Census: Minority babies are now majority in United States

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Man says rattlesnake bit him at Wal-Mart in Wash.

A man says he reached down to pick up a stick lying in the gardening aisle of a Wal-Mart in eastern Washington state, only to discover that it was a rattlesnake that then bit his hand.

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St. Louis County police officer charged with sodomy

A St. Louis County police officer was charged Wednesday with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy after he was accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a teenage girl more than 10 years ago.

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7 deputies from L.A. County sheriff's gang unit placed on leave

Seven deputies from the Los Angeles County sheriff's gang unit have been placed on leave on suspicion that they belong to a secret clique that celebrates shootings and brands its members with matching tattoos, sources confirmed.The move is a sign of the intensifying nature of the …

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If The TSA Can Ignore The Fourth Amendment, The NYPD Can, Too

If The TSA Can Ignore The Fourth Amendment, The NYPD Can, TooPerry Chiaramonte writes on FoxNews about the NYPD's "Stop-and-Frisk":

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Report: Security breaches underreported by TSA | NJ.com

Top ranking TSA managers are not telling the head office about nearly half of the security breaches at the country’s major airports — including Newark — making it more difficult to spot dangerous weaknesses in the national fight against terrorism, according to a …

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FBI warns travelers of pop-up window cyber-attacks

If you're traveling abroad, your laptop could be attacked. That much, is certain, according to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which warned this week that hackers are "targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while establishing an internet connection in their h …

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Florida woman sentenced to 20 years in controversial warning shot case - CNN.com

Saying he had no discretion under state law, a judge sentenced a Jacksonville, Florida, woman to 20 years in prison Friday for firing a warning shot in an effort to scare off her abusive husband. Marissa Alexander unsuccessfully tried to use Florida's controversial "stand your g …

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Trial ordered for 2 California police officers in beating death of homeless man - CNN.com

The victim was sitting when the officer gave two conflicting orders. To obey one was to disobey the other. Kelly asked "Which one do you want?" The cop was putting on gloves when he said "See these? They are going to f*ck you up"

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Identity thieves could rake in $26 billion in tax refunds

Criminals who file fraudulent tax returns by stealing people's identities could rake in an estimated $26 billion over the next five years because the IRS cannot keep up with the amount of the fraud, Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George said Tuesday.

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'Bait Car' sting turns tables on sheriff's detective - latimes.com

An L.A. County sheriff's detective says under oath that he read Miranda rights to an auto-theft suspect after his arrest. Footage from a reality TV program shows otherwise.  

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2-4-6-8 Whom Do We Remediate?

The numbers are eye-poppers: In the Fall of ’09, 95 percent of students entering RCC from the Riverside school district had to take remedial math. Fifty-five percent needed the remedial class just one rung below college-level work; 40 percent needed courses further down t …

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Colo. boy, 6, suspended for reciting 'Sexy' lyric

A 6-year-old boy was suspended from his suburban Denver school for three days after school officials said he told a girl "I'm sexy and I know it," a line from a popular song. D'Avonte Meadows, a first-grader at Sable Elementary School in Aurora, is accused of sexual harassment a …

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NFL lawyer says union is protective of Saints players

The NFL believes the players' union is more intent on protecting the New Orleans Saints involved in the team's bounty scandal than supporting its members who could have been hurt by the pay-for-pain plan.

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HESPERIA: 68 arrested at suspected cockfight venue

San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies from stations throughout the region, as well as federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, took 68 people into custody as they tried to run from a barn in the 14000 block of Summit Valley Road, the Sheriff’s Department …

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Deputy who tried to smuggle heroin in burrito pleads no contest

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who tried to smuggle heroin into a courthouse jail inside a bean-and-cheese burrito pleaded no contest Monday to two felonies, authorities said. Deputy Henry Marin, 27, faces up to four years behind bars after the open plea to a si …

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Hundreds of 5-year-old municipal vehicles found in Miami that were never used

Have you ever bought a brand new cars only to forget where you put it? How about 300 of them? Probably not – unless you're Miami-Dade County, which was recently reunited with 298 vehicles it bought brand new between 2006 and 2007.

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At 102, female WWII veteran keeps doing good deeds

A resident of Westchester, Cohen is believed to be California's oldest female veteran, according to the California Department of Veterans Affairs. She was recently recognized at a state Capitol celebration during Women's Military History Week honoring the achievements of women in …

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Student cheats, gets caught -- and his father sues. What gives?

Kids -- and their parents -- are so intent on the most glowing high school records that almost anything goes. Professional tutors and counselors galore. Cheating by so-called honor students is at mortifying levels, and it doesn't end once they get into that name college. Professo …

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Newark Airport Evacuated Over Baby Security Breach

At around 1:15 p.m. yesterday, a Newark airport terminal was evacuated because an unscreened baby was on the loose. A mother and infant had walked through a metal detector, setting it off, so the mother passed the potentially explosive child to her already-screened husband before …

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Beware of fake or deceptive online reviews

Over the years, I've heard countless stories about brand new restaurants that suddenly have a ton of five-star reviews after being open just a few days — and of salon workers writing scathing online reviews of their former employer as if they were a customer

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Former East St. Louis and Alorton police chief gets one year in prison

Michael Baxton Sr., the former chief of both East St. Louis and Alorton, was sentenced Friday to a year in federal prison and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine for crimes committed in both places. *** A city’s highest-ranking law enforcement officer committed a felony while on …

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New Secret Service scandal centers on strippers, prostitutes in El Salvador

U.S. Secret Service agents brag they routinely use third-world prostitutes while conducting out-of-country security detail for Presidential visits  

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