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Justice Department absolves FBI of violating First Amendment rights

donal brown September 21, 2010

A Justice Department investigation concluded that since 2001, the FBI had improperly monitored some activists and political groups but did not target any individual or group for exercising their First Amendment rights. -db The Washington Post September 20, 2010 By Jerry Markon The FBI improperly investigated some left-leaning U.S. advocacy groups after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Justice Department said Monday, citing cases in which agents put activists on terrorist watch lists even though

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Teenage sex trafficking victim sues Village Voice for running sex ad with her photos

donal brown September 20, 2010

A teenager has sued Village Voice Media for knowingly allowing her pimp to post photos of her online in an ad for prostitution services. -db Ars Technica Commentary September 19, 2010 By Jacqui Cheng A teenage child trafficking victim has filed a lawsuit against Village Voice Media, for knowingly allowing her pimp to post ads for her “services” on the popular backpage.com. The pimp, Latasha Jewell McFarland, has already pleaded guilty to prostitution charges, but

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PG&E cites security in refusing to divulge pipeline information

donal brown September 20, 2010

After  a gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno that devastated a neighbor, PG&E is refusing to give out the locations of its riskiest gas lines out of concerns for safety and security. -db The Bay Citizen September 15, 2010 By Zusha Elinson, Jennifer Gollan PG&E’s deadly explosion in San Bruno last week laid bare the hazards of California’s aging gas pipelines, but details on the company’s gas network remain cloaked in secrecy, raising questions from

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Federal appeals court rules authorities can imprison Hare Krishna for soliciting at LAX

donal brown September 20, 2010

Authorities can begin enforcing a law banning panhandling at the Los Angeles International Airport after a ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. -db Courthouse News Service September 20, 2010 By Elizabeth Banicki (CN) – Hare Krishna followers and others can now be imprisoned or fined for soliciting donations at the Los Angeles International Airport, the 9th Circuit ruled, backing a long-unenforced city law banning all panhandling at the airport. Members of the International

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Free speech: Federal appeals court dismisses suit by college student

donal brown September 20, 2010

The 9th Circuit ruled that although there were serious free speech issues in the case, a college student had failed to show that he had suffered any injury under his school’s sexual harassment policy. -db Courthouse News Service September 20, 2010 (CN) – A college student who was called a “fascist bastard” by a professor who didn’t agree with his speech about God and homosexuality can’t succeed on his claim that the school’s sexual harassment

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