Everyone has an anecdote or two involving the police—either how the cops rousted, annoyed, or otherwise disrespected them, or, conversely, how they helped or forgave them.
Olumide Pidan, a 30 year-old Chicago medical student who studied at St. Joseph's College in Maine, has been accused of stealing the identities of more than 80 people and removing a total of $85,000 from their bank accounts.
When asked about his positions on the death penalty, gun control and marijuana laws, Portland's new police chief claimed his job was to enforce whatever laws are on the books.
The sweeping bill, proposed by Olympia Snowe and Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, would give the federal government more power to regulate the Internet.