The Boston Globe stated the following in an op-ed, “SOCIOLOGISTS USE the term ‘moral panic’ to describe a sudden episode of hysterical behavior set off by exaggerated threats and fueled by endlessly reiterated stories of dangerous behavior.” (Wolfe, Alan. “This panic won’t create air safety”. Aug. 23, 2006.)
For past examples, see the hysteria regarding the […]

The paper: Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Headline: “Two men arrested in connection with Green Top robbery“.
Link.
The story:
One man from Washington and another from Maryland have been arrested in connection with the June 13 burglary of Green Top Sporting Goods in which 34 handguns were stolen.
The Hanover County Sheriff’s Office arrested Michael A. Henderson, 21, of Bowie, Md., and […]

The Free Lance–Star:
The developer of the largest planned subdivision in Caroline County is getting a new investment partner based in Florida.
John Clark, who wants to build 4,000 homes in the Haymount subdivision, is teaming with Avanti Properties Group to keep his residential, commercial and retail plans on track.
County land records show that Haymount (Fredericksburg) ASLI […]

The Free Lance–Star:
[Gregory] Killough, 48, takes over as Caroline school superintendent July 1. He replaces Stanley Jones, who is retiring at the end of the month after six years in the post.
Killough is currently superintendent in Wise County in Southwest Virginia, but says he’s familiar with the Fredericksburg area.
And he will keep working and being […]

Read every line of this stupidty from The Examiner:
Barack Obama’s foreign policy advisers said Tuesday that Osama bin Laden, if captured, should be allowed to appeal his case to U.S. civilian courts, a privilege opposed by John McCain.
Responding to questions from The Examiner, Sen. John Kerry and former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke said […]

Anyone care to guess the original headline for this story was?:
FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA) — Fairfax County Police Officers who take their unmarked cruisers home are going to have to live within 30 miles of Fairfax County under a new department policy now in effect.
Police officials say the vast majority of department commanders, investigators, crime scene […]

8 Terrorists Killed By Lack Of Due Process And A Combination Of One Hellfire Missile And Many, Many 30MM Rounds

The Rocky Mountain News:
Black Hawk helicopters buzzed downtown Denver and other neighborhoods Monday evening in a training exercise to prepare for a possible terrorist attack.
The photo accompanying the story (click for a bigger version):

Uh, guys, that’s a MH-6 Little Bird which is less than two-tenths of the size (by weight, empty) of a Black Hawk.
The […]

They have since changed the headline of the story that appears on the front page of fredericksburg.com and have removed the picture of a roll of toilet paper that appeared in the original.
Link to the new story with the headline “Man squeezed more than Charmin in local grocery store, police say” and without the picture […]

The Free Lance–Star:
A Stafford County man was squeezing more than Charmin Friday in a North Stafford grocery store, police said.
Sheriff’s Maj. David Decatur said the suspect, 51-year-old Kenneth Law-rence Green, is accused of grabbing at least two women’s buttocks in the Shopper’s Food Warehouse in Stafford Marketplace.
[…]
According to Decatur, the assaults occurred about 1 p.m. […]