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San Diego, CA --(Ammoland.com)- According to the National Firearms Act Trade & Collectors Association, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) are preparing to remove the often burdensome Chief Law Enforcement Officer (CLEO) signature requirement from Form 1 and Form 4 for NFA firearms. (see article here) “NFA firearms” are highly regulated devices meeting the specific and somewhat counter-intuitive definition of “firearm” as that term is defined under the federal National Firearms Act (NFA). These “firearms” include machineguns, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, destructive devices, silencers, and “any other weapons,” as that...

I don't normally ask for prayer requests often but this is a second recent one in a short span for me. My mom's pet, Cleo, is having some problems that are life-threatening. She had a blockage in her gi tract and the vet was able to get it out and she survived the surgery, but she is still not eating on her own and mom has been syringe feeding her and doctoring her, which has been taking its toll on her as well. This kind of thing would not be as dangerous or life threatening if Cleo was a dog...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Three police officers and two other men have been indicted in federal court in Little Rock for conspiring to commit an armored car robbery. 1 of the civilians is also charged with robbing an armored car of $400,000 in 2007. Little Rock police officer Jason Gilbert, UAMS police officer Sterling Platt and Veterans Affairs police officer Allen Clark are charged with conspiring with two others since 2005 to carry out a robbery. Antonio Torel Person is charged with the officers and is also accused of carrying out the 2007 armored car robbery in North Little...

A Streamwood police officer accused of beating a motorist with his baton is being held on $50,000 bail. Video from Officer James Mandarino’s dashboard camera appears to show him abusing the motorist despite the fact the motorist appears to be complying with the officer, prosecutors say. "At no time during the time period when the defendant is beating the victim with his baton does the video reflect that the victim had anything in his hands, nor does the video reflect the victim making any threatening motions toward the defendant,'' Assistant Cook County State's Atty. Alexander Vroustouris said in court Thursday....

In little over two months, famed Egyptologist Dr Zahi Hawass hopes to unearth the discovery of his lifetime: the tomb of one of history's greatest women, Cleopatra. The celebrity archaeologist, who is on a whistle stop lecture tour of South Africa, said that "the discovery would even be bigger than that of King Tut". Hawass told The Star on Wednesday that he suspects Cleopatra is buried with her Roman lover Mark Antony at a temple 30km from Alexandra called Tabusiris Magna. "I believe it is a very sacred place and this is where they would have hidden Cleopatra and Marc...

Madam Cleo Weighs Senate Run By Wed Gee CHATTANOOGA, TN. — Just days after Tipper Gore indicated she may run for the Senate seat to be vacated by Fred Thompson, BSNN.net has learned that she may face stiff competition from Madam Cleo, the Jamaican shaman and spokeswoman for a psychic hotline. Although Miss Cleo was born in California she is weighing an overture from Democrats — who privately acknowledge Cleo is a better candidate than Tipper Gore — to run for the Senate seat from Tennessee. Sources close to Miss Cleo, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Democrats...