DEATH PENALTY OPPONENTS' trouble is that they miss the point - executions are fun! That is why Thomas Arthur's DNA must not be tested before his July 31 execution in Alabama. He says DNA evidence can prove his innocence, and Alabama says, "Who cares?"
Nas was on a small podium in front of Fox News headquarters in New York City protesting what he sees as racist attacks against Black Americans and presidential candidate Barack Obama. In a brief prepared statement, the multi-platinum rapper pointed...
On April 16, 2008, he proposed lifting the cap on Social Security payroll taxes-- which would be one of the largest tax increases in U.S. history.According to Andrew G. Biggs,"The new Obama plan would not only fail to resolve the system's long-term problem
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sixty years after President Truman desegregated the military, senior black officers are still rare, particularly among the highest ranks.Blacks make up about 17 percent of the total force, yet just 9 percent of all officers. That fr
- Pennsylvania's auditor general wants his state to join the estimated two dozen others that track some released sex offenders with global positioning satellite technology.Auditor General Jack Wagner on Tuesday urged state lawmakers to require at least
The mother of a missing 2-year-old is a person of interest in a case that is beginning to look like a homicide, prosecutors said Tuesday. Sheriff's deputies said they still hope to find the girl alive.Casey Anthony, 22, is charged only with child neglect
A Dallas day care center is the focus of a police investigation into the death of an 19-month-old girl who died Monday after being left in a hot vehicle.
NEWS: California spends four times as much per prisoner as Mississippi. Where does the money go? California spends around $49,000 annually per adult inmate, nearly 4 times Mississippi, which spends $13,300. Where does the money go? A partial break
The number first appeared in headlines earlier this year: Nearly one in four of all prisoners worldwide is incarcerated in America. It was just the latest such statistic. Today, one in nine African American men between the ages of 20 and 34 is locked up.
