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At first blush, it sounds like your typical sports celebrity meet and greet. Avi Herman, 10, and his brother, Jonah, 7, were waiting patiently for Odell Beckham, Jr. to arrive. Before the New York Giants wide receiver came, there was a football clinic where a few NFL coaches gave throwing pointers to the some 100 kids gathered around. After about two hours, Beckham—he, of the now-iconic meme catch—finally showed up and was promptly mobbed, by both children and their parents alike. The NFL pro then spent the next two hours signing footballs and posing for photos with his fans. Both got signed footballs, baseball caps and jerseys.   Continue reading “Passover for the rich: Inside the lavish getaways where you might run into Odell Beckham, Jr.”

ABC News

Most of the 32 cases of fireworks believed to have been stolen in transit have now been recovered thanks to a tip, officials said Saturday, although no arrests have been made in the case.

A senior law enforcement official said Friday 32 cases of commercial grade fireworks were reported missing and were believed to be stolen from a CSX train shipment that originated inChicago and ended in Detroit. The train went through Ohio, where officials believe the fireworks may have been stolen. The explosive material was discovered missing Thursday and was reported to authorities.   Continue reading “Most Fireworks Recovered After Apparent Theft From Train”

ABC News

Authorities say four federal agents suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot while trying to make an arrest at a Kansas motel.

Police say two U.S. marshals and an FBI agent were shot and suffered non-life-threatening injuries Saturday night in Topeka. A fourth federal agent also suffered the same injuries, but it was not immediately clear to which agency the officer is assigned. All four were taken to hospitals.   Continue reading “4 Federal Agents Injured During Shootout at Kansas Motel”

Yahoo News

LAS VEGAS (AP) — There won’t be a federal trial next month in Las Vegas for rancher Cliven Bundy and 18 other defendants in an armed confrontation with government officers two years ago.

In a written ruling issued following a two-hour hearing in a courtroom crowded with defendants, attorneys, U.S. marshals and audience members, U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen essentially called a May 2 trial date unrealistic.   Continue reading “No May court date for federal Bundy standoff case in Nevada”

WCPO

PEEBLES, Ohio — A “murderer or murderers” massacred eight members of a Pike County family in a series of targeted, “execution-style” killings, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Friday.

And, as tips poured in throughout the day, DeWine and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader cautioned it may take a while to find the killer or killers, refuting reports that a “person of interest” was in custody.   Continue reading “Ohio attorney general: 8 dead, including teen, in Pike County family massacre”

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Seattle Organic Restaurants

More and more independent research and studies are indicating that BT corn and GMO crops resistant to Monsanto’s best selling herbicide ‘Roundup’ are toxic to both the environment and human’s health.

Although biotech companies and their financial beneficiaries have shamefully been spending millions of dollars lobbying to hide and promote GMOs under the so called label of ‘Natural’, more and more independent researchers, scientists and health advocates are warning the public about the hidden dangers of GMOs and chemicals used in planting GE crops.    Continue reading “Recent studies find Monsanto’s Bt corn toxic to humans”

Roll Call – by Niels Lesniewski

Recognizing the possibility of a contested convention in Cleveland this summer, Republicans are considering an electronic system to capture votes on what could be a contentious set of procedural motions leading up to nominating a presidential candidate.

The Republican National Committee agreed Thursday not to change the rules of the convention at this point, but is exploring changes to the way that delegate votes are recorded.  The idea of electronic voting is gaining steam now because in a disputed floor fight, voice votes may not cut it.   Continue reading “Is Electronic Voting Coming to the GOP Convention?”

Fox 2 Now

Pike County, Ohio – Authorities are investigating “multiple fatalities” in Pike County, Ohio, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office said Friday morning.

A local pastor told WCPO that two adults and five children were shot to death.

The Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) tells FOX 8 News that there are bodies at multiple locations on Union Hill Road in Peebles, Ohio.   Continue reading “Multiple adults and children reported killed in Ohio shooting”

Yahoo News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 170 countries are lining up to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change Friday as the landmark deal takes a key step toward entering into force years ahead of schedule.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joins dozens of world leaders for a signing ceremony that is expected to set a record for international diplomacy: Never have so many countries signed an agreement on the first available day. States that don’t sign Friday have a year to do so.   Continue reading “More than 170 states set to sign landmark climate agreement”

CNS News – by Melanie Hunter

Laura Wilkerson, whose son Josh was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant after school, told a House Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee on Tuesday that she blames Congress for her son’s murder.

“I did not put my kid in harm’s way when he went to school that day. You did. Every one of you is elected by an American. It is time for you to stand in the gap for Americans. I’m so tired of being up here and going over the same thing. You’re elected by Americans. Do something. It is your job,” said Wilkerson.
Continue reading “Mother of Teen Murdered by Illegal Immigrant Tells Congress: ‘Do Something – It Is Your Job’”

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NGA is a super-secret agency who has been utilizing SPY SATELLITES for the past 45 years to spy on Americans. It’s a fact. This information is then transmitted to the CIA, DARPA, NAVEL INTELLIGENCE, FBI, et al.

This agency was employed to spy on the Branch Davidians months before the seige at Waco, Tx.   Continue reading “Has anyone ever heard of the “National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency?”

AP

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Workers are making emergency repairs to a broken sewer line that’s spewing about 1 million gallons of wastewater per day into a Mississippi River tributary in Memphis, an official said Wednesday.

This is the third sewage spill in Memphis in the past three weeks.   Continue reading “3rd sewage line breaks in Memphis, spills waste into river”

Wall Street Journal

DUBAI—Saudi Arabia is set to secure a $10 billion loan from international banks as the kingdom seeks to address a budget shortfall caused by the fall in oil prices, according to five bankers close to the transaction.

Saudi Arabia increased the loan size from an initial target range between $6 billion and $8 billion, after receiving strong demand from a wide range of global banks, said the people familiar with the matter. The terms of the loan have been agreed and only requires the documentation to be finalized, said the people.   Continue reading “Saudi Arabia Set to Secure $10 Billion Loan to Address Budget Shortfall”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

The War on Cash has many fronts.

The latest battle is for the face of the currency itself, and the central bankers, who control the front anyway, have imposed a symbolic defeat against the leaders in America’s past who have fought against the stranglehold of the money makers.

Naturally, there are liberal politics at play, fighting for every inch of ground in the war for ideological re-engineering. History is being whitewashed, various figures of antiquity rolling in their graves….   Continue reading “Andrew Jackson, Who Fought Central Bank, Removed from $20 As “Public Concern for Liberty” Erased”

Business Insider

A US Border Patrol agent came across a depression in the ground along the US-Mexico border while on patrol 2 miles east of the Calexico, California, border crossing.

The agent approached the area — near the All-American Canal — on foot, but the ground gave way, revealing a hole 18 inches in diameter, US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement.   Continue reading “An agent discovered another tunnel on the US border after nearly falling into it”

Yahoo News – by Ben Klayman

DETROIT (Reuters) – Three Michigan state and local officials were criminally charged on Wednesday in connection with the state attorney general’s investigation into dangerous lead levels in Flint’s drinking water, a crisis that has fueled widespread public outrage.

Genesee District Judge Tracy Collier-Nix authorized charges against Flint employee Michael Glasgow and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) employees Stephen Busch and Michael Prysby.   Continue reading “Michigan officials charged in Flint water crisis”

CNS News – by Robert J. Olson and Herbert W. Titus

On Wednesday, April 20, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case ofBirchfield v. North Dakota, an important Fourth Amendment case that should be of interest to everyone who drives a car.

In recent years, the legislatures of some states have criminalized a driver’s choice to assert his constitutional right not to be subject to an unlawful search and seizure.  These legislatures have enacted laws which make it a crime for a driver to refuse to consent to searches and seizures via breathalyzer and blood chemical tests after being placed under arrest after a routine traffic stop.    Continue reading “Drive a Car — Waive Your Constitutional Rights”

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Zinn Education Project

Shortly after Woodrow Wilson took office there began in Colorado one of the most bitter and violent struggles between workers and corporate capital in the history of the country.

This was the Colorado coal strike that began in September 1913 and culminated in the “Ludlow Massacre” of April 1914. Eleven thousand miners in southern Colorado … worked for the Colorado Fuel & Iron Corporation, which was owned by the Rockefeller family. Aroused by the murder of one of their organizers, they went on strike against low pay, dangerous conditions, and feudal domination of their lives in towns completely controlled by the mining companies. …   Continue reading “Ludlow Massacre: April 20, 1914”

LA Times – by Patrick McGreevy

Four months after the San Bernardino mass shooting, state lawmakers on Tuesday gave initial approval to five gun control bills, including measures that would outlaw assault rifles with detachable magazines, ban possession of clips holding more than 10 rounds and require homemade guns to be registered with the state.

The bills approved by the state Senate Public Safety Committee were introduced in response to the December shooting in San Bernardino that left 14 people dead and 22 others wounded at the hands of two terrorists.   Continue reading “California lawmakers advance gun control measures in response to San Bernardino massacre”