CHICAGO, Illinois - January 26, 2009 - A 14-year-old boy accused of impersonating a police officer and going on patrol has pleaded not guilty.

INDEPENDENCE, Missouri - January 23, 2009 - An Independence woman charged with theft for failing to return a library book said Friday she is both embarrassed and angered by the arrest.

The unanimous Declaration of the fifty united States of America

In the Course of securing Liberty and establishing the Republic, our Forefathers Dissolved all allegiance to the British Crown and declared the American Colonies to be free and independent States. This separation from the mother country Transformed the newly established States into separate Sovereign political entities. That in order to Preserve their freedom and independence, the several States found it necessary to Unite for their common defense and general welfare.

CHICAGO, Illinois - January 22, 2009 - U.S. District Judge Robert W. Gettleman has ruled that a state law requiring a moment of silence in public schools across Illinois is unconstitutional, saying it crosses the line separating church and state.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - January 22, 2009 - Iceland has no army, no navy and no air force - but it does have riot police.

WASHINGTON - January 21, 2009 - Former National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice, who helped expose the NSA's warrantless wiretapping in December 2005, has now come forward with even more startling allegations. Tice told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Wednesday that the programs that spied on Americans were not only much broader than previously acknowledged but specifically targeted journalists.

At least 200 passengers have been convicted of felonies under the USA PATRIOT Act, often for behavior involving raised voices and profanity. Some experts say airlines are misusing the law.

LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia - January 20, 2009 - Tamera Jo Freeman was on a Frontier Airlines flight to Denver in 2007 when her two children began to quarrel over the window shade and then spilled a Bloody Mary into her lap.