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Three-Day Roundup Rescues 47 Children From Prostitution
Federal, state, and local agents in 29 US cities recently joined forces to uproot 12 child-prostitution rings. The three-day operation was part of a larger five-year plan to stop sex trafficking of children. Minor sex trafficking is on the rise as the Internet has created a market for underage sex workers.
304,000 US Prisoners Eligible For Deportation
304,000 criminals sitting in US jails are eligible for deportation. The problem? It will cost $2 billion a year to find them and deport them.
Is FBI Listening To All Conversations?
Even when your cell phone's off?! This is Fox News, so take it with a grain of salt. Apparently, the FBI can activate the microphone part of your cell, so even when you're not talking on the phone, They Can Hear You.
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Immigrants the New Slave Labor? FBI Probes Treatment
Mexican guest workers at the center of an FBI investigation say that their boss treated them like animals.
Charles "Bimbo" Relan, the Louisiana farmer who employs the immigrants, allegedly confiscated the workers' passports, kept them working hunched over for hours, fired his shot gun over the workers' heads, killed the stray dog the workers kept as a pet, and sometimes paid them only $2 an hour. He also exposed the immigrants to dangerous pesticides.
Do You Believe in Women's Intuition?
If you've ever been to the UC Berkeley campus, you'll understand when I say that it takes a lot for someone to stand out as weird. But for female police officers Allison Jacobs and Lisa Campbell, something was off about Phillip Garrido, and thanks to their intuition and further probing, an 18-year-old missing person case was finally solved. The FBI and family of Jaycee Lee Dugard would know what happened 18 years ago to the 11-year-old who Garrido kidnapped right in front of her stepfather's eyes.
30 Percent Increase in Women Getting DUIs
Although men still outnumber women in drunk driving arrests by four to one, a report by the FBI for the National Highway Traffic Safety Commission shows that in the decade ending 2007, there has been a 30 percent increase in women getting arrested for driving while intoxicated.
Are women under more pressure for being the sole breadwinner in a he-cession? Are television shows encouraging them to drink more?
Click on Fake Child Porn Ads Head to the Clinker — Fair?
Think of it as RickRolling meets To Catch a Predator. The FBI now puts fake links to child porn on message boards, and then arrests people who click on them.
The tactic has been used to convict people in various states already.
Matthew Shepard's Mom: Hate Crimes Bill Is Necessary
"I hear that argument all the time: special rights for special people. It's not even the point. What this does is bring us up to a level of equality in prosecution .
Week in Weird News: Sarkozy Tells Obama to Kiss Like French
- Sarkozy Teaches Obama How to French Kiss — President Obama accepted the typical French greeting of cheek kisses from a French student on Friday, after President Sarkozy encouraged him to accept the gesture.
- Woman Kicks Cleaning Husband to the Curb — A woman in Germany divorced her husband because he cleaned too much.
- Obama Is the New Colonel — Two fried chicken restaurants in New York City have taken some heat for putting Obama's name on their signs. One city councilman plans demonstrations next week outside of Obama Fried Chicken and Obama Fried Chicken & Pizza.
- Workers Find Live Grenade in Texas Attic — Roofers in Texas found a live World War II-era grenade in an attic this week. An FBI bomb technician was called in and the grenade was detonated at a nearby shooting range.
- Rocket Fuel Chemical Found in Baby Formula – Samples of powered infant formula contain traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel, according to a new government study.
- Israel's Female Leaders Erased From Photos — Ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspapers in Israel Photoshopped two female Israeli cabinet members out of a printed photo, because it is improper to print images of women.
Details Emerge After Gov. Blagojevich's Arrest
New details have emerged since FBI agents arrested Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich today on federal corruption charges alleging that he tried to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.
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