"The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a pair of cases to determine whether police need a warrant to search the mobile phones of people they have arrested.
Affordable Care Act impact: 1,000 fewer workers in West Michigan, survey finds | MLive.com: "“Conservatively, there would be 1,000 more workers today in Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon and Allegan counties if not for the ACA,” Muller said.
Kimberley Strassel: IRS Targeting and 2014 - WSJ.com:
"David Eckert–the man who was stopped by police, suspected of drug possession, driven to a hospital, driven to a second hospital, forced to undergo multiple invasive surgeries, and billed for the abuse after no drugs were found–has obtained a $1.6 million settlement with New Mexico local authorities.
Washington's political reporters, in lightning knee-jerk speed, have embraced President Obama's Robin Hood war on “income inequality,” the latest example of the president's success in using the bully pulpit to steer attention to his new populist campaign.
"The problem with this, of course, is that as soon as one city raised their wages and benefits to make their jobs more attractive than the neighboring city, then the neighboring city had to endure the clamor from their unions to keep pace.
Alcoholics work for beer in Amsterdam program - The Denver Post:
"The video above shows the Bucher Delta Vistalys R2 optical grape sorting system in operation.
"China’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries increased $12.2 billion to a record $1.317 trillion in November, data released on the Treasury Department’s website showed.
"Newport Beach, California, where four ranking lifeguards earned more than the town’s $109,677 median household income in 2012, may partially disband its municipal ocean rescue to deal with rising pension costs."
Coast to coast, states are leaving taxpayers on the hook for massive debt payments over the coming decades as state governments continue to abuse their metaphorical credit cards.
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill tonight, sending the spending whopper to President Obama’s desk for a signature and leaving the hacktivist collective Anonymous simply commenting on its Twitter account, “Where is the cash coming from?”
Under civil forfeiture, someone does not have to be convicted, or even charged, with a crime, to have their property confiscated. Plus, under New York state forfeiture law, the burden of proof is placed on the property owner. In other words, owners have to prove their innocence in court.The NYPD does not keep public records of how much money or property it seizes through civil forfeiture, nor does it publicly account for how that money and property is spent or allocated. Based on the sheer volume of cases that the department pursues, experts estimate that the amount the NYPD has taken from New Yorkers over the past decade is well into the millions.
"A potential deal for greater suburban control over Detroit’s water system is running up against political recriminations from two of southeast Michigan’s top elected officials, who on Thursday accused negotiators for the city’s emergency manager of withholding critical data about the long-term costs of any such agreement.
A former NYPD cop accused of teaching black-belt karate while collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in disability checks was blasted in Manhattan court Monday as “one of the most flagrant’’ scammers in a $400 million pension-fraud scheme.
