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Higher court overturns previous ruling on "bring down the vote" tactics in Ohio

Only one challenger per side per polling place, though, and as of 6:30 AM, the Democrat challengers were in place and telling reporters openly and frankly that they did not intend to do anything except make sure that nobody got challenged unfairly.

The use of challengers was previously ruled unconstitutional, because the challenge cannot be appealed until after the election, and a challenge would cost the challenged person their vote regardless of legality.

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Mississippi man rams church with bulldozer.

Parishoners suggest that it might be racially motivated. Hmm, white guy attacking black church in Mississippi? No way, man, there's no reason to suspect *that* might be racially motivated.

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London police SWAT team refuses to carry guns after two members suspended for fatally shooting a man

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The American election has barely started, and there's already a recount on Florida ballots

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Reading comprehension not the strong point of Christian boy and his family - and he's proud of it.

"A South African schoolboy appealed to education authorities after refusing to answer an exam question on Harry Potter because he believes the best-selling children's books promote witchcraft."

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And now, an explanation for the Genghis Khan and the Power Rangers Who Didn't Quite Make It debacle:

"Dschinghis Khan was a German pop band created in 1979 for taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest. The name of the band is the German spelling of Genghis Khan, and was chosen to fit the song of the same name written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger."

You can see a fan web page here!

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Big Toys:

First, the Jackhammer: an automatic-*only* 12-gauge shotgun. It empties it's 10-round rotary clip in 2.5 seconds. To quote the picture source, "the Jackhammer is a solution that still to have a question".

Second, scroll down to the last picture here:

That's a "Remington 870MCS as an auxiliary weapon, mounted under the M4A1carbine, to form the so-called Masterkey system" - because the Russians are not the only ones to think that perhaps sometimes buildings need to die.