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Can Private Security Guards Act As Cops? That's Exactly What They May Soon Be Doing On The Far These private security cars patrol Michigan Avenue between 100th and 116th streets, and a proposed city ordinance would give them many police powers. They're private security guards, already on patrol, but they may soon have the powers of Chicago Police officers. As CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports, the private security officers now on patrol on the city's Far South Side are expected to have their powers expanded as part of a citywide ordinance now being prepared. But officials are questioning...

Poll: Should the Border Patrol be privatized and manned by volunteer citizens. Posted on FR. What the hell kind of question is that? where I come from, (Florida),privatization means that somebody from some other state or country is going to do the work. So, how can volunteers do the job that normally goes to India, Idaho, Thailand, etc.?

"Why must I wait so long for a cataract operation?" a reader asks. Another angrily decries that her mother had to die in agony from terminal cancer. This past year I’ve received an increasing number of letters from readers dealing with such problems. But during a recent trip to Oxford University, England, I noticed a bus advertisement that suggested a way to solve these dilemmas. The bus ad read, "Now you can have the hospital you’ve always wanted". Since there’s so much debate in this country about our deteriorating hospital system, I couldn’t resist calling the number on the bus...