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Bloomberg – by Alex Morales and Stefan Nicola

In fixing a limit for the amount of fossil fuels that can be burned if the world is to hold back climate change, a panel of scientists gathered by the UN set out with mathematical precision the choice facing policymakers.

The findings in a United Nations report released today suggest that the world can only consume a fraction of the known oil, natural gas and coal reserves if it’s to keep temperature increases from causing widespread droughts, more violent storms and melting of polar ice caps.   Continue reading “Fossil Fuel ‘Budgets’ Suggested to Curb Climate Change”

RT

Imagine what happens when electricity is cut off nationwide in a country of 160 million people. In Bangladesh, everyday life was brought to a standstill on Saturday as factories, hospitals, and homes plunged into darkness or had to rely on generators.

Even the prime minister’s official residence was left with no electricity, as the small but extremely densely populated South Asian country experienced one of the worst blackouts in world’s recent history.   Continue reading “Total darkness: Country-wide blackout in Bangladesh as power grid collapses”

Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

If you think anything is going to change for the better after Republicans take control of the Senate, you might have come down with a severe case of stupidity. Just like the Democrats before them, the new crop will answer to the same Wall Street masters.

From Bloomberg:

Most of America isn’t interested in next week’s elections. Wall Street is an exception. Continue reading “Wall Street Spends Record Sum in Midterm Election (Betting on Republican Puppets This Time)”

Beta Wired

A Salem man, who had barricaded himself in his Meadow Street apartment, killed himself after multiple devices exploded in the residence. Authorities said that the explosions prompted police to evacuate people from its neighborhood.

According to a statement issued by the Essex District Attorney’s office the 49 years old George Sprague was found dead in his home. Spokeswoman for the district attorney Carrie Kimball Monahan said in an email that no shots were fired by the police.  Continue reading “Salem Man Killed Himself After Setting off Explosives”

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Torrent Freak – by Ernesto

Every year the MPAA spends millions of dollars in Washington to guarantee their anti-piracy interests are secured. In the most recent quarter the Hollywood group added several of its topics to the agenda of U.S. lawmakers, including Internet tax and net neutrality.

In its quest to stamp out piracy, the MPAA continues to pump money into its lobbying activities hoping to sway lawmakers in its direction.   Continue reading “MPAA Lobbies Lawmakers on Internet Tax and Net Neutrality”

Washington Post – by Colby Itkowitz

Federal employees who are issued so-called purchase cards are permitted to spend up to $3,000 — known as “micropurchases” — and do not have to disclose those purchases publicly.

A House Oversight subcommittee held a congressional hearing earlier this month on misuses of the government credit card, asking why federal employees were swiping the card for seemingly personal things like hair cuts, gym memberships and movie tickets.   Continue reading “Report: DHS employees put $30,000 worth of Starbucks on government credit card”

Viral Global News – by Angelina Bouc

Two men are wanted by the Santa Ana, California police after striking and killing three teenage girls on Halloween night. The three teens were crossing the street in a crosswalk near Fairhaven Elementary school when the SUV struck and killed the girls around 6:45 p.m. Friday. The Orange County Fire Captain, Steve Conciadli, stated the identities of the girls have not been released, but they were estimated to be around 13-years-old. Two of the girls were killed at the scene, the third teen was being transported by paramedics, when she succumbed to her injuries. Officials shared two of the three girls were twin sisters.   Continue reading “California Halloween Hit and Run Kills Three Teenage Girls Suspects Wanted”

BBC News

Hungary has decided to shelve a proposed tax on internet data traffic after mass protests against the plan.

“This tax in its current form cannot be introduced,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.

Large-scale protests began on Sunday, when demonstrators hurled old computer parts at the headquarters of Mr Orban’s ruling Fidesz party.   Continue reading “Hungary internet tax cancelled after mass protests”

Yahoo News – by Christopher Sherman

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Authorities are investigating a possible police connection to the killing of three U.S. citizens visiting their father in Mexico who were found shot to death along with a Mexican friend more than two weeks after going missing.

Parents of the three siblings, whose bodies were identified Thursday, have said witnesses reported they were seized by men dressed in police gear calling themselves “Hercules,” a tactical security unit in the violent border city of Matamoros wracked by cartel infighting. Nine of the unit’s 40 officers are being questioned, Tamaulipas state Attorney General Ismael Quintanilla Acosta said.   Continue reading “Mexico police questioned in killing of 3 Americans”

ARS Technica – by Lee Hutchinson

Multiple sources are reporting the early termination of this morning’s test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, which suffered “an in-flight anomaly” at 16:09 UTC. The flight marked the first use of a new type of fuel to power the ship’s engine.

Unconfirmed reports from Twitter indicate that it is likely that one of SpaceShipTwo’s crew of two was killed in the accident. This information was picked up by at least one Twitter user listening to SpaceShipTwo’s air-to-ground radio over a local radio scanner audio feed.   Continue reading “One confirmed dead as Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo destroyed in test flight”

Fox News

A former Marine who served in Iraq says he’s been banned from his daughter’s Maryland high school after a heated argument over a lesson on Islam.

Kevin Wood told MyFoxDC.com that he went to La Plata High School in La Plata, a town about 30 miles southeast of Washington, and challenged a history assignment requiring students to list the benefits of Islam. He said the meeting with the vice principal got heated; the school said he made a threat and banned the Iraq veteran from school property.   Continue reading “Former Marine banned from daughter’s school after dispute over Islam lesson”

New York Post – by Carl Campanile and Natalie O’Neill

Democrats are telling voters that they had better head to the polls — or else.

The New York State Democratic Committee is bullying people into voting next week with intimidating letters warning that it can easily find out which slackers fail to cast a ballot next Tuesday.

“Who you vote for is your secret. But whether or not you vote is public record,” the letter says.   Continue reading “Democrats threaten public shaming to get voters to polls”

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USA Today – by Michael Winter, John Bacon and William M. Welch

Eric Frein, suspected of killing one Pennsylvania trooper and wounding another in a September ambush, was captured Thursday after 48 days on the run, the state police confirmed.

The 31-year-old Frein, who was one of the FBI’s 10-most-wanted fugitives, reportedly was armed when U.S. Marshals found him at a hanger at a small, abandoned airport in Tannersville. That’s about 35 miles from the scene of the Sept. 12 attack on the state police barracks in Blooming Grove.   Continue reading “Accused Pa. cop-killer Eric Frein captured”

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Barack Obama uses anyone or anything to avoid revealing any document which would supposedly help prove he was eligible to seek the Presidency of America. Why he did this? He knew disclosure would reveal a deception beyond belief. He deliberately fought against producing a valid “Certificate of Live Birth” from Hawaii which should have confirmed he was born there and was a natural-born American citizen. He could have brought a divided Nation together. Instead, he chose lying, falsifying documents (including an ineligible “Certification of Live Birth” which he, a former Constitutional teacher, knew was an ineligible document for a presidential aspirant. The deception had begun!   Continue reading “The Man Who Stole America – Part Three”

Watchdog – by Kenric Ward

An election-watch group is suing Maryland over the alleged presence of noncitizens on the state’s voting rolls.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, asserts that individuals who opted out of jury duty because they were not legal U.S. residents have cast ballots in at least three Maryland elections.

Based on the number of potential unqualified voters identified in Frederick County, up to 7 percent of Maryland’s registered voters could be illegal immigrants, according to estimates.   Continue reading “Group sues Maryland over ‘illegal’ voters”

BBC News

The US Federal Reserve has announced it is ending its quantitative easing (QE) stimulus program begun in 2008.

The Fed said it was confident the US economic recovery would continue, despite a global economic slowdown.

The targets for inflation and reduction in unemployment were on track, the Fed said in a statement.   Continue reading “US Federal Reserve ends QE stimulus program”