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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The first Syrian family to be resettled to the U.S. under its speeded-up “surge operation” departed to the United States Wednesday from the Jordanian capital, Amman.

Ahmad al-Abboud, who is being resettled with his wife and five children, said that although he is thankful to Jordan — where he has lived for three years after fleeing Syria’s civil war — he is hopeful of finding a better life in the U.S.   Continue reading “First Syrians leave for US under surge resettlement program”

Reuters

Former Massey Energy Chief Executive Don Blankenship was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $250,000 on Wednesday for his role in a 2010 West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 workers.

Blankenship, known as West Virginia’s “king of coal” for his rags-to-riches background and tough approach to business, was given the maximum sentence for the misdemeanor conviction by U.S. District Judge Irene Berger. He also was sentenced to a year of supervised probation after release.   Continue reading “Former U.S. coal CEO gets prison time for blast that killed 29”

USA Today

In his 1968 song Mama Tried, Merle Haggard sang of turning 21 in prison. Haggard, who died Wednesday in California at age 79, had done just that, though not, as he sang in the song, “doing life without parole.”

Haggard’s youth of petty crime, financial insecurity and freight-car hopping eventually informed songs that spoke plainly but not predictably of social outcasts, blue-collar concerns and persistent restlessness.   Continue reading “Merle Haggard dead at 79”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Eden Prairie, MN — On Feb 7, 2014, Matthew Serbus led police on a dangerous high-speed chase before crashing his car and taking Dawn Pfister as a hostage. Police would shoot Serbus as he held a knife to Pfister, then, walk up to Pfister and kill her too. The entire incident was recorded on a police dashcam.

The Chaska police department never released the dashcam footage showing the killing until now — after all the officers involved were cleared by a grand jury. Now, the family of Dawn Pfister is speaking out and has hired an attorney to bring their daughter’s murderer to justice.   Continue reading “Disturbing Video Shows Cops Shoot Suspect, Then Walk Up to His Hostage and Execute Her”

The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

On February 10th, a resident of Fargo, North Dakota seemingly lost his mind after an argument with his wife, Michelle Schumacher. He threatened to shoot her with a pellet gun, and she wisely chose to flee her home. It wasn’t long before a police officer showed up, who Marcus Schumacher wound up killing with a .22 rifle.

Two SWAT teams then showed up, and a 12 hour standoff ensued. Schumacher refused to back down. Even after his home was tear gassed, he continued to open fire on the officers. So eventually the SWAT teams were given permission to kill him. The standoff ended after a sniper shot him in the arm, and Schumacher decided to shoot himself in the head.   Continue reading “N Dakota Swat Team Considered Convincing Barricaded Gunman To Kill Himself”

Investment Research Dynamics

Right now it is $1,390 an ounce, but before the events in New York and Washington it was $280 an ounce,” he wrote. He added, “If the price of gold reaches $1,500 or a little over before you get this message, it’s still all right to buy it. – NY Times quoting Bin Laden

Some of you may remember back in like 2003 or 2004 when gold’s move up was starting to catch the eye of the mainstream media and CNBC’s Bob Pisani made the comment from his theatrical perch on the floor of the NYSE that “gold is the currency of terrorists.”   Continue reading “The NY Times Tries To Demonize Gold”

Reuters

A former BP Plc (BP.L) rig supervisor who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was sentenced to 10 months of probation on Wednesday, concluding a federal criminal case in which no one received prison time over the disaster.

Donald Vidrine, 68, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval in New Orleans, in accordance with a plea agreement in which the defendant admitted to the negligent discharge of oil, a Clean Water Act violation.   Continue reading “No prison terms for Gulf spill as final defendant gets probation”

Reuters

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $386 million sale of precision-guided bombs to Australia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Wednesday.

The agency said the government of Australia had requested up to 2,950 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs, up to 50 guided test vehicles plus support and test equipment as well as other support.   Continue reading “U.S. approves possible $386 million sale of bombs to Australia”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Brazil has been in crisis for some time now.

The country’s economy shrunk -3.8% last year, and its President, Dilma Rousseff, is holding on for dear life. Once chairman of Petrobras, the state-run oil giant currently engulfed in a colossal political scandal, she is now being threatened with impeachment just 15 months into her second four-year term.   Continue reading “The 50 Most Murderous Cities In The World”

AmmoLand – by Justin Stakes

Roseville, CA -(AmmoLand.com)- AB 2459 was pulled from the Assembly Public Safety Committee Hearing this morning and we have your calls, tweets and emails to thank for it!

The bill, authored by Assembly member Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento), will wipe out every gun dealer in the State of California.

But, at least for today, AB 2459 won’t be moving forward.   Continue reading “Worst Anti-Gun Bill Pulled, Will Be Heard Again”

Washington Post – by Sandhya Somashekhar

Investigators with the California Department of Justice on Tuesday raided the home of David Daleiden, the anti-abortion activist behind a series of undercover videos targeting Planned Parenthood, the activist said.

Authorities seized a laptop and multiple hard drives from his Orange County apartment, Daleiden said in an email. The equipment contained all of the video Daleiden had filmed as part of his 30-month project, “including some very damning footage that has yet to be released to the public,” he said.  Continue reading “California authorities raid home of anti-Planned Parenthood videographer”

OPB

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office released video footage Tuesday shot from Ryan Bundy’s cellphone in the moments before and after police shot wildlife refuge occupier Robert “LaVoy” Finicum.

Ryan Bundy, the brother of Ammon Bundy, was one of the leaders of the occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. The footage is shot from inside Finicum’s truck during a fatal Oregon State Police traffic stop Jan. 26.   Continue reading “Finicum Shooting Investigators Release Bundy Cellphone Video”

North Jersey

It was little more than a storefront — manned by undercover agents posing as corrupt school administrators — but over several years the University of Northern New Jersey flushed out more than 1,000 foreigners seeking fraudulent student and foreign worker visas to unlawfully stay and work in this country, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said Tuesday.

Fishman unveiled the sting operation — the first of its kind involving a sham school set up by agents — at a news conference in Newark after authorities in New Jersey and Washington State arrested 21 brokers, recruiters and employers for their alleged involvement in what Fishman termed “a wide-ranging scheme to defraud … the United States in connection with student visas.”   Continue reading “21 charged with student-visa fraud after feds open fake college”

RT

A seven-month-old baby is among 15 American Muslims named in two lawsuits being brought against the US government by the Council of American-Islamic Relations for placing the plaintiffs on the so-called terror watch list without due process.

“The terrorism watch lists are premised on the false notion that the government can somehow accurately predict whether an innocent American citizen will commit a crime in the future based on religious affiliation or First Amendment activities,” said Lena Masri, legal director for the Council of American-Islamic Relations, Michigan, in a statement released on Tuesday.   Continue reading “‘Bigoted and misguided’: American Muslims file twin lawsuits over terror watch list”

Mail.com

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Tackling extremism is a political minefield in Pakistan, where politicians openly consort with leaders of banned militant groups and sympathy exists within the security forces and civil administration for perpetrators of crimes committed in the name of religion. As a result, many remain skeptical of the state’s ability to put an end to the militant violence that kills hundreds of Pakistani civilians each year.

A suicide bombing in a park in Lahore that killed 72 people, many of them Christians celebrating Easter Sunday, brought renewed international attention to Pakistan’s extremism problem. In the aftermath, security forces arrested hundreds of suspected militants.   Continue reading “In Pakistan, tackling extremism is a political minefield”

Mail.com

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two weeks after admitting to sexually charged remarks to a female aide, embattled Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley faces a call for his impeachment from a bipartisan group of lawmakers who said the public has lost confidence in the Republican governor.

Although the impeachment effort is considered a longshot in the legislative session that ends next month, it is a sign of the governor’s growing political troubles in the wake of the scandal. “We are looking at this governor who has essentially betrayed the trust of the people of Alabama through actions and lies that have caused us to have some doubt about his leadership,” Rep. Ed Henry said during a news conference at the Alabama Statehouse.   Continue reading “Impeachment call latest complication for Alabama governor”