How to Help a Friend Who Gets Arrested in the Middle of the Night

It is 2am and someone you love has just been arrested. You know you need legal help. You do not want your loved one to make a confession or be in a line-up or even get fingerprinted if it can be avoided. It is tough to know what to do or who to trust. Moreover, you do not know who will even answer the phone at that time of day. Here is what you need to know if this happens in the United States of America.

Hurricane season may have a few blasts left

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The brutal 2005 hurricane season may have more unpleasant shocks in store for coastal areas reeling from an almost unprecedented run of vicious storms, including deadly Hurricane Katrina and this weekend's powerful Rita.

Major Victory For Firearms Owners And Freedom In Louisiana

(Fairfax, VA) -- The United States District Court for the Eastern District in Louisiana today sided with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and issued a restraining order to bar further gun confiscations from peaceable and law-abiding victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Mice

Hand-painted Russian mice.

Dream Interpretation

For many people who think that sleeping is a waste of time, dreams are what make the whole process worthwhile.

What is restorative justice?

Can "restorative justice" principles reduce crime and incarceration rates in Texas?

Tasty Snacks

Thai rural communities like many in Asia and South America know that eating insects provide a valuable source of protein, minerals and vitamins as well as a tasty snack.

Portable Bidet

Portable bidet w/digital camera.

The Slurpee

Everything you ever wanted to know about Slurpees.

Price war has beer drinkers hopping for joy

So what if gasoline is nearly $3 a gallon? Beer prices are at their lowest point in years.

Doctors' kitchen knives ban call

Doctors are calling for a ban on long pointed kitchen knives to reduce deaths from stabbing.

Women hail menstruation ruling

Women's rights activists in Nepal have hailed a Supreme Court order to end discrimination against women during their menstrual cycle.

No Smiling Allowed

Smiling disallowed in German passport photos.

Why is gas priced to nine-tenths of a cent?

Is the industry run by evil hucksters?

Texas' new carry law: What does it mean?

So can law-abiding Texans carry a loaded firearm in their personal vehicles now, or not?

.:: beedogs ::.

Beedogs.com is the premier online repository for pictures of dogs in bee costumes. I think Mason would look good as a bee.

Report: More Kids Being Home-Churched

BIRMINGHAM, AL—A new trend in the religious upbringing of children has recently emerged in the heart of the Bible Belt. "Home-churching," the individual, family-based worship of Jesus Christ, is steadily gaining in popularity, as more parents seek an alternative to what they consider the overly humanist content of organized worship.

FEMA For Kids Rap

FEMA For Kids Rap

Disaster . . . it can happen anywhere,
But we’ve got a few tips, so you can be prepared
For floods, tornadoes, or even a ‘quake,
You’ve got to be ready - so your heart don’t break.

Disaster prep is your responsibility
And mitigation is important to our agency.

People helping people is what we do
And FEMA is there to help see you through
When disaster strikes, we are at our best
But we’re ready all the time, ’cause disasters don’t rest.

Eatery raided for selling tiger urine dish

Beijing - A restaurant in north-east China has been raided and closed for listing stir fried-tiger meat on its menu, a dish that turned out to be donkey dressed with tiger urine.

Can it find Sarah Connor?

Women living in remote areas who don’t have easy access to health care will someday be able to have a potentially life-saving breast exam thanks to robotic technology being developed at MSU.

Tongue-eating bug found in fish

A gross creature which gobbles up a fish's tongue and then replaces it with its own body has been found in Britain for the first time.

Artist bakes edible 'body parts'

POTHARAM, Thailand - Inside a dark room, realistic-looking "human body parts" are stacked on shelves and hanging on meat hooks. The place looks like a mortuary or the lair of a serial killer, but in fact, it's a bakery.