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Jerry Van Dyke, comedian, actor and younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, died Friday afternoon at his Arkansas home at the age of 86.
Van Dyke’s wife, Shirley, confirmed her husband’s death to TMZ. Shirley said her husband’s health began deteriorating after they were both involved in a car accident two years earlier. Continue reading “Jerry Van Dyke, comedian and actor, dead at age 86”
Who else would have access to the best stocked pantry in the world but Martha Stewart?
The lifestyle guru is inviting a member of the public to join her on the first ever expedition to the ‘doomsday’ Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic.
Buried beneath the world’s northernmost town on an island in the icy reaches of Norway, the vault contains around half a billion seeds of just about every type of crop on the planet. Continue reading “Martha Stewart heading to the ‘Doomsday’ Arctic seed vault”
Daniel Gruss didn’t sleep much the night he hacked his own computer and exposed a flaw in most of the chips made in the past two decades by hardware giant Intel, something we discussed in “Why The Implications Of The Intel “Bug” Are Staggering.” And as Reuters describes in fascinating detail, the 31-year-old information security researcher and post-doctoral fellow at Austria’s Graz Technical University had just breached the inner sanctum of his computer’s CPU and stolen secrets from it.
Until that moment, Gruss and colleagues Moritz Lipp and Michael Schwarz had thought such an attack on the processor’s ‘kernel’ memory, which is meant to be inaccessible to users, was only theoretically possible. Continue reading “The “Meltdown” Story: How A Researcher Discovered The “Worst” Flaw In Intel History”
An escalation in immigration enforcement over the past year has brought a new level of anxiety for the several thousand migrant farm workers living in Vermont.
For the first time since 2010, arrests and detentions by the U.S. Border Patrol increased in Vermont, New Hampshire and northeastern New York last year. Continue reading “For Undocumented Workers On Vermont Farms, 2017 Was A Year Filled With Anxiety”
In what is being characterized as a rare address to the world’s largest fighting force, President Xi Jinping on January 04 urged the Chinese military to be ready for war and ‘don’t fear death’.
As the beat of the war drums gets louder in East Asia and abroad, Xi’s rare speech to the military kicked off the New Year with a grim warning, as China and other countries in the region could be preparing for a turbulent year ahead. Continue reading “China’s Xi Warns Military: Be Ready For War & “Don’t Fear Death””
The home of a woman who accused Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual harassment has burned down in what is being investigated as a possible arson attack.
Tina Johnson, who alleged in November that Moore groped her in his office in 1991, said Friday that her house in Gadsden, Alabama had burned down on Tuesday morning. None of the family were home at the time of the fire. Continue reading “Home of Roy Moore accuser burned to the ground in suspected arson”
Petro Truck Stop – This particular one is one of the finest in the country. This was the view at breakfast.
Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharrey
ALBANY, N.Y. (Jan. 5, 2018) – A bill introduced in the New York Senate would allow customers to opt out of installing “smart meter” technology on their homes and businesses. Passage of this bill would allow New Yorkers to protect their own privacy, and it would take a step toward blocking a federal program in effect.
Sen. Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn) introduced Senate Bill 7214 (S7214) on Jan. 3. The legislation would allow New Yorkers to opt out of any utility company smart meter program with no penalty. Continue reading “New York Bill Would Allow Customers to Opt Out of Smart Meters, Undermine Federal Program”
The Mexican immigrant acquitted of murder in the 2015 shooting of Kathryn Steinle on a San Francisco pier was sentenced to time served Friday for weapons possession, but he did not walk out of court a free man.
Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, 45, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals even though he already served more than two years behind bars while awaiting trial for the Steinle killing. Continue reading “Immigrant acquitted of Steinle murder gets time served on lesser gun charge, taken into federal custody”
NFL heiress Jacqueline Kent Cooke’s scuffle with a 52-year-old lawyer at a Manhattan restaurant last Sunday is now being probed as a hate crime for her alleged anti-Semitic remarks, The New York Daily News reported.
Cooke was arrested and charged Wednesday with second-degree assault for allegedly bashing Matthew Haberkorn in the head with a $300 glass purse outside an Upper East Side restaurant. The two had gotten into a heated argument outside the restaurant after Cooke and her boyfriend allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks to Haberkorn and his family. Continue reading “NFL heiress’ alleged anti-Semitic remarks being probed as hate crime”
East Bay Times – by Joseph Geha
A former high school teacher in Fremont who pleaded no contest to charges of having unlawful sex with an underage student may not face any jail time for her crimes, a prosecutor said last week.
Corine Audiat, also known as Audiat-Gee, agreed to a deal with the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office last month in which she pleaded no contest to two felony charges in exchange for the dismissal of five other charges, according to court records. Continue reading “Fremont: Former high school teacher who had sex with student may avoid jail”
Vice President Mike Pence has invited Sen. Jeff Flake and other pro-amnesty Senators to meet with President Donald Trump next week as business-first advocates scramble to shift the president’s pro-American immigration priorities.
The invite was leaked to Politico: Continue reading “Report: VP Pence Invites Sen. Flake To Lobby Trump For Amnesty”