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"Moving forward" is suddenly everybody's cliche in a city that thrives on political cliches, but there's another Washington that looks to the past -- or at least a commemoration of the past, and how we pay homage to the men who shaped the nation's destiny. Our most famous marble testifies to the memory of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln.2012-06-08T00:01:00-04:002012-06-09T02:10:02ZSuzanne Fields

In 1919, after Boston police went on strike to protest the city's refusal to recognize their new union, Gov. Calvin Coolidge ordered the National Guard into the streets.2012-06-08T00:01:00-04:002012-06-09T02:10:02ZPat Buchanan

The CIA was simply unable to recruit case officers who understood the region's culture, issues and actors and who could move imperceptibly within the local milieu. Instead, the case officers are obviously foreigners.2012-06-08T00:01:00-04:002012-06-09T02:10:02ZStewart Scott

A raft of new polls underscore the political free fall Barack Obama finds himself in.2012-06-08T00:01:00-04:002012-06-09T02:10:02ZHugh Hewitt

Watching Bill Clinton act as Barack Obama's "No. 1 surrogate," in the words of National Public Radio, is as exquisitely painful as watching a runaway monkey with a paintball gun at a museum.2012-06-08T00:01:00-04:002012-06-09T02:10:02ZJonah Goldberg

Free speech is under fire. Online thugs are targeting bloggers (mostly conservative, but not all) who have dared to expose a convicted bomber and perjuring vexatious litigant who is now enjoying a comfy life as a liberally subsidized social justice operative. 2012-06-08T00:01:00-04:002012-06-08T11:10:07ZMichelle Malkin

As Ronald Reagan noted, Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.2012-06-08T00:01:00-04:002012-06-08T11:10:07ZJohn Hawkins

There are two powerful market currents converging. And where they meet, there is a well-positioned company that is poised to make a ton of money simply by riding along and doing nothing. 2012-06-08T00:01:00-04:002012-06-08T11:10:07ZNathan Slaughter

U.N. observers have been shown burned houses and graves in the Syrian village of Qubeir, as China calls for an immediate end to the brutality.

The United States is offering millions of dollars for the whereabouts of seven key members of the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based terror group behind bombings and attacks in the region.

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Defendant was stopped via a traffic offense that was completely ignored to focus on a drug investigation. Within two minutes they had consent, and it was found not voluntary. United States v. King, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76988 (N.D. Miss. June 4, 2012):

The government argues that the defendant's consent to search is valid because it was given within two minutes of the traffic stop. In looking at the surrounding circumstances, however, it appears that consent was not voluntarily given. As Agent Force requested, Hutchins attempted to make the stop appear normal. Yet, the record shows that the officers were not interested in any alleged traffic violation when they stopped King. They knew the defendant was a suspect in an ongoing drug investigation and the officers acted in furtherance of that investigation when they stopped the defendant. While Hutchins claims King could have left prior to the search, at no time did he or any of the other officers tell the defendant he was free to leave or that he had a right to refuse consent. Hutchins, two police officers, and a K-9 dog were present when King consented to the search. The defendant complied with the officer's requests and told them where money was located inside his truck. Though the defendant was allegedly stopped for violating traffic laws, none of the officers issued a citation prior to asking to search the vehicle. Instead, they held the defendant at the traffic stop without advising him that he was suspected of criminal activity. Looking at these factors, it appears King's consent was not the product of an essentially free and unconstrained choice. An objectively reasonable person in the defendant's position would not have felt free to leave the scene or refuse consent.

Severe weather warnings are issued as winds of up to 82mph and torrential rain batter England and Wales.

David Cameron, Nick Clegg, George Osborne and Gordon Brown will appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week, it is announced.

A Health and Safety inquiry is under way into the death of a 43-year-old man who fell into a slurry pit on a farm in Dromore, County Down.

High Street retailer Marks and Spencer says it will launch an in-store banking service and a current account this year, backed by HSBC.

Olympus, the Japanese camera maker recovering from an accounting scandal, announces a five-year plan that includes cutting 2,700 jobs.

Paul Joseph Watson | "TSA Directives" superseed Freedom of Information Act.

New car sales in the UK rose 7.9% in May, the industry body says, the largest increase for almost two years.

Attempts to clear up storm damage in the South West are hampered by gale-force winds.