Federal Agents have raided the headquarters of a anti-government group which has allegedly printed $20 million of its own paper currency and minted several tons of coins according to this Associated Press story by Ryan Lenz.
The group, called the National Organization for the Repeal of the Federal Reserve and Internal Revenue Code, claims that its money is backed by silver stored in Idaho. Among the coins sized were two tons of copper dollars featuring GOP presidential primary candidate Ron Paul.

Wiretapping: The Ninth Circuit has gutted an Oregon Islamic group's lawsuit that claims the federal government has illegally wiretapped it, as reported in the AP story by Paul Elias. In its unanimous ruling the three-judge panel held that a top secret call log, mistakenly turned over to lawyers representing the plaintiffs by the Treasury Department, cannot be used as evidence. The Ninth Circuit's ruling upheld an earlier District Court holding that the call log could not be used.

Street Gangs: An Orange County Superior Court Judge has approved a preliminary injunction declaring the Varrio Viejo street gang a public nuisance and barring it from claiming San Juan Capistrano as its turf, according to this AP report by Gillian Flaccus. The injunction, which allows police to arrest gang members who congregate in designated areas, is similar to those used in Los Angeles and other California cities, to drive gangs out of neighborhoods they have claimed.