Eyeing a Permanent Beach Alcohol Ban in San Diego

I've got two reasons for being interested in the possibility that San Diego voters will make permanent a one-year beach alcohol ban in this year's election. The personal reason is that I'm originally from San Diego and still go down to the beach.

A major report from the Pew Center is out today noting the sad statistic that 1 in 100 adults is now locked up in jail or prison in this country. The report is called One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008 ..

Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, 23, nicknamed "Shifa," which means "Cure," is representing himself in his trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on four counts of allegedly conspiring to provide material support to terrorism. As reported by the Atlanta.

Last month, an incident happened at the Wal-Mart parking lot, which resulted in a 72-year-old man dead due to a beating by a 21 year old. James Northcott, a resident of Surry, British Columbia died at the Spring Valley Hospital on 28th.

When defendants are charged with crimes in Las Vegas, prosecutors have the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendants are guilty. In many criminal cases ranging from charges of impaired driving to charges of sexual assault or murder, forensic.

Come with me now to an alternative reality. Imagine that a young African American man has had a breakout R&B song called "Rehab," in which he boasts about the fact that he refuses to go to rehab. They've tried to make him.

On Thursday night, friends gathered to remember the lives of two teens who police say were killed by a drunk driver. The Clark County coroner has identified the victims as 18-year-old Gabriell Rene Thomas and 17-year-old Kamesha J-Nyah Gilmore. Friends say the.

Digital media law update: The U.S. has been in talks with the E.U., Japan, Canada and a number of other mostly developed nations since 2006 to develop the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Several further rounds of ACTA negotiations have been scheduled, including.

Catastrophes and Domestic Violence in Nevada From July 14 until the 23rd, a heat wave in Nevada killed 17 people. The temperature soared to 117 degrees and is the worst natural disaster in the state in modern history. While high temperatures aren't.

What do "alcohol inhalers" -- devices that allow individuals to inhale alcohol vapor, and thereby get drunk without experiencing any hangover -- have to do with the much-toutedincreasing strength of marijuana? Just this: that our society has been able to draw a.