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Today, Sarah Shourd, 32, one of three American hikers detained in a Tehran prison on charges of espionage, was freed. Shourd’s companions, Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, remain indefinitely imprisoned. According to the Iran judiciary, their “pretrial detention” has been extended for two months.
According to Iran’s Press TV, Shourd… Read the rest

Green adventure-seeker Andy Pag used to wake up in the cozy confines of the vegetable oil powered bus that he has been attempting to drive around the world. Now the eco-activist, who is being held in India under ‘suspicion of terrorism’ charges because he carried an unlicensed satellite telephone, wakes… Read the rest

The famed cycling tour that takes some of cycling’s best across the varied terrain of France commences on July 4th, but another group is finishing up their own Tour this Friday: inmates. The “Penal Tour de France” kicked off on June 4th and has taken some 200 French prisoners and… Read the rest

I always thought the police academy was an institution of smiles – where funny voices and practical jokes ruled and cadets like Carey Mahoney and Moses Hightower were head of the class. My how the times have changed.
New York Police Department officer Patrick Pogan, 23, was a budding new… Read the rest