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NextGov – by Aliya Sternstein

The Department of Homeland Security has spelled out its intentions to proactively monitor civilian agency networks for signs of threats, after agencies arguably dropped the ball this spring in detecting federal websites potentially harboring the Heartbleed superbug.

Annual rules for complying with the 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act released Friday require agencies to agree to proactive scanning. The regulations also contain new requirements for notifying DHS when a cyber event occurs.   Continue reading “DHS No Longer Needs Permission Slips to Monitor Other Agencies’ Networks for Vulnerabilities”

Cincinnati – by James Pilcher

Horizon Science Academy in Bond Hill has the usual classrooms, books and lessons to teach kids seeking an alternative to regular public and private schools.

The charter school also employs seven foreign teachers, mostly from Turkey, brought to the U.S. on H-1B visas for jobs it says Ohio teachers are unqualified to fill.

Concept Schools, founded by followers of a Turkish Islamic cleric secluded in the Poconos, already is under federal and state scrutiny for possible irregularities in teacher licensing, testing and technology contracts.   Continue reading “Charter schools use Turkish ties, visas to get teachers”

Computer World – by Patrick Thibodeau

ORLANDO – Gartner sees things like robots and drones replacing a third of all workers by 2025, and whether you want to believe it or not, is entirely your business.

Take drones, for instance.

“One day, a drone may be your eyes and ears,” said Peter Sondergaard, Gartner’s research director. In five years, drones will be a standard part of operations in many industries, used in agriculture, geographical surveys and oil and gas pipeline inspections.   Continue reading “One in three jobs will be taken by software or robots by 2025”

Breitbart – by Brandon Darby

LUBBOCK, Texas — Seven Mexican cartels are operating command and control networks in Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). A recent data release by the DPS reports:

Mexican cartels are the most significant organized crime threat to Texas, with seven of the eight cartels operating command and control networks in the state, moving drugs and people into the United States, and transporting cash, weapons and stolen vehicles back to Mexico. In short, an unsecure U.S.-Mexico border is a state and national security problem.  

Continue reading “Seven Mexican Cartels Operate Command and Control Networks in Texas”

Yahoo News

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Ten thousand mosquitos immunized against dengue fever have been released in Brazil as part of an innovative attempt to curb the spread of the tropical viral sickness, biologists said Thursday.

Gabriel Sylvestre Ribeiro told AFP that the Aedes aegypti mosquitos were released in Tubiacanga neighborhood in northern Rio state.

“We inoculated them in the lab with the Wolbachia bacteria, which block the development of the dengue virus,” he said.    Continue reading “‘Vaccinated’ mosquitos released in Rio to combat dengue”

The New York Times – by   MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN, NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGER

The huge cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase that touched more than 83 million households and businesses was one of the most serious computer intrusions into an American corporation. But it could have been much worse.

Questions over who the hackers are and the approach of their attack concern government and industry officials. Also troubling is that about nine other financial institutions — a number that has not been previously reported — were also infiltrated by the same group of overseas hackers, according to people briefed on the matter. The hackers are thought to be operating from Russia and appear to have at least loose connections with officials of the Russian government, the people briefed on the matter said.  Continue reading “Hackers’ Attack Cracked 10 Financial Firms in Major Assault”

Activist Post – by Paul Craig Roberts

It is amazing how the government manages to continue selling Brooklyn Bridges to a gullible public. Americans buy wars they don’t need and economic recoveries that do not exist.

The best investment in America is a highly leveraged fund that invests only in large cap companies that are buying back their own stocks. Many of the firms repurchasing their stocks are borrowing in order to push up their stock prices, executive “performance bonuses,” and shareholders’ capital gains. The debt incurred will have to be serviced by future earnings. This is not a picture of capitalism that is driving the economy by investment.    Continue reading “Poverty Report Contradicts GDP Claims”

Activist Post – by Jeff D. Opdyke

A modern historian looking to chronicle the destruction of the America we all once knew could do no better than to deconstruct the U.S. education system today.

Along with providing American students a middling education at best — we rank 17th in the world and well-below-average for developed nations — what’s really wrong with America’s education system is the fact that we’re engineering the next generation to become acclimated to what this country is becoming …    Continue reading “3 Acts of Insanity in the American Education System”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

Many Americans, at least those who are moderately informed, may take a look at the current field of potential Presidential candidates and feel that all is lost. Unfortunately, the puppet pool has gotten even worse. This is because Lindsey Graham, Senator from South Carolina, and virulent warmonger , police state and drug-war supporter, austerity ghoul , big government proponent, and corporate-banking stooge, has announced that, should he win his re-election in November, 2014, he intends to begin exploring the possibility of a Presidential bid in 2016.    Continue reading “Lindsey Graham Considers Presidential Run”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

On October 2, 2014, Turkey’s parliament passed a resolution to allow the Turkish military to enter the sovereign territory of Iraq and Syria under the pretext of battling Western-backed IS militants.

The resolution will also allow foreign troops to use Turkish territory for the same purpose suggesting that the Incirlik air base may soon be used by the United States for its airstrikes against Syria.

The vote was 298 in favor of the motion and 98 opposed.   Continue reading “NATO’s Dream Coming True – Turkey Pushes For Syria No-Fly Zone; US Approves”

Breitbart

Speaker John Boehner’s office released a statement Friday ripping President Obama for his plans to issue “executive amnesty” after the election, some of the strongest rhetoric the Ohio Republican has used on the topic to date.

The release, authored by spokesman Matt Wolking, says “Why will President Obama grant amnesty after the election? Because he knows the American people oppose it, and he doesn’t want his fellow Democrats to be held accountable on election day.”

The release continues:    Continue reading “Boehner Statement Rips ‘Executive Amnesty’”

CBS Denver

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) – At least two Colorado adults have died from complications from what may be enterovirus-68, the same strain that has afflicted hundreds, mostly children, across the country.

Dr. Phil Emrie, a critical care pulmonologist at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, says he treated adult patients who suffered from conditions similar to the virus.

“We don’t know for sure that it’s the enterovirus-68, but we do know that it’s consistent with the illness that they’re seeing in children,” Emrie said.   Continue reading “2 Colorado Adults Die From Complications Of Enterovirus”

Latin News – by Michael Oleaga

A dozen U.S. mayors have agreed to support immigrant children from Central America seeking refuge.

Welcoming America, a nonprofit organization that promotes cooperation between foreign-born and U.S.-born Americans, released a letter signed by 12 mayors and a county executive promising to “compassionately support and welcome the young children from Central America seeking refuge in the U.S.”   Continue reading “Immigration News Today: US Mayors Agree to ‘Support and Welcome’ Refugee Central American Children”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

MCALLEN, Texas — Mexican authorities have arrested the leader of the Beltran Leyva Cartel, one of the main cartels that operates in central Mexico.

Details of the operation have not been released by Mexican officials, however sources within Mexican law enforcement point to an intelligence based operation between the Mexican army and Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (PGR) capturing  Hector “El H” Beltran Leyva near the resort town of San Miguel de Allende.   Continue reading “Beltran Leyva Cartel Boss Caught in Mexico”

Breitbart – by Mike Flynn

On Friday, the Labor Department reported that the economy added 248,000 jobs in September, corrected slightly from the disappointing report in August. The unemployment rate edged lower, falling to 5.9%, but part of the drop in unemployment is due to 315,000 people leaving the labor force in September.

September job gains were slightly higher than economists had predicted. Consensus estimates were for the economy to gain about 215,000 jobs. Job growth in July and August was also revised upward. The September report returns the economy to the “new normal” of monthly job growth slightly above the 200k threshold. This level is important, as it allows the economy to merely keep up with population growth. The working population of the country grew by 217,000 people in September.    Continue reading “Economy Adds 248K Jobs, 315K Leave Labor Force”

Japan Today

FUKUSHIMA — The government on Wednesday lifted its evacuation advisory for part of the town of Kawauchi which lies within 20 kilometers of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Environment Ministry officials said that radiation cleanup has concluded in the eastern part of the town, NTV reported.

Prior to the March 11, 2011 nuclear disaster, Kawauchi’s population was 3,000.   Continue reading “Evacuation advisory lifted for part of town near Fukushima nuclear plant”

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

On Thursday evening, President Barack Obama promised Hispanic leaders executive amnesty and vowed that he will not give up his fight for permanent amnesty for illegal immigrants. However, he also conceded that more work needed to be done to win public support because the American people do not support such legislation.

Speaking at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Dinner, Obama said he would enact his executive amnesty between the November elections and the end of this year and reiterated that it “was not a question of if but when.”   Continue reading “Obama Urges Latinos to Help Reverse Public Opposition to Amnesty”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — A Texas father will soon be reunited with his daughter 12 years after the girl’s mother allegedly kidnapped her and took her to Mexico from where U.S. federal agents working alongside their Mexican counterparts were able to rescue her.

Court records obtained by Breitbart Texas show that 44 year-old Dora Marie Llorens was formally charged on Wednesday of one count of aggravated kidnapping for the April 2002 abduction of her daughter Sabrina Allen who was only 4-years-old at the time.  The child was allegedly taken by Llorens during a weekend visit.    Continue reading “Texas Girl Rescued After Getting Kidnapped and Taken To Mexico 12 Years Ago”

USA Today – by Liz Szabo

The Dallas family of a man infected with Ebola has been told to stay home and not have any visitors, to prevent the potential spread of the disease.

Health officials said they have issued the order “out of an abundance of caution,” rather than because of a high risk. No one in the patient’s family, which has identified the patient as Thomas Eric Duncan, is showing symptoms. Ebola can only be spread when someone is showing symptoms, through direct contact with bodily fluids such as blood.   Continue reading “Family of Dallas Ebola patient told to stay home”