Year: 2015

Top Tech News – by Jennifer LeClaire

Telecom giant Comcast was hacked but it refuses to take the blame. The company is being forced to reset passwords for about 200,000 customers after revelations that account information was leaked and put up for sale on the black market.

Over the weekend, the Dark Web marketplace offered up a list of 590,000 Comcast e-mail addresses and passwords. Also known as the Deep Web, the Dark Web is a slew of sites that run on darknets that require specific software or special access to reach. Hackers often use the Dark Web to sell information obtained illegally.   Continue reading “590K Comcast User Passwords Stolen, Company Blames Customers”

AP – by Pam Ramsey

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two Kentucky fugitives were lying in wait behind a fallen tree at a campsite and opened fire when U.S. marshals and West Virginia troopers tried to arrest them, a U.S. marshal said Tuesday.

The officers returned fire, killing 26-year-old Dale Maverick Hudson of Burnsville and wounding 36-year-old Peggy Chaffin of Portsmouth, Ohio. None of the officers was injured, said Alex Neville, chief deputy U.S. marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia.   Continue reading “Marshal: 1 killed, 1 wounded in shootout with authorities”

Reuters – by Brendan O’Brien

The Justice Department said on Tuesday there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against a former Milwaukee police officer in the death of an unarmed black man.

Former Milwaukee Police Officer Christopher Manney was fired after fatally shooting Dontre Hamilton on April 30, 2014. Federal authorities reviewed evidence collected in the death of Hamilton, who struggled with Manney, the Justice Department said in a statement.   Continue reading “Justice Dept. says insufficient evidence for charges against ex-Milwaukee cop”

AmmoLand

SALEM, Ore.—-(Ammoland.com)- The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to delist wolves from the state Endangered Species Act throughout Oregon today.

The meeting began at 8 a.m. and adjourned at 6:44 p.m. About 106 people came to testify and they were limited to three minutes each.

Commissioners thanked the public for coming to testify and asked that interests on both sides of the issue continue to work with each other.   Continue reading “Oregon Determines Wolves Are NOT Endangered, But Still No Hunting”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

On Saturday, we noted with great irony, that just a day after Obama – with great pomp and even more preaching – killed the Keystone XL pipeline, that a freight train with 32 cars, belonging to Warren Buffett’s BNSF, had derailed north of Alma, Wisconsin prompting several road closures and a voluntary evacuation of the affected area.   Continue reading “Third Freight Train Derails (Second Owned By Buffett) Days After Obama Kills Keystone Pipeline”

Yahoo News

Elton John and Bon Jovi will headline a 24-hour performance this month aimed at urging environmental action ahead of key climate change talks in Paris, organizers have revealed. The event, spearheaded by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and known as “24 Hours of Reality and Live Earth,” will feature artists, scientists and politicians, and will air online November 13 and 14. “Each hour, the broadcast will be punctuated by thought-provoking, knockout appearances from an all-star lineup,” organizers said.   Continue reading “Livin’ on a prayer: Elton John, Bon Jovi to headline 24-hour climate change concert”

RT

In what is a true milestone for the US, shifting demographics have led to a traditionally Polish-Catholic city in Michigan electing ‘the first-ever’ Muslim-majority council in America’s history.

The city of Hamtramck held a recent election, with a total of six candidates vying for three seats. The top three vote-winners were all Muslim. The result is now a six-member council, with four of the members Muslims. Two of the councilors were incumbent and one seat occupied by a Muslim was not up for re-election.   Continue reading “Making US history: ‘First-ever’ Muslim-majority council elected in Michigan town”

RT

Canada’s new government has given the city of Montreal the go-ahead for its plans to dump billions of liters of untreated sewage into the St. Lawrence River. The city says it may damage the environment, but the government says the alternatives are worse.

The dump would last for about a week that is needed to make critical repairs to the city’s waste-water system. Over that time an estimated 7.5 billion liters of contaminated fluid will be discharged. The work must be completed before December 5.   Continue reading “Montreal to dump billion-liter load of raw sewage into St. Lawrence River”

Mail.com

MARKSVILLE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man lay wounded in the hospital as his 6-year-old son was laid to rest, both victims of a shooting authorities say was carried out by two law enforcement officers who now face charges.

A police body camera recorded the father, Chris Few, with his hands up and posing no threat as police fired into his car, severely wounding Few and killing his son, the man’s lawyer said. “This was not a threatening situation for the police,” said Mark Jeansonne, an attorney for Chris Few, who remained hospitalized and could not attend Monday’s funeral of his son, Jeremy Mardis.   Continue reading “Boy buried after police shooting, father still in hospital”

Courthouse News Service – by Tim Ryan

WASHINGTON (CN) – The federal judge who first ruled the government’s collection of cellphone metadata unconstitutional again blocked the National Security Agency program Monday.

The decision comes nearly three months after the D.C. Circuit reversed U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s original injunction on the grounds that none of the plaintiffs in the case, including conservative legal activist Larry Klayman, could prove their data had been collected.   Continue reading “Injunction Reinstated Against NSA Spying”

USA Today – by James Bovard

Do federal agents need a license to kill in order to protect us?  Unfortunately, federal judges are giving law enforcement agents blanket immunity when they shoot Americans while the agents are on the job. It would be difficult to imagine a greater violation of equal rights under the law or a bigger mockery of due process.   Continue reading “End federal agents’ license to kill – Local police officers should not be able to claim ‘federal’ immunity from prosecution.”

Courthouse News – by NICHOLAS IOVINO

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge dismissed two lawsuits claiming the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unlawfully approved a hazardous drug for animal feeds.

Lead plaintiff Center for Food Safety sued the FDA in one of two consolidated lawsuits in November 2014, claiming its approval violated the National Environmental Policy Act and Administrative Procedure Act.   Continue reading “Judge OKs Controversial Drug in Animal Feed”

Press TV

The United States makes itself an accomplice in Israel’s atrocities perpetrated against Palestinians by providing a major chunk of the Zionist regime’s military budget, according to Rich Forer, an author, political commentator and human rights activist.

Forer, who is based in Denver, Colorado, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Monday while commenting on a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States.   Continue reading “Washington ‘partner’ to Israeli atrocities against Palestinians: Analyst”

Activist Post – by Nicholas West

It is no longer controversial to say that the world depicted in the fictional creation Minority Report is now our reality. Many mainstream outlets have admitted as much with their coverage of a range of technologies which center around tracking consumers’ biometrics for targeted marketing, predictive policing, predictive health algorithms, and interactive programs that make the real world seem more like a virtual reality simulation.   Continue reading “Hidden Cameras Being Used To Measure And Manipulate Political Views Around The World”

RT

The Spartanburg Methodist College campus in South Carolina is on lockdown Monday evening after campus police said an officer-involved shooting had occurred. One person was killed, according to officials.

The State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) released a statement saying one person was killed in the shooting.   Continue reading “1 dead after officer-involved shooting at South Carolina college”