Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday unveiled plans to target gangs and guns — including confiscating cars used in gang-related crimes — with a series of new city ordinances.The mayor proposed giving landlords the power to evict tenants convicted

The federal government is considering a proposal to allow visitors to carry loaded, concealed weapons in some national parks, wildlife refuges and monuments.The Department of the Interior, which oversees national parks and wildlife refuges, will decide whether to adopt the

People should legally be allowed to keep guns in their cars while on the private property of others, a House committee decided in a split vote Wednesday.The legislation pitted gun owners against the state's businesses, some of which argued they

On Thursday, the Senate gave final approval to legislation expanding gun owners' rights and sent it to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland.Keith Dailey, Strickland's spokesman, called provisions in the legislation "common sense protections for law-abiding gun owners."

Earlier this week, the House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee passed NRA-backed Senate Bill 51 by State Senator Joe McPherson (D-Woodworth) by a 9-3 vote.

The "Study of Studies" will examine all available data on aircraft cabin air quality on an independent basis, drawing whatever conclusions the data dictates (PRWeb May 30, 2008) Read the full story at http://ww1.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb979844.htm

In the future - perhaps as soon as 20 years hence -- billions of volumetric pixels (voxals) will be simply manufactured and programmed to conform to users' needs: a bed that can be used at night that then reforms itself

Award Recognizes the 100 "Most Promising" Companies Driving the Future of Technology (PRWeb May 30, 2008) Read the full story at

On Thursday, May 29, Senate Bill 184, Ohio's "Castle Doctrine" legislation passed out of the State Senate by a vote of 25 to 7. This legislation now heads to the Governor for his signature.

This afternoon the Assembly voted to pass Assembly Bill 2062 by a vote of 41-31.

The Department of Defense Operationally Responsive Space Office announced the selection of the SpaceDev, Inc. Trailblazer spacecraft bus as the primary payload to fly on its Jumpstart mission. (PRWeb May 29, 2008) Read the full story at http://ww1.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb981914.htm