Mayor Bloomberg calls the NYPD ‘my own army’
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New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said the New York Police Department was like his own personal military force during a speech at MIT.
Governors petition federal government to reclassify marijuana
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Governors Christine Gregoire (D-WA) and Lincoln Chafee (I-RI) announced at a press conference Wednesday that they were jointly filing a federal petition to reclassify marijuana for medical use.
Researcher: Androids record communications
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If you own a smartphone, your device knows who your friends and family are. It knows where you are, where you’re going and, chances are, what you’ll be doing next. But what else do they know?
Ron Paul blasts Gingrich with new ad
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Ron Paul’s presidential campaign accused his rival former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of “serial hypocrisy” in an ad released on Wednesday.
Kentucky church bans interracial couples
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A small church in Pike County, Kentucky has voted to ban interracial couples from most church activities “to promote greater unity among the church body.”
Cain: ‘Stupid people are ruining America’
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain complained Wednesday that idiots are destroying the country, and must be out-voted.