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Washington Post – by Kevin Sieff

TUBMANBURG, Liberia — Near the hillside shelter where dozens of men and women died of Ebola, a row of green U.S. military tents sit atop a vast expanse of imported gravel. The generators hum; chlorinated water churns in brand-new containers; surveillance cameras send a live feed to a large-screen television.

There’s only one thing missing from this state-of-the-art Ebola treatment center: Ebola patients.   Continue reading “U.S.-built Ebola treatment centers in Liberia are nearly empty as outbreak fades”

The Telegraph – by Harriet Alexander

Continue reading “Argentine prosecutor who accused Cristina Kirchner over 1994 bombings found dead”

Yahoo News 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a wave of anti-Semitism and what he called “Islamisation” in Western Europe are factors in a Jewish state push to expand trade with Asia.

Europe is Israel’s biggest trading partner, but deepening diplomatic disputes over policy toward the Palestinians and anti-Jewish incidents such as a Jan. 9 attack by an Islamist gunman on a Paris kosher deli have triggered Israeli worries.

Netanyahu, who is also finance minister and a free-market champion, cast his courting of China, India and Japan over the past two years as a partial response to European developments.   Continue reading “Netanyahu eyes Asian markets, cites anti-Israel mood in Europe”

Free Beacon – by Adam Kredo

Iranian military leaders admitted this week to building and operating missile-manufacturing plants in Syria, where it was also revealed that Tehran is helping to build a secret nuclear facility.

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander stated in a recent interview that the country’s Supreme Leader ordered forces to build and operate missile plants in Syria, where Iran continues to fight on behalf of embattled leader Bashar al-Assad, according to regional media reports.   Continue reading “Iran Building Missile Sites in Syria”

Wall Street Journal – by MATT JARZEMSKY, PEG BRICKLEY and KATE O’KEEFFE

Caesars Entertainment Corp. ’s largest unit is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection as soon as Thursday, the final gambit of a yearslong attempt to salvage a soured buyout.

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co.’s Chapter 11 filing would launch the final stage ofApollo Global Management LLC’s effort to save some of its $1.7 billion investment in the company, which it took private in 2008 with fellow buyout firm TPG.   Continue reading “Caesars Largest Unit to File Own Chapter 11 Bankruptcy”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkns

In 2014, Los Angeles had more gun control–notably a ban on “high capacity” magazines, a trigger lock requirement, and numerous other new gun controls passed the previous year. Yet they also saw violent crime rise “14.3 percent,” driven by “aggravated assaults”–assaults in which a weapon was used during the attack.   Continue reading “Los Angeles: More Gun Control, More Violent Crime in 2014”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

Two medical tests have confirmed the 24-year-old Fort Hood soldier who was found dead in his front yard did not have or die from the Ebola virus. The soldier returned from West Africa recently on emergency leave. His name is still being withheld pending family notification.

The soldier was found dead on his front lawn on Tuesday afternoon. There was no immediate indication of Ebola exposure, according to a press release from the Fort Hood Press Center obtained by Breitbart Texas. Two separate tests were conducted to confirm the initial conclusions. Both tests had negative results for exposure to the Ebola virus.   Continue reading “Death of Fort Hood Ebola Warrior Not Related to the Virus”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

Fort Hood, Texas, has received its first eighty-seven Ebola warriors who have returned home after helping to fight the deadly disease in Liberia. Most of the soldiers are members who are permanently assigned to Fort Hood, but some are from Fort Carson, Colorado. The soldiers now begin a twenty-one day monitoring period to ensure none of them returned carrying the deadly virus.

The soldiers will be taken care of in Fort Hood’s Controlled Monitoring Area Site (CMAS). During this process the soldiers will be treated with dignity, respect and compassion, according to a press release from the Fort Hood Press Center obtained by Breitbart Texas. They will be afforded essential quality of life equipment and services as they transition through the twenty-one day monitoring program.   Continue reading “Fort Hood Soldiers Begin Ebola Screening Process After Liberia”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

Incoming Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) announced border security as his top agenda item for the 84^th Texas Legislature. Other priority items included reducing taxes, education, transportation, the Second Amendment, and family and life issues. The announcement came during a press conference held Thursday in Austin, Texas.

Patrick said he has listened to the voters who elected him with nearly sixty percent of the vote. He was elected after a very long primary and general election campaign where he made his agenda clear to the voters. “The point is the people of Texas are very clear on the major issues they care about – border security, reducing taxes on homes and businesses, education, transportation, family and life issues, and second amendment rights,” Patrick stated in a press release obtained by Breitbart Texas.   Continue reading “Border Security Tops Incoming Texas Lt. Governor’s Agenda”

Washington Post – by Philip Rucker,, Robert Costa and Matea Gold

Mitt Romney forcefully declared his interest in a third presidential run to a room full of powerful Republican donors Friday, disrupting the fluid 2016 GOP field as would-be rival Jeb Bush was moving swiftly to consolidate establishment support.

Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, has been mulling another campaign for several months, but his comments Friday marked a clear step forward in his thinking and come amid mounting tensions between the Romney and Bush camps.   Continue reading “Romney to GOP donors: ‘I want to be president.’”

The Daily Caller – by Michael Bastasch

This year is already seeing a wave of new regulations being published in the Federal Register as the Obama administration unveils 300 new rules in the first seven days of 2015, according to federal data.

Federal agencies have published 300 final rules, proposals for new rules and regulatory notices in the seven days since the new year began, according to the website Regulations.gov. The bulk of these new regulations are notices, which can lead to rulemakings, meetings and other government activities.   Continue reading “Obama Admin. Unleashes 300 Regulations In The First Week Of 2015”

The Hill – by Kristina Wong

The Navy is temporarily halting the practice of cutting female recruits’ hair short when they arrive at boot camp.

Some female sailors have complained that the short haircuts they receive do not prepare them for entering the service, when longer hairstyles are allowed. Now Navy recruits will be able to select any hairstyle that meets the service’s grooming regulations.   Continue reading “Navy halts short haircuts for new female recruits”

Bloomberg – by Josh Rogin & Eli Lake

U.S. weapons intended for Iraq’s beleaguered military are winding up in the possession of the country’s Shiite militias, according to U.S. lawmakers and senior officials in the Barack Obama administration. These sources say that the Baghdad government, which was granted $1.2 billion in training and equipment aid in the omnibus spending bill passed last month,  is turning hardware over to Shiite militias that are heavily influenced by Iran and have been guilty of gross human-rights violations.    Continue reading “Iran-Backed Militias Are Getting U.S. Weapons”

WHAT VICTIMS?!! There were no victims and there was no blood. What the hell are they talking about? Nation mourns? How do they know this? Did they talked to everyone in France? More like the French government mourns because the people didn’t fall for their false flag op.

ABC News – by LORI HINNANT and ANGELA CHARLTON

Frightened yet defiant, French residents held a day of mourning Thursday for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted for the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre, fearing they might strike again.   Continue reading “France hunts for 2 suspects; Nation mourns their victims”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

Two shootouts in the Mexican state of Michoacán have left 9 dead and led to the arrest of 44 suspects.

The first shootout took place near the city hall of the city of Apatzingan when federal police forces tried arrest a group of gunmen, Alfredo Castillo who is Michoacán’s National Security Commissioner said in a televised press conference.

As a result of that shootout one gunman died and authorities arrested 44 other gunmen and seized 23 vehicles, Castillo said.   Continue reading “Mexican Gunfights Leave 9 Dead and 44 Behind Bars”

CBS DFW – by Jennifer Lindgren

IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – North Texas has been rattled by 11 earthquakes in just over one day. The latest one took place just before 10:00 a.m. and measured 2.7 in magnitude. Another quake about 90 minutes earlier registered in at a 2.6 in magnitude.

There have been 12 total small earthquakes in the DFW area so far this year, all centered around the old Texas Stadium site in Irving. While none of the tremors have been particularly strong, they have caused a lot of concern about what to do if a big quake does strike.   Continue reading “11 North Texas Earthquakes In Around 27 Hours”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While various CNBC anchors may be willing to say that the US is “growing gangbusters” yet again confusing the liquidity-oozing equity markets with the economy, there are a couple hundred million Americans who would bet to differ (which incidentally may also explain why the Comcast channel no longer wishes to have its viewership calculated by Nielsen): the reason is that according to the latest Bankrate survey released today, more than three in five Americans don’t have money in their savings accounts to cover any unexpected bills such as a $500 car repair or a $1,000 emergency room visit.   Continue reading “3 In 5 Americans Don’t Have Savings To Cover Unexpected Bills”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

A Democrat Texas Congressman wrote a letter to U.S. Vice President Joe Bidden asking him to focus on the worsening security situation in Mexico which “has ripped apart our way of life on the U.S. Mexico Border.”

The letter was written prior to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s meeting with Obama and other officials during the Mexican president’s visit to the White House.

Breitbart Texas obtained a copy of the letter and Congressman Filemon Vela asked government officials to stop drug cartels and provided a glimpse into the harsh reality of the Mexican border cities While Mexico claims they are safe, in fact they are   “the location of extortions, kidnappings and killings.”   Continue reading “Texas Congressman to Biden: Mexican Violence ‘Has Ripped Apart Our Way of Life’”

Yahoo News

Eleven people were reported dead and four others were critically injured in a shooting at the office of a Paris-based satirical magazine Wednesday, France’s president said, calling the attack a “terrorist operation.”

The shooting at the office of Charlie Hebdo was a “cowardly attack,” said President Hollande, speaking at the shooting scene.   Continue reading “Youngest Suspect in Charlie Hebdo Attack Turns Himself In”