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WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Silicon Valley startup has developed technology to let dispatchers know when a police officer’s weapon has been fired.
The latest product by Yardarm Technologies would notify dispatchers in real time when an officer’s gun is taken out of its holster and when it’s fired. It can also track where the gun is located and in what direction it was fired. Continue reading “California startup unveils gun technology for cops”
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The Globe and Mail – by Steven Chase
Stephen Harper spent about 15 minutes hidden in a Parliament Hill closet after a gunman stormed Centre Block where he and the rest of the Conservative caucus were guarded by MPs who’d fashioned sharp spears from flagpoles, sources say.
After they heard gunfire outside their meeting room door Wednesday, members of Parliament snapped close to 15 flagpoles to make weapons. Continue reading “Ottawa attack: MPs fashioned spears while Harper whisked into closet”
With the news that the first confirmed case of Ebola has hit New York City, all attention now turns to how equipped the densely populated metropolis is to deal with the deadly virus – and if the city really is as prepared as they claimed to be in a press conference Thursday evening.
Perhaps throwing things into doubt are photos taken outside the Harlem apartment of Dr. Craig Spencer, who was admitted to the hospital with a 103 degree fever earlier today. They show police officers tossing their gloves, masks and the caution tape used to block off access to his apartment in a public trash can. Continue reading “NYC cops leave Ebola doctor’s apartment and dump their protective gloves and masks in a sidewalk trash can”
All News Pipeline – by Susan Duclos
WJBK | Fox 2 News Detroit published the entire press conference given regarding the first case of Ebola in New York, where A Doctors Without Borders physician, Craig Spencer, 33, returned from an Ebola hot zone, Guinea, on October 17, 2014, after treating Ebolapatients and developed symptoms of Ebola and has tested positive for the deadly virus which has killed over 4,500 people in west Africa.
It has been reported that before developing a fever, Dr. Spencer suffered from “fatigue” described by CNN as “feeling sluggish a couple of days ago, but it wasn’t until Thursday, when he developed 100.3-degree fever,” then he contacted Doctors Without Borders to report his symptoms. Continue reading “New York Ebola Press Conference Of Lies – Full Press Conference”
WASHINGTON — A federal court dismissed two lawsuits against the Internal Revenue Service Thursday, ruling that the tax agency is no longer targeting conservative tax-exempt groups for greater scrutiny.
“Unless an actual, ongoing controversy exists in this case, this court is without power to decide it,” U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton ruled, dismissing one lawsuit brought by True the Vote, a conservative vote-monitoring organization. Continue reading “Tea Party loses court battle over targeting to IRS”
Winston-Salem Journal – by Bertrand M. Gutierrez
The voter rolls kept by the State Board of Elections contain 145 names that belong to a certain category of ineligible voter – immigrants in the U.S. under a federal program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, according to elections officials.
Josh Lawson, an SBOE spokesman, said that election officials found out about the number Tuesday night, after the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles ran a specific search for drivers with DACA licenses. Continue reading “DMV search of records turns up ineligible N.C. voters”
SPOKANE, Wash. — The assignment seemed simple enough: walk up to a woman in a mall and start a conversation. Yet the thought of it made David Erickson clammy.
A military policeman, Erickson was accustomed to dealing with strangers, but only while in uniform. This time, participating in a Department of Defense research project, he was in his street clothes—no badge, no gun, no trappings of authority. Naked. Continue reading “Military Research Could Boost Cops’ People Skills”
A respected report that summarizes the world economic outlook has said that record global debt could trigger a massive economic crisis that would last for years, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its global economic growth projections.
According to The Guardian and other sources, global debt has skyrocketed even though many governments (the U.S. not included) have worked to reduce public and private borrowing. Now, the renowned Geneva Report is sounding alarm bells, saying that a “poisonous combination” of rising debts and lower growth could lead to yet another global economic crisis. Continue reading “Global economy headed for massive crisis, warns widely respected Geneva Report”
Judicial Watch announced today that it received from the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) a “Vaughn index” detailing records about the Operation Fast and Furious scandal. The index was forced out of the Obama administration thanks to JW’s June 2012 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and subsequent September 2012 FOIA lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. Department of Justice (No. 1:12-cv-01510)). A federal court had ordered the production over the objections of the Obama Justice Department.
The document details the Attorney General Holder’s personal involvement in managing the Justice Department’s strategy on media and Congressional investigations into the Fast and Furious scandal. Notably, the document discloses that emails between Attorney General Holder and his wife Sharon Malone – as well as his mother – are being withheld under an extraordinary claim of executive privilege as well as a dubious claim of deliberative process privilege under the Freedom of Information Act. The “First Lady of the Justice Department” is a physician and not a government employee. Continue reading “Obama Asserts Fast and Furious Executive Privilege Claim for Holder’s Wife”
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AlJazeera – by David Cay Johnson
American paychecks shrank last year, just-released data show, further eroding the public’s purchasing power, which is so vital to economic growth.
Average pay for 2013 was $43,041 — down $79 from the previous year when measured in 2013 dollars. Worse, average pay fell $508 below the 2007 level, my analysis of the new Social Security Administration data shows. Continue reading “Compensation shrinks for all income groups – except the very highest”
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Daily Mail – by Wills Robinson
A decorated solider involved in the battle in Somalia depicted by the film Black Hawk Down has died at the of 52.
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Robert ‘Bob’ Gallagher, who parachuted into Panama during Operation Just Cause in 1989 and fought in Baghdad in 2003 passed away in Georgia earlier this month.
The Silver Star-winning soldier served as a platoon sergeant with Task Force Ranger and was shot in the arm in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, during the 1993 battle. Continue reading “Decorated soldier who fought in ‘Black Hawk Down’ battle in Somalia dies at 52”
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Daily Mail – by Chris Spargo
USA Today – by Gregory Korte
NBC News – by JON SCHUPPE
Natural News – by J.D. Heyes
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