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A man who had just gotten out of prison 15 minutes earlier was ambushed and shot by another ex-convict as revenge for a previous run-in behind bars, state police said Friday.
Devon Simmons, who had served 15 years for an assault conviction, was being released from the medium-security Otisville state prison in Orange County on Thursday morning when he was told a car was waiting to pick him up. Continue reading “Ex-Convict Shot 15 Minutes After NY Prison Release”
A Mobile, Ala., mom says school officials forced her daughter to sign a contract promising not to commit suicide or harm others after the kindergartner “drew something that resembled a gun,” then pointed a crayon at another kid and said “pew, pew!”
5-year-old Elizabeth was sent home after school officials made her take a questionnaire to evaluating her for suicidal thoughts, then had her sign the safety contract promising to contact an adult if she was thinking of suicide or homicide. This all happened while her mom waited in the lobby to pick her up, the upset parent told WPMI. Continue reading “5-Year-Old Who Drew Pretend Crayon-Gun Made to Sign No-Suicide Contract”
Washington (AFP) – US regulators on Friday approved Harvoni, a daily pill to treat hepatitis C that is simpler to administer than long-standing treatments but that carries a steep price tag.
The combination pill made by California-based Gilead Sciences was shown in trials to cure up to 99 percent of patients within two to three months.
But Harvoni’s price is set at $94,500 for a 12-week course of treatment, or $1,125 per pill. Continue reading “US approves pricey new pill against hepatitis C”
Russia is moving tactical nuclear weapons systems into recently-annexed Crimea while the Obama administration is backing informal talks aimed at cutting U.S. tactical nuclear deployments in Europe.
Three senior House Republican leaders wrote to President Obama two weeks ago warning that Moscow will deploy nuclear missiles and bombers armed with long-range air launched cruise missiles into occupied Ukrainian territory. Continue reading “Russia Deploying Tactical Nuclear Arms in Crimea”
NEW YORK, October 8 (RIA Novosti) – The United States may be behind the deadly Ebola outbreak in Liberia and Sierra Leone, two West African countries known to host American biological warfare laboratories, a University of Illinois College of Law scholar told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
“US government agencies have a long history of carrying out allegedly defensive biological warfare research at labs in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is now the point agency for managing the Ebola spill-over into the US,” Prof. Francis Boyle said. Continue reading “US Links to Bio-Warfare Labs in Ebola Zone: Scholar”
MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) – The authorities of Ebola-ridden Sierra Leone are counting on Russia’s help in their struggle against the spread of the deadly virus, the Ambassador of Sierra Leone to Russia, John Sahr Yambasu said on Friday.
“Military, police, civil doctors – anybody who can help stop this disease,” John Sahr Yambasu said in an interview with Govorit Moskva radio station, answering a question on what kind of help his country needs at the moment. Continue reading “Ebola-Ridden Sierra Leone Asks Russia for Help: Ambassador”
I was riding to work yesterday when I observed a female driver, who cut right in front of a pickup truck, causing the driver to drive onto the shoulder to avoid hitting her. This evidently angered the driver enough that he hung his arm out his window and gave the woman the finger.
‘Man, that guy is stupid,’ I thought to myself. I ALWAYS smile nicely and wave in a sheepish manner whenever a female does anything to me in traffic, and here’s why: Continue reading “A Man Who Knows His Math”
Japan and the United States are revising their mutual defense guidelines for the first time in nearly two decades to respond to China’s military expansion and increase Japan’s role in regional defense.
An interim report released Wednesday says the U.S. and Japan are pursuing a wider partnership that requires “enhanced capabilities and greater shared responsibilities.”
The revision, the first since 1997, comes at a time of heightened Japan-China tensions over islands claimed by both countries in the East China Sea, as well as continuing concern about North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons development. Continue reading “Japan, US Revising Defense Plans With Eye on China”
As a much-anticipated documentary about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden premiers in New York this evening, new revelations are being published simultaneously that expose more information about the NSA’s work to compromise computer networks and devices.
Newly-brought-to-light documents leaked by Snowden discuss operations by the NSA working inside China, Germany and South Korea to help physically subvert and compromise foreign networks and equipment, according to a report published by The Intercept. They also suggest the NSA may have undercover agents planted inside companies to provide assistance in gaining access to systems in the global communications industry. And they bolster previous reports that the NSA works with U.S. and foreign companies to weaken their encryption systems. Continue reading “NSA May Have Undercover Operatives in Foreign Companies”
Investigators say the student who killed a classmate before taking his own life at a suburban Denver high school described himself in a diary as “a psychopath with a superiority complex” and indicated he was exacting revenge for being teased in elementary school.
Karl Pierson, 18, wrote that he planned the Dec. 13 attack at Arapahoe High School to start a conversation about elementary school teasing, according to investigative reports released Friday. Continue reading “Report: School Shooter Wanted Revenge for Teasing”
Reuters – by RANDALL PALMER AND DOUWE MIEDEMA
Regulators from the United States and the United Kingdom will get together in a war room next week to see if they can cope with any possible fall-out when the next big bank topples over, the two countries said on Friday.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, on Monday will run a joint exercise simulating how they would prop up a large bank with operations in both countries that has landed in trouble. Continue reading “U.S. and UK to test big bank collapse in joint model run”
Infowars – by Anthony Gucciardi
Amid the mainstream media hype surrounding Ebola, it may come as major shock to discover that for quite some time there have been major scientific breakthroughs regarding the numerous ways in which we may be able to diminish or even halt the virus at a base level.
What’s even more powerful and of note, however, is the substances by which scientists were able to exhibit these effects. Numerous plant compounds, which also come with a host of additional medicinal benefits outside of their role in the fight against the Ebola virus, have been documented to have extreme promise in the deterrence of yet another virus epidemic. Continue reading “What They’re Not Telling You: 4 Natural Ways To Fight Ebola”
Garlic isn’t just a food, it is most certainly a legend in it’s own right.
Garlic has been found in the pyramids of Egypt and it is even referenced in the Bible. Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, prescribed it regularly, and it was given to the first Olympic athletes in Ancient Greece to enhance performance. Continue reading “How to Fix the One Mistake Most People Make When Cooking with Garlic”
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