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Child Should Not Be Able to Waive Miranda Rights - Take Action!
Society & Culture  (tags: children, Miranda Rights, parent, legal guardian )

Kelli
- 6 hours ago - petitionspot.com
This purpose of this petition is to have lawmakers create a law that would make it illegal for a juvenile to waive his Miranda Rights without a parent or legal guardian present. If that child does not have a parent or legal guardian a court appointed
Protect Your Children Against Sex Offenders - Take Action
Society & Culture  (tags: sex offender, sex offender registry, Loopholes, children, preditor, heinous sex crimes, child abduction, sexual abuse prevention, crime, abuse, sexual abuse, sexual assaltethics, family, freedoms, GoodNews )

Kelli
- 20 hours ago - petitionspot.com
Inconsistencies and loopholes are weakening the ability of our law enforcement agencies to keep track of dangerous sex offenders, know of their constant whereabouts, where they live and whether they have registered their names into a sex offender registry
The Rise of the Locavore
Society & Culture  (tags: food, food terminology, advertising, packaging, locavores, satire )

Ombretta
- 6 hours ago - nytimes.com
An entertaining piece by William Safire, who gently satirizes the rise of the locavore. Enjoy!
Phoenix, AZ: Criminals Targeted in U.S. "Kidnap Capital"
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, Arizona, drug smuggling profits, Mexican border, smugglers, criminals, criminal underworld, illegal narcotics smuggling )

Kactus
- 1 day ago - reuters.com
Criminal underworld have long enjoyed the hot money profits from illicit smuggling of drugs and people over the border from Mexico. Now kidnappers stalk THEM, wanting a piece of their proceeds! Kidnap rings snatching the criminals, illegal human smuggling
Homework Around Him, Boy-12, Killed in Drive-By Shooting
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, IL, MO, children, boy, drive-by shooting, deaths )

Kactus
- 1 day ago - cnn.com
Books, pencils found near body of Delarrian Davis Marcus Powell charged with first-degree murder in drive-by shooting Powell, 27, was wanted for another shooting, police said
Crisis Forcing Debt-Saddled Americans to Budget--BIG TIME!
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, budgets, budgeting, learrning to control spending, society, getting out of debt, poor economy, no money, living small-scale )

Kactus
- 1 day ago - reuters.com
"I know for many of us saving is a foreign concept," Lizbeth Sanchez, a manager at financial counseling service Balance told the crowd. "It's not easy to save because the way our culture works, the person who dies with the most stuff wins, right?"
The Crying Game
Society & Culture  (tags: onions, onion, recipes, advice, food )

Ombretta
- 1 day ago - washingtonpost.com
Onions - can't ook without 'em, can't stop crying when you cut 'em. Great article on the truth of how not to weep when you slice into this most potent of vegetables. Links to recipes as well.
Australia Can Handle Indian Spinners, Says Ponting
Society & Culture  (tags: news, world, performance, sports )

Socialexp
- 4 days ago - icc-cricket.yahoo.com
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting believes his team is equipped to handle Indian spinners, who are expected to pose a big threat to the tourists in the four-Test series that begins Thursday.
The Juice Is No Longer on the Loose
Society & Culture  (tags: menace, crime, guns, vegas, bullet-proof, courts, antisocial personality )

Clever
- 7 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
He got away with murder and wrote a book bragging about it. He beat up a guy in front of his kids for honking at him when he ran a stop sign. So how was he to know that Vegas would not tolerate him bullying people with guns? Better arguement than his...
10-Minutes of Q&A With a Religious Extremist
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Society & Culture  (tags: abortion, incest, child abuse, religion, Palin )

Clever
- 7 days ago - youtube.com
Pay attention at 5 minutes 30 seconds: Couric: "If a 15-year-old who is raped by her father, you believe it should be illegal for her to get an abortion. Why?" Palin: "I am pro-life and I am not appologetic about my position there..."
 
 
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