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An Ohio man crashed a Jeep into a security perimeter and then jumped the fence at the White House because he wanted to spray-paint the Revolutionary War-era "Don't Tread on Me" snake symbol on the grounds, authorities said in court documents Tuesday.The man, identified in federal charging documents as Joseph Reel, 32, of Kettering, Ohio, near Dayton, was charged with destruction of government prop...
Three of the largest Internet companies called on the U.S. government to provide greater transparency on national security requests on Tuesday, as they sought to distance themselves from reports that portrayed the companies as willing partners in supplying mass data to security agencies. In similarly worded statements released within hours on Tuesday, Google, Microsoft and Facebook all asked the U...
At least 35 people were injured Tuesday when a school bus crashed on a highway in Louisville, Ky., witnesses and authorities said. Most of the injuries appeared to be minor, Kristen Miller, chief of staff of the Louisville Metro Emergency Management System, told the Louisville Courier-Journal.Thirty-five people in all were taken to hospitals for treatment, Miller said; it wasn't immediately clear ...
Do Lego Minifigures need an attitude adjustment?A team of academics who studied hundreds of the plastic people prized by children and collectors thinks a little anger management might be in order.In 1980, all the figurines that came in sets of interlocking bricks were "smileys" — with seemingly sunny personalities to match their bright yellow visages.But in the mid-1990s, only about 80 percent of ...
