The Daily Populous

Friday February 2nd, 2018 evening edition

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Uber Wants to Make It Illegal to Operate Your Own Self-Driving Car in Cities

Authored by cei.org

Beleaguered ridesourcing giant Uber has been criticized for a wide variety of sins, both real and imagined.

Fortunately, to stop Uber, Lyft, and ZipCar’s shameless, greenwashed crony capitalism, we already have a simple solution: state preemption of local policies on self-driving cars.

Illinois, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas have already preempted municipal and county governments from enacting ordinances prohibiting self-driving cars. »

Never-ending protests against never-ending corruption in Romania

Authored by balkanspost.com
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In the 2002 European Commission 'Regular Report' on Romania, the anti-corruption measures chapter strupulated that "surveys indicate that corruption remains a widespread and systematic problem in Romania that is largely unresolved.

The fight against corruption is hampered by integrity problems even within institutions that are involved in law enforcement and the fight against corruption."

This was most severe in the 19 century when the extreme corruption of Ottoman-appointed rulers led to popular uprisings in Romania. »

'Slenderman' stabbing: Morgan Geyser sentenced to mental institution

Authored by us.cnn.com

(CNN) A Wisconsin teenager accused of stabbing a classmate in 2014 to win favor with a fictional internet character named "Slenderman" has been ordered to spend 40 years in a mental institution instead of serving jail time.

Morgan Geyser, 15, pleaded guilty in October to a charge of attempted first-degree murder in a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time.

Geyser's sentence was handed down after a day of testimony from expert witnesses about the teenager's progress in psychological treatment. »