Year: 2014

Wall Street Journal – by COLLEEN MCCAIN NELSON, MELANIE GRAYCE WEST and BETSY MCKAY

The White House pushed back against the governors of New York, New Jersey, Illinois and other states that instituted procedures to forcibly quarantine medical workers returning from West Africa, deepening an emotional debate brought on by recent Ebola cases in the U.S.

A senior administration official said Sunday that new federal guidelines under development would protect Americans from imported cases of the disease but not interfere with the flow of U.S. health workers to and from West Africa to fight the epidemic there.   Continue reading “White House Pushes Back on State Ebola Quarantines”

Washington Post – by Jerry Markon

Former homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano is supporting executive action by President Obama to change immigration policy if Congress fails to pass a broad overhaul, citing what she calls her successful 2012 push to delay deportations of many younger immigrants.

“If Congress refuses to act and perform its duties, then I think it’s appropriate for the executive to step in and use his authorities based on law . . . to take action in the immigration arena,’’ Napolitano, a lawyer and former U.S. attorney in Arizona, said in an exclusive interview with The Washington Post.   Continue reading “Janet Napolitano throws her support behind executive action on immigration”

CBS Connecticut

WATERBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) — A naked man is accused of raping a pit bull in his neighbor’s yard.

Alice Woodruff told WTNH-TV that she confronted her neighbor at gunpoint while he was performing sex acts on her rescue pit bull that is kept on an 800-pound tow chain in her backyard.

“I thought my dog had killed somebody because I saw a man underneath her,” Woodruff explained to WTNH. “I started to scream. I had a citronella candle and I threw it at him, screaming ‘get off my dog, you have to get out of here.’ He said, ‘No, today is the day we are going to spend the rest of our lives together.’”   Continue reading “Naked Man Accused Of Raping Pit Bull In Neighbor’s Yard, Says ISIS Sent Him”

Breitbart

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says dozens of Army soldiers and their two-star general are being isolated at their base in Vicenza, Italy, as they return after serving in West Africa to help with the Ebola fight.

Maj. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, the commander who led the U.S. response in Liberia, returned to Italy with 11 staff. They will be restricted in an isolated location and will not be allowed to go to their homes for 21 days. Several dozen more are returning in the coming days and will also be isolated.   Continue reading “US Troops Isolated in Italy After Returning from Africa Ebola Tour”

Breitbart – by Brandon Darby

LUBBOCK, Texas — At least 13 men from Africa with terrorist-related records illegally entered Canada from the U.S. since 2010, according to a leaked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Intelligence Information Report exclusively obtained by Breitbart Texas. The data pertains only to one small region of the vast U.S.-Canadian border. The report reveals that as of September 9, 2014, there have been 155 encounters in the area “involving 344 ethnic Somalis, 21 ethnic Ethiopians, five ethnic Kenyans, two ethnic Djiboutians, two ethnic Nigerians, and one ethnic Sudanese and Congolese subjects who have attempted or succeeded in entering Canada illegally near the Pembina, ND Port of Entry (POE) since June 2010. These encounters INCLUDE 13 SUBJECTS WITH TERRORIST-RELATED RECORDS [Emphasis Added] who have utilized this method of circumventing designated POEs.”   Continue reading “Leaked DHS Report Reveals 13 Foreign Suspected Terrorists Illegally Entered Canada from US”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

HOUSTON, Texas — A Houston-based sex offender was recently arrested for allegedly raping two girls — ages 14 and 2 — and infecting the with HIV.

33-year-old David Wilson admitted to police that he had raped the 14-year-old victim numerous times, Reuters reported. The teenager, the daughter of Wilson’s ex-girlfriend, reportedly became pregnant with his child in September.    Continue reading “Houston Man Arrested for Raping Infant and Teen, Giving Them HIV”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A bomb threat called in to Mexican authorities caused the temporary halting of traffic at the international bridge that connects the Texas border city of Brownsville with Mexico.

Shortly after 6 p.m. Mexican authorities received a bomb threat and ordered that traffic to the Veteran’s International Bridge in Matamoros be diverted while the Mexican military searched the area for any explosive devices, a Tamaulipas law enforcement official told Breitbart Texas.   Continue reading “Border Bomb Threat Temporarily Shuts Down Texas Bridge to Mexico”

KTNV News – by Elizabeth Gadley

A bizarre and frightening series of random attacks injured 10 people over the weekend.

Now, one of the victims of a scary hammer attack is telling her story.

Right now, Nicole Thompson is at UMC with fractures to her jaw, cheek bone and her finger.    Continue reading “Hammer attack victim speaks to Action News on terrifying ordeal”

Might Optical Illusions – by James Dean

Carlo Lavini pointed out this US Marines helicopter. It seems that marines can be pretty sneaky when it comes to making pranks. Did you notice anything strange in the first photo of a helicopter? Check the shapes that are part of the camouflage. Get it now? I believe there are no rules that define how the camouflage shapes should look like, as long as they are in proper color, and fill their purpose. Other than that, it should be fine… About camouflage, remember that human chameleons? It should be easy to make similar uniforms, the only problem is then you couldn’t move much, and everyone should look at you from only one spot. Invisible cloak, however should have more possibilities.   Continue reading “Those sneaky marines”

AlterNet – by Cliff Weathers

At least one California town has gone dry, and many are expected to follow soon. East Porterville, in Tulare County is now without water, as the wells that feed it have dried up. Residents, according to Yahoo! News, now have to drive to the local fire station to get water to drink, bathe, and flush the toilet. And ironically, the town is near what was once the largest freshwater lake in California.

Tulare County, which relies heavily on the agricultural industry, is parched. The some 500 wells that feed its residents and farmers have gone dry. And the county says that it may be years and cost $20 million before a new groundwater management program, which includes a hookup between East Porterville and Porterville’s water systems, goes into effect.    Continue reading “At Least One California Town Is Now Bone Dry as Megadrought Continues”

AZ Central – by Yihyun Jeong

A protest against police brutality Saturday night in downtown Phoenix ended with a clash with officers, the arrest of six protesters and the discharge of pepper-spray balls, officials said.

The march, which was organized by Wave of Action PHX, began around 8:30 p.m. with about 40 to 50 people gathered at Civic Space Park between Central and First avenues near Van Buren Street.   Continue reading “Police-brutality protest ends with clash with Phoenix Police Department”

RT

A tasty drink may give a typical 60-year-old the memory as of a person 20 to 30 years younger. A US study has revealed that cocoa contains bioactive ingredients that reverse age-related memory decline.

Scientists at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) published the results of a dietary experiment, based on the effects of flavanols, extracted from cocoa beans, on the aging human brain in the journal Nature Neuroscience on Sunday.   Continue reading “Cup of cocoa a day keeps memory loss away – scientists”

RT

The United States spends on space programs – both civilian and defense-related – more than every other country combined, even though the NASA budget, which is a part of the program, has not grown in the recent years.

Last year the US spent about $40 billion on its space program, as China’s space budget, which is the second largest in the world, was about $11 billion in 2013; the next, Russia’s, was roughly $8.6 billion; and India’s, the fourth largest, was about $4.3 billion, says a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).   Continue reading “$40 billion: US space budget still exceeds rest of world’s combined”

Mail.com

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Luis Enrique Monroy-Bracamonte was living in the United States illegally. He had been convicted in Arizona for selling drugs and he had been deported to Mexico twice.

His background would have almost certainly flagged him to be expelled from the country again. But he appeared to be living quietly with his wife in a suburb of Salt Lake City until being arrested Friday, accused of going on a shooting rampage in Northern California that left two sheriff’s deputies dead and a motorist seriously wounded.   Continue reading “Suspect in police killings had multiple identities”