Patriot News Network

The following collection of articles by various authors are their opinions, inspiration and humor for your reading enjoyment.

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Action Alert: Driver gets ticket in retaliation for telling off parking officer!

DENVER, Colorado - November 4, 2010 - A Denver parking enforcement officer took revenge on a driver who called him a "meter maid" by asking a co-worker to write the driver a false parking ticket, 9Wants to Know has learned.

The parking officers then mailed the $150 handicapped parking ticket to the driver late, so by the time he received it, the fine had doubled.

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Privacy advocates fear massive fed health database!

WASHINGTON - November 4, 2010 - Computerworld - Several privacy groups have raised alarms over plans by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to build a database that would contain information about the healthcare claims of millions of Amerikans.

The concerns have surfaced because the OPM has provided few details about the new database and because the data collected will be share

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Unfree Amerika: City bans McDonald’s Happy Meals!

SAN FRANCISCO, Kalifornia - November 3, 2010 - Fast food giant McDonald's said Wednesday it was "extremely disappointed" at a ruling by San Francisco authorities banning high-calorie Happy Meals, which use free toys to entice children to eat their food.

The response came after the Kalifornian city's board of supervisors voted to forbid restaurants from giving gifts with meals that contai

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Action Alert: Teenager suspended for dressing as a knight and riding a horse!

BOSTON, Massachusetts - November 2, 2010 - A teenager was suspended from his Massachusetts school after he arrived on campus on horseback while dressed as a medieval knight.

Teachers failed to see the funny side when Dan Depaolis, 17, arrived for lessons at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School last Thursday on his family's steed Pierre.

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Three Amerikans shot dead near Mexico border!

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - November 2, 2010 - Three Amerikans died in weekend violence in the area of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a U.S. official said.

"Two citizens were fatally shot early Sunday close to the Zaragoza international bridge," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said Monday. "In a separate incident, another U.S. citizen was fatally wounded in Ciudad Juarez itself."

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Parents accuse police of harassment and abuse!

HAZLEHURST, Mississippi - November 1, 2010 - A Copiah county couple is outraged that a night of Halloween fun ended with bailing their teenage daughter out of jail.

They accuse Hazlehurst police of harassment and singling out the children in their neighborhood.

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Action Alert: 14-year-old taken for birth control shot without parental knowledge

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - November 1, 2010 - A Charleston County mother and her 14-year-old daughter were spending some quality time together one Sunday evening when the conversation turned to sex.

She asked her daughter whether she was sexually active, and the Burke High School freshman surprised her with the news that she had sex once. After a few minutes of silence, the mother told