Archive for February 13th, 2007
Angry German tourist drops pants at airport X-ray machine
AP | Feb. 11, 2007
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – A 66-year-old German tourist, annoyed by stringent security at Manila’s airport, dropped his pants before walking through an X-ray machine, newspapers said Monday.
Authorities were not amused.
BofA aims new credit card at illegal immigrants: report
Reuters | Feb. 13, 2007
Bank of America Corp. has begun offering credit cards to customers without Social Security numbers, typically illegal immigrants, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
In recent years, banks across the country have been offering checking accounts and even mortgages to the nation’s fast-growing ranks of undocumented immigrants, most of whom are [...]
Senator Dodd to introduce ‘Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007′; Bans torture, restores habeas corpus
Raw Story | Feb. 13, 2007
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) will introduce a bill called the “Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007″ tomorrow, according to a website his presidential campaign put up today.
The bill will overturn parts of the “Military Commissions Act,” signed into law last October, which suspends habeas corpus for “alien enemy combatants.”
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