(Photo: IRS.gov)“He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to . . .cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.” — Article II, Section 1, Articles of Impeachment against Richard M. Nixon, adopted by the House Judiciary Committee, July 29, 1974 The… Read more →
Photo: Wikipedia British scientists plan to harness the power of the internet to catch outbreaks of killer infections before they spread. The researchers will use online surveillance to monitor millions of web searches where people have looked up symptoms related to conditions such as HIV, MRSA or dangerous strains of flu. They say this will help them to locate in… Read more →
An IRS campaign to apply additional scrutiny to conservative groups went beyond targeting “Tea Party” and “patriot” groups to include those focused on government spending, the Constitution and several other broad areas. The additional guidelines created by the agency were part of a timeline, obtained by Fox News, from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, which is looking into… Read more →
Photo: Reuters Two 18-year-olds in different part of the United States have been arrested for constructing home-made explosive devices. It comes as many question national security effectiveness following the Boston Marathon bombing. Joshua Prater, a student at Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, Arizona was arrested on Tuesday after a cleaning lady found what later turned out to be… Read more →
Photo: Breitbart Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced a resolution Monday that calls upon the Senate to review public policies that led to the alleged illegal practices of abortionist Kermit Gosnell and others like him. The resolution has 10 original cosponsors and resolves: Congress and States should gather information about and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices and the interstate referral of women and… Read more →
Photo: Scott Sady /AP The US Senate on Monday passed a bill aimed at ending tax-free shopping on the internet but the move looks set to face fierce opposition before it becomes law. The Marketplace Fairness Act, which has cross-party supporter and the backing of powerful retailers, would give states the power to require retailers with sales over $1m to collect state and local… Read more →
(AP Photo/Christian Escobar Mora) Demand for guns and ammunition has cleaned out stores nationwide, leading to waiting lists and early morning lines outside of gun and sporting good stores for ammunition shipments. Common calibers routinely sell out within minutes of appearing on store shelves and prices have soared as much as 70 percent. After the Newtown elementary school massacre, gun… Read more →
More than 900 people have been arrested in China for selling fake or tainted meat in the last three months.
Photo: The News Star The Mississippi River is again flooding about 8,500 acres of farmland in East Carroll Parish’s Bunches Bend, which suffered a spectacular levee failure during the Great Flood of 2011 that wiped out $10 million in crops planted there then. Producers have since repaired the original breach on the northern end of the levee through a special… Read more →
Picture: Wikipedia. Florida House and Senate budget leaders have awarded Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw $1 million for a new violence prevention unit aimed at preventing tragedies like those in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., from occurring on his turf. Bradshaw plans to use the extra $1 million to launch “prevention intervention” units featuring specially trained deputies, mental health… Read more →
