Where are they? Massive manhunt for 2 escaped murderers enters 4th day: http://t.co/bSGYTAZGIu (Chris Wattie/Reuters) MSNBC – by Miguel Almaguer and Cassandra Vinograd

DANNEMORA, New York — As the massive manhunt for two escaped murderers entered a fourth day, investigators were simultaneously searching for answers on how the duo brazenly broke out of maximum-security prison.

There has been no sign of Richard Matt and David Sweat since they were reported missing on Saturday. Investigators say they used power tools to cut through brick and metal walls and pipes before breaking through a manhole to freedom. Hundreds of law-enforcement officers have fanned out across the area as part of a multi-agency manhunt, and New York State has offered a $100,000 reward leading to the convicts’ capture.   Continue reading “Massive manhunt for 2 escaped inmates enters 4th day”

This illustration depicts a three-dimensional (3D) computer-generated image of a cluster of rod-shaped drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, the pathogen responsible for causing the disease tuberculosis (TB). The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron micrographic imagery.KFOR

BETHESDA, Md. – Health authorities are working to identify anyone who may have been exposed to a patient with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis.

In April, the woman traveled from India to the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say she traveled through Chicago and also spent time in Missouri and Tennessee.   Continue reading “CDC seeking people who had contact with tuberculosis patient in Chicago, Missouri, and Tennessee”

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A truck transporting at least 2,200 baby pigs has overturned on the road in Ohio with hundreds managing to escape. Firefighters, police, ambulance and volunteers all tried to catch the little porkers.

A semi-tractor trailer carrying the animals crashed on Route 35 outside the town of Xenia, Ohio, on Monday evening. The truck, which was en route from South Carolina to Indiana, was on the westbound ramp when the driver lost control and veered into a guardrail, police said.   Continue reading “Pigs on the run: Truck with 2,200 piglets overturns in Ohio, hundreds escape”

Yahoo News – by Eric Pianin. The Fiscal Times

President Obama on Monday confirmed the bad news for up to 5 million illegal immigrants in this country: He has called a halt to Department of Homeland Security preparations to shield them from the threat of deportation because his executive orders have become seriously bogged down in a court challenge.

Speaking during a news conference at the conclusion of the G7 Summit in the Bavarian town of Kruen, Germany, Obama said that his executive orders will require an elaborate “administrative apparatus” in order to be carried out. But a series of legal setbacks in the federal courts have stymied the government’s intention to move ahead with the program.   Continue reading “Obama Cries Uncle on Shielding 5 Million Immigrants from Deportation”

Screen Shot 2015-06-08 at 10.51.03 AMLiberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

Short-term lenders, seeking a detour around newly toughened restrictions on payday and other small loans, are pushing Americans to borrow more money than they often need by using their debt-free autos as collateral.

Their hefty principal and high interest rates are creating another avenue that traps unwary consumers in a cycle of debt. For about 1 out of 9 borrowers, the loan ends with their vehicles being repossessed…   Continue reading “Land of the Debt Serf – How “Auto Title Loan” Companies are Ruthlessly Preying on America’s Growing Underclass”

Chris Christie would crack down on legalized marijuana as presidentYahoo News – by Dylan Stableford

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says that if he were president, recreational marijuana would be outlawed — even in the states that have voted to legalize it.

In an interview outside a New Hampshire drug treatment center that aired on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday, Christie said he would enforce federal drug laws in Colorado and Washington.   Continue reading “Chris Christie would crack down on legalized marijuana as president”

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June 8, 2015 (Miami, FL) Spinetics, Inc. a tech startup is gearing to launch their ecofriendly, frictionless, bicycle generator system on Kickstarter this July. The bike accessory dubbed the “CydeKick” converts a cyclists’ motion into electricity for charging smartphones, headlights, and other electronic devices. Spinetics has begun rallying support from the community in preparation for its Kickstarter campaign launch. The startup is looking to raise capital to fund low-volume production of their CydeKick generator and make it available to the cycling community.   Continue reading “Spinetics Prepares To Launch Eco-Friendly Bicycle Generator Accessory”

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Breitbart – by Lana Shadwick

The attorney for nine of the Twin Peaks bikers told Breitbart Texas that he was in effect told “You Sir, are poured the f*** out.” A hearing was held this week on motions to remove three McLennan County judges who set and retained $1 million bonds on bikers arrested at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas. The attorney argued that the judges demonstrated bias and should be recused from making future rulings.   Continue reading “Waco Bikers’ Attorney Essentially ‘Poured The F*** Out’ In Hearing To Remove Biased Judges”

Biologists at Keele University and the University of Sussex found aluminium contamination in bumblebee pupae at levels that would cause brain damage in humans. The insects have been found to not avoid flowers that are contaminated with aluminium when foraging for nectar, like in the photograph of a bumblebee aboveSent to us by a reader.

Daily Mail – by COLIN FERNANDEZ

Bees may be declining because they are suffering dementia compared to Alzheimer’s caused by eating large amounts of aluminium.

A scientific study found high amounts of aluminium contamination in bees at levels that would cause brain damage in humans.

Bees rely on their tiny brains to navigate to flowers to collect pollen and nectar to eat.   Continue reading “Bees suffer dementia due to metal pollution: Aluminium contamination may be behind insect decline”

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The Intercept – by RYAN GALLAGHER

At an 18th-century mansion in England’s countryside last week, current and former spy chiefs from seven countries faced off with representatives from tech giants Apple and Google to discuss government surveillance in the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s leaks.

The three-day conference, which took place behind closed doors and under strict rules about confidentiality, was aimed at debating the line between privacy and security.   Continue reading “Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion”

Washington Post – by Amber Phillips

Rick Perry isn’t just a longshot running for president four years after a disastrous 2012 bid. He’s also running for president with the dubious — and rare — distinction of being under indictment.

The former Texas governor, who announced his candidacy for president Thursday, is facing two felony charges that he abused his power to cut off funding for the state’s ethics agency and tried to coerce a public servant.   Continue reading “The indictment hanging over Rick Perry’s 2016 presidential bid, explained”

Reuters – by Courtney Sherwood

Gun-control advocates on Wednesday decried as a misguided political maneuver a vote by Oregon county commissioners against enforcement of new statewide gun background check requirements.

Lane County’s commissioners in a 4-1 vote on Tuesday decreed that local government could not afford to investigate violations of the new law, and affirmed the “right of the people to keep and bear arms” under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.

Proponents of the stricter gun-sale rules, which go into effect in August, questioned whether the Lane County resolution would have any practical effect.   Continue reading “Oregon county votes against enforcing state gun law sparks outcry”

A McLennan County deputy stands guard near a group of bikers in the parking lot of Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas, last month. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP)Sent to us by a reader.

Yahoo News – by Jason Sickles

As questions remain unanswered about last month’s deadly biker rampage in Waco, Texas, police there are trying to clamp down on public information about the case.

The move comes as scrutiny intensifies over the Waco Police Department’s handling of the sensational shootout that killed nine bikers, injured 18 and saw an unprecedented 175 people arrested and charged with engaging in organized crime.   Continue reading “Waco police seeking to bar information about Texas biker shooting”

PHOTO: The seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seen at the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, Aug. 8, 2013.ABC News – by MIKE LEVINE and AARON KATERSKY

A Boston police officer has shot and killed a man who had been under surveillance by the FBI‘s Joint Terrorism Task Force, ABC News has learned.

An officer and an FBI agent approached the suspect at about 7 a.m. today in the parking lot of a CVS in Roslindale, Massachusetts, police said. The suspect pulled a “military-style knife,” prompting the officer to use lethal force, according to police.   Continue reading “Boston Police Officer Shoots and Kills Possible Terror Suspect”

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(Reuters) – A series of moderately powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Oregonovernight and on Monday, but did not trigger tsunamis, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

On Monday, a magnitude 6.0 quake struck off the coast of the West Coast state at a depth of 8.1 miles (13 km) at about 1:11 p.m. local time. Earlier, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit at 3:46 a.m. at a depth of 9.3 miles (15 km).   Continue reading “Earthquakes hit off Oregon coast”

Shooting victim’s family begs de Blasio: ‘We need stop-and-frisk’New York Post – by Aaron Feis, Jennifer Bain, Aaron Short and Laura Italiano

A surge in New York City murders — including four people slain in just five bloody hours as the weekend began — has grieving family members begging Mayor de Blasio to bring back the NYPD’s right to search for guns.

“We need stop-and-frisk,” Stacey Calhoun, the devastated uncle of one of the four fatalities, said Saturday afternoon, tears filling his eyes over the nephew he had just lost.   Continue reading “Shooting victim’s family begs de Blasio: ‘We need stop-and-frisk’”

Spokesman Review – by Mike Prager

Three people were found dead Tuesday in a fire that consumed part of a Deer Park-area house owned by a lieutenant in the Spokane Fire Department.

Fire officials were unable to contact Lt. Terrance Barnett-Canfield after the early-morning blaze at 20 E. Chattaroy Road southeast of Deer Park, and two of the victims were burned so badly that visual identification was not possible, Assistant Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said in an email to fire department staff.    Continue reading “Three dead at scene of early morning fire”

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The Last Bastille – by Kyle Rearden

Imprisonment, like war, is hell. Understanding the nature of it is vital to empathizing with the grievances of those prisoners who are suffering because the government arbitrarily decided to tax, ban, or regulate something produced by the free market. First hand accounts of prison experiences, even if offered by a convicted felon, are incredibly valuable to those without any criminal record, due to the likely probability that such eyewitness testimony foreshadows the tribulations any man faces, especially considering that the sphere of legally permitted human action is noticeably shrinking as the police state coerces larger segments of the American citizenry.   Continue reading “Caged Arbitrarily: KC Massey on Government Dungeons”