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In a May 7 story about Leap Wireless International Inc., The Associated Press reported erroneously that the company's first-quarter loss of $50.3 million came after paying preferred dividends. The company did not pay preferred dividends during the quarter.
It was the perfect gift for someone born on Feb. 29 — a Leap Day grandchild.
MetroPCS Communications Inc., a wireless communication services provider, said Thursday it is withdrawing its $4.7 billion bid for Leap Wireless International Inc.
The Nutt Sack Affair (part 493)-- Ben Goldacre on Drug Prohibition & Scientific EvidenceIf you wish to justify a policy that will plainly increase the harms associated with each individual act of drug use, by creating violent criminal gangs as distributors, driving the sale of contaminated black market drugs, blighting the careers of users caught by the police, crim …
Grassley Defends Censorship Amendment, Says Webb Commission Should "Do What We Tell Them To Do"Sen. Charles Grassley, author of the censorship amendment to the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, was asked about his anti-speech tendencies by a reporter on a conference call today. The full transcript is below, but here's the most interesting part of what Sen.
Republican Hypocrisy Case #23758740975700935787: Grassley Proposes to Censor Drug War Reform SuggestionsSen. Jim Webb (D-Virginia) has bravely proposed legislation to create a Blue Ribbon commission to conduct an 18-month, "top-to-bottom" review of America's criminal justice system with the goal of bringing U.S.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: One Drug Arrest Every 18 Seconds in the U.S.A group of police and judges who want to legalize drugs pointed to new FBI numbers released today as evidence that the "war on drugs" is a failure that can never be won.
Law Enforcement Group Takes Legalize Drugs Message to Washington Post ReadersPeter Moskos and Stanford "Neill" Franklin -- one a college professor, the other a former police officer, both members of the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) -- saw their advocacy of ending drug prohibition published Monday morning by The Washington Post.
Law enforcement group launches drug legalization campaignFed up with the cost and failure of the war on drugs, members of the U.S. law enforcement community are calling for an end to prohibition with a national billboard campaign.
Drugs Won the War This year marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's start of the war on drugs, and it now appears that drugs have won.
Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red inkTaxpayers are on the hook for an extra $55,000 a household to cover rising federal commitments made just in the past year for retirement benefits, the national debt and other government promises, a USA TODAY analysis shows.
Pot vs. Booze: A Former Police Chief's TakeAs 5:00 p.m. rolls around my interior clock starts chiming. I'll have an ice-cold, bone-dry martini, thank you. Jalapeno olives and a twist.
A message from the front lines in D.C.If there's anyone who has a finger on the pulse of Congress when it comes to drug policy reform, it's probably Howard Wooldridge. LEAP's cowboy-hat-wearing lobbyist has become a familiar figure in the Washington corridors. His LEAP on the Hill posts are always a delight to read.
LEAP Barred From Asian-American Cops Meeting in Virginia Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), the 10,000-strong organization of police, judges, prosecutors, DEA and FBI agents, and others calling for an end to drug prohibition, was declared persona non grata at the conference of the National Asian Peace Officers Association (NAP …
Prohibition ups gang violenceAwaiting the next inevitable crackle of gangbanger gunfire, city police lament the silence. Calgary's own omerta conspires against them, as does a revolving-door legal system, they say.
Several months ago, I ran across a review in MacWorld entitled The real paperless office, a brief explanation of setting up a paperless office. Quoth Wikipedia:
Tigress's spectacular leap to freedom A pregnant tigress makes a spectacular leap to freedom from a boat in eastern India.
Making Criminals Out Of People Who Are NotI'm not going to argue who is guiltier or the degree of criminality shown by any of the participants.
Ex-Cop Walks the Talk in Anti-Prohibition EffortBack in March 2002, retired New Jersey State Police Lt. Jack Cole made headlines when he and four other former cops teamed up to form the drug policy reform group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
Drug war takes a flying LEAPJack Cole, executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, visited the editorial board Thursday, along with L.A. Chamber of Commerce chairman David Fleming, for a discussion of his group's plan to end America's war on drugs. Some highlights:
Miracle Croc Falls 12 Floors - And Lives A crocodile that jumped from the 12th floor of an apartment block has survived the fall, suffering only a broken tooth.
Passengers leap into sea after ferry collision | NEWS.com.auPassengers leap into sea after ferry collisionFrom correspondents in Rome January 16, 2007 10:16am
Ex-Cops Denounce The War on DrugsDrug legalization is not to be construed as an approach to our drug problem. Drug legalization is about our crime and violence problem.LEAP is a organization of current and former law enforcement which has seen the "war on drugs" first-hand.
Mac Rumors: Mac OS X Virus/Trojan SummaryI'm sure we're all sick of reading about the OS X virus/worm/trojan that came out on Thursday. That's right 2 whole days ago, an eternity as internet news goes. Why these stories are still making front page news...
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