Buddy, Can You Spare a Television Network?

Leslie Griffith and JP Sottile, Reader Supported News
Leslie Griffith begins: "If the number one cable-news television station in America is run by Rupert Murdoch - and it is - then, my friends, it's time for some serious soul-searching."
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75,000 US veterans could be homeless

16 Jul 2011 Military personnel, especially those with mental illnesses, are now facing the predicament of homelessness in the US. Data published by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs show that over 75,000 US military personnel could be homeless after they return from foreign wars. The psychological effects of war upon veterans are now being coupled with problems in the economy.
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Phone-hacking topples Britain's top policeman: Sir Paul Stephenson resigns over his links with NotW suspect

17 Jul 2011 Metropolitan Police chief Sir Paul Stephenson has resigned. Sir Paul announced his resignation at a press conference this evening in the wake of revelations that he received a £12k spa break where News of the World hacking suspect Neil Wallis was a PR consultant. During an extensive statement on the scandal Sir Paul said he had no idea of extent of the practice and his integrity was 'completely intact'.
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US government seeks return of detention document

14 Jul 2011 The U.S. government is demanding the return of a document describing criteria for holding detainees at a detention center in Afghanistan after it gave it to a civil rights group by mistake. The government and the American Civil Liberties Union had notified a Manhattan judge that a dispute arose over the document regarding prisoners at the Bagram detention center in Afghanistan. The government has said the document must be returned and kept secret.

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Trial Brings Attention to Corruption in the New Orleans Police Department

Jordan Flaherty, The Loop21: "In New Orleans’ federal courthouse, five police officers are currently facing charges of killing unarmed black civilians who were escaping floods from the failed levees that buckled during Hurricane Katrina. The police are also charged with conspiring to cover up their crimes... The trial, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, and which started on June 27, has gripped the city, while media coverage has focused attention on a deeply troubled department that is struggling to gain the trust of New Orleans residents."
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Former Bush Special Counsel Wants a "Do-Over" on Guilty Plea

Joe Newman, Project on Government Oversight: "It looks like Scott Bloch, the former special counsel to President George W. Bush, may get his day in court, after all... Federal prosecutors will not object to Bloch's request to withdraw his guilty plea to a misdemeanor contempt of Congress charge... But what did in Bloch—and led to his contempt of Congress charge—was his infamous decision to have Geeks on Call scrub his computer’s hard drive. Bloch, apparently with a straight face, insists he was trying to get rid of a computer virus and that the deletion of any incriminating evidence was purely coincidental."
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Scott Bloch, the former special counsel to President George W. Bush, requested to withdraw his guilty plea to a misdemeanor contempt of Congress charge. (Photo: U.S. Office of Special Counsel)

Gay, Lesbian Military Members March in San Diego Parade

Gay, Lesbian Military Members March in San Diego Parade
Marty Graham, Reuters
The report begins, "A group of US service members marched in a San Diego gay pride parade on Saturday, in a demonstration organizers touted as an unprecedented step for gay and lesbian military personnel under the Pentagon's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy."
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