A man of 22 died in agony of dehydration after three days in a leading teaching hospital.
Kane Gorny was so desperate for a drink that he rang police to beg for their help.
They arrived on the ward only to be told by doctors that everything was under control.
The next day his mother Rita Cronin found him delirious and he died within hours.
She said nurses had failed to give him vital drugs which controlled fluid levels in his body. 'He was totally dependent on the nurses to help him and they totally betrayed him.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1255858/Neglected-lazy-nurses-Ka...

POLICE POWERS
Police will have powers to enter private homes and seize posters, and will be able to stop people carrying non-sponsor items to sporting events.
"I think there will be lots of people doing things completely innocently who are going to be caught by this, and some people will be prosecuted, while others will be so angry about it that they will start complaining about civil liberties issues," Chadwick said.
"I think what it will potentially do is to prompt a debate about the commercial nature of the Games. Do big sponsors have too much influence over the Games?"

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100303/tts-uk-olympics-london-ca02f96.html

A TEEN has been arrested for listening to what police deem offensive rap music.

In what could be a legal test case, 19-year-old Nathan Michael Wilkie faces a charge of offensive behaviour after police arrested him when he was listening to music by underground rapper Kid Selzy on his car stereo, the Herald Sun reports.

Mr Wilkie was parked outside a Timboon supermarket, waiting for his mother, when he was arrested.

The Warrnambool Magistrates' Court heard he was listening to lyrics such as "shut your f------ mouth bitch, f------ motherf-----".

The court was told the arresting officers found the music offensive and derogatory to females.

http://www.news.com.au/national/teen-nathan-wilkie-arrested-for-playing-...

Two women were stopped from boarding a plane at Manchester Airport after refusing to undergo a full body scan.
The passengers were due to fly to Islamabad on 19 February when they were selected at random to go through the new scanning machine.
One, who is believed to be a Muslim, refused on religious reasons and the other cited health grounds.
They are thought to be the first people to refuse to use the scanners since they became compulsory in February.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8547416.stm

America's Army, an online combat game developed by the Pentagon, has helped boost military recruitment. The game's technology is not all that different from the tools used in today's war zones to guide unmanned drones and perform other tasks.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124216122&sc=17&f=1019

Protesters lie in street in Vancouver, pointing out plight of homeless not far from festivities of Closing Ceremony.

Steve Palmer reminds us of this quote:

“This is legislation that puts our own Justice Department above the law. When National Security Letters are issued, they allow federal agents to conduct any search on any American, no matter how extensive or wide-ranging, without ever going before a judge to prove that the search is necessary.”
What we should learn from this story is that there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans: their major goal is and has always been obtaining power and control over others.

http://www.jackliberty.com/obama-criticized-the-fascist-patriot-act-in-c...