Patriot News Network

The following collection of articles by various authors are their opinions, inspiration and humor for your reading enjoyment.

Road to Depression

Unclaimed corpses raise body counts at area hospital!

GREENSBORO, North Carolina - September 24, 2010 - A hospital in Greensboro has seen unclaimed bodies stack up because family members can’t afford to pay burial costs.

Road to Depression

Initial jobless claims numbers worse than expected!

WASHINGTON - September 23, 2010 - Initial jobless claims for the week ending September 18 were 460,000, which was higher than the 450,000 that were expected.
So we're back in initial jobless claims limbo.

War on Freedom

Feds radiating Amerikans with mobile X-ray surveillance vans!

ATLANTA, Georgia - September 29, 2010 - For many living in a terror-spooked country, it might seem like a great government innovation: Use vans equipped with mobile X-ray units to scan vehicles at major sporting events, or even randomly, for bombs or contraband.

But news that the U.S. is buying custom-made vans packed with something called backscatter X-ray capacity has riled priva

War on Freedom

Federal agents are stopping trucks on major interstate!

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Georgia - September 29, 2010 - A team of federal agents stopped tractor-trailers on Interstate 20 just west of Atlanta, inspecting each truck as it passed through a weigh station, and Channel 2 has learned its part of a counter-terrorism operation.

Channel 2's Linda Stouffer reported a flashing sign on the interstate directed the trucks to pull into a state-owned in

War on Freedom

Mayor arrested on bribery charges!

NOGALES, Arizona - September 28, 2010 - The mayor of Nogales was arrested Tuesday on multiple charges including bribery, theft, fraud and money laundering, Arizona's attorney general said.

Mayor Octavio Garcia Von Borstel, 29, was taken into custody at his office at Nogales City Hall. Search warrants were executed at the mayor's home, business and office.

War on Freedom

Charges dismissed against man who taped traffic stop!

BALTIMORE, Maryland - September 27, 2010 - A Harford County Circuit Court judge Monday dismissed wiretapping charges against Anthony Graber, a motorcyclist who was jailed briefly after he taped a Maryland state trooper who stopped him for speeding on I-95. Graber used a camera mounted on his helmet, then posted the video on YouTube.

War on Freedom

Student campaigns to restore Pledge of Allegiance!

ARLINGTON, Massachusetts - September 26, 2010 - For the first time in 40 years, high-school students in Arlington, Massachusetts are able to recite, in a school environment, those familiar words: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."