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A federal agent was gunned down outside a Pembroke Pines post office Tuesday and authorities say the shooter still on the loose.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection special agent was killed after he got into an argument in the parking lot, police spokesman Brian Davis said. The other man then pulled out a gun and fired at least one shot.
The gunman then took off.
The victim, who was not identified, was reportedly with his daughter when the shooting occurred.
Investigators were interviewing postal employees and customers in the parking lot.
The suspect is a white male, possibly hispanic, 45-55 years old with a full head of grey hair and wearing a green plaid short-sleeve shirt. They are also looking for a grey/green late model 4-door Chrysler.A federal agent was gunned down outside a Pembroke Pines post office Tuesday and... more
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A beer brewer in a small California town named after a founding citizen and state senator, Abner Weed, has incurred the wrath of federal regulators by his tongue-in-cheek use of the town's name on bottle caps to help brand his product.
Beer Weed brewer Vaune Dillmann faces possible sanctions or fines from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau if he continues to brew and sell beer with bottle caps printed with the label "Try Legal Weed."
Dillmann, who says his bottle caps both promote his beers and the community in which he brews them, has appealed the decision.
After all, he said, the labels on his beers have a picture of the Weed arch and the city's founding father, Abner Weed, on the label. Dillmann's bottle caps also say a “A Friend in Weed is a Friend Indeed."A beer brewer in a small California town named after a founding citizen and state... more
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The Justice Department has set up a web page at this link http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/media-shield.htm
were “the Bush administration has outlined its concerns with proposed media shield legislation. This page provides letters, testimony, public statements and views from officials throughout the government expressing their concerns with the proposed media shield legislation.” This was quoted from the Department of Justice’s web page.
Problem: This is a taxpayer funded Department of Justice web page that the Bush administration is using to quash S.2035, the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007, aka, the Media Shield Law.
A quote from the Society for Professional Journalists http://www.spj.org/
"A federal shield law has become essential now that prosecutors appear less constrained about hauling journalists before courts and grand juries," said SPJ President Irwin Gratz, a radio news anchor with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. "Courts are proving little help either, setting aside the partial protections recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court in its Branzburg v. Hayes ruling."
Leahy, Specter Urge Senate Action On Media Shield Bill http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200803/030608e.html
To contact the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs / 202-514-2007
The 1st Amendment is under attack by the Bush Administration!!
The Justice Department has set up a web page at this link... more
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Navajo Nation in Arizona has lost it's access to the internet, vital to education and communication for the many towns in this area of the state. The reasoning behind this blackout has to do with the federal funds in the amount of 2.1 million not reaching OnSat Network Communications, the connection host for the area.Navajo Nation in Arizona has lost it's access to the internet, vital to education... more
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