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Mexico sees first conviction of soldier in disappearance of civilian

MEXICO CITY – A judge in Mexico has handed down the first conviction ever of a Mexican soldier for the disappearance of a civilian. Mexico’s Federal Judiciary Council announced the verdict Tuesday. The second lieutenant was sentenced to just over…

EPA distorts health benefits of mega-costly clean-air rule

FILE: 2010: An EPA worker monitoring a beach in Pensacola, Florida. (REUTERS) EXCLUSIVE: The Environmental Protection Agency is exaggerating the potential health benefits—especially for children—it says result from a new rule that will set sharply lower ozone levels across the…

3 Supreme Court justices maintained substantial stock holdings in 2014, financial reports show

WASHINGTON – New personal financial disclosures from the Supreme Court show that Chief Justice John Roberts and two other justices are maintaining significant investments in individual companies’ stock. The details of investments held by Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice…

Fox News Poll: Voters distrust government, say Obama not most transparent

June 29, 2015: President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington before signing H.R. 2146 Defending Public Safety Employees Retirement Act and H.R. 1295 Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The nation’s…

Bon Jovi, Lady Gaga headlining Clinton fundraising spree

WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton embarked Monday on an aggressive campaign dash across the United States, further fueling questions about whether the front-running Democratic presidential candidate is having a harder time than expected locking down the Left in the face of…

Supreme Court rules Facebook threats as ‘free speech’ unless there’s intent

Photo illustration. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic) On June 1, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling, stated that Facebook threats are not criminal — at least until it is proven that they have some measure of intent. While free speech defenders…

Supreme Court: Making threats on Facebook is no reason to go to jail

Making threatening comments in rap lyrics on Facebook is not sufficient cause to determine that a real threat exists and sentencing someone to prison, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday in its first ruling regarding freedom of expression on the…

Why I don’t believe the April jobs report (and you shouldn’t either)

It’s getting really embarrassing. It’s hard to believe this is America. The mainstream media no longer prints the truth, they just print whatever lies make Obama look best. Are we living in a Banana Republic, where the media covers-up for…

Social media analysis suggests links between Baltimore and Ferguson violence

Baltimore firefighters battle a three-alarm fire Monday, April 27, 2015, at a senior living facility under construction at Federal and Chester Streets in East Baltimore. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP) EXCLUSIVE – An analysis of social media traffic in…