Adam Wise reports: After more than two years of debate, the fate of an open records request involving Wisconsin Rapids teacher e-mail messages now rests with the state’s highest court. Seven State Supreme Court justices spent more than an hour Tuesday morning questioning an attorney representing the Wisconsin Rapids School District and one representing five…
EPIC sues Homeland Security for info about digital strip search devices
EPIC filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s failure to make public details about the agency’s Whole Body Imaging program. The devices capture detailed naked images of air travelers in the United States. After the agency announced that the body scanners would become the primary screening device in US…
Jennifer Lopez “Sex” Tape Temporarily Shelved
Jeremy Tanner reports: Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant sided with singer Jennifer Lopez Tuesday after granting a restraining order that will prevent ex-husband Ojani Noa from distributing a sex tape filmed during their 1997 honeymoon. The restraining order is in effect pending the outcome of a hearing scheduled on Dec. 1….
The price our veterans may pay
While people honor veterans today, let’s not forget that a simple parade or “thank you” is not enough for those who returned from serving their country and are now homeless. An editorial in today’s New York Times notes: About one-third of all adult homeless men are veterans, and an average night finds an estimated 131,000…