NEW YORK (PNN) - May 6, 2012 - Fifty drivers of speed camera vans in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, went on strike Saturday against the private company that runs the automated ticketing program, according to Dar Al Hayat.

Redflex Traffic Systems has had the contract to issue tickets in Riyadh since 2002, but the locals believe the Australian firm has been forcing them to work under dangerous conditions for minimal wages.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - May 3, 2012 - Surveillance cameras are now so powerful that they were able to zoom in on individual spectators at the Rugby World Cup and read their text messages.

Details of thug cop monitoring used for the first time during the tournament were discussed at a privacy forum in Wellington yesterday, at which it was revealed that the average person is digitally recorded about a dozen times a day - and even more if he/she uses email and social media frequently.

Lawmaker offers other states information on how to do the same thing.

NORFOLK, Virginia (PNN) - April 30, 2012 - Virginia has passed a new law that bars state cooperation with any federal detention of its citizens under illegitimate President Barack Obama’s National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, and a lead lawmaker there says other states should do the same.

NEW YORK (PNN) - April 30, 2012 - If you take Adam Harvey’s advice, here’s what you might want to wear to a party this weekend: A funny hat, asymmetrical glasses, a tuft of hair that dangles off your nose bridge, and a black-and-white triangle taped to your cheekbone. Cubic makeup patterns all around your eyes might also prove useful.

WASHINGTON (PNN) - April 23, 2012 - Republicans in the House are pushing to give control of at least 50 national parks within 100 miles of the Fascist Police States of Amerika border to the Amerikan Gestapo Department of Homeland Security division.

KEYES, Kalifornia (PNN) - April 18, 2012 - Thug cops in Keyes, Kalifornia are investigating why outlaw pig thug cops murdered an unarmed 32-year-man after first shooting him with a stun gun.

NEW YORK (PNN) - April 12, 2012 - The first human eggs grown from human stem cells could be fertilized with human sperm cells later this year, potentially revolutionizing fertility treatment for women. This could be one more step on the path toward reproduction sans human interaction - in this case, a potential parent wouldn’t even need to donate her eggs. But it could also turn stem cells into an infinite loop of egg cells into embryos into stem cells, on and on, in a fractal-like repetition of reproduction.

WASHINGTON (PNN) - April 12, 2012 - In an unprecedented slap at NASA’s endorsement of global warming science, nearly 50 former astronauts and scientists - including the ex-boss of the Johnson Space Center - claim the agency is on the wrong side of science and must change course or ruin the reputation of the world’s top space agency.

MOBILE, Alabama (PNN) - April 10, 2012 - Alabama hospitals and medical centers are taking the initiative to improve health quality compliance in a statewide deployment of Proventix’s Radio Frequency Identification-enabled hand hygiene monitoring technology.

Waiting to defend against a Western attack.

WASHINGTON (PNN) - April 9, 2012 - The Russian military anticipates that an attack will occur on Iran by the summer and has developed an action plan to move Russian troops through neighboring Georgia to stage in Armenia, which borders on the Islamic republic, according to informed Russian sources.