Google outage reportedly caused big drop in global traffic | Internet & Media - CNET News

Google outage reportedly caused big drop in global traffic | Internet & Media - CNET News: This had a huge effect in the number of pageviews coming into GoSquared's real-time tracking - around a 40% drop

� Toddler Dies In CPS Captivity After Being Taken from Marijuana-smoking Parents Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

� Toddler Dies In CPS Captivity After Being Taken from Marijuana-smoking Parents Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

Kansas City is a front-runner for Republican National Convention - Kansas City Business Journal

Kansas City is a front-runner for Republican National Convention - Kansas City Business Journal: Other cities are lining up with bids as well — Salt Lake City, New Orleans, and Las Vegas are all rolling out the welcome mat. But the early read is that the horserace will be between Las Vegas and Kansas City.

KC’s Troost Avenue should be renamed for Martin Luther King - KansasCity.com

KC’s Troost Avenue should be renamed for Martin Luther King - KansasCity.com: Numerous efforts have been made in the last decade or so to change the perceptions of Troost, and progress is being made. I understand the impulse to want to turn “Troost’’ around. But might progress along one of Kansas City’s major north-south thoroughfares have a better chance if the street were named for a champion of peace, justice and racial harmony?

Clown’s Obama stunt at Missouri State Fair draws rebuke - KansasCity.com

Clown’s Obama stunt at Missouri State Fair draws rebuke - KansasCity.com:

“One of the clowns ran up and started bobbling the lips on the mask and the people went crazy,”

The announcer also said that they were going to smoke? Obama 

Activist Post: Philippines Protesters Trample, Uproot GM Golden Rice Trial

Activist Post: Philippines Protesters Trample, Uproot GM Golden Rice Trial

Lawmakers Issued License Plates That Make Them 'Invisible' To Traffic Cams And Parking Tickets - BlackListedNews.com

Lawmakers Issued License Plates That Make Them 'Invisible' To Traffic Cams And Parking Tickets - BlackListedNews.com: There are rules for the common people and rules for their "leaders," and only in rare cases do the same rules cover both. Chris Morran at the Consumerist points out how politicians (yet again) are being allowed to ignore the same laws that affect their constituents. Colorado legislators are immune from speeding tickets and parking tickets thanks to the special plates issued to lawmakers -- ones that aren't included in the DMV database.

According to CBS Denver, the info for these particular license plates is never entered into the DMV database, so when some state senator goes zooming by a speed camera, he or she won’t get a ticket, because the camera system looks up the license plate number through the DMV. Since no info comes up, no ticket is given.

This appears to be true for parking tickets as well. See, even though a parking enforcement officer might leave a ticket on the car, cities like Denver that rely on the DMV for addresses of vehicle owners come up empty when they try to collect on those tickets.