Month: April 2015

LA Times – by W.J. HENNIGAN

The air is frigid and the wind is howling as Air Force Col. Frank Flores lifts a pair of foot-long binoculars and studies a hazy dot about 50 miles west across the Bering Strait.

“That’s the mainland there,” he shouts above the gusts.

It’s Siberia, part of Russia, on the Asian mainland.   Continue reading “Intent of Russian military aircraft near U.S. shores remains unclear”

Huffington Post – by Matt Ferner

The Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday recommended that the federal government produce almost 900 pounds of marijuana for research in 2015, more than triple the amount it had estimated it would need.

The proposal, signed by DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart, seeks to increase the government’s pot production from its projected need of 125 kilograms (276 pounds) to 400 kilograms (882 pounds). The government needs more marijuana because of “unanticipated medical, scientific, research, and industrial needs of the United States,” the DEA said in a notice published in the Federal Register.   Continue reading “DEA Wants To Triple Production Of Government Marijuana For Research”

CBS New York

SADDLE RIVER, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Officials have confirmed the coyote who attacked a man in Saddle River earlier this week tested positive for rabies.

Saddle River Acting Mayor Dr. Al Kurpis, police Chief Timothy McWilliams and other local officials called an emergency meeting Wednesday to address the development and issue guidelines to residents.   Continue reading “Officials: Coyote In Attack On Saddle River Man Tests Positive For Rabies”

KTLA 5 News – by TRACY BLOOM AND MARK MESTER

A Northern California woman with cancer said she and her family were kicked off an Alaska Airlines flight shortly before takeoff on Monday because she didn’t have a doctor’s note to fly.

Elizabeth Sedway, her husband and two sons were on a return flight from Hawaii to San Jose when a representative from the airline boarded the plane and informed her she could not be on the flight without a clearance note from her doctor, the 51-year-old woman wrote on her Facebook page.   Continue reading “California Woman Says She Was Kicked Off Alaska Airlines Flight Because She Has Cancer”

CNet – by Marguerite Reardon

AT&T has reached a $25 million settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over stolen customer data from three international call centers.

The data breaches took place at contracted call centers in Mexico, Colombia and the Philippines, and involved the unauthorized disclosure of almost 280,000 U.S. customers’ names, full or partial Social Security numbers and unauthorized access to protected account-related data. The FCC said the information obtained from these breaches was used to unlock codes for stolen phones. Workers at these call centers also sold this information to third parties.   Continue reading “Feds wallop AT&T with $25M fine over stolen customer data”

AOL – by Blake Nicholson

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Nearly a year after North Dakota college student Andrew Sadek’s body was found in a river with a bullet in the head, his mother still struggles with how her shy son who liked to bowl and belonged to a club of electricity enthusiasts got mixed up in the dangerous world of illegal drugs.

Tammy Sadek believes the answer is that Andrew signed his own death warrant when he agreed to become a confidential informant for police after they caught him selling marijuana. Authorities say he knew what he was getting into and agreed to help them of his own free will.   Continue reading “Student’s mystery death raises doubts on drug informer use”

Breitbart – by CHARLIE SPIERING

If White House staffers feel compelled to visit a gender-neutral bathroom while at work, they now have that option, Politico reports.

If they work in the White House, however, they would have to cross the complex to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in order to use the restroom with special designation.

“An all-gender restroom is also available in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which provides guests and staff an additional option,” White House spokesman Jeff Tiller tells Politico’s Sarah Wheaton.   Continue reading “White House Complex Contains Gender Neutral Bathroom”

Breitbart – by MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is changing the story about how he sustained those gruesome New Year’s Day injuries that have left him blind in one eye.

Previously, Reid claimed that an exercise band he was using “broke.”

“I was doing exercises that I’ve been doing for many years with those large rubber bands and one of them broke and spun me around and I crashed into these cabinets and injured my eye,” (emphasis added) Reid said at a press conference on January 22.   Continue reading “Harry Reid Changes His Story On How He Sustained New Year’s Day Injuries”

CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A number of New York City parents are upset that there are fewer opportunities to enroll their kids in half-day prekindergarten programs.

The expansion of prekindergarten is a key component of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration. His team expanded the allotment of free full-day pre-K seats to more than 50,000 last fall, and the aim is to increase it to more than 70,000 students this September.   Continue reading “Some NYC Parents Upset As Half-Day Pre-K Programs Disappear”

Wyandotte Patch – by Beth Dalby

At 115, Jeralean Talley, of Inkster, still thinks there’s not much better than going trout fishing near Dexter, an annual trip she plans to make again this year, God willing.

That’s more than a euphemism.

Talley, the world’s oldest living person, says her long life is a result of God’s grace.   Continue reading “World’s Oldest Living Person Credits Long Life to Living by Golden Rule”

Two Montana rednecks are out hunting, and as they are walking along they  come upon a huge hole in the ground.

They approach it and are amazed at the size of it.

The first  hunter says, “Wow, that’s some hole; I can’t even see the bottom.  I wonder how  deep it is!”

The second hunter says,” I don’t know.  Let’s throw somethin’ down there,  listen and see how long it takes to hit bottom.”   Continue reading “100 MPH Goat”

The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

By now everyone in America knows the name “Eric Garner.” What few people know about, is the man who filmed his demise at the hands of the NYPD. 22-year-old Ramsey Orta caught the infamous footage on his cell phone, and the day after Eric Garner’s autopsy report came out, he was arrested by the NYPD for carrying an unregistered firearm. Then last February he was arrested again for selling drugs to an undercover cop. Orta has since claimed that these arrests are in fact, acts of vengeance and harassment perpetrated by the NYPD.   Continue reading “Man Who Filmed Eric Garner Death Is in Prison, Fears He May Be Poisoned by Guards”

Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos

Royal Dutch Shell filed a complaint in a federal court in Alaska on Tuesday to stop a team of Greenpeace activists who’ve boarded a drilling vessel they say threatens to wreak havoc in the Arctic.

Six campaigners with the environmental organization boarded the drilling rig, which is being hauled by a separate vessel, on Monday approximately 750 miles northwest of Hawaii. The rig, the Polar Pioneer, is slated for drilling operations in the Chukchi Sea this summer.   Continue reading “Shell Files Suit to Stop Campaigners Protesting ‘Environmentally Ruinous Conduct’”

Yahoo News

Washington (AFP) – The US military command that scans North America’s skies for enemy missiles and aircraft plans to move its communications gear to a Cold War-era mountain bunker, officers said.

The shift to the Cheyenne Mountain base in Colorado is designed to safeguard the command’s sensitive sensors and servers from a potential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, military officers said.   Continue reading “US aerospace command moving comms gear back to Cold War bunker”

Yahoo News – by Holly Bailey

BOSTON—Nearly two years after two pressure-cooker bombs ripped through a crowd of unsuspecting spectators near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, a federal jury found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty for his role in the deadly attacks, which killed three and injured nearly 300.

The decision came a day and a half after seven women and five men began deliberations in the first phase of the trial and after 17 days of emotional and often gruesome testimony and evidence in the case. Jurors repeatedly saw horrific photos and videos of the bloody aftermath of the bombs. They also heard heart-wrenching testimony from survivors, including the father of the youngest victim of the attacks—8-year-old Martin Richard–whose body was literally blown apart by the second bomb.   Continue reading “Jury finds Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of Boston Marathon bombings”