Army Vet Discovers Feds Now Digging Up Decades Old Minor Convictions to Prevent Gun Ownership
A local Army veteran is fighting for permission to own a gun after a misdemeanor pot conviction from 1971 stopped him from buying .22 caliber rifle.
Entries by Joe Miller
Police: Marine Corps Veteran Stops Carjacker Holding Knife to Girl’s Throat (+video)
Police said a carjacker who tried to steal four cars was captured Tuesday after the level-headed actions of a concealed-carry Marine vet.
Taxpayer-Funded Research Lets People Experience What it Feels Like to be a Cow
Would experiencing a day in the life of a cow make you less likely to eat meat? How would chopping down a tree affect your paper usage? These are questions that the National Science Foundation awarded universities $748,000 dollars to use virtual reality to answer.
Shocking Video of Van Striking Woman, Then Dragging Stroller With Baby in it, Released by Police in Effort to Find Assailant
Police are hoping a shocking video snippet showing a van backing into a Muskegon woman pushing a baby stroller, then dragging the stroller for a short distance with a 1-year-old child still in it, stirs up enough outrage from viewers that someone will come forward and identify the driver of the van.
California Senate Passes Bill to Allow Non-Citizen Poll Workers to Help Non-English-Speaking Citizens to Vote
The state Senate on Monday approved legislation that would allow immigrants who are not U.S. citizens to assist voters casting a ballot.
Customers Catch, Tie Up Escaped Rapist Who Then Pleads to Just “Go Back to Prison” (+video)
A customer in an American flag shirt tackled the escaped rapist to the floor as he was paying for items, including a candy bar, with change. The incident was captured on video.
Florida Police Department’s Officers, Captain “Morally Bankrupt,” Engaged in Deplorable Sex Acts (+video)
Authorities are investigating a widespread sex scandal involving nearly a dozen police officers in one Florida city after a civilian crime analyst detailed trysts with the men in police and fire stations, patrol cars, motels and even in a parking lot after a memorial service for a slain officer. And that’s not the only problem this Florida town has had.
Libyan Official Ties Egypt’s Morsi to Benghazi Attack
A letter by a top Libyan official blames the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens on Mohamed Morsi, the now deposed president of Egypt.
Alaska’s Business Climate Continues to Suffer, Ranked 44th out of 50 States
According to an annual scoring based upon inputs from the National Association of Manufacturers and the Council on Competitiveness, Alaska is ranked seventh from the bottom for competitiveness.
July 3: The Day Big Government Finally Imploded
July 3 was the quiet afternoon that a deputy assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy announced in a blog post that the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate would be delayed one year. Something about the “complexity of the requirements.”