LONDON, England - November 5, 2008 - A group of students had their 'Mad Scientist' party brought to an abrupt end when police mistook them for terrorists.

GAINESVILLE, Georgia - November 1, 2008 - A Gainesville woman was put behind bars, lost her job and asked to pay a fine, and it all started with a complaint about her lawn care.

WASHINGTON - November 1, 2008 - In an opinion issued Friday in a lawsuit filed by the National Security Archive, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the Department of Justice to submit to the court for review several of the DOJ's legal opinions authorizing the Bush regime to conduct domestic surveillance without prior approval from a secret court.

SEATTLE, Washington - October 31, 2008 - The family of a baby-sitter who was once accused of killing a toddler in her care is suing the city and several Seattle police detectives, claiming they "trampled" her constitutional rights when they interrogated her for 19 hours and ignored her request for an attorney.

KAMIAH, Idaho - October 26, 2008 – Retired Officer Jack McLamb stated on the second hour of a recent edition of his radio show that he's heard from three different very reliable sources that the Idaho National Guard has been stripped of all weapons, artillery, and heavy equipment by the U.S. Army.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - October 28, 2008 - Since 1994, Chief Judge Edward Dufresne has been handling the appeals of indigent Louisiana convicts who have to file their own briefs.  Last year, the aid Dufresne had assigned to handle those appeals committed suicide.  According to his suicide note, Jarrold Peterson killed himself in part because of the guilt he faced over what he had been asked to do as part of his job.

RICHLAND COUNTY, South Carolina - October 27, 2008 - Charles Green admits he has a problem with crack cocaine. He admits he had crack on him the night of Jan. 17. He admits he ran from police to avoid arrest and might have swallowed some of the crack while hiding it in his mouth.