Paul Joseph Watson | Prisonplanet.com | Jun. 11, 2008
ISP's have resolved to restrict the Internet to a TV-like subscription model where users will be forced to pay to visit selected corporate websites by 2012, while others will be blocked, according to a leaked report. Despite some people dismissing the story as a hoax, the wider plan to kill the traditional Internet and replace it with a regulated and controlled Internet 2 is manifestly provable.

By Kieran Crowley | NY Post | Jun. 11, 2008
A day after the NYPD announced it may issue stun devices to its entire force, a 26-year-old Brooklyn man died in the Hamptons when he swallowed some cocaine to hide it from cops - and was Tasered to cough it up.

The Daily Mail | Jun. 11, 2008
A man was handcuffed, arrested and dragged before a court after falling off the settee with laughter while watching Have I Got News For You.

news.com.au | Jun. 11, 2008
Securityscanners that can see through passengers' clothing and reveal details such as their sex organs, colostomy bags and breast size, are being installed in 10 US airports.

By Thomas Frank | USA Today | Jun. 9, 2008
Body-scanning machines that show images of people underneath their clothing are being installed in 10 of the nation's busiest airports in one of the biggest public uses of security devices that reveal intimate body parts.

By Nicholas Riccardi | Los Angeles Times | Jun. 7, 2008
Those who wear their guns in full sight are part of a fledgling movement to make a firearm a common accessory.

By Frances Villar | The Intelligence Daily | Jun 5, 2008
Former president Clinton did it but denied inhaling it. New York City mayor Bloomberg admitted to doing it and liking it—though he will not admit to it since he was elected.

The Gawker | June 5, 2008
So the Secret Service shut down an art exhibit titled "The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination of Barack Obama" in New York today. They are, after all, responsible for looking into threats, real or perceived, against America's President. Or its presidential nominees, we guess. What other political art has fallen afoul of the law and gained visits from the men in black? Turns out they have quite the history of art harassment, from dudes who put things on their lawns to 15-year-old boys.

dcist.com | June 4, 2008
Can you say Police State? The Examiner has the scoop on a controversial new program announced today that would create so-called "Neighborhood Safety Zones" which would serve to partially seal off certain parts of the city. D.C. Police would set-up checkpoints in targeted areas, demand to see ID and refuse admittance to people who don't live there, work there or have a “legitimate reason” to be there. Wow. Just, wow.

The Associated Press | Jun. 2, 2008
Five percent of Massachusetts taxpayers don’t have health insurance, and more than half of those were hit with a new fine under the state’s landmark health care law.

BBC | June 3, 2008
A man wearing a T-shirt depicting a cartoon character holding a gun was stopped from boarding a flight by the security at Heathrow's Terminal 5. Brad Jayakody, from Bayswater, central London, said he was "stumped" at the objection to his Transformers T-shirt.

By Noah Shachtma | Wired News | June 3, 2008
Cities and corporations are stringing up thousands and thousands of surveillance cameras, armed with advanced video intelligence algorithms, to watch out for terrorists and crooks. Too bad the rest of us get caught on tape, while the electronic eyes make their spy sweeps. And no one knows what the spycams are recording.

By Paul Lewis | The Guardian | May, 30 2008
The Guardian spends a day with Operation Leopard officers to find out who they are stopping and how well the initiative works. The police surveillance team had spotted their target: a 12-year-old boy with freckles and ginger hair. He was known to police for nuisance behaviour. They watched as he walked along a path with friends in the distance, before disappearing down a side street.

Lee Glenndinning | The Guardian | May 29, 2008
The kitchen knife is the most common weapon used in teenage stabbings, Sir Ian Blair said today, as he revealed that close to 200 weapons have been seized since officers stepped up stop and search measures in response to a spate of recent knife crime.