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The "Pisga Inn" is a privately operated concession in a building owned and on land leased from the federal government.

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/pisgah-inn-closes-because-government-shutdown/nbFm2/

That I think implies that the site is protected by federal police, and in light of the widespread shutdown it seems plausible that they felt it couldn't be properly supervised. They may have their hands full as it is.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3070242/
http://www.news-journal.com/news/police/panola-county-sheriff-arrested-charged-in-corruption-investigation/article_211e132a-57d9-5607-a1b5-c66ca3368304.html
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/chesterfield-co-sheriff-face-corruption-charges-fr/nWzyH/

and the best one:
http://www.copblock.org/15718/story-of-how-a-corrupt-sherrif-got-taken-down-by-a-20-year-old/

And this is just a tiny sample. Can you imagine these goons with automated access to well processed information?

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/teens-truck-decor-sparks-confederate-flag-controve/nPLxX/

A bit of googling will reveal many similar incidents. Many are related to sexual orientation.

On the other hand, god-botherers are constantly complaining about liberals/communists/atheists keeping them from praying in school, which is just paranoia.

Citations

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/action-9-insurer-denies-stolen-car-claim-because-m/nGTHX/
http://www.leftlanenews.com/gone-in-20-minutes-using-laptops-to-steal-cars.html

No, Obama's death panels will decide that.

Tea Partiers would ask you why you don't have a church to help you out. Hell, they might even help you if you're an avowed atheist.

This lack of professionalism can cost people their job. Here's an article about a 9 year old 'wrongfully' suspended for saying a teacher was 'cute'.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/student-9-years-old-suspended-for-sexual-harassment_n_1129683.html

Following the social and Internet outcry over such an obscene misjudgement by the Principal, here's the follow up piece where he was forced to retire over the situation.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/07/9277654-principal-forced-out-over-9-year-olds-sexual-harassment-suspension

And here's the real story, where the kid in question has a history of bad behaviour, including racism and the actual suspension was the consequence of a series of incidents, and the kid never used the word cute anyway as originally reported

http://www.wsoctv.com/download/2011/1205/29926822.pdf

It's not about embracing technology, it's about all the pieces to the puzzle being reported, rather than skipping half the story and being less than truthful about the other half.

Rushing out 'facts' out of context is not good journalism, regardless of medium.

This website says one in a hundred. news

Wikipedia says 1% are not totally clear, but only .1 to .2% (one in one thousand - 2 in one thousand) are unclear enough to require medical intervention.

I stick with my numbers. One in a thousand people is the low end of the estimates.

They make happy meals now. There is still work for that segment of our population.

That is being outsourced also.

The job of taking orders at the drive-through could soon be outsourced.

Jack in the Box Inc. has been testing a program in some Charlotte-area restaurants that outsources order-taking to a call center elsewhere.

Company spokeswoman Kathleen Anthony said the technology is intended to improve speed, accuracy and service. The San Diego-based restaurant chain hopes the process will free up on-site employees to process orders, accept payment and address other needs.

Anthony said the orders are routed to a Texas call center operated by Bronco Communications, and she said some orders may be routed outside the country.

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/18562683/detail.html