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Fox Nation – by Valerie Richardson, The Washington Times

In three weeks, Utah intends to seize control of 31.2 million acres of its own land now under the control of the federal government. At least, that’s the plan.

In an unprecedented challenge to federal dominance of Western state lands, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert in 2012 signed the “Transfer of Public Lands Act,” which demands that Washington relinquish its hold on the land, which represents more than half of the state’s 54.3 million acres, by Dec. 31.   Continue reading “Utah to Seize Own Land from Government, Challenge Federal Dominance of Western States”

Yahoo News

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Friday successfully tested its new submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental missile, designed to carry nuclear warheads, the defense ministry said in a statement.

It said the nuclear submarine Alexander Nevsky fired the missile from under water in the Barents Sea and it landed on a military training ground in Russia’s far eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, as planned.   Continue reading “Russian submarine test-launches Bulava intercontinental missile”

Metro – by Rob Waugh

A mob dished out some very sweaty justice to an alleged thief who was spotted attempting to rob a pensioner with a knife – he was stripped naked, then wrapped head to foot in clingfilm and tied to a lamppost.

People took photographs as 32-year-old Valentino Abeyta Barrera sweltered in Chilean capital Santiago’s 27-degree heat, with his underpants around his ankles.

He was left for 20 minutes before police arrived – and the alleged thief refused to explain why he was there, begging the police to free him.   Continue reading “Thief who ‘robbed pensioner with knife’ is stripped and clingfilmed to a lamppost”

CBC News

A group of outdoorsmen near Merritt, B.C., say they’re being threatened with criminal charges and accuse the RCMP of taking sides in a dispute over access to lakes on a massive cattle ranch owned by a U.S. billionaire.

The Douglas Lake Cattle Company is trying to restrict access to more than 30 lakes on a spread the size of Luxembourg.

CBC first reported two years ago on the David and Goliath battle between the ranch, said to be the largest working cattle ranch in Canada, and the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club.   Continue reading “B.C. outdoorsmen risk criminal records in David vs. Goliath battle to keep lakes public”

Value Walk – by Mark Melin

Some thought it would never happen. But in Iceland, the former chief executive of one of the largest banks in the country which was involved in crashing the economy in 2008 has been sentenced to jail time.

Iceland banker the first to manipulate bank’s stock price

In receiving a one year prison sentence, Sigurjon Arnason officially became the first bank executive to be convicted of manipulating the bank’s stock price and deceiving investors, creditors and the authorities between Sept. 29 and Oct. 3, 2008, as the bank’s fortunes unwound, crashing the economy with it.  Landsbanki was one of three banks that had tallied nearly $75 billion in debt before the final curtain was drawn.   Continue reading “Iceland Sentences Banker Involved In 2008 Crash to Jail”

Miami Herald – by Sarah Knapp

Former MLB player Jose Canseco says he’s selling his detached digit on eBay.

The Canseco finger saga started in October when the Cuban-born, former Miami resident accidentally shot it off. Doctors reattached his finger, but apparently not well enough. Last Thursday while at a poker game, it fell off.

Canseco tweeted Monday night that he’d be selling the finger, along with the .45 caliber Remington gun that shot it off. Canseco hasn’t listed the items for sale as of yet, and didn’t mention a price.   Continue reading “For sale: Jose Canseco’s finger and the gun that shot it off”

LA Times – by NABIH BULOS

Money might be the root of all evil, but that’s a risk Islamic State seems willing to take.

In a bid to shed the “tyrannical monetary system that was imposed upon the Muslims” and avoid becoming “easy prey for the Jews and Crusaders,” the militant group has decided to create a new currency, according to a statement released Thursday by the Financial Diwan [Office] of the Islamic State.   Continue reading “Islamic State wants to create its own currency”

Filming Cops

MAINE — Officer Andrew Demers worked as a police officer for 26 years with the Maine State Police.

He was a so-called good cop. Police supporters trusted him.

He received the “Trooper of the Year” award twice.

He was one of the most highly “decorated” police officers in Maine’s history.  He was a model of what faithful police wives have in mind when they say “Yeah but some cops are GOOD!”   Continue reading ““Trooper Of The Year” Good Cop Sexually Assaults a 4-Yr-Old Girl Multiple Times, “Cries” When He Is Sentenced”

CBC News

You’ve heard of paying retailers with the tap of a smartphone, but Royal Bank thinks shoppers are ready to take another big step: wearing payment options on their wrist.

The bank has paired with Toronto-based technology developer Bionym to test a wristband called Nymi (pronounced Nim-ee), which identifies owners through their unique heartbeat and then lets them charge purchases to their credit card.

The device looks like a watch, and will soon grace the wrists of 250 RBC clients and staff under a pilot project in Toronto that runs through February.   Continue reading “Royal Bank to test out Toronto company’s Nymi technology”

CBC

Canada and China have signed a reciprocal currency deal that’s expected to dramatically boost exports.

The hub will foster far easier trade between the Canadian dollar and the Chinese yuan, also known as the renminbi. It makes Canada the first country in the Americas to have a deal to trade in the renminbi.

The signing of the deal was announced in Beijing today by Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.   Continue reading “Canada, China sign currency deal aimed at boosting trade”

CBC – by Jody Porter

A First Nations woman in Northern Ontario faces thousands of dollars in fines and a stop-work order on the cabin she is attempting to build in the place where she grew up.​

Darlene Necan is a member of the Ojibways of Saugeen First Nation, but she’s been unable to acquire housing in that community, about 400 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, since the reserve was created in the late 1990s.    Continue reading “Homeless woman fined for building her own home”

Daily Mail – by Sophie Jane Evans

The parents of Michael Brown are set to speak at a United Nations human rights conference in Switzerland next week – three months after their son was shot dead by a police officer.

Michael Brown Senior and Lesley McSpadden are scheduled to address the 53rd Session of the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva on November 12 and 13.

With the help of a Saint Louis University law professor, they have set up an online page, dubbed ‘Ferguson To Geneva’, on which they are collecting donations for their travel expenses.   Continue reading “Michael Brown’s parents to speak at UN”