artcurial-collection.jpgFox News – by Gary Gastelu

It’s one of the greatest barn finds of all time — a collection of 60 cars, some rare and potentially worth millions, that was hidden away on an estate in western France.

The cars were collected by Roger Baillon, a French truck manufacturing magnate who purchased them and many more throughout the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, then sold half the lot and left the rest to rot in 1978 when his business went bankrupt. They’ve remained untouched ever since.   Continue reading “Amazing collection of 60 classic cars uncovered after four decades”

Washington Post – by Rachel Feltman

Sunday night, the Discovery channel aired a special called “Eaten Alive”wherein snake expert Paul Rosolie was supposed to be, you know, eaten alive by an anaconda. Viewers were ticked off when the two-hour-long special ended with Rosolie bailing out as soon as the snake started to squeeze his arm, leading to his swift removal from the anaconda whose belly he was meant to explore on camera.

But while some viewers were annoyed by the bait-and-switch nature of the program, most snake-lovers were angered by the very premise of the show.   Continue reading “Force-feeding a human to a snake is not science (and is also super dumb)”

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HARTFORD, Conn. — The parents of 10 children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School have filed or soon will file notices in probate court that they plan to make wrongful death claims on their children’s behalf.

Filing the forms that open estates in the children’s names, with their parents as the administrators, is a necessary legal step before a lawsuit can be filed.

Eight estates that were opened Monday are in the names of Benjamin Wheeler, Jessica Rekos, Jack Pinto, Grace McDonnell, Charlotte Bacon, Daniel Barden, Ana Marquez-Greene and Arielle Richman, according to probate court records.   Continue reading “Parents of 10 children killed at Sandy Hook filing notices for wrongful death claims”

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Kurt Nimmo:  Despite its rhetoric that Obama has violated the Constitution and waged war in Syria without a congressional declaration of war, the Republican controlled House on Thursday approved a $585 billion defense policy bill giving Obama the authority to expand the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State.   Continue reading “Government In Action: Republican Controlled House Approves $585 Billion Defense Bill Allowing Obama To Expand Military Campaigns Against ISIL”

Deputies shot and killed a pit bull Friday outside a La Puente home. The dog's blood was still visible hours later. (credit: CBS)CBS Los Angeles

CITY OF INDUSTRY (CBSLA.com)  –  A La Puente woman is mourning the loss of her beloved pit bull  Friday after Sheriff’s Deputies fatally shot her pet.

Officials said deputies were dispatched to a call about a fight at a residence between a man and a woman in the 500 block of Richburn Avenue Friday afternoon.   Continue reading “Deputies Fatally Shoot Woman’s Pregnant Pit Bull After Going To Wrong La Puente Home”

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A knife-wielding man who stabbed a student in a Brooklyn synagogue was shot dead by police after he lunged at officers.

Police say they used lethal violence against the suspect after he refused to drop the weapon, AP reports. The incident occurred at the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic World Headquarters in Crown Heights at 1:40am on Tuesday.   Continue reading “Brooklyn synagogue stabbing: Student attacked, NYPD kills assailant”

John Boehner and Pledge to AmericaCNS News – by Terence P. Jeffrey

House Speaker John Boehner has broken his pledge to give Americans “at least 72 hours” to read every bill taken up by the House before it is brought to a vote on the floor.

In his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference held in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 18, 2010, Boehner vowed that if he became speaker members of Congress and the American people would be given “at least 72 hours” to read all bills before they were brought to a vote.   Continue reading “Boehner Broke Pledge to Give Americans ‘At Least 72 Hours’ to Read Every Bill”

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Businesses in about 100 cities register their private security cameras with DHS run police departments. Now some want to make it a mandatory.

If you feel like someone is watching you, you’re probably right.

In the latest manifestation of electronic ogling, police in dozens of cities large and small are enlisting citizens and businesses to register the locations of their private security cameras for possible use in crime investigations.   Continue reading “DHS run police departments expanding surveillance nationwide”

Alternet – by Max Blumenthal

When an Albuquerque police officer shot his 22-year-old son to death, Mike Gomez was determined to crusade for justice. Three years later, he is simply despondent.

“It’s so frustrating,” Gomez told me. “There’s no accountability here. There’s no justice. There’s no respect. There’s no humanity here. There’s nothing. It’s so disgusting that they get away with it.”   Continue reading “Inside the Twisted Police Department That Kills Unarmed Citizens at the Highest Rate in the Country”

The cast of "The Addams Family" -- Ken Weatherwax is bottom right. PIX 11

NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Weatherwax, who played the child character Pugsley on “The Addams Family” television series in the 1960s, has died. He was 59.

Weatherwax died of a heart attack at his Box Canyon, California, home over the weekend, said Joey D. Vieira, his half brother. Weatherwax’s body was found on Sunday.   Continue reading “‘Addams Family’ child star Ken Weatherwax dead at 59”