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Column: We Have a Right to Bear Arms; We Also Have a Right to Live
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I’m all for the right to bear arms. The constitution says we can. That being said, guns and semi-automatic rifles are a dangerous enough commodity — like prescription morphine and oxycodone — that they need to be regulated — particularly when they end up in the hands of the violent Mexican…
Michigan Man Smuggles Illegal Polar Bear Trophy from Canada
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Sometimes it takes a rug, and sometimes it takes a polar bear trophy to really tie a room together. Such must have been the case when 73-year-old Jenison, Mich., resident Rodger Dale DeVries attempted to illegally import a polar bear trophy from Canada in 2007. According to a plea agreement announced…
Google Pays Justice Dept. $500,000 for Running Canadian Pharmacy Ads
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Google, the 800-pound gorilla in the cyber world, is going to to be a little lighter in the pocket as a result of some wrongdoing. Google has agreed to forfeit to the Justice Department $500 million for allowing online Canadian pharmacies to illegaly pedal prescription drugs, authorities announced Wednesday. The Justice…
Secret Service Countersniper Team Scrambles on White House Roof After Earthquake
Raw video from the Associated Press shows members of the Secret Service scrambling on the Whites House after Tuesday afternoon’s earthquake. The people on the roof are members of the Secret Service Countersniper Team, who are specially trained Uniformed Division officers.
John Edward’s Attys Want to Delay Trial
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Lawyers for ex-presidential hopeful John Edwards have a lot reasons to want to delay Edwards’ trial October trial — or so they say. The Associated Press reports that lawyers filed a motion Wednesday asking for the delay so they could have more time to review 400,000 documents produced by prosecutors. Edwards…
OYE! “Jewish Indiana Jones” Busted in “Save a Torah” Scam
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com OYE! A man who billed himself as the “Jewish Indiana Jones”, and was the co-founder of “Save a Torah” charity, was arrested Wednesday by federal authorities on charges of defrauding donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan announced. Authorities alleged that Manachem Youlus purported to…
With CIA help, NYPD Moves Covertly in Muslim Areas; Practice Raises Questions
By Adam Goldman Associated Press. In New Brunswick, N.J., a building superintendent opened the door to apartment No. 1076 one balmy Tuesday and discovered an alarming scene: terrorist literature strewn about the table and computer and surveillance equipment set up in the next room. The panicked superintendent dialed 911, sending police and the FBI rushing…
Fla. Feds Break Up $40 Million Pill Mill
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Thirty two people were busted– including 13 doctors — in what the head of the Miami FBI described as “the nation’s largest criminal organization involved in the illegal distribution of pain killers.” The bust capped a three-year investigation dubbed “Operation Oxy Alley” that netted the players tens of millions of dollars…