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Deported veterans: Banished for committing crimes after serving in the U.S. military By Kevin Sullivan Hermosillo, Mexico — Milton Tepeyac, who served eight years as a U.S. Marine, scrapes by on $3 an hour in this northern Mexican city, where he has lived since the U.S. government deported...

Man dies after fall from upper deck during Braves baseball game in Atlanta By Associated Press ATLANTA — A man who fell more than 60 feet from an upper-level platform at Atlanta’s Turner Field onto a parking lot during a baseball game died Monday night, police said. Atlanta police...

Surge of brain activity may explain near-death experience, study says By Meeri Kim It’s called a near-death experience, but the emphasis is on “near.” The heart stops, you feel yourself float up and out of your body. You glide toward the entrance of a tunnel, and a searing bright light...

Religious family survives being lost at sea GREG MOORE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- A northern Arizona family has survived being lost at sea for weeks after an ill-fated attempt to leave the U.S. over what they consider government interference in religion. Hannah Gastonguay and her family...

Forget about Spain: Run with the bulls in Virginia WASHINGTON -- Have you ever wanted to run with the bulls but can't make it to Spain? You might get a chance to and at a much closer location. Rob ****ens is the brains behind the "Great Bull Run" that will take place on Saturday, Aug. 24 at the...

Norwegian neo-Nazi who has expressed support for mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack. Kristian Vikernes, a heavy metal musician, has already spent 21 years in prison in Norway for stabbing to death a rival metal...

For one day next month, the St. Paul Saints minor league baseball team will become the Aints. The Saints, known for off-the-wall promotions in the team's 20-year history, will have a theme night on Aug. 10 titled "A Night of Unbelievable Fun," sponsored by the Minnesota Atheists. While the...

With NSA revelations, Sen. Ron Wyden’s vague warnings about privacy finally become clear By David A. Fahrenthold It was one of the strangest personal crusades on Capitol Hill: For years, Sen. Ron Wyden said he was worried that intelligence agencies were violating Americans’ privacy. But...

that only right-wingers were butt-hurt, whining drama queens. . .

If it's of interest to anybody, here's an op-ed piece from a criminal defense lawyer on why lawyers defend monsters: What motivates a lawyer to defend a Tsarnaev, a Castro or a Zimmerman? - The Washington Post Three pages of BS. I coulda said it in three words. No, make that two. Heck...

Well, it's true! Millions of dinosaurs.

Iowa Supreme Court stands by ruling on firing of attractive assistant Read more: Iowa Supreme Court stands by ruling on firing of attractive assistant | Fox News The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stood by its ruling that a dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant because he found her...

The case of ‘zombie’ voters in South Carolina “We just recently learned that there are over 900 individuals who had died before the election (and had voted) and at least 600 of those individuals had died way outside the window that an absentee ballot could have been sent, so we know for a...

when they don't even bother to lie to you anymore. Proposal to restrict NSA phone-tracking program defeated By Ed O’Keefe A controversial proposal to restrict how the National Security Agency collects Americans’ telephone records failed to advance in the House by a narrow margin Wednesday...

Va. governor apologizes, repays loans to donor Wednesday - 7/24/2013, 6:36am ET BOB LEWIS AP Political Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Gov. Bob McDonnell said Tuesday he has repaid a major political donor more than $120,000 in loans to the governor's wife and a business McDonnell owns with his...

Seems to me there's a lot of confusion as to what they mean, so here's a short primer. The general common-law rule of deadly force in self defence is that it is justified if the person reasonably believes that he is in danger of imminent death or serious bodily harm. Several states codified...

Good news for opponents of stand your ground laws. There's at least one case where a woman tried the stand your ground defense and failed. She is now serving 20 years for the senseless and brutal killing of. . . um. . . a chunk of drywall. By Gil Aegerter, Staff Writer, NBC News...

Global attitudes reflect shifting U.S.-China power balance, survey concludes By William Wan BEIJING — People around the globe believe that China will inevitably replace the United States as the world’s leading superpower, but that doesn’t mean they like the prospect, according to a new study...