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EAG News – by Kyle Olson

TORONTO – Could there be something more sinister behind the little elf sitting on the shelf who returns to the North Pole each night?

Yes, says Laura Pinto, a digital technology professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

She recently published a paper titled “Who’s the Boss” on the doll, saying the idea of it reporting back to Santa each night on the child’s behavior “sets up children for dangerous, uncritical acceptance of power structures,” according to insideHalton.com.   Continue reading “Prof: ‘Elf on the Shelf’ conditions kids to accept surveillance state”

Yahoo News – by Pete Yost

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is urging dismissal of a lawsuit that would dismantle the president’s immigration program, an initiative designed to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation.

The case was brought by an Arizona sheriff, Joe Arpaio, who contends that President Barack Obama’s program serves as a magnet for more illegal entries into the U.S. Arpaio says the new arrivals will commit crimes and thus burden his law enforcement resources.   Continue reading “Govt urges dismissal of lawsuit over immigration”

Fox News

WASHINGTON –  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police officers may use evidence seized during a traffic stop even if the reason the officers pulled the car over was based on a misunderstanding of the state’s law.

In the 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a North Carolina police officer who had stopped a car with a broken brake light – and then found cocaine in the car- even though driving with a faulty brake light isn’t against the law in the state.   Continue reading “Supreme Court: Traffic stop, search OK despite misunderstanding of law”

Seattle PI – by MARYCLAIRE DALE and SEAN CARLIN, AP

PENNSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A woman who told neighbors she feared her ex-husband would kill her was among six people found fatally shot in three suburban Philadelphia homes, and her Marine veteran former husband was on the run.

Suspect Bradley Michael Stone, 35, remained at large early Tuesday, causing one local school district to close schools as a precaution. Residents of nearby communities had been asked to shelter in place temporarily late Monday as an intense manhunt spread to their areas.

His former wife, 33-year-old Nicole Stone, was found dead after a neighbor saw Stone fleeing just before 5 a.m. Monday with their two young daughters.   Continue reading “Search intensifies for gunman who killed 6”

Reuters – by JIBRAN AHMAD

At least 126 people, most of them children, were killed on Tuesday when Taliban gunmen stormed a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, taking hundreds of students hostage in the bloodiest insurgent attack in the country in years.

Troops surrounded the building and an operation was underway to rescue children still trapped inside, the army said.   Continue reading “Over 120 Pakistanis, mostly children, killed in Taliban high school attack”

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Chris Ciovacco:  In Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, a reporter with excellent contacts at the Fed, Jon Hilsenrath, penned the following:

Federal Reserve officials are seriously considering an important shift in tone at their policy meeting next week: dropping an assurance that short-term interest rates will stay near zero for a “considerable time” as they look more confidently toward rate increases around the middle of next year.  

Continue reading “What Effects The Fed Could Have On Stocks”

Register Guard

OLYMPIA — About 1,000 gun-rights advocates, many openly carrying rifles and handguns, rallied Saturday outside the Capitol to protest a new expanded gun background check law in Washington state.

Organizers of the “I Will Not Comply” rally promised to exchange and sell firearms without conducting background checks during the daylong rally in opposition to the state’s voter-approved universal background check law.

“We’re going to stand up for our rights,” rally organizer Gavin Seim said. “Our rights are not up for negotiation.”   Continue reading “1,000 protest new Washington gun law”

SF Chronicle

PORTLAND, Ore. — A 22-year-old man arrested in connection with a shooting outside an alternative high school in Portland has ties to a gang, as do two of the victims, police said Saturday.

Sgt. Pete Simpson said Lonzo Murphy is a person of interest in the Friday shooting, but officers aren’t prepared to say whether he was the gunman, Simpson said.   Continue reading “Gang ties cited in school shooting arrest in Portland, Ore.”

USA Today – by Eric J. Lyman

LIMA, Peru — The latest round of United Nations climate talks ended in the early hours of Sunday morning — nearly 33 hours later than scheduled — with a deal that barely kept hopes for a meaningful global agreement next year.

The conference, which started on Dec. 1., had two main goals: to agree to a series of measures aimed at reducing the greenhouse gases scientists say cause climate change in the near term, and to pave the way for an agreement that will include action from all countries by the end of the next edition of the talks, a year from now in Paris.   Continue reading “Deal reached at U.N. climate talks in Peru”

Fox News

The Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill late Saturday that funds the government through next September, averting a partial government shutdown and sending the measure to President Obama’s desk.

The Senate voted 56-40 for the long-term funding bill, the main item left on Congress’ year-end agenda. The measure provides money for nearly the entire government through the end of the current budget year Sept. 30. The sole exception is the Department of Homeland Security, which is funded only until Feb. 27.   Continue reading “Senate passes $1.1 trillion spending bill, averting partial gov’t shutdown”

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9 News – by Raquel Villanueva

DENVER – Denver Police Officer John Adsit, who was critically injured when a car struck him, has made some progress in his recovery.

“We were thrilled that John was finally able to open his eyes on Thursday. He remains in critical condition and faces another intense, long and vital surgery (Friday),” the family said in a statement released by Denver Health.   Continue reading “Officer hit by car during protest can now open eyes”

ABC News – by Stephen Dubois

Police in Portland have arrested a suspect in the shooting that injured three people outside an alternative high school.

Authorities said they stopped a vehicle around 1:30 a.m. Saturday at North Interstate Avenue and Going Street and arrested a 22-year-old man. A handgun was found in the vehicle.   Continue reading “Police Arrest Suspect in Shooting Near High School”

The Oregonian

Police are responding to reports of a shooting outside Rosemary Anderson High School in North Portland.

Early reports say a 17-year-old was shot in back and a separate female student was shot in the chest.

Police are searching for suspects in the shooting.   Continue reading “Shooting reported near Rosemary Anderson High School in North Portland”

CNS News – by Terrence P. Jeffrey

House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama joined forces Thursday to push their respective party members to provide 219 votes–one more than was needed–to ensure passage of an omnibus government funding bill that permits the administration to spend money implementing Obamacare and Obama’s planned unilateral actions that will effectively amnesty as many as five million illegal aliens.

The bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office, will allow the administration to spend $1,188,927,000,000 on discretionary government programs. It provides funding for amost all of the government through the end of this fiscal year–which occurs on Sept. 30, 2015–and for the Department of Homeland Security through Feb. 27, 2015.   Continue reading “Boehner and Obama Join to Pass Bill Funding Obamacare and Amnesty”

ABC News

Relishing an opportunity to turn the tables on the U.S., Russia says the Senate’s investigation into the CIA torture practices has highlighted rampant rights abuse.

The Foreign Ministry’s rights envoy, Konstantin Dolgov, said in Thursday’s statement that the evidence contained in the report “contradict the U.S. aspirations to serve as a model of democracy.”   Continue reading “Russia Criticizes US Over CIA Torture Report”