For Civilian Drones, the Sky is the Limit
Potential uses of civilian unmanned aerial vehicles include monitoring railroad cars, scanning agricultural fields and scoping out the extent of a forest fire. … Read More
View ArticleUnachievable Government Ethanol Mandate Drives Gasoline Prices Higher
As noted at Reason 24/7, gas prices are going up, and federal rules mandating the use of ethanol seem to be responsible for at least part of the price hikes. Among the many, many components of the...
View ArticleObama mulls stripping CIA of drones
The Daily Beast writes this week that Pres. Obama is expectedto sign off on an order that will end the Central IntelligenceAgency’s ability to use unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, andwill instead...
View ArticleThe Green-Car Blues
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has drawn the fury of the environmentally minded by including in his transportation package a $100 annual fee on alternative-fuel vehicles, including electric cars and...
View ArticleA. Barton Hinkle on The Green-Car Blues
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has drawn the fury of the environmentally minded by including in his transportation package a $100 annual fee on alternative-fuel vehicles, including electric cars and...
View ArticleFederal government purchases two million doses of smallpox drug in...
irst it was millions of servings of long-term storable food. Then it was billions of rounds of high-powered ammunition and thousands of tank-like armored vehicles. Now the occupying powers of the U.S....
View Article‘Bombs over Seoul’: New N. Korea propaganda clip threatens to take US...
The four-minute video, uploaded to a government news andpropaganda YouTube channel 'Uriminzokkiri', shows the South Koreaninvasion scenario.The clip entitled ‘A Short, Three-Day War’ begins with...
View ArticleFlorida state trooper fired after speeding lawmaker complains of lowball...
Trooper Charles Swindle, a six-year veteran of the Florida Highway Patrol, said he was cutting Rep. Charles McBurney “a break” by falsely giving him a $10 dollar ticket for not having proof of car...
View ArticleCovered at Reason 24/7: Automated Tolls Track Everybody Crossing Golden Gate...
You have to run an intrusive ; security gauntlet to board an airplane. Gone are the days of traveling Amtrak anonymously — the nation's skanky, money-losing, publicly owned railroad now requires photo...
View ArticleI-77 reopens after deadly pileup
GALAX, Va. (AP) — Interstate 77 near the Virginia-North Carolina reopened early Monday following a series of chain-reaction wrecks involving nearly 100 vehicles along a mountainous, foggy stretch of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Military Analysts Say North Korean Missile Launch May Be Imminent;...
The allies appear to be taking important policy decisions on the basis of the imminent deployment... … Read More
View ArticleNYPD officer charged with using badge, cruiser to help rob drug dealers
Officer Jose Tejada is accused of involvement in a string of 2006 and 2007 robberies in which he is alleged to have provided NYPD badges, uniforms and even police vehicles to a group of thieves....
View ArticleSchool bus with 25 children turns over in crash on Illinois highway
A school bus containing approximately 25 children turned over Friday morning on an Illinois highway in the unincorporated Newport Township during a crash with two other vehicles. The driver of one of...
View ArticleOhio town wants to implement massive aerial surveillance program
Officials with the Dayton City Commission recently announced that they hope to sign a $120,000 contract with a local security company in order to give law enforcement agencies an eye-in-the-sky...
View Article‘Day of Rage’: Tear gas in Cairo as thousands rally to mark April 6 group...
Thousands of protesters have joined the Cairo rally marking the birth of the 6 April movement, whilst also expressing their “dissent” against Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi’s latest moves. Ramses...
View ArticleFrench robber blasts his way out of prison, takes four guards hostage
Faid, notorious for armed robberies of cash-in-transit vehicles, staged a dramatic and “very well organized” escape from the prison in the French town of Sequedin, the police and local officials said...
View ArticleTop French gangster escapes in spectacular jailbreak
One of France’s most dangerous gangsters, known for brazen attacks on cash-in-transit vehicles, on Saturday blasted his way out of jail after taking several wardens hostage, officials said. Redoine...
View ArticleBoston Highlights the Illusion of Terror & Security
Across much of the West, after September 11, 2001, we have indeed given up our essential liberty, and more over, our dignity in exchange for the illusion of safety … Read More
View ArticlePervez Musharraf on the run after Pakistan court arrest order
Musharrafis fled the scene in a black bullet proof vehicles immediately following Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui’s announcement that his bail would be cancelled. He also asked that terrorism be added...
View ArticleUS to give $123 million military aid package to Syrian rebels
The US$123 million defense aid package, announced by Kerry at the meeting in the Turkish capital on Sunday, includes body armor, armored vehicles, advanced communication equipment and night vision...
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