Author: Angel - NYC

HLN – by Amanda Sloane

When freezing temperatures hit, it’s easy to bundle up, keep your head down and brave the cold on your own. But the wintry weather can be so tough on many, including animals, the homeless and the elderly.

These seven #SnowAngels have gone above and beyond to warm our hearts with stories of amazing kindness. If you have a story about a #SnowAngel you’d like to share, let us know at Facebook.com/HLN or tweet us @HLNtv!   Continue reading “#SnowAngels: 7 kind acts that warmed our hearts”

Nice to know there are still some good people in the world.

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LIGONIER, Pa. (AP) – A western Pennsylvania pizza shop has been delivering prescription medicines and other supplies to ill and elderly residents so they don’t have to go outside in the bitter cold.

Tom Wynkoop, owner of Fox’s Pizza Den in Ligonier, tells WPXI-TV (http://bit.ly/1eGXJQ0 ) that he tweeted his offer because his community about 45 miles east of Pittsburgh has a lot of elderly residents.   Continue reading “Pa. pizza shop delivers medicines during extreme cold snap”

Politico – by ELIZABETH TITUS and MAGGIE HABERMAN

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday he is “outraged” by newly released documents linking a senior member of his staff to the closure of lanes on a major bridge in September — shutdowns that caused massive traffic jams and sparked allegations that the closures were the result of political retribution.

The Republican, a likely 2016 presidential candidate, denied personal knowledge of any plans to close the lanes and vowed that “people will be held responsible for their actions.”   Continue reading “Chris Christie: ‘People will be held responsible’”

Huffington Post Canada

Health officials announced today that the first North American case of H5N1 flu has been found in Canada.

Authorities said at a press conference that the H5N1 victim lived in Alberta, but contracted the virus while in China. The person began to feel unwell during a flight home from Beijing to Vancouver on Dec. 27 on Air Canada Flight 030. After spending a few hours in the Vancouver airport, the individual then travelled on to Edmonton on Air Canada Flight 244.   Continue reading “H5N1 Bird Flu: First Case Found In Canada”

AmmoLand – by AWR Hawkins

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- As Michael Bloomberg moves beyond his push for expanded background checks to actually targeting Senators who did not support more gun control in 2013, Democrats are asking him to back off.

They politically cannot afford to have him focus attention on the failed, Democrat-led push for gun control.   Continue reading “Democrats Ask Mike Bloomberg to Back Off Gun Control Push”

AmmoLand – by Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-  The Chief Deputy of Forsyth County, North Carolina, came up with a smart move to save the taxpayers money: Trade two vintage 1928 Thompson submachine guns with drum magazines for eighty eight Bushmaster AR-15 type rifles, even up, about a $60,000 dollar value.

The Sheriff’s department was smart enough to register the guns in 1968, during the amnesty that was allowed for one month.  Most people did not even know that the amnesty period existed.  Thus, these two Thompsons are legal to be sold to private citizens, and are worth over $30,000 each.   Continue reading “NC: 2 Thompsons Machine Guns To Be Traded; Hundreds Destroyed By FBI”

AmmoLand- by James White

Montana – -(Ammoland.com)- I read an article recently, by Brandon Turbeville, about the Executive Actions Obama signed, January 3rd  2014,  further limiting our gun rights, and it got me to thinking about the “Axis of Evil” which have now joined forces to disarm us.

Although there are plenty of tertiary players, it’s mainly Obamacare, NSA and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) who make up this merry collaboration of oppressors.    Continue reading “How the Feds Plan to Use the APA, NSA & Obamacare to Get Your Guns”

AmmoLand – by Evan Nappen

Eatontown, NJ –-(Ammoland.com)- Today the Superior Court Of New Jersey ruled that New Jersey Towns can NOT add requirements to the gun license process.

Not even requiring that a photo be submitted! This problem of towns adding all sorts of requirements and conditions to the gun licensing process has long plagued New Jersey’s law abiding gun owner.   Continue reading “Judge Rules NJ Towns Can NOT Arbitrarily Add Additional Requirements for Gun Permits”

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They were Snowden before Snowden, except no one ever knew who they were until now. Five of the eight burglars who ultimately helped take down J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI domestic surveillance machine have revealed themselves.

The burglars revealed themselves ahead of a new book released Tuesday detailing the daring raid in the midst of the Vietnam War era – ‘The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI.’   Continue reading “1971 FBI burglars reveal themselves in new book”

North Jersey -by HANNAN ADELY

HACKENSACK — A new smoke shop on Main Street is stocked with bongs, bowls and blunts, but it’s what’s on the outside that is really getting people fired up.

The name — Fu King Smoke Shop — is plastered outside on the awning of the red-lit, bamboo-lined store at 689 Main St. in the city’s quiet Fairmount section. The store has not opened yet, but it’s already attracting attention from parents and on social media. Residents say it’s a thinly veiled profanity and that it doesn’t belong in their neighborhood, a block away from an elementary school.   Continue reading “Hackensack’s Fu King Smoke Shop sign has critics fuming”

Huffington Post by – DAN GELSTON

Dennis Rodman has named a team of former NBA players to participate in an exhibition basketball game in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Rodman leads a team that includes former NBA All-Stars Kenny Anderson, Cliff Robinson, and Vin Baker. Craig Hodges, Doug Christie and Charles D. Smith are on the team, as well. They will play against a top North Korean Senior National team on Jan. 8, marking Kim Jong Un’s birthday.   Continue reading “Dennis Rodman Names Team For North Korea Exhibition That Includes Former NBA All-Stars”

The Guardian – by Spencer Ackerman

A US senator has bluntly asked the National Security Agency if it spies on Congress, raising the stakes for the surveillance agency’s legislative fight to preserve its broad surveillance powers.

Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent and socialist, asked army general Keith Alexander, the NSA’s outgoing director, if the NSA “has spied, or is the NSA currently spying, on members of Congress or other American elected officials”.   Continue reading “Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress”

The LA Times – by Randy Lewis

Phil Everly, who with his brother, Don, made up the most revered vocal duo of the rock-music era, their exquisite harmonies profoundly influencing the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Byrds and countless younger-generation rock, folk and country singers, died Friday in Burbank of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, his wife, Patti Everly, told The Times. He was 74.

“We are absolutely heartbroken,” she said, noting that the disease was the result of a lifetime of cigarette smoking. “He fought long and hard.”   Continue reading “Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers dies at 74”

Huffington Post – by Emily Thomas

Hercules, the first gripping winter storm of 2014, barreled across 22 states Thursday night, affecting approximately one-third of the nation and killing at least nine. New England was among the strongest hit regions, with some cities in the area receiving over a foot of snowfall, prompting both New York and New Jersey to issue states of emergency.

Those in the path of the storm faced dangerous road conditions and extreme temperatures. For the thousands of homeless people living in these states, seeking shelter was an urgent necessity.   Continue reading “Winter Storm Hercules: Homeless People In NYC, Northeast Face Grueling Weather”

Christian Science Monitor – by Lisa Suhay

As winter storm Hercules takes hold of the East coast, parents have the opportunity to give older kids the mixed blessing of volunteering to help shelter and feed homeless adults, teens, and families before having to turn them back out into the storm.

This morning I woke at 4:30 a.m. after driving home to Norfolk, Va. from our first epic family trip to New York, New Jersey and D.C. with winter storm Hercules nipping at our heels.    Continue reading “Winter storm Hercules: Herculean effort to help homeless”

New York Daily News – by DANIEL BEEKMAN

Queens-bred journalist Chris Faraone says NYPD cops illegally beat and arrested him while he was covering the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, according to a new lawsuit.

Faraone, who was writing for the Boston Phoenix, an alternative weekly, claims he was lawfully “photographing, observing and investigating” a demonstration at One Chase Manhattan Plaza on Sept. 17, 2012 when one police officer ordered additional cops to “stop, tackle, batter, search, arrest, detain and imprison” him, without probable cause.   Continue reading “Journalist says NYPD beat and illegally arrested him during OWS march: suit”