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Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

MCALLEN, Texas — Federal agents arrested a woman accused of trying to pick up a group of immigrants; she had been arrested previously seven different times on smuggling cases but had never been prosecuted.

According to court records obtained by Breitbart Texas, earlier this week U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted 37-year-old Roxanne Lopez, a U.S. citizen, driving a maroon Mercury Grand Marquis from a levee in the Mission area known as La Lomita towards the Rio Grande in a manner consistent with human smuggling practices.    Continue reading “Seven Time Arrested Human Smuggler Caught Along Texas Border”

Breitbart – by Sarah Rumpf

AUSTIN, Texas — Federal authorities have reported that the final two human smugglers convicted in connection with a stash house in southeast Houston where illegal immigrants were being housed have been sentenced to federal prison. The two men, Jose Aviles-Villa, 32, and Antonio Barruquet-Hildeberta, 46, were arrested in March 2014 after the stash house was discovered with 115 immigrants living in squalid conditions, held hostage and crammed into a less than 1,300 square foot home.   Continue reading “Human Smugglers Who Held 115 Illegal Immigrants in Houston Stash House Sentenced”

LA Times – by Don Lee

It has come down to this for Brian Perry: an apple or banana for lunch, Red Sox ballgames on an old Zenith TV and long walks to shake off the blues.

At 57, Perry has been unemployed and looking for work for nearly seven years, ever since that winter when the Great Recession hit and he was laid off from his job as a law firm clerk.   Continue reading “Long-term unemployed still at record levels”

New York Times – by KATRIN BENNHOLD

STEENOKKERZEEL, Belgium — For Kurt Ryon, the mayor of Steenokkerzeel, a Flemish village 10 miles northeast of Brussels, watching the Scottish independence campaign in the final days before the referendum is like watching a good soccer match. “They were losing for the first half and most of the second half,” he said, “but now we’re in the 85th minute and they could be winning.”

Mr. Ryon, who wants his native Flanders to split from Belgium, is rooting for Scotland to do the same from Britain, and like a faithful soccer fan he has all the gear: a T-shirt from the Scottish pro-independence “yes” campaign, a collection of “yes” pins on his denim jacket and copious amounts of a beer specially brewed by Flemish nationalists to express their solidarity. The label says “Ja!” next to a Scottish flag, Flemish for yes.   Continue reading “From Kurdistan to Texas, Scots Spur Separatists”

EAG News – by Kyle Olson

HERSHEY, Pa. – If Derry Township School District board member Andrea Abruzzo had her way, kids would celebrate their birthdays with carrots.

Abruzzo’s district is putting a greater emphasis on “non-food rewards,” including birthday treats.

To that end, Derry Township schools have banned cupcakes or “other snacks.”   Continue reading “School bans birthday cupcakes: ‘Bring carrots’”

Yahoo News – by Cathy Bussewitz

HONOLULU (AP) — The Honolulu City Council approved several measures Wednesday aimed at moving homeless people out of tourist hotspots in Hawaii, including one that bans sitting and lying down on sidewalks in the popular Waikiki area.

But a separate push to prevent homeless people from resting on sidewalks throughout the rest of the island failed.

The council has been under pressure from the tourism industry to act, with hotel representatives saying visitors complain often about safety and human waste.   Continue reading “Honolulu to move homeless people from tourist hubs”

News.AU

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has been forced to apologise for accidentally leaving behind a suitcase at Sydney Airport containing 230 grams of a plastic explosive after a dog training exercise.

The bomb had been hidden in an unclaimed suitcase during the training, which took place last month. It wasn’t live, according to a statement released on the AFP website.   Continue reading “AFP accidentally leaves explosives at Sydney airport, force to apologise to public”

Washington Post – by Pamela Constable

All summer, Central American children caught at the U.S.-Mexico border have been trickling into the Washington area, sent to live with relatives in Latino communities. Now, they are descending en masse on the region’s public schools, bringing an array of problems that school officials are scrambling to address.

Ripped from distant worlds, most of the new students speak no English, and some are psychologically scarred from abuse by gangs or smugglers. Reunited with parents or other relatives they barely know, and still grieving for family and friends back home, they may feel depressed and resentful.   Continue reading “Area schools scramble to meet the emotional needs of undocumented children”

Even Hollywood is feeling the massive unemployment sting. Seems extremely strange since the unemployment rate is only 6.1% (sarcasm)

Variety – by Dave McNary

The U.S. economy has seen a steady erosion of jobs in the motion picture and sound industries, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Preliminary statistics from the BLS show that employment in those two industries has dropped to 298,000 in August — marking the first time in the past decade that the number has dropped below 300,000, and representing an 8% decline from 324,600 jobs in August 2013, and a 19% slide from 366,300 jobs in August 2012.   Continue reading “Showbiz, Music Industry Jobs Drop 19% in Two Years”

Yahoo News – by Julie Pace

WASHINGTON (AP) — Opening a new military front in the Middle East, President Barack Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes inside Syria for the first time Wednesday night, along with expanded strikes in Iraq as part of “a steady, relentless effort” to root out Islamic State extremists and their spreading reign of terror.

“We will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are,” Obama declared in a prime-time address to the nation from the White House. “This is a core principle of my presidency: If you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.”   Continue reading “Obama to deepen America’s military role in Mideast”

KRVG

McALLEN – Authorities in McAllen arrested a suspect linked to a murder in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

The suspect is accused of taking part in a gang-style hit in the community of Southlake.

The murder happened on May 22, 2013, near a shopping mall. The victim, Jesus Guerrero Chapa, was a lawyer with drug cartel ties.   Continue reading “Suspected Cartel Hit Man Arrested in McAllen”

Breitbart – by Warner Todd Huston

Advocates for illegal immigrants are eyeing Arizona, where a movement that encourages churches to shield illegal aliens from federal authorities is quietly growing. It is a movement advocates hope could serve as a model for illegals across the nation seeking to stay in the United States.

So far this year, three illegals have taken refuge in Arizona churches, refusing to submit to ordered deportations. Church officials who hope to launch a nationwide effort of like-minded churches are shielding these immigrants.   Continue reading “Arizona Churches Breaking the Law by Harboring Illegal Immigrants”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

HOUSTON, Texas — A militia member who was fired upon by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was pursuing illegal immigrants could face federal or state charges. John Frederick Foerster was in the possession of a firearm at the time the Border Patrol agent fired on him and has since been discovered to be a convicted felon.

According to numerous news reports Foerster was in possession of an AK-47 rifle at the time of the shooting. He told Breitbart Texas’ Ildefonso Ortiz, “I had a weapon for my protection,” during an interview which was published on Tuesday. The militia group’s spokesman, K.C. Massey told Ortiz, “After five years he is legal to have a weapon in private property.”   Continue reading “Militiaman Fired on by Border Patrol Agent Could Face Charges”

NBC Chicago – by Rob Elgas

Four suburban Chicago firefighters say they were suspended after refusing to remove patriotic stickers posted on their helmets and lockers.

The Maywood firefighters say they were ordered to go home for refusing to remove stickers of American flags after their fire chief implemented a ban on all stickers.   Continue reading “Firefighters Say They Were Sent Home for Refusing to Remove Patriotic Stickers”

My Fox Detroit

ROCHESTER, Mich. (WJBK) –Lieutenant Colonel Sherwood Baker says he is just a father who was trying to help his daughter find her way at her new high school.

Sherwood, who has served in the Army for 24 years, was told by Rochester Adams High School security that if he wanted to get into the school with his daughter he was going to have to go home and change his clothes.   Continue reading “Army officer is told not to enter his daughter’s high school because he’s wearing his uniform”

National Journal – by Brendan Sasso

The Federal Communications Commission is eyeing an expansion of its net-neutrality rules to cover cell-phone service.

In a speech Tuesday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said that Internet access on smartphones is a “key component” of the investment and innovation that net-neutrality regulations are intended to protect.   Continue reading “FCC May Expand Net Neutrality to Cell Phones”

Fusion – by FIDEL MARTINEZ

Time to change your password again. A database containing nearly 5 million Gmail user accounts and passwords was leaked on Bitcoin Security, a popular Russian website devoted to the cryptocurrency.

The text file was published on Tuesday night by user tvskit, according to CNews, the Russian news outlet that first broke the story. The leaker claimed that the majority of the accounts belong to users who speak English, Russian, or Spanish, and that approximately 60 percent are active. The passwords not only give access to Gmail, but a slew of other Google services such as Drive and the mobile payment system Google Wallet.   Continue reading “Millions of Gmail accounts hacked, was yours one of them?”