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One person was killed in Tuesday’s shooting at an electrical engineering building at Purdue University, campus police Chief John Cox told reporters. Continue reading “1 dead, 1 arrested after Purdue University shooting”
Two casinos in downtown Las Vegas plan to start accepting the online currency Bitcoin.
The D casino and the city’s oldest casino, the Golden Gate, will accept Bitcoin at their hotel front desks beginning Wednesday. Bitcoins can also be used at the D’s gift shop and two restaurants. They won’t be accepted on the casino floor. Continue reading “2 Vegas Hotel-Casinos to Start Accepting Bitcoin”
TUCSON – U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secrectary Jeh Johnson will be touring Southern Arizona this week.
The secretary will be visiting border operations in Tucson and Douglas Wednesday.
He’ll be receiving briefings on border security. Johnson is also scheduled to meet with state and local law enforcement officials. Continue reading “Homeland Security secretary in Douglas, Tucson this week”
DOUGLAS, Ariz. – The border community in southeast Arizona is on edge after an intense gun battle ravaged a city just south of the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Authorities said that a violent gun battled took place in Agua Prieta around 1 a.m. Saturday, just south of Douglas, Ariz., claiming between eight and 13 lives, according to the Cochise County Sherriff’s Office. None of the listed deaths are U.S. citizens. Continue reading “Border community on edge after violent cartel gunfight in Agua Prieta”
Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson
Following an influential think tank’s call for a humanitarian “realpolitik” stunt to be pulled to weaken President Assad’s position, a report has miraculously emerged just 24 hours before the start of the ‘Geneva II’ conference which alleges systematic torture and abuse by Assad’s regime. Continue reading “Cynical New PR Stunt Greases Skids For “Humanitarian” Invasion of Syria”
Unwarranted NSA surveillance, the passage of NDAA, stop and frisk programs, and the rise of warrior cops, have essentially turned America into a centralized police state.
Blurring the lines between the U.S. military and local sheriff departments sets a dangerous precedent that erodes freedom and civil liberties.
Those lines are being blurred right now in South Carolina. Continue reading “U.S. Army’s elite Special Forces train with local cops in a secretive joint exercise”
It’s not too difficult to understand that we are well on our way to a paradigm shift in America; in fact we’re in the midst of it right now. The writing is on the wall and can no longer be ignored.
The US government has run up trillions of dollars in debt, and given the recent debates over the country’s debt ceiling, we can rest assured that neither Congress or the President will act to curtail spending and balance the budget. We will continue adding trillions of dollars to the national debt clock until such time that our creditors no longer lend us money. Continue reading “After the Collapse: Six Likely Events That Will Follow an Economic Crash”
The bitter blast is returning – and this time, it will have a companion: snow, which started to fall across the Midwest Tuesday morning and will spread to the Northeast.
Meteorologists expect the storm system to reemerge off the coast of Virginia, blowing into a significant coastal storm for the East Coast – bringing heavy snowfall from Virginia to New England. Continue reading “Flights Grounded, Federal Offices Closed Ahead of Storm”
Wall Street Journal – by WARANGKANA CHOMCHUEN
BANGKOK—The Thai government declared a state of emergency for 60 days in Bangkok and nearby provinces to deal with the continuing anti-government protesters who have blockaded parts of Bangkok in a bid to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down.
The state of emergency will be imposed in all areas in Bangkok, Nonthaburi and some districts in other provinces nearby, effective Wednesday, deputy prime minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said at a news conference. Continue reading “Thailand Government Declares State of Emergency for Bangkok”
Washington Times – by Jacqueline Klimas and Cheryl K. Chumley
The United States will deploy at least two warships into the Black Sea off the coast of Sochi, Russia, to respond to a potential terror attack during the upcoming Olympics, top officials said on Monday.
The positioning of the ships would also enable the rapid evacuation of Americans in the event of an attack, CNN reported. The State Department would take the lead if evacuations became necessary. Continue reading “U.S. warships deploy for Sochi Olympics”
The U.S. Supreme Court is delving into the technology-versus-privacy debate, agreeing to hear two cases that test whether police making an arrest may search cellphones without a warrant.
The court’s announcement Friday that it would take the cases came just hours after President Obama outlined his proposals to address government retention of citizen phone data as part of his speech outlining reforms at the National Security Agency. Continue reading “Supreme Court To Decide If Warrant Needed To Search Cellphone”
Reuters – by JUSTYNA PAWLAK AND FREDRIK DAHL
World powers and Iran are due to start implementing a landmark deal on Monday curbing Tehran’s nuclear program, amid hopes that it will pave the way for a broad settlement of a decade-old standoff and ease fears of a new Middle East war.
If, as expected, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog confirms in the morning that Iran is meeting its end of the agreement, the European Union and the United States will later in the day suspend some economic sanctions in return. Continue reading “World powers, Iran to activate landmark nuclear deal after IAEA nod”
CALEDONIA (WITI) — A Union Pacific train derailed in Caledonia just east of the intersection of 5 Mile Rd. and Nicholson Rd. on Sunday morning, January 19th.
19 cars went off the rails as a result of the incident. You can view pictures taken by the Caledonia Fire Department and FOX6 News crews below. The train had three locomotives and 135 coal cars from Wyoming headed for Sheboygan. Continue reading “Train derails in Caledonia, 19 cars affected and rail damaged”
NEW HILL, N.C. — Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant was put on alert Saturday morning after a fire in plant electrical equipment, officials said.
Smoke was detected at about 10:15 a.m., and operators safely shut down the plant before on-site fire crews responded. No flames were detected.
According to Duke Energy spokesperson, Jeff Brooks, the fire was caused by a transformer that overheated. Continue reading “Fire puts North Carolina Nuclear Plant on alert; no materials leaked”
Hundreds of people are searching for a missing 55-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter who left his New Jersey home for a walk on Saturday and never came back.
Sources close to the family told NBC News Thursday that the missing man’s credit card was used in Mexico Wednesday night. The family believes that his coverage of OPEC may be related to his disappearance.
The Journal said 55-year-old David Bird covers energy markets for the paper. He has also worked for The Associated Press and the Trenton Times. Continue reading “Wall Street Journal Reporter Goes Missing in New Jersey, Credit Card Mysteriously Used in Mexico”
The Obamas’ summer break on Martha’s Vineyard has already been branded a PR disaster after the couple arrived four hours apart on separate government jets.
But according to new reports, this is the least of their extravagances.
White House sources today claimed that the First Lady has spent $10million of U.S. taxpayers’ money on vacations alone in the past year. Continue reading “First Lady accused of spending $10m in public money on her vacations”
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