NEW YORK - July 12, 2010 - A team of Iroquois lacrosse players was stuck in the city yesterday, barred from flying to a tournament in England because the U.S. does not recognize its special passports.

July 12, 1010 - Clearly, many people are thinking things are only going to get worse and not get better any time soon in America. I am frequently asked if it is time to leave.

The short answer is that no one has to leave today, but a lot of people should be preparing to leave. The world is a very complex place, as Mises and Hayek taught us. It is hard to know with exactness much too far in advance what will happen. Right now it looks like the trend is toward more and more regulation, which will suffocate life in America. It's possible that could change, but the wise person is thinking about escape routes.

NEW YORK - July 11, 2010 - When night falls, police officers blanket some eight odd blocks of Brownsville, Brooklyn. Squad cars with flashing lights cruise along the main avenues: Livonia to Powell to Sutter to Rockaway.

On the inner streets, dozens of officers, many fresh out of the police academy, walk in pairs or linger on corners. Others, deeper within the urban grid, navigate a maze of public housing complexes, patrolling the stairwells and hallways.

BORING, Oregon - July 9, 2010 - An autopsy on an 87-year-old woman tasered by deputies after they said she was threatening them with a gun showed she suffered from heart disease.

Dr. Larry Lewman of the medical examiner's office said Friday that Phyllis Owens had a history of heart disease, and a healthy person wouldn't have died in similar circumstances. He said he has yet to determine what effect the stun gun had on the woman's pacemaker.

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina - July 9, 2010 - A North Carolina pastor was relieved of his duties as an honorary chaplain of the state House of Representatives after he closed a prayer by invoking the name of Jesus.

“I got fired,” said Ron Baity, pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. He had been invited to lead prayer for an entire week but his tenure was cut short when he refused to remove the name Jesus from his invocation.

OAKLAND, Kalifornia - July 8, 2010 - In a little-known city program that critics say may be unconstitutional, cops join fire and building inspectors as they enter homes without a warrant and then arrest residents if they find anything illegal.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (PNN) - July 7, 2010 - West Memphis, Arkansas police officers and some local prosecutors just finished training on how to identify and deal with anti-government, extremist groups.

This comes six weeks after a father-son pair of so-called "sovereign citizens", shot and killed two West Memphis police officers.