Judge rules against 'America's toughest sheriff' in racial profiling lawsuit
PHOENIX - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge found on Friday, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions.
Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer
STOCKHOLM - Community patrols and a beefed-up police presence helped to calm violence around Stockholm overnight on Saturday but 20 to 30 cars were still torched in poor immigrant suburbs and serious incidents were reported outside the capital for the first time. | Video
Amid crisis, Detroit trustees decamp to Hawaii
HONOLULU - The city of Detroit may be facing a deepening financial crisis but that hasn't stopped four trustees of its public pension funds from spending $22,000 of retirement system funds to attend a conference in Hawaii this week. Full Article
U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence
NACO, Mexico - As the U.S. pushes for tighter security along the Mexico border as part of efforts to overhaul immigration laws, residents on either side of the fence have taken the unusual step of working to strengthen neighborly ties. Full Article
Academics back BP fight to cap oil spill payouts
LONDON - A group of accountancy professors is backing BP's fight to cap the U.S. oil spill compensation payouts it has to fund as the cash outflow threatens to add billions of dollars to its bill for the disaster. Full Article
Netflix taps into 'binge-watching' TV trend
LOS ANGELES - Netflix is set to unleash 15 new episodes of the cult favorite show "Arrested Development" seven years after the sitcom was cut by Fox, harnessing the trend of viewers "binge-watching" TV series online and through DVDs. Full Article
In the spirit of a Franciscan Pope
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - With the election of a Latin American Pope and his chosen name of Francis, one Reuters photographer took a closer look at the Franciscans, young followers of Saint Francis of Assisi, who roam Rio's streets, helping the poor. Full Article
At least six killed in Peshawar convoy attack
May 24 - At least six policemen are killed and three others are injured when militants ambushed vehicles near Peshawar in Pakistan. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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What war on the press?
The Obama administration's legal battering of the press, while real, hardly rises to the level of war. The leak crackdown - and there has been one - has been mostly on the supply side, in the bureaucracy where the government leakers dwell, and not the demand side in newsrooms. Commentary
Two cheers for the tech industry's goofy energy
It’s easy to dismiss Internet ecosystems as froth, whether in New York or Silicon Valley. Yet optimism and ambition are not just heady. They are essential for constructive change. Commentary
Obama's legacy could be moral, not political
Lately Obama seems like he's playing defense. One possible alternative, hinted at in a recent speech, is that Obama might take advantage of his prestige and moral authority to make the case for stronger American families. Commentary
Changing Assad’s calculus
Even as the international community discusses 'grand strategy,' Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is taking decisive action. Commentary
Some cracks in the technocrat cult
We are living in the age of the technocrats, but there are sound reasons why not to rely mechanically on technocratic solutions. That’s why it is worth reading a new paper by Daron Acemoglu of MIT and James Robinson of Harvard University. Commentary
Lessons of the London butchers
The cases of the butchers of London and the Boston bombers raise an even more fundamental question: What exactly is terrorism? Since 9/11, the central management of al Qaeda’s operation has been defeated and the duty to continue the Islamist fight has passed to individual jihadists. Commentary















