Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New unmanned spy aircraft that flies over remote stretches of desert shows the U.S.-Mexico border isn’t as secure as the agency has claimed, the Center for Investigative Reporting reports. Records show more than 7,000 border crossers were detected by drones, but only 410 people were apprehended. Of those, 52 led to arrests,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Border Patrol agents accused of forcing drug smugglers to strip and eat marijuana are on trial this week on civil rights charges, the Huffington Post reports. Authorities said the border patrol agents left the four undocumented immigrants, wearing nothing but their underwear, to fend for themselves in the cold desert…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are trying to determine who sent an Arizona sheriff explosives in the mail. CNN reports that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is known for his unusual treatment of inmates, was sent a package that turned out to be a bomb. The package never made it past the post office because…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Connecticut gun store that sold two guns at the scene of the Newtown elementary school massacre had more than 500 violations of federal firearms regulations, reports the Journal News of Westchester County. Still, the ATF allowed the store to stay open without yanking the license until after the shooting, the Journal…
Mr Burns opens in the aftermath of a chain reaction disaster among America’s atomic power plants. Survivors have gathered in a remote spot in the woods. To pass the time, they collectively piece together the plot of a Simpsons episode, the season five classic Cape Feare, in which a newly paroled Sideshow Bob enacts a…
