How communities can make a ton of money without raising taxes: 1. Install red-light cameras. 2. Shorten the yello-light time below the federally mandated three seconds. 3. Rake in the dough.
Brian Hughes paid a $50 fine after a camera caught him running a light in Manhattan in 2010.
I don't want to fuel anybody's paranoid fantasies, but welcome to the surveillance state:
Boy, does this ever sound like a nightmare in the making:
The chairman of the State Senate Education Committee says he will not try again to have creationism be taught in Indiana's public schools during the upcoming legislative session.
You knew this was coming, right?
HURON, SD -Huron is the latest city in South Dakota to ban texting while driving.
Blame social media the next time it feels like forever for your turn to use the toilet.
According to a study released Monday, 32 percent of people in the United States aged 18 to 24 say they use social networking in the bathroom.
Does this sound like a party that's really interested in lower taxes, smaller government and spending cuts?
House Speaker John Boehner and GOP leadership have removed several conservative House members from their respective powerful committee positions, Breitbart News has learned.
My favorite headline so far this week -- "The least-trusted jobs in America: Congress members and car salespeople." People from the medical profession take the top three spots -- nurses, pharmacists and doctors. Advertising practitioners and stockbrokers join the politicians and salespeople at the bottom:
CNSNews.com) – Chicago, a city plagued by gangs, murder and a failing public education system, is the most American of cities, says Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
A case of "my house, my rules":
BLOOMINGTON, IND.(AP) - A Bloomington shelter for the homeless is implementing a new code of conduct for residents that bars them from asking strangers for money.
Granted, this isn't as momentous as the gay-marriage debate, but it's interesting in its own way:
An organization that promotes secular humanism as a moral alternative to belief in God was dealt a setback Friday when a federal judge declined to expand the definition of who is qualified to perform marriage ceremonies.
Is handwriting worth saving? Probably not, since is is simply "not the clearest way to communicate if expressing what you mean swiftly, and being understood, is your primary purpose." But we will be poorer for the loss:
"Real life isn't like a feel-good TV story about a viral video" department:
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York City homeless man - whose gift of boots from an NYPD police officer became an online sensation - is back on the streets with no shoes.
Young people's attachment to their mobile phones is eroding their personal relationships, according to a new study.
President Obama opposes an immigration reform bill backed by companies including Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe that would let U.S.-educated computer programmers and engineers remain in the country, the White House said today.
I have to admit that this has a certain appeal:
At this moment, Republicans in Congress need to examine which presents a more dire threat to the country:
A) A double-dip recession driven by the sequester and the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, or
I was going to say something about "your tax dollars at work," but there's something even more irritating than the wasting of the truly insignificant (to the feds) sum of $100,000. It's the idea that a government study, if enough earnest researchers just push all the right buttons, can fathom the depths of human relationships and thwart all destructive behavior:
I'm a serious caffeine addict from way back, but this is just silly:
Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Starbucks Corp. has started selling a specialty coffee that costs $7 for a 16-ounce “grande” cup, making it the company’s priciest brew, as customers demand more premium products.
What do you think, is this self-indulgent, sentimental twaddle or an uplifting story obout dealing with grief?
Bill McKinley said losing his dog, Cody, was the toughest moment of his life.
Slate has the most fascinating question of the day: Why is public nudity illegal?
