car searched I was cleared through the Mexican Customs’ check point where the military
Fox News: The men detained in Mexico are allegedly part of an immigrant smuggling ring, and 21 people were found with them when police detained them and seized four guns near Tecate, Mexico.
On a hot summer evening, in a bar in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico just across the bridge from Laredo, Texas; a thirty year-old man, on his knees, surrounded by a dozen armed guards, can be heard begging for his life, he
Cpt. Isaac Rademacher — Jake Rademacher Note: Part 1 of this 4 part interview can be found here. J.R. Head: Tell me about the time frame of the film. “Brothers at War” was shot in 2005? “Brothers at War” Director,
AFP: A Canadian scientist has been arrested for smuggling 22 vials stolen from Canada’s National Microbiology Lab, used in Ebola and HIV research, into the United States, Canadian and US officials said Wednesday.
Had Hollywood been in charge of casting I would have never been offered the role…a white man targeting an Asian organized crime syndicate. But Hollywood and the bad guys didn’t understand my “motivation.” If I sold myself as a criminal
Independent: Friends of Samantha Orobator-Oghagbon, 20, believe she may have been raped while in detention and now fear for the health of her unborn baby.
Why is it that many government agency names are oxymoronic? How much new water has the California Department of Water Resources delivered in the past couple of decades? How much energy has the federal Department of Energy or the California
Israel ordered a three-hour pause in its Gaza offensive Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and said it welcomed a cease-fire proposal as long as Hamas halts rockets and weapons smuggling.
E-waste from America, Japan and the European Union is pouring into China through underground channels. In south China’s Guiyu, workers are poisoned by toxic fume chemicals when they melt e-waste and the environment is severely damaged. Underground channel of smuggling
Tolleson Police busted a human smuggling ring early Sunday after they found dozens of illegal immigrants hiding behind produce in an 18-wheeler.
Italian police made a series of arrests in an attempt to break up a Mafia family involved in drug smuggling across Europe.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/ver/230b/popup/index.php?cl=2747713 U.S. authorities are increasing their efforts to stop the human smuggling from Cuba. The Associated Press found that more than 7,000 Cubans made the risky run in 2006.
