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MOSCOW, August 11 (RIA Novosti) – The United States plans to increase the number of warplanes and troops rotating through an Australian Air Force base near the city of Darwin, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
“The interest here is for tactical aircraft for closer cooperation between the Australian and US air forces,” an Australian defense official told the WSJ. Continue reading “US to Boost Troops, Warplane Presence in Australia”
FERGUSON, Mo.—A day of anger over a fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in suburban St. Louis turned to mayhem as people looted businesses, vandalized vehicles and confronted police who sought to block off access to several areas of the city.
The tensions erupted after a candlelight vigil Sunday night for 18-year-old Michael Brown, who police said was shot multiple times the previous afternoon after a scuffle involving a police officer, Mr. Brown and another person in Ferguson, a predominantly black suburb of the city. Continue reading “Anger Over Michael Brown Shooting Leads to Looting”
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Government corruption is a given in states like New York and New Jersey, right? But where does the Keystone State rank. And which is the most corrupt state in the Union?
According to Yahoo.com, a recent report provides an answer:
An academic study by Professors Cheol Liu and John L. Mikesell, from the University of Hong Kong and Indiana University, respectively, set out to rank states by their level of corruption, drawing upon arrest and conviction records for public officials. Continue reading “Where does Pennsylvania rank on new list of most corrupt states? It’s shocking!”
Motor Sports Talk – by Chris Estrada
The Ontario County (N.Y.) Sheriff’s Department has confirmed the death of a sprint car driver that was hit by three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart in an incident Saturday night at the Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park.
During a race at the half-mile dirt track, Stewart caused 20-year-old Kevin Ward Jr. to spin out. That caused Ward to get out of his car to confront Stewart, but he was then struck by Stewart’s car. Continue reading “Sheriff: Driver hit by Tony Stewart in sprint car race has died”
The Baltimore Sun – by David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Three homeless people in Atlanta have died of tuberculosis infections as Georgia public health officials work to contain an outbreak affecting shelters, state authorities said on Friday.
The outbreak has infected 47 people, including two volunteers, linked to four shelters in Atlanta’s Fulton County, said Nancy Nydam, a spokeswoman for the Georgia Department of Public Health. Continue reading “Atlanta confronts tuberculosis outbreak in homeless shelters”
It’s pretty amazing what humans can accomplish together when they put their minds to something.
A subway rider in Perth, Australia didn’t “mind the gap” and ended up slipping and getting his leg stuck in between the train car and the platform.
The conductor was notified right away to not leave the station and his fellow passengers immediately sprung into action. Continue reading “Viral Video: People Lift Subway Train To Free Trapped Man”
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia further tightened its control of the Internet on Friday, requiring people using public Wifi hotspots provide identification, a policy that prompted anger from bloggers and confusion among telecom operators on how it would work.
The decree, signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on July 31 but published online on Friday, also requires companies to declare who is using their web networks. The legislation caught many in the industry by surprise and companies said it was not clear how it would be enforced. Continue reading “Russia demands Internet users show ID to access public Wifi”
An overwhelming majority of Americans believe undocumented immigrants pose a threat to the American way of life, according to a new poll.
Some 70 percent of Americans and 86 percent of Republicans believe that undocumented immigrants threaten traditional US beliefs and customs, according to an online Reuters/Ipsos poll released Thursday. Nearly two-thirds of respondents – 63 percent – said that undocumented immigrants place undue burden on the US economy. Continue reading “70 percent of Americans see immigration as threat to American way of life”
The United States carried out an airstrike against ISIS militants in Iraq today, targeting artillery, the Pentagon’s press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said.
Kirby said two F/A 18 fighter jets dropped 500 pound laser guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece near Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish province. He said the artillery was being “used against Kurdish forces defending Erbil, near US personnel.” Continue reading “US Carries Out Airstrike Against ISIS in Iraq”
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A Saudi man, who was hospitalized for suspected Ebola infection, died on Wednesday.
The man, in his 40s, had returned recently to Jeddah from a business trip to Sierra Leone, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. He was admitted to hospital on Monday and showed symptoms of Ebola virus infection. Continue reading “Saudi man dies of suspected Ebola virus”
The U.S. Border Patrol says it arrested a 42-year-old Rwandan citizen at the border of Maine and Canada who is wanted for war crimes.
A Canadian warrant says Jean Léonard Teganya is wanted for deportation for violating human rights under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act related to the Rwandan genocide in the 1990s. Continue reading “Rwandan Sought for War Crimes Stopped at US Border”
Edward Snowden has received a residence permit in Russia, which is valid for three years, starting on August 1, the former NSA contractor’s lawyer announced.
“On the first of August he received a three-year residence permit,” lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told reporters.
He added that Snowden had not asked for political asylum. Continue reading “Snowden granted 3-yr residence permit – lawyer”
Business Insider – by SAM RO AND MICHAEL B KELLEY
Russia just announced a ban on food imports from the U.S., the European Union, Canada, Australia, and Norway.
Russia is specifically banning all beef, pork, fruit, vegetable, dairy, cheese, and fish imports from the U.S. and the E.U.
The ban will last one year from Thursday. Continue reading “IT’S OFFICIAL: Russia Bans Food Imports From The US And The EU”
Two former top leaders in Cambodia’s notorious Khmer Rouge, which ruled the Southeast Asian country between 1975 and 1979, were found guilty of crimes against humanity by a specially-convened Cambodian court Thursday.
Before the verdict, only one person had been brought to justice over one of the 20th century’s great atrocities.
Nuon Chea, the former Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, and Khieu Samphan, the one-time President of Democratic Kampuchea both received life sentences. Continue reading “Top Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of crimes against humanity, sentenced to life in prison”
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I am an ex law enforcement narcotic enforcement and one thing I insist upon is, is there probable cause to believe and what evidence is there, and most of all keeping an open mind. You mentioned Chem Trails and that the media has come forth and said it is for our good????? Any thing our media says is good just figure the opposite. This brings up a question;
If that is so then why is it here in Yuma every year around the 1st of November we get very heavy spraying and it last until around the first of April. In the summer time we get very little if any. During this period of time in the winter is when we get around 100,000 winter visitors from the U.S. and Canada with an average age of around 65 or 70 years. Continue reading “The Chemtrail Conspiracy”
HOUSTON Parents who thought their home was safe are battling with the state over the custody of their kids, and they believe they re being punished because they re poor.
You shouldn t take our kids because we ve fallen on hard times, said Prince Leonard, a married father of six whose family resides in a northeast Houston storage shed. Continue reading “CPS takes custody of 6 kids living with parents in storage shed”
Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson
A whistleblower who claims to work inside the Los Angeles Department of Health Services has told Infowars that L.A. officials are planning to forcibly remove homeless people from the streets later this summer and house them in facilities which they will not be permitted to leave.
The source, an office clerk within the LADHS, said that during a policy meeting on the morning of June 18th last month, his supervisor announced that the Los Angeles County Dept. of Health Services had struck a deal with the government to open up “low cost housing” facilities for homeless people, otherwise known as “FEMA camps.” The source said that his supervisor ordered staff not to use the term “FEMA camps.” Continue reading “Whistleblower: L.A. Planning to Forcibly House Homeless Citizens in Camps”
USA Today – by Donna Leinwand Leger, Elizabeth Weise and Jessica Guynn
LAS VEGAS — Security researchers say a Russian crime ring has pulled off the largest known theft of confidential Internet information, including 1.2 billion username and password combinations and more than 500 million email addresses.
The cyber gang injected malicious code to steal databases from at least 420,000 websites, says Alex Holden, founder and chief information security officer for Hold Security in Milwaukee, Wisc. Continue reading “Russian gang stole 1.2 billion Net passwords”
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