111. The police in Whitewater, Wisc. crack down hard on online bullies – particularly when they’re the target.
112. A-raiding we will go:
- Massive sweeps in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas nets hundreds of arrests, 1,300 traffic tickets and some seized cash. All in the name of keeping us safe from terrorists.
- Police in Akron, Ohio continue a “Gun Violence Retention Sweep” that resulted in 72 arrests, although no guns were confiscated.
113. Minnesota seeks to conscript banks into its ranks of tax collectors, requiring them to rat out customers who owe the state money.
114. Another isolated Tasing incident leaves a a University of Miami graduate in critical condition.
115. Flying the heavily scanned skies:
- L. A. International Airport will start using body-imaging scanning to search for contraband under passengers’ clothing. The technology “essentially shows how the person looks without clothing.”
- The Department of Homeland Security leans on airlines and cruise lines to collect fingerprint data from all foreign travelers departing the U. S. Industry lobbyists claim the effort is cost-prohibitive.
116. Porn film producer John Stagliano faces multiple Federal charges of distributing obscene material. Said “Buttman” of the charges: “With the war in Iraq going so well, Osama bin Laden captured, the economy thriving, our public school system fixed, and our crumbling infrastructure completely repaired, the Bush administration’s top priority seems to be harassing filmmakers and watching our movies.”
117. Shock to the system: a Colorado man convicted of murder served 20 years in prison, where the state put his electrician skills to good use, transporting him all around the correctional system, and even driving him to Denver to take his exams and paying his license renewal fees. But now that he’s paroled, the state licensing board is threatening to pull his license based on his murder conviction, even though they’ve known about it for years.
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