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HEARNE, Texas The attorney for a Hearne officer who shot and killed 93-year-old Pearlie Golden said the council’s decision to terminate his client was a “knee-jerk reaction.”
Hearne City Council members met to discuss possible disciplinary action against Officer Stephen Stem on Saturday. It took them less than 30 minutes to reach a unanimous vote to fire him. Continue reading “Attorney: Officer Stem Deeply Disappointed with Council’s Decision”
Imagine you’re on a nice, long train ride in the United States. You close your eyes for a quick nap and wake up in… China? Yup. That could happen if China goes through with a proposed high-speed railway linking it to the U.S.
The project, nicknamed the “China-Russia-Canada-America” line, would be over 8,000 miles long and was first reported in China’s state-run Beijing Times newspaper. The paper interviewed a railway expert from the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Continue reading “China considering building high-speed railway to U.S.”
The Daily Caller – by Barbara Baird
And so it begins. Quite possibly, one of the most interesting gun control battles in a long time will be held in the world of Mom-dom. Soccer moms from across this land will put on the shoulder pads of pro- or anti-gun control sides and head out for knock-down, drag-out media wars. The field will get bloodied and believe me, there will not be any Kool-Aid moms in white pants running around in this scenario. Continue reading “Bring it: ‘NRA Moms’ vs. Bloomberg’s ‘Moms Demand Action’”
The Daily Caller – by Chris Cox
Michael Bloomberg, the 15th-richest man in the world, has announced that he is going to spend $50 million on a “grassroots” campaign against the National Rifle Association. In politics, that is a huge amount of money—far more than the amount of money the NRA has been able to spend on politics in the last several years. Other billionaires, including Warren Buffett, have announced that they, too, will support Bloomberg’s campaign. Continue reading “Michael Bloomberg Will Haunt You In The Afterlife”
Daily Finance – by Matt Furber
Montana is braided with rivers formed as snowmelt from the upper reaches of the Rocky Mountains drains off the Continental Divide.
Fished for thousands of years, these rivers have inspired writers and artists. And sometimes even business owners.
When he was 15, K.C. Walsh spent a summer on one of those rivers, the Bitterroot near Missoula, fishing with his grandfather. “It was just a magical time. In the back of my mind I always thought, how am I going to get back to Montana?” Walsh says.
Continue reading “For Montana Clothier, Gone Fishin’ Is a Way of Business”
An American Airlines Group Inc aircraft almost collided with a drone above Florida earlier this year, a near-accident that highlights the growing risk from rising use of unmanned aircraft, the U.S. air safety regulator said.
The pilot reported seeing a small, remote-control aircraft very close to his plane while preparing to land at Tallahassee Regional Airport, said Jim Williams, manager of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Office. Continue reading “U.S. passenger jet nearly collided with drone in March: FAA”
The tribal government for the village where two Alaska State Troopers were killed has voted to banish two men who may have influenced the suspected shooter, including the young man’s father.
The Tanana Tribal Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ask Arvin Kangas and William Walsh to leave permanently, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1nsdQpU) reported. The banishment is subject to review by the tribal court, but the Tanana City Council, the municipal government, has approved a resolution supporting the move. Continue reading “Alaska Grand Jury Indicts Man in Troopers Deaths”
WASHINGTON (AP) – Michelle Obama is delivering the president’s weekly address this week.
The White House says she will focus the radio and Internet address on Mother’s Day and the nearly 300 girls who remain missing after being kidnapped more than three weeks ago from their school in Nigeria by an Islamist extremist group whose leader has threatened to sell them.
The case has sparked international outrage. The U.S. and other nations are assisting the Nigerian government in its efforts to find the girls.
Continue reading “First lady to deliver president’s weekly address”
The Pentagon has awarded a contract to begin development of the most expensive helicopters ever made.
Each helicopter will probably cost at least $400 million. The entire project, to build at least 23 helicopters, has been estimated to eventually cost between $10 billion to $17 billion. By comparison, the project could pay the combined defense budgets of Finland, Norway, and Sweden for one year ($16.9 billion). Continue reading “White House’s $17 billion helicopter fleet”
When Amanda Keown got a call at work from her son last week, the news she received made her furious. Dominic Gant, a junior at Dowagiac Union High School in Dowagiac, Michigan, told his mother that he had not received his hot lunch that day because of an outstanding balance. But instead of just fixing her son’s situation, she decided to help the rest of the students dealing with the same situation. Continue reading “Mom Pays Off Every Student’s Balance Following Denial of School Lunch to Son”
HEARNE — For many of the 150 Hearne residents who showed up for a march and rally following the fatal shooting of a 93-year-old woman by a police officer, Thursday was about putting an end to years of accepting what they call unfair and unequal treatment by police.
“We can’t bring Ms. Golden back, but we can turn a tragic murder into a positive message to Hearne police — ‘We won’t stand for it any longer,'” said Hearne native Dewayne Jones. Continue reading “Protesters call for justice to be served in the shooting of 93-year-old woman by Hearne police officer”
HEARNE, Texas – The nephew of Pearlie Golden says his aunt fired two shots before she was shot and killed by a Hearne police officer.
Roy Jones said he took his 93-year-old aunt to the Department of Public Safety on Tuesday to renew her driver’s license, but was denied after failing her test. Jones tells News 3 he took her home and could tell she was upset. Continue reading “Nephew: Pearlie Golden Fired Two Shots”
The Huffington Post – by Emily Cohn
The founder of Mother’s Day wouldn’t have wanted you to buy those flowers for mom. Or that card. Or those chocolates. In all likelihood, she wouldn’t have wanted you to celebrate the holiday at all.
The fact that we will collectively spend nearly $20 billion on moms this year probably would have caused Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mother’s Day, to throw her lunch on the floor like she reportedly didin the early 1900s, when she found out that a department store in Philadelphia was offering a Mother’s Day special, according to Mental Floss.
Jarvis — a West Virginia woman who didn’t even have children of her own, according to History.com— came up with the idea for a Mother’s Day holiday, organizing the first celebration at a Methodist church in 1908. Annoyed that most American holidays were dedicated to honoring male achievements, Jarvis started a letter-writing campaign to make it a national holiday, involving wearing a white carnation, visiting your mother and maybe going to church. Continue reading “The Founder Of Mother’s Day Hated What The Holiday Became”
Wyandotte Patch – by Beth Dalbey
You seriously don’t want to mess with Paris Ainsworth.
There’s a reason the Detroit woman’s siblings now call the grandmother of four “Rambo,” and you don’t want to question the validity of the moniker.
You just don’t.
Here’s how it all went down: Continue reading “Granny ‘Rambo’ Fires When Ready. And, Boy, Was She Ready”
Huffington Post – by Michael McAuliff
WASHINGTON — In the name of protecting Americans’ rights against government abuses, the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold a former IRS official in contempt of Congress for asserting her constitutional right against self-incrimination.
Lois Lerner, who led the IRS division in charge of approving applications from political social welfare groups for tax-exempt status, twice invoked the Fifth Amendment in refusing to testify to the House Oversight Committee beyond asserting her innocence. Continue reading “Congress Holds Lois Lerner In Contempt In IRS Targeting Probe”
If a New Hampshire man thinks cops lie, he’s free to say so on his license plate, the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday.
In a unanimous decision, the state Supreme Court agreed with the arguments of David Montenegro, who wanted the vanity plate reading “COPSLIE” to protest what he calls government corruption. Continue reading “Court rules state violated free speech in ‘COPSLIE’ license plate case”
The Guardian – by Molly Knefel
The verdict in the biggest Occupy related criminal case in New York City, that of Cecily McMillan, came down Monday afternoon. As disturbing as it is that she was found guilty of felony assault against Officer Grantley Bovell, the circumstances of her trial reflect an even more disturbing reality – that of normalized police violence, disproportionately punitive sentences (McMillan faces seven years in prison), and a criminal penal system based on anything but justice. While this is nothing new for the over-policed communities of New York City, what happened to McMillan reveals just how powerful and unrestrained a massive police force can be in fighting back against the very people with whom it is charged to protect. Continue reading “Cecily McMillan’s guilty verdict reveals our mass acceptance of police violence”
WESTBURY (WABC) — Two Nassau County police officers are under investigation after video surfaced that showed them violently striking a driver during a traffic stop.
Now, Kyle Howell, a 20-year-old drug suspect facing multiple charges, is filing a lawsuit against the officers.
The Westbury man says he has been repeatedly pulled over by cops, these two in particular. Continue reading “Long Island officers caught on video violently striking driver”
HESPERIA, Calif. – All three lanes of Interstate 15 in Hesperia were closed in both directions Monday after a construction worker’s blowtorch accidentally ignited the wooden supports of an overpass that was under construction.
The freeway – Southern California’s main connector to Las Vegas – has been closed since 1:30 p.m. because of falling debris, said California Highway Patrol supervisor Carlos Juarez.
Officials said drivers should stay away from the Cajon Pass, which is just south of the area of Interstate 15 closed by the fire. Continue reading “Bridge fire shuts down I-15 in California”
A new trend in China has lonely teenagers walking cabbage “pets” on a leash, according to video from geobeats.
Groups of young people were photographed dragging around heads of cabbage at Midi Music Festival in Beijing. Continue reading “New trend has teens walking something very bizarre on leashes”
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