U.S. town turned
into an open-air prison
The town of Postville, Iowa, population 2,000, has been
turned into an open-air prison.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=726632 |
US bank 'to fail within months'
A big US bank is likely to collapse within months as the
global financial crisis worsens, a former IMF chief economist warns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/business/7569903.stm |
City defends 'secret jail' built for DNC
DENVER - Activist groups say the converted warehouse poses a
threat to civil liberties. The city maintains the facility
is needed in case of mass arrests during the Democratic
National Convention. |
Ocean 'dead zones' becoming global problem
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Police dressed like tourists arrest 40 panhandlers
Atlanta police officers are dressing up just like sightseers
who come to Atlanta to wander through Centennial Olympic
Park or locals who work in Midtown highrises. |
Police scan 15,000 license plates while driving
Atlanta - The officer found out the vehicle was stolen
because of new technology in his car that reads all the
license plate numbers surrounding his car. The system
alerted him the car was stolen. |
America's Plantation Prisons
On an expanse of 18,000 acres of farmland, 59 miles northwest of
Baton Rouge, long rows of men, mostly African-American, till the
fields under the hot Louisiana sun. |
Companies hack away at jobs
The number of summer job cut announcements reached its
highest level since 2002, according to a report released
Wednesday. |
U.K. to Begin
Microchipping Prisoners
The British government is developing a
plan to track current and former prisoners by means of microchips
implanted under the skin, drawing intense criticism from probation
officers and civil rights groups. |
U.S. School
District to Microchip Students
A Rhode Island school district has announced a pilot program to
monitor student movements by means of radio frequency identification
(RFID) chips implanted in their schoolbags. |
Internet Traffic
Begins To Bypass U.S.
Data is increasingly flowing around the United States, which may
have intelligence — and conceivably military — consequences. |
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