Troop Leader Caught With Hand in Girl Scout Cookie Jar
A Kentucky Girl Scout troop leader is accused of running off with over 6,000 boxes of cookies, local officials say. FULL STORY
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How the U.S. Protects the Environment, From Nixon to Trump
Nearly 50 years ago, the U.S. enacted a series environmental laws. A little bickering aside, they seem to work. FULL STORY
Deadly New York Times Square Attack Highlights Pedestrian Safety
Fears of a terrorist attack prompted officials to ring many of the pedestrian plazas of Times Square with squat steel posts capable of stopping a speeding vehicle. FULL STORY
Pistols at 20 Paces? Dueling Remains a Bad Idea in Oregon
The next time the people of Oregon go to the polls, they won’t get to vote regarding dueling. Whether to repeal the 172-year-old state constitutional provision that was designed to discourage dueling was being bantered about. FULL STORY
Just for Fun Friday: Water, Weird Clouds Found on Alien ‘Warm Neptune’
Astronomers have spotted water vapor and evidence of exotic clouds in the atmosphere of an alien planet known as HAT-P-26b. FULL STORY
Too Gouda To Be True! Wisconsin Expected to Pass Cheese Bill
Thanks to a Fourth Grade class in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, the state legislature is set to give final approval today to making cheese the official state dairy product. FULL STORY
Woman Uses Hillary Clinton as Alias During DUI and Eluding Police Arrest
Maybe it’s not such a bad idea to change you name during an arrest. But changing it to Hillary Clinton – a former First Lady, senator from New York, Secretary of State, and, most recently, presidential candidate? That’s what A Kentucky woman chased by police from Maryland into Pennsylvania told the trooper who finally stopped her. … [Read more…]
Inaccurate Leads from IP Addresses Prompt Police to Serve Warrants on Innocent People
The Seattle Police Department, working off a tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children that an IP address – tied to an individual’s name and physical address – searched an innocent man’s home for the upload and transfer of child pornography. FULL STORY
Federal Judge Rules Harris County Bail System Unconstitutional
A federal judge in Houston Friday issued a scathing denouncement of Harris County’s cash bail system, saying it is fundamentally unfair to detain indigent people arrested for low-level offenses simply because they can’t afford to pay bail. Full Story
Mystery behind the Antarctic’s ‘Blood Falls’ solved after more than 100 years
It has baffled scientists since it was discovered more than a century ago, but now experts think they have finally found the cause of the Antarctic’s blood falls. FULL STORY