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Fox 5 San Diego – by Misha DiBono
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – An Oceanside store that sells various gun parts to build a rifle from scratch warded off a federal raid Wednesday.
Dimitrios Karras, owner of Ares Armor, said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents were investigating their business, not for what they sell, but for the people who purchase their products. Continue reading “Gun store owner halts federal raid”
NJ.com – by Seth Augenstein/The Star-Ledger
NEWARK — A gasoline tanker exploded on McCarter Highway early this morning and burned through thousands of gallons of gasoline, shutting the highway and interrupting statewide train service through Newark Penn Station, authorities said.
The tanker and a passenger car collided on the highway in the area of Murray Street around 1:30 a.m., said Sgt. Ronald Glover, a police spokesman. Continue reading “Newark tanker truck explosion leads to traffic, train delays”
Austin, Texas (CNN) — An intoxicated driver fleeing police plowed his car into a crowd at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, killing two people, authorities said early Thursday.
The man and woman killed were riding their light motorcycles, said Art Acevedo, chief of the Austin Police Department.
At least 23 others were hospitalized, some with multiple internal injuries. Continue reading “2 killed when intoxicated driver plows car into crowd at SXSW, police say”
New York Post – by Michael Gray
A Manhattan trader was killed Tuesday morning by a speeding Long Island Rail Road commuter train, marking at least the seventh suicide of a financial professional this year.
Edmund (Eddie) Reilly, 47, a trader at Midtown’s Vertical Group, jumped in front of an LIRR train at 6 a.m. near the Syosset train station.
He was declared dead at the scene. Continue reading “Trader kills self in finance world’s latest suicide”
CONETOE, NC -A hunter in Bertie County shoots and kills a 500-pound wild hog.
The massive animal didn’t stand a chance against veteran hunter Jett Webb’s .308 caliber rifle.
“It was very surreal,” recalls Webb. “It was a shock. It was very humbling to say the least, when you walk up on a beast that big and you say, ‘Oh my gosh. I had no idea that there could be something that big running around the woods of Eastern North Carolina.’” Continue reading “North Carolina man bags 500+ pound Bertie County hog”
China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported late Wednesday a government website has satellite images of suspected debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane that vanished last week with 239 aboard.
According to the report, the satellite images from the morning of March 9 appear to show “three suspected floating objects” of varying sizes in the sea off the southern tip of Vietnam and east of Malaysia – a part of the original search area for the aircraft, which was enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Continue reading “Chinese government website says it has images of suspected plane debris”
Reuters – by Patricia Zengerle
A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday approved legislation that would impose strict sanctions on Russians involved in Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine, provide aid to the new government in Kiev, and implement reforms of the International Monetary Fund.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 14-3 for the measure, with several committee Republicans joining the Democratic majority in favor. The bill next goes to the full Senate for a vote. If it passes there, it would have to win approval in the House of Representatives to become law. Continue reading “Ukraine bill with sanctions, IMF reforms clears hurdle in U.S. Senate”
America’s Freedom Fighters – by Clark Kent
AMERICAS FREEDOM FIGHTERS RECEIVES MANY LETTERS FROM MILITARY MEMBERS-ACTIVE DUTY AS WELL AS RETIRED VETERANS FROM ALL BRANCHES EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS ON THE CURRENT STATE OF AMERICA AND THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. WE FEEL IT IS OUR DUTY TO RELEASE SOME OF THESE LETTERS TO THE PUBLIC AND TRUST YOU WILL FIND THIS VERY INTERESTING.
To: Connecticut, DC, and the United States of America From: An American, a patriot, and a former US Marine. Continue reading “Anonymous Letter from a Former Marine All Americans Need to Read”
An 82-year-old Detroit man attacked a home invasion suspect with a hammer Sunday after the intruder refused to leave his property,MyFoxDetroit.com reported.
George Bradford told the station that he woke up to the screams of his daughter and granddaughter after someone broke into the home through a basement window. Continue reading “Detroit man, 82, attacks home invasion suspect with hammer”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A fast-growing foreign-student work program is taking jobs from U.S. citizens, while its “alarming mismanagement” poses a national security threat, critics charge.
“Foreign students, sometimes aided by school officials, are currently abusing the Optional Practical Training program to acquire unauthorized employment in the United States,” said Sen. Charles Grassley, citing a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Continue reading “Foreign student job program being abused and mismanaged, critics say”
Individuals in Mexican military uniforms drew their guns on a U.S. border agent earlier this year after having crossed the southwestern border into Arizona, a U.S. senator claimed, raising concerns once again that Mexican officials are illegally crossing into the U.S. and, worse, potentially aiding the drug cartels.
The incident described by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., would appear to be one of dozens over the past decade where Mexican military and law enforcement officers have crossed into U.S. territory. Most are presumed to be accidental, but they also raise the possibility that Mexican military members — or individuals posing as them — are helping drug cartels. Continue reading “Cartel connection? Senator presses agency on ‘Mexican military’ incursion into US”
Washington Post – by Ed O’Keefe and Adam Goldman
The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday sharply accused the CIA of violating federal law and undermining the constitutional principle of congressional oversight as she detailed publicly for the first time how the agency secretly removed documents from computers used by her panel to investigate a controversial interrogation program.Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that the situation amounted to attempted intimidation of congressional investigators, adding: “I am not taking it lightly.” Continue reading “Feinstein: CIA searched Intelligence Committee computers”
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — Enforcement issues surround two Northern California cities’ bans on high-capacity magazines.
The Oakland Tribune (http://tinyurl.com/lvtufr3 ) reported Saturday that since Sunnyvale’s ban went into effect midnight Thursday, not one of the now-illegal magazines has been turned in. San Francisco police report that they have no system to track whether any magazines have been turned in for destruction under the new ordinance. San Francisco residents must surrender their high-capacity magazines to police by April 7. Continue reading “2 cities struggle to enforce ban on gun magazines”
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee liquor store owner says he’s fed up with Russia’s antics, so he’s banning Russian vodka from his shelves.
Bob Gilbertson, owner of Bob’s Liquors in Knoxville, says he’s not happy about Russia’s recent and aggressive involvement in Ukraine over Crimea.
He has decided to sell his Russian vodka at cost to get rid of it. Continue reading “Russian Vodka Banned from Tennessee Liquor Store”
PORTLAND, Ore. — A crazed cat is behind bars after it attacked a baby and held an Oregon family hostage in a bedroom, forcing them to call 911.
According to KPTV, the ferocious feline — a 22-pound Himalayan named Lux — “went over the edge” Sunday evening after it was punished for scratching a couple’s 7-month-old baby. The baby was not injured. Continue reading “Family calls 911 after crazed cat attacks baby, holds owners hostage”
Sheryl Sandberg doesn’t like a word a lot of people and parents use to describe little girls.
In an editorial for The Wall Street Journal, she called it “the other B-word.” She says as a kid, she didn’t really play with other kids, instead the current chief operating officer of Facebook used to organize their play. Continue reading “Sheryl Sandberg: The Word ‘Bossy’ Should Be Banned”
Think Progress – by Katie Valentine
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Sunday that he thinks the best way to respond to the crisis in Ukraine would be drilling for oil and natural gas “in every possible conceivable place” in the U.S.
Paul, who won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend, told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace that if he were president, expanding drilling would be a key part of his response to Russia invading Ukraine. Continue reading “Rand Paul Says He Would Respond To Ukrainian Crisis By ‘Drilling In Every Possible Conceivable Place’”
Fox News – by William La Jeunesse, Dan Gallo
Immigration reform may be stalled in Congress, but a new Obama administration policy is extending legal status and military benefits to thousands of illegal immigrants who are the spouses, parents and children of American military members.
Supporters say the policy — which applies to active-duty military, reservists and veterans — is long overdue. Continue reading “Immigration change gives legal status to undocumented relatives of US military”
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