New Prosthetics Keep Amputee Soldiers on Active Duty

  (Jason Koebler)   For decades, a soldier’s lost limb meant a life confined to a wheelchair or crutches, and at the very least a discharge from active service. But an increasing number of injuries in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, while horrific, have led by necessity to advancements in prosthetics technology. In fact, some amputee [...]

Florida judge rules red light cameras unconstitutional

A man from Pasco County, Fla., who got nabbed by a traffic camera to catch red light runners believes the camera was wrong — both in snapping his license plate and constitutionally. On the constitutional front, Thomas Filippone now has a county judge’s ruling to back him up. The Tampa Bay Tribune reports that Filippone [...]

‘We have a duty to prepare for the worst’: Peter King warns ‘hundreds’ of Hezbollah agents in U.S.

ShareThis ‘We have a duty to prepare for the worst’: Peter King warns Iran has ‘hundreds’ of Hezbollah agents in the U.S. 21 Mar 2012 Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah may have hundreds of operatives based in the United States, and Hezbollah – not al-Qaida [al-CIAduh]- poses the greatest terrorist threat to Americans, the Republican chairman [...]

Predator drones do routine domestic duty

(Brian Bennett)   Most days, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer David Gasho sends three unmanned spy planes into the skies over the rugged Sonora Desert to hunt for drug smugglers crossing into southern Arizona from Mexico. But in mid-June, as the largest wildfire in Arizona history raged, Gasho sent one of the Predator B drones [...]