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London (AFP) – An overturned cargo ship sank Sunday off the coast of Scotland as the search continued for the missing eight-member crew.
Seven Poles and one Filipino were on board the Cypriot-registered Cemfjord, a cargo ship carrying cement, which capsized around 15 miles (24 kilometres) from Wick on the northeast tip of Scotland.
Two helicopters, four lifeboats and five coastguard rescue teams are involved in the search for survivors. Continue reading “8 missing after ship sinks off Scotland”
New York attorney Richard Garbarini claimed he’s blowing the whistle on the 51-year-old nicknamed “The Smiling Preacher.” Garbarini – who previously helped a band win a judgment from Osteen and his Lakewood Church for stealing their music – is calling for an investigation, charging that Osteen uses his charity to promote his for-profit books. Continue reading “Feel-Good Preacher Joel Osteen May Have Violated Lakewood Church Non-Profit Status”
He said: “What can I help you with?”
She said: “Take this bag of potatoes,
Peel half of them and put them in the pot.”
Forget lab-made materials like graphene — natural, old-fashioned hemp may be the ticket to our energy future. Researchers have demonstrated that you can make very efficient carbon electrodes simply by heating hemp bast fibers in a two-stage process. The resulting substance holds as much energy as graphene, but is much cheaper to make. You’re just using biological leftovers, after all. It’s much more tolerant of temperature extremes, too, and can survive anything from freezing conditions to a scorching 200F. And before you ask — this is hemp, not pot, so you’re not going to get a contact high just by using a battery. Continue reading “Scientists turn to hemp for cheap, fast-charging batteries”
International Business Times – by Tom Porter
President Vladimir Putin may have been pipped to the post for his second Time Person of the Year award in as many years, but he is the undisputed winner in another yearly award, this time from a group of investigative journalists.
The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has named Putin their 2014 Person of the Year, in their annual tongue-in-cheek award for the person “who does the most to enable and promote organized criminal activity”. Continue reading “Vladimir Putin named Person of the Year for ‘innovation’ in ‘organised crime’”
The economic “recovery” has been harsh, especially for the former hedge fund manager of Paron Capital Management, James Crombie and his family of 4 including. So, as a result Crombie decided to continue living the good life: he did so by squatting in someone else’s Maryland house listed in May 2014 for over $1 million.
Crombie’s fall from grace had been quick and violent as described by ABC: Continue reading “Former Hedge Fund Manager Arrested After Squatting In Million Dollar Home”
North Korea has furiously denounced the United States for imposing sanctions in retaliation for the Pyongyang regime’s alleged cyber-attack on Sony Pictures.
North Korea’s foreign ministry reiterated that it did not have any role in the breach of tens of thousands of confidential Sony emails and business files and accused the US of “groundlessly” stirring up hostility towards Pyongyang. He said the new sanctions would not weaken the country’s 1.2 million-strong military. Continue reading “North Korea responds with fury to US sanctions over Sony hack”
An American health care worker who experienced high-risk exposure to theEbola virus while working in Sierra Leone is being transported to a Nebraska hospital for observation.
The Nebraska Medical Center says the patient should arrive in Omaha around 2 p.m. CST Sunday. Continue reading “US Medical Worker Exposed to Ebola Overseas Heads to Omaha”
SELMA, AL (WSFA) – Police body camera video from a December 2013 officer-involved shooting in Selma was released on Thursday.
The officer has been cleared following a State Bureau of Investigation and District Attorney investigation and a grand jury decision — an outcome Selma’s Police Chief traces back to the body camera or “Vid Mic” the officer was wearing. Continue reading “Selma police release video from 2013 fatal officer-involved shooting”
The New American – by Bob Adelmann
Apparently the anti-gun group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America didn’t get the memo from November: You lost big in the midterms. Instead, MDA just announced it is targeting country music star Alan Jackson and comedian Jeff Foxworthy for agreeing to open the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, in April. In its Facebook announcement, MDA criticized the two for accepting the invitation from the NRA — the group which, according to the MDA, “pushed to arm convicted criminals, blocked federal gun violence research and [their] board members promoted armed insurrection.” Continue reading “Anti-gun Groups Seeking to Build on Washington State’s “Victory””
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Okeechobee, FL — Parents calling police to make sure they are in compliance with the law prior to spanking their kids is a real concern and becoming a common practice.
As WPBF reports, a Florida father said he wanted to discipline his daughter by paddling her, but did not want to break the law, so he called the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office to come supervise. Continue reading “Nanny Police State? Parents Are Calling the Cops to Supervise them Spanking their Children”
An intelligence assessment titled Extremist Exploitation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles says there have been more than a dozen alleged plots around the world to use remote-piloted aircraft to carry explosives or chemical and biological agents. None of the plots succeeded.
There is no indication in the assessment about specific threats to Canada, but a separate document shows that Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) which is both a federal and a national police force of Canada has been developing guidelines for intercepting weaponized drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including whether it’s OK to shoot them down. Continue reading “Canada: Police fears terrorists could use drones to attack VIPs”
Suicides among soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces have doubled in 2014, according to an official report. The Israeli military has denied any connection between the upsurge and the escalating Gaza conflict.
Accoding to the report released by the IDF Manpower Division, 15 soldiers took their own lives last year, more than twice the seven suicides in 2013. Continue reading “IDF says soldiers’ suicides doubled in 2014, ‘unrelated’ to Gaza war”
Before It’s News – by Jeffery Pritchett
McDonald’s is using its latest commercial to try and prove that its food can overcome even the most storied of hatreds. After all, we all know how much the Wicked Witch hates Dorothy, or how the Democrats and Republicans simply cannot get along.
Well, apparently their food is so good that archenemies – also the title of the commercial – such as Freddy Kruger and Jason Voorhees are ready to put aside their differences just so that they can share some chicken nuggets and dipping sauce. Hell, even King Kong doesn’t have to worry about scaling the Empire State Building when McDonald’s has its way! Continue reading “You’ll Never Guess Who’s In This McDonald’s Commercial.. Freddy Vs. Jason?”
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