Hot off the Press: Metal detector madness edition

A Republican operative has recruited three homeless men in Arizona to run as Greens in an effort to "sipon" votes away from Democrats: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/us/politics/07candidates.html?_r=1&hp. Whatever. It's not like the Democrats have anything to offer their voters. I mean, they're better off voting for fake Green candidates than supposedly real Democrats. Plus, this is why you research the candidates before going to the polls.

Here's an update on the above article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/us/politics/10green.html?ref=us.

Though Giant Stadium was razed earlier this year, residents in New Jersey still owe $110 million for its construction and upkeep: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/sports/08stadium.html?_r=1&hp.

Headline: "Court Dismisses a Case Asserting Torture by C.I.A.": http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/us/09secrets.html?_r=1&hp. Check out this graph:

Judge Raymond C. Fisher described the case, which reversed an earlier decision, as presenting “a painful conflict between human rights and national security.” But, he said, the majority had “reluctantly” concluded that the lawsuit represented “a rare case” in which the government’s need to protect state secrets trumped the plaintiffs’ need to have a day in court.

Shit. So whatever the government is hiding is more important than your human rights. Awesome.

InsiderIowa is not, from what I know, known for hard hitting news, but this article about people being charged for police and fire emergency services is interesting: http://insideriowa.com/index.cfm?nodeID=18894&audienceID=1&action=display&newsID=9324. I'm wondering if this guy just couldn't find someone else to publish this, which is a shame.

The Pentagon is in negotiations with St. Martin's Press to buy the entire 10,000-copy first printing of a book the Defense Intelligence Agency says contains intelligence secrets that “could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to national security”: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/us/10books.html?ref=us. Freedom of the press, eh? I guess you're free to print it, but not distribute it. The author is going to be making some serious bank.

"Five US soldiers are facing charges of war crimes, suspected of deliberately killing Afghan civilians. The unfolding scandal threatens to harm America's image abroad and derail President Barack Obama's efforts to draw a line under the abuses of the Bush era.": http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,717127,00.html.