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Julian Assange's 14-year saga as a fugitive and prisoner may be coming to an end. The Wikileaks founder has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge with the U.S. Justice Department in exchange for no additional prison time. He has already served 5 years in a maximum security prison in England after spending 7 years hiding in an Ecuadorian Embassy. Assange would only agree to a hearing outside of U.S. soil. Last month he won his right to appeal an extradition order. High Court judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson ruled for Assange after his lawyers argued that the...

Following his arrest on Jan. 26, Ammon Bundy was found with $8,031 in cash in his jacket, a receipt from a Jan. 1 purchase of nearly $200 in ammunition from a BiMart in Idaho and a withdrawl slip in his wallet from a Chase Bank Fred Meyer in Idaho visited the day before, according to a prosecutor..... During his transport to jail by van following a cursory search of him, Harney County Sheriff's Sgt. Lucas McLain heard Bundy talking on a cell phone. Lt. Brian Needham flipped on the overhead light in the van, and they could see Bundy balancing...

The 'Call to Action' from the Pacific Patriots Network is expected to reach full fruition today as supporters of the farmers and ranchers of Harney County arrive in the largest numbers yet. A rally is being held in Burns to tell the FBI to get out and call for the resignation of local officials like Sheriff Dave Ward and Judge Stephen Grasty, who are seen by locals as the enablers of the federal land control program. Later this year if a 'national monument' is declared on federal land in Harney County as is planned, some 400 ranchers stand to be...