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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”
Yahoo News – by Ayla Jean Yackley
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district on Tuesday, killing one officer and wounding another.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility; but the bombing comes less than a week after far-left group DHKP-C said it was behind a grenade attack on police near the prime minister’s office in Istanbul. Continue reading “Female suicide bomber hits police station in Istanbul’s historic heart”
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”
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’”
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”
Bit by bit, the federal judiciary is tearing out the legal ground from under “America’s toughest sheriff.”
First, a federal appeals court said it was illegal to deny bail to immigrants in the country illegally. Then, on Monday, an Arizona federal judge blasted a state law that stretched the crime of identity theft to include everyone from forgers to people simply seeking employment without valid documentation. Continue reading “Arizona told to stop prosecuting job-seeking immigrants”
Washington Free Beacon – by Bill Gertz
A federal weather service employee charged with stealing sensitive infrastructure data from an Army Corps of Engineers database met a Chinese government official in Beijing, according to court documents that reveal the case to be part of an FBI probe of Chinese economic espionage.
Xiafen “Sherry” Chen, an employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) office in Ohio, was arrested in October and charged in a federal grand jury indictment with illegally accessing the Army’s National Inventory of Dams (NID). Continue reading “NOAA Employee Charged With Computer Breach Met Senior Chinese Official in Beijing”
CHICAGO (CBS) – A Chicago man might think twice the next time he goes into a police station to report something as stolen.
On Friday night, 31-year-old Adam Wisneski rode his bike to the Shakespeare District police station on the Northwest Side to report a stolen iPhone.
He says he didn’t have his bike lock with him, and asked police if he could leave his bicycle inside the station. Continue reading “Cyclist’s Bike Stolen At Police Station While Reporting iPhone Theft”
New Delhi: The US Secret Service is leaving nothing to chance as they prepare a foolproof security mechanism for President Barack Obama during his visit to India later this month.
The advance team of the Secret Service is already in India and is working in tandem with Indian security agencies to workout security arrangements across the venues on President’s itinerary. Continue reading “Obama’s India visit: US Secret Service to deploy surveillance satellites”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The ever worsening security situation in Mexico has led to a new mode of transportation for Mexican tourists that includes traveling in a convoy with police escorts at speeds of 100 miles an hour or more — all in an effort to avoid getting carjacked by drug cartels on their journey to the U.S. border.
The police escort is provided by the Mexican Federal Police which leads daily convoys to and from cities like Tampico and Ciudad Victoria to the border cities of Matamoros and Reynosa. Each day, between 100 to 150 travelers line up outside of the police station where they provide their license and other identifying information to police officers in preparation for the convoy. Continue reading “Mexican Tourists Now Traveling with Police Escorts to the US Border”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
The son of legendary Gulf Cartel leader Osiel Cardenas remains in federal custody after U.S. agents arrested him at the Texas border. He was allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of ammunition rounds and weapons parts into Mexico.
Osiel Cardenas Jr, the son of the legendary capo, is set to remain behind bars without bond pending a detention hearing later this week in the Texas border city of Brownsville, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas show. Continue reading “Former Mexican Gulf Cartel Leader’s Son Busted in Texas at Border”
Only 216 Republicans voted to re-elect a humbled Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner as Speaker of the U.S. House on Tuesday, as many Republicans voted for alternative candidates in the second organized attempt to unseat Boehner in as many speakership elections.
He wins re-election as Speaker with less than a majority of the House, something that has happened only four times since 1917. A total of 25 Republicans in the chamber did not vote for Boehner, with 24 voting for alternative candidates and others who were not nominated and one voting present. Continue reading “Boehner Wins Re-Election With Less Than Majority Of House”
UT San Diego – by Sandra Dibble
Methamphetamine seizures at U.S. ports of entry on the California-Mexico border reached unprecedented levels in fiscal 2014, as drug trafficking organizations strive to smuggle growing quantities of the low-cost Mexican-made product into the United States.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures show 14,732 pounds of meth seized by the San Diego field office during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, accounting for 63 percent of the synthetic drug seized at all land, air and sea ports of entry nationwide. Continue reading “Record border meth seizures”
ABC News – by JAMIE STENGLE and BETSY BLANEY
A new Thai and sushi restaurant sits on a busy corner, not far from the vast prairie that once epitomized Texas’ early cattle ranching days.
Only five years ago, owner Saw Lawla left his home country of Myanmar and resettled in Los Angeles through a federal refugee program. Vexed by big-city life, Lawla was lured to the Panhandle in 2011 by cheaper living, employment at a meat processing plant and a growing population of other Myanmar refugees. Continue reading “Refugees expand cultural diversity in remote Texas cities”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
A group of gunmen stormed the home of a journalist in the Mexican state of Veracruz taking him at gunpoint while at the same time stealing his camera, computer and cell phones.
The kidnapping took place in the town of Medellin Del Bravo, Veracruz, when a group of heavily armed gunmen arrived in three vehicles to the house of Jose Moises Sanchez Cerezo from where they kidnapped him, Mexico’s El Universal reported. Continue reading “Journalist Kidnapped by Gunmen in Mexico”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
MCALLEN, Texas – The Mexican military seized an armored vehicle loaded with a grenade launcher and several other drug cartel weapons and ammunition just south of the Texas border.
The seizure took place when a convoy of Mexican soldiers was carrying out routine patrols in the Mexican city of Miguel Aleman when they spotted an SUV with makeshift armor plating that tried to drive away, information provided to Breitbart Texas by the Tamaulipas government revealed. The town of Miguel Aleman is just south of Roma Texas and is an area that has been used for drug trafficking for decades. Continue reading “Mexican Army Seizes Armored Truck, Grenade Launcher Near Texas Border”
The Hill – by Kristina Wong
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden
Yahoo News
CBS Chicago – by Steve Miller
Zee News
Breitbart – by Matthew Boyle