Two anti-war protesters banned from Canada: the FBI put them in a criminal records database

They've been arrested for non-violent, peaceful protests, and now the FBI has put them in the NCIC international database that is usually reserved for murderers, rapists, etc. They go to attend a peace conference in Canada and are detained and denied entry at the border because of this.

The story hasn't really appeared in American news, it's making a lot more of a row in Canadia. Traditionally Canada has been very receptive of peace activists.

It would seem that the FBI has gone from being wielded by Hoover for political ends, to being somewhat politically neutral (except for the civil rights movements, among other things) to being wielded by The Shrub for political ends.

No abuse of power here, nope, move along! We know who you are!

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_rob_kall_071007_fbi_puts_antiwar_pro.htm

Best Buy customer gets box of bathroom tiles instead of the hard drive that he purchased

They won't refund his money and they won't give him a new hard drive: he's being told "take it up with the manufacturer". You know, the more that I hear about Best Buy's shenanigans, the less I like the company. But they are the only game in town for me. Maybe I'll look at Circuit City more closely when it comes time for us to buy a TV, not that Circuit City is any less subject to random bouts of asshattery.

The Story (long url)

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/29/1833227