When it comes to bugs, there's the good, the bad, and the downright scary. Here are some freaky critters that will make you want to grab a can of Raid. Of course, in these instances, that can might not be strong enough. Perhaps a blowtorch. picked by cactushair 1 year ago

A LaGrange, Ohio, family whose food co-op connecting local consumers with local farmers was raided by sheriff's deputies is fighting back with the help of two organizations aimed at protecting the basic rights of Americans. picked by TraumaMamma 10 months ago

This generation's version of an air raid drill I guess... picked by kxmk 2 years ago

Forty years ago, on June 28, a police raid on an unexceptional gay bar, the Stonewall Inn in New York City, sparked nights of rioting and demonstrations. The Stonewall riots marked the beginning of a new LGBT movement against bigotry and for justice. picked by Doggylives 5 months ago

Reserve Sheriffs Deputy O'Neal was present when the wrong house was searched. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

It's the mobile phone that could leave you with more than a warm ear.

As startled Italian police discovered, the device seized in a raid on a Mafia gang is actually a pistol.

The phone gun - complete with a dummy display - holds four .22 bullets. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Very nice Photography website, where each month, many thematic pictures series are presented. For examples, ice cream trucks, karaoke bars, air raid sirens, tokyo street vending machines. Worth the look. picked by wildminou 2 years ago

A BBC story from March 16, 2007 said the raid netted $205-million along with guns, drugs, and smaller amounts of cash in Euros and Mexican pesos. Good thing cops are never crooked in these big busts. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

DUBLIN, Ireland - Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Franklin D. Roosevelt got stripped naked, and Fred Flintstone and the Teletubbies are missing after a raid on wax figures owned by Ireland’s National Wax Museum. picked by myspacetoob 2 years ago

A British reporter, investigating claims of civilian deaths from an American bombing ignored warnings from locals and got himself and his translator kidnapped. A force of British soldiers were able to free him but at the the cost of one of their own and of the translator. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

The raid by Texas authorities on a reclusive polygamous sect in April has had an unexpected consequence - the launch of a new clothing line. picked by mutil8or 1 year ago

Al-Qaeda in Iraq faces an “extraordinary crisis”. ...

These are the words not of al-Qaeda's enemies but of one of its own leaders in Anbar province — once the group's stronghold. They were set down last summer in a 39-page letter seized during a US raid on an al-Qaeda base near Samarra in November. picked by ImNotBlue 2 years ago

"The cats are abused. They throw the cages on to a truck instead of loading them properly. The cats that survive end up in soups at restaurants,'' Lai Xiaoyu, an activist involved in Friday night's rescue told the newspaper. picked by kakana 5 months ago

Nuclear weapon scientists with a drug habit. Scary, scary, scary. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

"I can't buy steak. I can't buy roast," a customer said. "I'm stuck with chicken, and chicken."

Shortage is a result of a raid on Agriprocessors, the country’s largest kosher slaughterhouse. picked by suebe 12 months ago

The owners of J'aime Kennel have filed a $900M lawsuit against the state of Maine, the town of Buxton, judges, a local legislator, Buxton's police chief, and anyone else they can think of. The kennel was raided in August and had more than 250 dogs and puppies seized for cruelty and failure to provide medical care.
Update to this story picked by marli 2 years ago

About 11 hives, containing up to 500,000 bees, many destined for the Balmoral royal estate in Scotland to make honey for Prince Charles's Duchy Originals luxury food label, were taken in the raid last month. picked by kakana 6 months ago

When you’ve spent the last 6 hours in a raid with no end in sight, you need to eat. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

An elementary school vice principal arrested for paying underage girls for sex faces an extra charge after a raid on his home unearthed a huge cache of child pornography, police said. "I'm really famous among readers of magazines where you can send in pictures," he was quoted as telling acquaintances. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

U.S. officials say that at least 30 militants, including a Taliban commander, and no more than seven civilians were killed during the Aug. 22 raid. Afghan officials, backed by the United Nations mission, insist that more than 90 civilians died, including dozens of children. Will we ever truly KNOW what is going on over there... picked by Rambo2020 1 year ago