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US House approves $5,000 fee for official drilling protests, less federal authority over fracking

 November 24, 2013 09:25                                                                              The US House passed Wednesday two bills that would demand a $5,000 filing fee for any individual that wanted to hold an official protest of a drilling project, and that would give the feds less authority… Read More ›

Students’ right to wear American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo heads to federal appeals court

Published time: October 17, 2013 23:48 Edited time: October 18, 2013 00:25                                                                             Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP A federal appeals court is considering whether administrators of a school marred by racial tension and gang activity went too far when they sent… Read More ›

Book by whistleblower at center of ‘Fast and Furious’ blocked by the ATF

 Published time: October 08, 2013 00:20 Edited time: October 09, 2013 09:47                                                                             AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo A book authored by an agent at the center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ “Fast and Furious” gun running… Read More ›

Security rules for Democratic National Convention cause concern: Banned: handbags, backpacks, soda cans, drink coolers, scarves, bike helmets, baby strollers, and non-service animals” within the hundred-square-block event zone

By Muriel Kane Sunday, September 2, 2012 20:19 EDT A new ordinance for “extraordinary events” put in place by the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is hosting the Democratic National Convention this week, have left attendees as well as… Read More ›