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New York Daily News – by DAN FRIEDMAN
Sen. Chuck Schumer called White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough this morning to urge that President Obama nominate New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly as Homeland Security Secretary.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Friday that she is stepping down to head the University of California system. Continue reading “Schumer Pushes NYPD’s Ray Kelly for DHS Secretary”
Huffington Post – by Colleen Long
NEW YORK — Two dozen bug bombs may have been set off at once inside a Chinatown beauty salon, leading to an explosion and fire that injured a dozen people, fire officials said Friday.
Three people remained hospitalized in serious condition Friday. Nine others suffered burns and smoke inhalation in the Thursday blaze, including four firefighters. Continue reading “Chinatown Building Explosion That Left Dozen Injured Caused By Bug Bombs: FDNY”
Huffington Post – by Matthew Katz
CHINATOWN — As many as 20 exploding bug bombs partially destroyed a Chinatown building and left eight people hurt Thursday afternoon, police sources said.
The explosion occurred at 17 Pike St. about 12:50 p.m., where the rear of the first floor collapsed, leaving three of the injured people in serious condition suffering from burns and smoke inhalation, fire officials said. Continue reading “Chinatown Fire Causes Multiple Injuries After Partial Building Collapse”
Washington Post – by Trishula Patel and Justin Jouvenal
Kokesh, a former Marine, was held overnight at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, charged with possession of schedule I or II drugs while in possession of a firearm, said Lt. Steve Elbert, a spokesman for the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading “Adam Kokesh charged with possessing hallucinogenic mushrooms”
New York Times – by JESSE McKINLEY
ALBANY — Hoping to find support and money among country music fans, a group of gun rights supporters and other grass-roots organizations in New York have announced a new addition to the summer festival circuit: Freedompalooza.
The concert, planned for Aug. 24 in Altamont, outside Albany, was announced on Wednesday by Assemblyman Bill Nojay, a Pittsford Republican, and Tom King, the president of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association. Continue reading “New York Gun Rights Group Plans Freedompalooza”
LONG BEACH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A heated debate was expected on Long Island on Tuesday night. At issue is a controversial plan to build a natural gas port off the South Shore, with a promise of jobs and lower energy costs.
It’s a futuristic looking underwater operation — a proposed natural gas transfer station 18 miles off Jones Beach. Liberty Natural Gas calls it “Port Ambrose” and says it will bring jobs and lower energy bills, CBS 2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported. Continue reading “Proposed Natural Gas Transfer Station Off Long Island Causing Concern”
Ottawa Citizen – by WILLIAM MARSDEN
WASHINGTON – The deadly explosion of a derailed train carrying crude oil in the remote town of Lac-Mégantic, Que., likely will spark fresh arguments in the rancorous debate over the safety of the giant Keystone XL pipeline.
“TransCanada (owner of Keystone XL) and the other pipeline proponents are going to try to use this (accident) to boost their case but it’s a real double-edged sword for them,” Keith Steward, the climate and energy coordinator at Greenpeace in Toronto, said. “Pipelines and rail both have safety issues and both can be a hell of a lot safer than they are today.” Continue reading “Quebec train derailment could boost Keystone pipeline”
Portland, OR –(Ammoland.com)- In the summer of 2012, Leatherman Tool Group acquired its second company, Seattle-based PocketToolX.
For the remainder of 2012 Leatherman continued to manufacture existing PTX designs under the Leatherman name. Continue reading “Leatherman Expands PocketTool Line with Shooting Specific Models”
Daily Finance – by Matt Brownell
The IRS’s bad year just keeps getting worse.
Already dealing with a scandal involving its higher scrutiny of political groups seeking nonprofit status, and the revelation that it claims the power to read taxpayers’ emails, the agency is now facing questions about how it wound up leaking the Social Security numbers of thousands of taxpayers. Continue reading “IRS Screw-Up Leaks Thousands of Social Security Numbers”
LAC-MEGANTIC,QUE.– As the body count – now at five – rises after a devastating train explosion in this town 250 kilometres east of Montreal, officials say it is conceivable that some of the 40 people unaccounted for may have simply vaporized in the blast.
That was the grim admission of Genevieve Gaudrault, a spokesperson for the provincial coroner’s office Sunday afternoon. Continue reading “Lac Megantic: Death toll rises in Quebec train derailment explosion”
SAN FRANCISCO — The CEO of Asiana Airlines on Sunday ruled out engine or mechanical problems in the crash of a Boeing 777 at San Francisco airport that killed two 16-year-old Chinese students and injured more than 180 people after it appeared to touch down tail-first short of the runway.
Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday that the black boxes from the Boeing 777 had been recovered were already en route to Washington, D.C. Continue reading “Asiana CEO rules out mechanical failure in deadly crash”
In Lac-Mégantic, Québec, over 1,000 people were evacuated with several missing children after a train carrying over 2,000 tons of crude oil exploded in a sleepy Canadian town. Many residents are feared dead.
Early reports indicate this is the second time in two years that an oil tanker derailed, spilling massive amounts of toxic oil in the picturesque village. Both oil-tanker trains are owned and operated by Montreal Maine & Atlantic (MM Rail). Continue reading “Shocking Video Of Quebec Train Explosion: Is an American Firm to Blame?”
The Republic – by Stephen Singer
HARTFORD, Connecticut — In another sign that natural gas is outpacing costlier heating oil, a Texas energy company is proposing to install new pipelines, replace others and build transmission stations in the heavily populated, 200-mile New York-to-Boston corridor.
The preliminary plan proposed by Algonquin Gas Transmissions, a unit of Spectra Energy in Houston, would build and replace about 44 miles of pipeline in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island, install a new pipeline to span the Hudson River in New York and build compressor stations to boost gas flow. Continue reading “Power plants balk at upgraded natural gas pipeline eyed for suburban New York City to Boston”
Beaumont Enterprise – by Jennifer A. Dlouhy
The northern leg of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline may be mired in controversy, but the southern portion of the project is almost complete, company officials said Friday.
Dubbed the Gulf Coast Pipeline, that southern leg is on track to begin carrying up to 700,000 barrels of oil per day from Cushing, Okla., to Nederland by the end of the year. Eventually, TransCanada expects to be able to ramp up capacity to 830,000 barrels per day. Continue reading “TransCanada pipeline to Nederland to move 700K barrels of oil this year”
A decorated Air Force veteran pleaded not guilty this morning to a charge of “trespassing with a weapon capable of producing bodily harm,” after being arrested by police in Vancouver, Washington, for legally open carrying an AR-15 rifle.
Last Saturday, Mack Worley, eager to exercise his second amendment, open carried his rifle while grabbing a soda and viewing a fireworks stand before attempting to walk back to his car. Continue reading “Veteran Arrested And Charged For Legally Open Carrying AR-15”
With “gun violence” continuing to plummet (while gun sales continue to soar), the gun prohibitionists are apparently running low on “gun violence” to exploit, and are thus reduced to blaming their favorite bogeyman, the NRA, for violence committed (or at least attempted) without guns. St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner noted in April that some were blaming the NRA for the Boston bombing. Politico quoted MSNBC’s resident socialist (oops–that doesn’t narrow things down much, does it?) Lawrence O’Donnell, claiming that without the NRA’s influence, the black powder used in the bombs would have had chemical “taggants” to help trace the bomb-making materials: Continue reading “Running low on ‘gun violence,’ gun-haters now blame NRA for attempted poisonings”
Illinois –(Ammoland.com)- On behalf of myself along with the officers and directors of the Illinois State Rifle Association, I would like to wish each of you and your families a happy Independence Day.
With all that’s been going on both at home and abroad lately, it’s easy to wonder at times whether July 4th remains as a celebration of our independence or whether the day now serves as a memorial to the independence we once had. Continue reading “Remembering a Happy Fourth & the State of Concealed Carry Legislation in Illinois”
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The Star – by Allan Woods 
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PolicyMic – by Kat Robinson
Examiner – by MIKAEL THALEN
Examiner – by Kurt Hofmann
AmmoLand – by Richard Pearson