The head of the US tax authority and a top investigator say the extra scrutiny given to conservative political groups was not motivated by politics. (added: May 17, 2013 at 07:42 am)

You say “tomato”, I say, “illegal pot farm on a Brooklyn rooftop.” A resident in a Brooklyn apartment building got an unexpected, and unmerited, visit from the police after his superintendent called the cops to report an illegal pot growing operation on the building’s roof. There was just one small problem … the plant growing [...] (added: May 09, 2013 at 03:42 pm)

Cops responding to a report of a marijuana farm on the roof of a Brooklyn building didn’t find the wacky tobacky they were looking for — just tomato plants, police and witnesses said Wednesday.     (added: May 08, 2013 at 11:42 pm)

A 911 dispatcher in Miami Beach, Fla., who let 14 minutes go by before sending help to a dying man, says he made the mistake because he has a brain tumor. Now, he could lose his job – and his health insurance. “I’m not a... (added: May 09, 2013 at 03:42 am)