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RT News

Iceland’s government has announced that it will be writing off up to 24,000 euros ($32,600) of every household’s mortgage, fulfilling its election promise, despite overwhelming criticism from international financial institutions.

The measure was introduced by the country’s prime minister, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, the leader of the Progressive Party which won the late-April elections on a promise of household debt relief.   Continue reading “Iceland thumbs nose at international opposition to advance $1.2 billion debt relief plan”

New York Times – by SUSAN STELLIN

GOVERNMENTS wade into treacherous waters when they compile lists of people who might cause their countries harm. As fears about Japanese-Americans and Communists have demonstrated in the past, predictions about individual behavior are often inaccurate, the motivations for list-making aren’t always noble and concerns about threats are frequently overblown.   Continue reading “Who Is Watching the Watch Lists?”

WPEC TV CBS 12 – by Israel Balderas

LAKE WORTH, Fla. — Happy Thanksgiving to all, but apparently not for the homeless living at Palm Beach County’s John Prince Park in Lake Worth, FL.

This holiday is supposed to be a day to think of others, which is exactly what church members from Acts 2 Worship Center in Loxahatchee, FL wanted to do.

But when the small group tried to deliver food to the homeless living at the park, a park ranger ordered them to stop.   Continue reading “Church Group Trying To Feed The Homeless Ordered To Stop”

CNN – by CNN White House Producer Kevin Liptak

Washington (CNN) – President Obama paid a visit Friday to a group of activists who have been fasting for weeks in the hopes of pressuring Congress to pass new immigration laws.

The President and his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, visited the group on the National Mall to lend support for the cause. The “Fast for Families” protesters have given up all sustenance except water during their protest, which they hope will force lawmakers to take up immigration reform measures pending on Capitol Hill.   Continue reading “Obama visits protesters fasting in support of immigration reform”

Reuters

A U.S. 30-inch (75-cm) natural gas pipeline ruptured and exploded in Missouri early on Friday, with no injuries or fatalities reported, according to media reports.

A spokeswoman for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co said the accident occurred outside a compressor station near Sedalia, Missouri, television station KMBC in Kansas City, Missouri, reported on its website.   Continue reading “U.S. gas pipeline explodes in Missouri, no injuries reported”

Breitbart – by JON DAVID KAHN

ALASKA – Police say a 15-year-old freshman boy faces a second-degree criminally negligent burning charge, a misdemeanor, and a first-degree terroristic threatening charge, a felony, after he ignited a roll of toilet paper in the bathroom of West High School Wednesday morning.

Under Alaska law, a person causing the evacuation of a building can receive aterroristic threatening charge. And that is reportedly what happened after alarms sounded at West High at 10:57 a.m.   Continue reading “15-Year-Old Charged With Terroristic Threat After Lighting Toilet Paper Roll On Fire”

CNN – by Paul Armstrong

USS George Washington, East China Sea (CNN) — The deafening roar of state-of-the-art warplanes being catapulted into the air from its huge flight deck signaled that the USS George Washington was back in combat mode after its recent detour to the Philippines to take part in the aid effort in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan.

Barely a week on and the 90,000-ton Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is now patrolling waters off the island of Okinawa as part a huge naval exercise — AnnualEx 2013 — involving dozens of warships, submarines and aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s 7th fleet and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).   Continue reading “China’s presence looms amid massive U.S.-Japanese AnnualEx war games”

The Guardian

An Oklahoma jury has convicted a veteran police captain of first-degree manslaughter in the death of an unarmed teenager who was running away after scuffling with the officer.

Del City Police captain Randy Trent Harrison shot Dane Scott Jr in the back on 14 March 2012, following a high-speed chase that began when Harrison tried to pull over Scott’s car.   Continue reading “Oklahoma jury convicts police captain of unarmed teen’s manslaughter”

Public Integrity – by Susan Ferriss

Responding to demand for reforms, the nation’s largest school police force — in Los Angeles — will stop issuing tickets to students 12-years-old or younger for minor infractions allegedly committed on or near campuses during school hours.

A memo this month to officers from Los Angeles Unified School Police Department Chief Steven Zipperman outlined the new policy, which goes into effect in December. The announcement comes in the wake of community demands for the school district to “decriminalize” minor school disciplinary matters and use more discretion when involving law enforcement personnel.    Continue reading “Nation’s largest school police force, in L.A., will stop ticketing kids 12 and younger”

BBC News

The Obama administration has announced another delay to its healthcare law, this time to online medical insurance for small businesses.

The marketplace website allowing employers to buy health coverage for their workers will be put off by one year until November 2014.

Ongoing problems with Healthcare.gov, beset by glitches since its 1 October launch, were blamed for the delay.   Continue reading “Obamacare: Small-business enrolment delayed by one year”

Blacklisted News – CBS

New Haven police say they believe that the report of a shooter on his way to Yale University’s campus Monday morning was a “hoax,” reports CBS affiliate WFSB.

Around 9:30 a.m., police say they received an anonymous call from someone claiming his roommate was headed to Yale with a long gun. The university went into lockdown mode, telling students and faculty to stay inside as police searched the area.   Continue reading “Police: Yale University Shooter Warning Call was a “Hoax””