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INDIANAPOLIS — FBI agents on Thursday were still removing thousands of artifacts ranging from arrowheads to shrunken heads and Ming Dynasty jade from a house in rural central Indiana.
A 91-year-old man amassed the vast collection over several decades, perhaps since he began digging up arrowheads as a child. Continue reading “FBI raids rural Indiana home for ancient artifacts”
PITTSBURGH – Students at a Pennsylvania high school have become part of one of the most elaborate lip syncing videos to hit the web recently.
About 1,400 students (grades nine through 12) at North Hills High School participated in a very choreographed ‘lip dub’ video, performed to Avicii’s song, ‘Wake Me Up.’ The video features some kind of representation of all of the school’s various clubs and activities students can choose to belong to. Continue reading “High School pulls off epic ‘lip dub’ performance”
8 News Now – by George Knapp and Matt Adams, April 5, 2014
BUNKERVILLE, Nev. — Dozens of armed federal officers are preparing for a showdown with a Nevada cattle rancher regarded by some as an outlaw and a hero by others.
Rangers and agents from several federal agencies have surrounded a 600,000-acre section of public land and are preparing to move against rancher Cliven Bundy whose cattle have been grazing illegally for the past 20 years. Continue reading “Feds, Nevada rancher facing off over public lands”
NBC Los Angeles – by Andrew Lopez and Jane Yamamoto
More than 100 people were arrested and several deputies were injured during a spring break street party near Santa Barbara, Calif., that quickly dissolved into violence overnight.
Authorities from various law enforcement agencies were dispatched to control unruly crowds during Deltopia, an annual party in Isla Vista that drew about 15,000 people, according to a news release from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading “100 People Arrested After Spring Break Party Turns Violent”
The Government Rag- by Stephanie Sledge
Over the past few decades, America has seen a steady increase of police departments across the nation subscribe and incorporate ‘Elite’ crime fighting teams called Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT). These elite teams are highly trained in the militarized special operations and urban warfare tactics. These SWAT teams were once viewed by the public as a good way to fight the drug war. Over the past few years the public view has flipped and now Citizens are beginning to question whether these elite SWAT teams are a deeper sign of a hostile takeover of America from within. Continue reading “Elite Swat Teams & the Discovery of a Hostile Take-Over from Within”
Against Crony Capitalism – by Nick Sorrentino
Beer, many of us love it. I definitely count myself a fan. A nice hefewiesen on a hot day while grilling burgers is one of the great gifts of life. But stouts, ales, lagers, pilsners, porters, and bocks all have their place. Variety is the spice of life, and beer. And that is why craft brewers have sprouted up like barley shoots all over our great nation over the last decade. It is a golden age for beer drinkers. Never before have beer consumers had so much quality and so much variety. Continue reading “Bill would require Florida craft brewers to sell beer to distributors, then buy it back for resale”
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators gave final approval Saturday to a bill that would nullify city and county gun restrictions and ensure that it’s legal across the state to openly carry firearms, a measure the National Rifle Association sees as a nationwide model for stripping local officials of their gun-regulating power.
The House approved the legislation, 102-19, a day after the Senate passed it, 37-2. The measure goes next to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. He hasn’t said whether he’ll sign it, but he’s a strong supporter of gun rights and has signed other measures backed by the NRA and the Kansas State Rifle Association. Continue reading “Kansas lawmakers OK bill to void local gun rules”
New Eastern Outlook – by Tony Cartalucci
US President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia confirms what many even causal political observers have begun to suspect regarding recent US political history, that Washington’s values aren’t just nonpartisan, driven entirely by special interests permeating both sides of the political aisle, but are altogether non-existent. To understand why requires an understanding of both US-Saudi relations, not just during the Obama administration, but over the past several decades, as well as a basic understanding of Saudi Arabia itself. Continue reading “Obama, the Sauds, and Bottomless Hypocrisy”
Information Liberation – by Chris
In Lake Central High School in St. John, Indiana students staged a sit-in over the school’s failure to acknowledge a student’s suicide. Of note is the fact the principle responds to their protest by saying he’s “in charge” and ordering everyone to get out their IDs, basically acting like a two-bit thug cop. After one student makes a snarky comment that he’s “disappointed” in the principle, he then orders the student be arrested, to which the lackey cops present immediately oblige. Continue reading “High School Student Arrested For Telling Principal He’s “Disappointed” In Him”
Pennsylvania authorities are investigating Thursday as to why an unmanned drone crash landed near a Pennsylvania elementary school.
The Lebanon Daily News identified the 375-pound drone as a RQ-7 Shadow, operated by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. A military official called Wednesday afternoon’s incident a hard landing, but the drone was apparently run over by a car. Continue reading “375-pound military drone crashes near Pennsylvania elementary school, report says”
Philadelphia police are looking for several suspects in what appears to be a case of rat retaliation.
Investigators said an ongoing dispute over a man escalated late Wednesday, when a woman in her 20s, her mother and a pack of eight or nine other women went to the victim’s house with a baseball bat and a box containing an unknown number of white rats. Continue reading “Philly Police: Row Over Man Sparks Rat Retaliation”
Fox 13 Salt Lake City – by Gene Kennedy
MIDVALE, Utah — Two University of Utah students say Unified Police officers had no business handcuffing them in their Midvale apartment.
They said they were treated like criminals in their own home. Police entered the residence a week ago because the front door was open. Cops said they have a duty to investigate if they’ve announced themselves and no one responds. Continue reading “Students say cops entered residence, handcuffed occupants without cause”
Our “pen and phone” president is at it again.
The Department of Commerce, in a Friday night release, signaled that it was going to give up American control over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which assigns and maintains domain names and web addresses for the Internet. Continue reading “Why would Obama risk Internet freedom? Time for Congress to step up”
The Kansas City Star – by TONY RIZZO
The mother of a 21-year-old man shot to death last year by Kansas City police officers filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City says police used unreasonable and excessive force when they shot Waylen Wealot while they were in the 4000 block of East 11th Street. Continue reading “Federal lawsuit is filed over fatal shooting by Kansas City police”
Global Research – by Colin Todhunter
The Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) between the US and EU aims to ‘protect’ investment and remove ‘unnecessary regulatory barriers’. Corporate interests are driving the agenda, the public have been sidelined and unaccountable, pro-free-trade bureaucrats are facilitating the strategy (1).
There is growing concern that the negotiations could result in the opening of the floodgates for GMOs and shale gas (fracking) in Europe, the threatening of digital and labour rights and the empowering of corporations to legally challenge a wide range of regulations which they dislike. Continue reading “The US-EU Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA). Devastating Social and Environmental Consequences”
Free-Man’s Perspective – by Paul Rosenberg
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
– Albert Einstein (attributed)
The insane dream has streamed endlessly through my lifetime. I saw it as a boy, and I see it still. It has never really produced any results, and it certainly shows no promise of doing so in the near future. Continue reading “The Insane Dream”
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