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Mercury News

AUBURN, Calif. (AP) — A man who barricaded himself inside a Northern California home has died after firing over 100 rounds in a gunbattle with police.

The Placer County Sheriff’s office says the house started to burn several hours into Sunday’s standoff near Auburn, and that the man was killed by officers around 4 p.m.

The standoff, which started around 10:45 a.m. when shots were fired from the house, triggered the evacuation of neighboring homes.   Continue reading “California man dies in gunbattle, standoff in burning house”

WTSP 10 News

Pinellas County, Florida — The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and the Tarpon Springs Police Department are investigating the shooting of a police officer that took place early Sunday morning.

The shooting occurred around 3 a.m. on December 21, at Glen’s Eureka Apartments on Grand Boulevard in Tarpon Springs. Police were originally called out for a noise ordinance complaint as the suspect was banging on residential doors. When police arrived the suspect shot one of the officers and then attempted to flee in a vehicle.   Continue reading “Police officer shot, killed in Tarpon Springs, Florida”

Yahoo News

WILLOW CREEK, Calif. (AP) — A California Highway Patrol officer shot and killed a 17-year-old who attacked him with a machete, and the officer was hospitalized with major injuries, officials said.

The officer had responded to a report of a car hitting a telephone pole Thursday in the Humboldt County community of Willow Creek, CHP Capt. Adam Jager told the Eureka Times-Standard (http://bit.ly/1DVeozS ).   Continue reading “California officer kills teen after machete attack”

The Guardian

Four Afghan detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison have been sent back to their home country, the Pentagon says.

Shawali Khan, Khi Ali Gul, Abdul Ghani and Mohammed Zahir were repatriated after a thorough review of their cases.

Eight Afghans are believed to be among the 132 detainees remaining at the US prison in Cuba.   Continue reading “Four Afghan Guantanamo inmates sent home”

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Quite often i find uninformed bloggers, well-meaning patriotic Americans, and even the mainstream media drawing parallels between the political climate of Hitler’s Germany and that of the United States at present. ^{1 2 3} While there are similarities, the context in which those policies are rooted could not be more at odds; while Nazi Germany was a fascist, police-state dictatorship, similar to what the U.S. is descending toward today ^{4 5 6}, it is quite clear that the ideology driving the politics in Germany was intended to avoid the same sort of tyranny, corruption and moral erosion which the people of the U.S. and elsewhere find themselves battling today.   Continue reading “Gun Control and the Nazis – Setting the Record Straight”

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The Mirror – by Rob Bleaney

Children as young as 13 will be actively encouraged to fire real guns with live ammunition when America’s newest theme park opens this weekend.

Machine Gun America boasts high-tech simulators which offer thrill seekers the chance to play at gunning down zombies and bad guys – and participate in wild west style shootouts.   Continue reading “‘Machine Gun America’ theme park where kids fire deadly weapons to open this weekend”

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ABC News – by KIRIT RADIA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been invited to Moscow, the Kremlin confirmed to Russian media.

Kim has been invited to attend the Victory Day celebration in Red Square in May, which next year will honor the 70th anniversary of the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany, TASS reported.   Continue reading “Kim Jong-un Invited to Russia for Victory Day Celebration”

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AccuWeather – by Alex Sosnowski

A storm bearing strong winds, heavy snow, torrential rain, thunderstorms and fog will converge on the Northeast and Midwest on Christmas Eve and will likely create major travel delays, both on the roads and at airports.

The early stages of travel problems from patchy rain and fog will develop on Tuesday. The most widespread travel disruptions and the worst weather conditions in terms of windswept rain and travel-impairing snow will be centered on Christmas Eve.   Continue reading “Holiday Travelers to Face Delays as Christmas Eve Storm Eyes Two Dozen States”

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JACKSON, Miss. — A north Mississippi resident has been arrested after authorities say she created a fundraising scam by pretending to be related to a 19-year-old woman who was burned to death earlier this month.

Janet Posey, 39, of Blue Springs, is charged with one count of attempted false pretense and one count of communications fraud, Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday.   Continue reading “Mississippi woman accused of charity scam to profit from burning death of Jessica Chambers”

The Outstanding Public Debt as of 19 Dec 2014 at 01:20:27 PM GMT is:

The estimated population of the United States is 319,635,438
so each citizen’s share of this debt is $56,414.13.   Continue reading “U.S. National Debt”

BET – by Joyce Jones

President Obama on Thursday signed an executive order to create a Task Force on 21st Century Policing. The panel will be co-chaired by Philadelphia police commissioner Charles H. Ramsey and Laurie Robinson, a professor at George Mason University and former U.S. assistant attorney general, and Ronald Davis, who heads up the Justice Departments Community Oriented Policing Services office, will serve as executive director.   Continue reading “Obama Signs Executive Order to Create Task Force on 21st Century Policing”

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The Verge – by Russell Brandom

What is “Goliath” and why are Hollywood’s most powerful lawyers working to kill it?

In dozens of recently leaked emails from the Sony hack, lawyers from the MPAA and six major studios talk about “Goliath” as their most powerful and politically relevant adversary in the fight against online piracy. They speak of “the problems created by Goliath,” and worry “what Goliath could do if it went on the attack.” Together they mount a multi-year effort to “respond to / rebut Goliath’s public advocacy” and “amplify negative Goliath news.” And while it’s hard to say for sure, significant evidence suggests that the studio efforts may be directed against Google.   Continue reading “Project Goliath: Inside Hollywood’s secret war against Google”

New York Daily News – by Kenneth Lovett

ALBANY — The state attorney general sent cease-and-desist letters to some of America’s largest retailers for selling toy guns that look too much like the real thing.

The letters, sent at the height of the holiday shopping season, said the retailers were violating a New York law that prohibits selling realistic-looking toy guns that do not carry a prominent markings.   Continue reading “New York attorney general sends cease-and-desist letter to retailers over toy guns”

USA Today – by Trevor Hughes

The attorneys general of Nebraska and Oklahoma sued Colorado in the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, arguing state-legalized marijuana from Colorado is improperly spilling across state lines.

The suit invokes the federal government’s right to regulate both drugs and interstate commerce, and says Colorado’s decision to legalize marijuana has been “particularly burdensome” to police agencies on the other side of the state line.   Continue reading “Colorado sued by neighboring states over legal pot”

Fox 10 Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge cleared the way Thursday for thousands of young immigrants in Arizona who are protected from deportation under an Obama administration policy to get driver’s licenses.

The preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge David Campbell bars the state from enforcing Gov. Jan Brewer’s policy of denying the licenses to about 20,000 immigrants.   Continue reading “Arizona: Young illegals allowed to get driver’s licenses”