Month: October 2014

Boston Globe – by Melissa Hanson and Alyssa Edes

Multiple ambulances have been sent to a disturbance Saturday afternoon at the Pumpkin Festival near Keene State College in New Hampshire, and one incident drew “multiple responses” from Keene Police, officials said.

The Keene police and fire departments would not say if people were injured or provide details of what was happening. A police dispatcher did say the response was to an incident at the Pumpkin Festival.

According to a witness, police responded in riot gear early Saturday afternoon and used tear gas to break up the crowd.   Continue reading “Police, ambulances respond to chaotic scene near Keene State College”

Reuters – by Joe McDonald

The survivalist charged with murdering a Pennsylvania trooper and wounding another was spotted near his old high school carrying a rifle and with mud smeared on his face, police said on Saturday, five weeks after a manhunt for the suspect began.

Eric Frein, 31, who is on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, was spotted by a woman in a “surprise encounter” while she was taking a walk, said Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police.

The woman said she came as close as 15 or 20 feet away from a man who police believe was Frein as he was standing on the side of the road at about 9 p.m. on Friday.   Continue reading “Pennsylvania ambush suspect spotted carrying gun, police say”

AOL – by Kristen Wyatt

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Sharee Talbot wants her dog back. For now, though, she has to drive out of town to visit Buddy because the two-year-old pit bull isn’t allowed in her hometown of Aurora.

“Look at him. He’s funny. He’s goofy,” Talbot said on a recent visit with Buddy and his foster family at an Englewood dog park. Talbot had to give up Buddy last year after an Aurora animal control officer seized him for violating city’s ban on pit bulls.    Continue reading “Pit bull vote aims to settle disputes over breeds”

Global Research – by Timothy Alexander Guzman

A History of Guatemala’s Syphilis Experiment: How a U.S. Led Team Performed Human Experimentations in Central America

Dr. Cyril Broderick, A Liberian scientist and a former professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Liberia’s College of Agriculture and Forestry says the West, particularly the U.S. is responsible for the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Dr. Broderick claims the following in an exclusive article published in the Daily Observer based in Monrovia, Liberia. He wrote the following:    Continue reading “U.S. is Responsible for the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa: Liberian Scientist”

Oregon Live

PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia — A disabled Russian container ship carrying hundreds of tons of fuel is adrift again but officials said Saturday there is no immediate risk of it reaching shore, hitting rocks and causing a spill.

Royal Canadian Navy Lt. Greg Menzies said a tow line from the Coast Guard ship Gordon Reid got detached, but he noted that the Russian vessel is now 24 nautical miles (44 kilometers) away from shore. Menzies said efforts are under way to get the line re-attached.

The Canadian Coast Guard vessel Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spar were also on to assist if needed, while an ocean-going tugboat was expected to arrive in the area late Saturday or early Sunday.    Continue reading “Container ship towed but now drifting again off Canadian coast”

New Port Richey Patch – by Sherri Lonon

When a water moccasin slithered its way into a recent Pop Warner football practice at Bay High School in north Florida, a 30-year-old mother took matters into her own hands.

After watching coaches try to round up the venomous snake with a stick, police say April Dawn DeMarco stepped in. She told Miren Gregory she had a concealed weapon permit and borrowed his gun to shoot at the critter to protect the kids, according to the Panama City News Herald.   Continue reading “Pistol Packing Mom Goes to Jail for Shooting Venomous Snake”

Ammoland

NEW YORK –-(Ammoland.com)- While Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization officials continue to insist Ebola cannot be transmitted by air from one person to another, an Army manual clearly warns the virus could be an airborne threat in certain circumstances.

These instances have prompted concern of a rare phenomenon of aerosol transmission of infection. Click image to read official Army manual.   Continue reading “US Army Handbook From 2011 Confirms Airborne Ebola Cases”

AmmoLand

Ohio –-(Ammoland.com)- We told you yesterday that Buckeye Firearms Foundation has launched our new membership program.

By this morning, so many people had joined, our credit card merchant account actually SHUT US DOWN!

If you tried to join today and got a message about a “restricted account,” that’s what was going on. You can try again after we get this issue resolved.   Continue reading “Too Many Gun Owners Join Buckeye Firearms Association, Credit Card Co Shuts Them Down”

Ammoland

Missoula MT -(Ammoland.com)- Hunters who legally harvest big game during the hunting season can donate the meat to feed hungry Montanans.

There will be no cost or processing fees for the donated meat! Only legally harvested or confiscated big game animals can be donated (deer, elk, antelope, moose and wild buffalo). No road kill can be donated. Simply deliver the big game to the nearest participating meat processor (listed below).   Continue reading “Hunters Against Hunger: Donate Big Game for Hungry Montanans”

Mail.com

BEIRUT (AP) — With all eyes on the Islamic State group’s onslaught in Iraq and Syria, a less conspicuous but potentially just as explosive front line with the extremists is emerging in Lebanon, where Lebanese soldiers and Shiite Hezbollah guerrillas are increasingly pulled into deadly fighting with the Sunni militants along the country’s border with Syria.

The U.S. has been speeding up delivery of small ammunition to shore up Lebanon’s army, but recent cross-border attacks and beheading of Lebanese soldiers by Islamic State fighters — and the defection of four others to the extremists — has sent shockwaves across this Mediterranean country, eliciting fear of a potential slide into the kind of militant, sectarian violence afflicting both Syria and Iraq, and increasingly prompting minorities to take up arms.   Continue reading “Lebanon pulled into war with Islamic State group”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old in a St. Louis suburb last summer has told investigators that he was pinned in his vehicle and in fear for his life as they struggled over his gun, The New York Times reported.

Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson has told authorities that Michael Brown reached for the gun during a scuffle, the Times reported in a story posted on its website Friday night. The officer’s account to authorities did not explain why he fired at Brown multiple times after emerging from his vehicle, according to the newspaper.   Continue reading “Report: Ferguson officer says he feared for life”

Mail.com

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The U.N.’s World Food Program on Saturday delivered emergency food rations to 265,000 people, many of them quarantined in Sierra Leone, to help fight the spread of Ebola.

Food supplies are being distributed in the Waterloo district on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, WFP’s Alexis Masciarelli told the Associated Press. Waterloo, about 20 miles east of Freetown, has seen some of the highest cases of Ebola infections and the deliveries are to help quarantined families by providing them enough to eat so they do not leave their homes to look for food. The deliveries began Friday and are continuing Saturday, said Masciarelli.    Continue reading “Food deliveries in Sierra Leone to fight Ebola”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Saturday that Texas can use its controversial new voter identification law for the November election.

A majority of the justices rejected an emergency request from the Justice Department and civil rights groups to prohibit the state from requiring voters to produce certain forms of photo identification in order to cast ballots. Three justices dissented.    Continue reading “Justices allow Texas use of new voter ID law”

Seattle PI – by Sadie Gennis, TV Guide

The family of late actress Misty Upham, whose body was found in a ravine in Auburn, Wash. on Thursday, has already stated their unhappiness with the way local law enforcement handled Upham’s disappearance. But now they’re voicing even more displeasure, claiming theAugust: Osage County actress was killed when she accidentally slipped off an embankment while hiding from the police.   Continue reading “Misty Upham’s Family Insists She Died Fleeing From Police”

The Organic Prepper

The National Institute of Health has placed a massive order for protective clothing and supplies that could make it impossible for you to procure your own gear.

And by massive, I mean a year’s supply for employees of facilities across the country, replenished throughout the year no matter what happens, and taking priority over any personal orders.    Continue reading “Warning: A Massive Government Solicitation Could Cause a Shortage of Protective Clothing, Gloves, Masks”

Food Freedom USA

Raw-milk advocates have sent appeals to the state’s supreme court, arguing that they have the right to purchase and drink raw milk. Joy Cardin and a food activist will discuss this, along with the political history of raw milk in Wisconsin.   Continue reading “Is Purchasing, Drinking Raw Milk A Right?”