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Hebron (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man in the West Bank on Friday when they opened fire during the funeral of a Palestinian recently released from Israeli jail, medics said.

Two other Palestinians were wounded when Israeli troops opened fire to quell protests that erupted in Hebron after the burial of the man, who had died shortly after leaving prison, the medics said.   Continue reading “Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian at West Bank funeral: medics”

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Police say an officer is in critical condition after being shot Friday morning by a suspect that remains on the loose.

Anne Arundel County Police say the officer was transported to Baltimore Shock Trauma after being shot by a suspect near a 7-Eleven on College Parkway.   Continue reading “Maryland police officer shot, suspect sought”

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A tornado slammed the tiny Illinois town of Fairdale Thursday, killing one person, injuring seven and destroying homes across the town, authorities said.

A 67-year-old woman was found unresponsive in her Fairdale home by family members and was later pronounced dead, according to DeKalb County Coroner and County Emergency Services Coordinator Dennis Miller.   Continue reading “Tiny Illinois Town Slammed by Deadly Tornado”

Hanjin shipping containers arrive at the Port of Portland in 2010.Marketplace – by Conrad Wilson

It’s a weekday morning and a tangle of trucks idles outside a container yard in Portland, Oregon.

The situation is a mess.

Inside a barbed-wire fence, large metal shipping containers are stacked three, even five high. Outside, trucks from around the state are jockeying to get in. Those that can’t are blocking the road.   Continue reading “Shipping firms’ departures sink Port of Portland”

BOSTON-BOMBINGS-TRIAL/Yahoo News – by Holly Bailey

BOSTON—Nearly two years after two pressure-cooker bombs ripped through a crowd of unsuspecting spectators near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, a federal jury found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty for his role in the deadly attacks, which killed three and injured nearly 300.

The decision came a day and a half after seven women and five men began deliberations in the first phase of the trial and after 17 days of emotional and often gruesome testimony and evidence in the case. Jurors repeatedly saw horrific photos and videos of the bloody aftermath of the bombs. They also heard heart-wrenching testimony from survivors, including the father of the youngest victim of the attacks—8-year-old Martin Richard–whose body was literally blown apart by the second bomb.   Continue reading “Jury finds Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of Boston Marathon bombings”

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“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!” – Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775

Quinlan, TX – It’s the kind of nervy double-down only a true filibuster would make; KC Massey III is determined to make law, one way or another.   Continue reading “A Chance to Make Case Law – The Risk, 10 Years”

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ABC News – by BARBARA ORTUTAY

IBM is investing $3 billion to build an “Internet of Things” division aimed at harnessing the massive trove of data collected by smartphones, tablets, connected vehicles and appliances and using it to help companies better manage their businesses.   Continue reading “IBM to Invest $3 Billion in ‘Internet of Things’ Unit”

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A couple who are both school bus drivers with ties to the Michigan Militia embezzled at least $50,000 from the woman’s mother and used it to buy an arsenal of firearms that included a machine gun and 17,000 rounds of ammunition, authorities say.

Sarah Nick, 32, and her 33-year-old husband, Steven Nick, embezzled the money from Sarah Nick’s 67-year-old mother, who has serious health problems, Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell said at a news conference Tuesday at which he displayed the weapons.   Continue reading “Couple Tied to Michigan Militia Accused of Stealing for Guns”

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about Ferguson, Mo., before speaking at the Copernicus Community Center in Chicago to discuss immigration reform, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) TheBlaze – by Oliver Darcy

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday denied a Justice Department request to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama’s executive action that sought to shield millions of immigrants from deportation.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen refused to stay his Feb. 16 decision that granted a preliminary injunction requested by 26 states. The U.S. government wants the injunction lifted — allowing Obama’s action to proceed — while it appeals Hanen’s ruling to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court in New Orleans.   Continue reading “Judge Denies Federal Government’s Request to Lift Hold on Obama’s Immigration Action”

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PRINCESS ANNE, Md. –  A man and his seven children found dead in their Maryland home Monday were poisoned by carbon monoxide from a generator they were using after the power company cut off their electricity, a couple who identified themselves as the man’s mother and stepfather said.

Police found the bodies at the home in Princess Anne after being contacted by a concerned co-worker of the father, who had not been seen for days, Princess Anne police said in a news release.   Continue reading “Man, 7 children died from carbon monoxide poisoning, relatives say”

DownTrend – by Brian Anderson

Despite their best efforts to undermine the Constitution, democrats at the federal level have been unsuccessful at disarming the American public. Switching tactics, a liberal legislator from Connecticut (where else?) thinks she can pay gun owners to voluntarily disarm. And by pay I mean with taxpayer money, not with her own funds.

US Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) plans to introduce a bill that would give gun owners tax credits for surrendering their “deadly assault rifles.”   Continue reading “Liberal Bill Would Pay Gun Owners To Surrender Their ‘Assault Rifles’”

A bank customer holds a handful of Icelandic crowns from an ATM as Icelanders face the possibility of the island's economy running into bankruptcy on October 8, 2008 in downtown Reykavik, IcelandSent to us by a reader.

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Iceland’s government is considering a revolutionary monetary proposal – removing the power of commercial banks to create money and handing it to the central bank.

The proposal, which would be a turnaround in the history of modern finance, was part of a report written by a lawmaker from the ruling centrist Progress Party, Frosti Sigurjonsson, entitled “A better monetary system for Iceland”.
Continue reading “Iceland looks at ending boom and bust with radical money plan”

Wichitans take advantage of advance voting at the election office in the old Sedgwick County courthouse in 2014.Sent to us by Big Dan.

The Wichita Eagle – by Roxana Hegeman

A Wichita State University mathematician sued the top Kansas election official Wednesday, seeking paper tapes from electronic voting machines in an effort to explain statistical anomalies favoring Republicans in counts coming from large precincts across the country.

Beth Clarkson, chief statistician for the university’s National Institute for Aviation Research, filed the open records lawsuit in Sedgwick County District Court as part of her personal quest to find the answer to an unexplained pattern that transcends elections and states. The lawsuit was amended Wednesday to name Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Sedgwick County Elections Commissioner Tabitha Lehman.   Continue reading “WSU statistician sues seeking Kansas voting machine paper tapes”