LAREDO, Texas - July 24, 2010 - In what could be deemed an act of war against the sovereign borders of the United States, Mexican drug cartels have seized control of at least two Amerikan ranches inside the U.S. territory near Laredo, Texas.

Soon machines will use people for power.

WASHINGTON - July 14, 2010 - A research project by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) seeks to exploit the untapped power reserve of the human body. By utilizing piezoelectric and thermodynamic power generation components, the researchers hope to provide enough energy for a suite of planned embedded technologies.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - June 9, 2010 - China is studying plans to install a satellite dish in Argentina for Beijing's space program, a local official said Wednesday.

"China sent a delegation to Argentina to study the possibility of constructing an antenna for its space research," said Adolfo Italiano, director of planning and technology for the Neuquen provincial government in southwest Argentina.

OCALA, Florida - July 7, 2010 - Cheating on college exams is going to get a whole lot more difficult if you go to the University of Central Florida. The proctors watch over test takers like hawks, and are equipped with an arsenal of new techy tools at their disposal that are sure to capture the activities of those partyers who didn't feel like studying last night.

I believe we are engaged in an ongoing war on freedom, in which what is at stake is nothing less than each individual’s rights to self-determination, life, liberty, and property.

In a war, it is essential to success to accurately evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your adversaries.  I have found that where the government is concerned, its weaknesses and strengths are both represented by its mindless bureaucracy.

HAVERHILL, Massachusetts - July 15, 2010 - Two police officers are facing charges after an off-duty fracas outside a Massachusetts home ended with one officer using a Taser on the other.

WARSAW, Poland - July 5, 2010 - Poland's cooperative BPS bank says it's the first in Europe to install a biometric ATM - allowing customers to withdraw cash simply with the touch of a fingertip.

The digit-scanning ATM, introduced in the Polish capital of Warsaw, runs on the latest in "finger vein" technology - an authentication system developed by Japanese tech giant Hitachi.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - July 13, 2010 - Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority.

While most of the injured officers suffered only cuts and bruises, others suffered burns and broken hands. Two remained hospitalized: a policeman wounded in the chest and arms by a shotgun blast, and a policewoman who had a paving stone dropped on her head from a shop's rooftop.

LONDON, England - July 3, 2010 - Intelligent cars fitted with aircraft-style black boxes that can send video footage and information about driving behaviour during accidents to the police and insurance companies are being developed by computer scientists.

The car, which is being developed by researchers at computer chip giant Intel, will record information about the vehicle speed, steering and braking along with video footage from inside and outside the vehicle.

This would be automatically sent to police and insurance companies in the event of an accident to make it easier to determine the cause of car crashes and identify the person responsible.