Paul Hildwin is pictured in this undated handout photo courtesy of Florida Department of Corrections (Reuters)RT

Years of legal wrangling over conclusive DNA evidence proving his innocence led the Florida Supreme Court to overturn Paul Hildwin’s murder conviction and death sentence two weeks ago. Yet Hildwin remains on death row.

Twenty-eight years after his conviction for a 1985 murder, Hildwin, 54, must wait – possibly for several months – for state prosecutors to decide whether to retry the case or drop the charges.   Continue reading “Florida inmate still on death row despite DNA proof of innocence discovered years ago”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — The city’s tabloid newspaper front pages next week are easy to imagine: a photo of a nightmarish traffic jam caused by a strike at the nation’s largest commuter railroad juxtaposed with a shot of Mayor Bill de Blasio sunning on an Italian beach.

Despite the potentially damaging political optics, the Democratic mayor appears set on embarking Friday on a 10-day Italian vacation in the face of a looming Long Island Rail Road strike, which if it happens Sunday could paralyze portions of the nation’s largest city. The mayor had said he would return from his trip if a crisis arose but signaled this week that he believed his team could manage without him.   Continue reading “NYC mayor’s plan for rail strike? He’s outta here”

Mail.com

STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters have rescued a man who was trapped in rushing water at the base of a southwestern Washington waterfall after his legs got caught in rocks.

The Skamania County sheriff’s office said John Napierkowski, 19, was rescued Monday night in a pool near the bottom of Dougan Falls on the Washougal River. Napierkowski had gone swimming with friends when his legs became trapped in big rocks at the bottom of the natural pool below the waterfall, Sheriff Dave Brown said Tuesday.   Continue reading “Man rescued from base of raging waterfall”

Alix TichelmanMail.com

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A high-priced prostitute accused of leaving a Google executive to die on his yacht in California after shooting him up with a fatal hit of heroin has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and heroin charges.

Twenty-six-year-old Alix Tichelman entered the plea on Wednesday in a Santa Cruz County courtroom. Prosecutors, additionally, charged her with great bodily injury. A judge refused to reduce her $1.5 million bail.   Continue reading “Prostitute in tech exec’s death pleads not guilty”

WND – by Garth Kant

WASHINGTON – President Obama said he won’t go to the border because he doesn’t want to do a “photo-op.”

But a Texas congressman who just returned from the U.S. border with Mexico said the right presidential photo-op could actually solve the humanitarian crisis there, and stop the flood of illegal immigrants crossing into the country.

Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, said the head of the border guard union told him, “If President Obama stood by an airplane and returned the people to Guatemala, that, overnight, it would stop the flow.”   Continue reading “Illegals ‘bigger invasion than Normandy’”

The Hill – by  Alexander Bolton

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday asserted the southern border is secure despite the massive surge of illegal minors from Central America that has overwhelmed federal agencies.

“The border is secure,” he told reporters after the Senate Democrats’ weekly policy lunch. “[Sen.] Martin Heinrich [(D-N.M.)] talked to the caucus today. He’s a border state senator. He said he can say without any equivocation the border is secure.”   Continue reading “Reid: Southern border is secure”

White House press secretary Josh EarnestCNS News – by Patrick Goodenough

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday the Obama administration’s foreign policies in a number of areas have enhanced the world’s “tranquility” – a word that raised eyebrows as reporters pointed to situations in Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine and the South China Sea.

More than one reporter during Monday’s press briefing referred to a front-page Wall Street Journal article highlighting some of those crises, and citing security strategists as saying “the breadth of global instability now unfolding hasn’t been seen since the late 1970s.”    Continue reading “WH: We’ve ‘Substantially Improved the Tranquility of the Global Community’”

betty-crocker-gay-marriage-alternative-families-lgbt-mafiaNTEB

Time was, the Betty Crocker brand was the very definition of family values. All their ads featured pretty, efficient women working in the kitchen, producing fabulous meals and desserts for their adoring husband and children. Well, times have changed and so has Betty. Betty is now a lesbian with a life partner making rainbow cakes for sodomite marriage ceremonies.

A recent write-up in Advertising Age magazine read “Betty Crocker’s Newest Recipe: How to Support Gay Marriage“, and had this to say:   Continue reading “Betty Crocker Launches ‘Family Project’ to Force LGBT Values”

Common Dreams – by Robert Scheer

Barack Obama’s Justice Department on Monday announced that Citigroup would pay $7 billion in fines, a move that will avoid a humiliating trial dealing with the seamy financial products the bank had marketed to an unsuspecting public, causing vast damage to the economy.

Citigroup is the too-big-to-fail bank that was allowed to form only when Bill Clinton signed legislation reversing the sensible restraints on Wall Street instituted by President Franklin Roosevelt to avoid another Great Depression.    Continue reading “Citigroup: The Original Gangsta”

Zen Gardner

REDDING, California – The Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon to seek more information on “chemtrails” after nearly four hours of public comment on the issue.

Supervisor Pam Giacomini put the item on the agenda, and a number of so-called chemtrail experts addressed the panel, followed by dozens of speakers who blamed a host of personal and environmental ills on airplane exhaust.   Continue reading “Shasta County Supervisors All Vote to Explore Chemtrail Issue”

Henry KissingerThe Guardian

Former US secretary of state and Nobel peace prize winner Henry Kissinger underwent heart surgery at a New York City hospital on Tuesday and was resting comfortably, hospital officials said.

Kissinger, 91, underwent an aortic valve replacement procedure, according to New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

The German-born Jewish refugee served as secretary of state under Republican presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, with a hand in the diplomatic opening of China, landmark US-Soviet arms control talks, expanded ties between Israel and its Arab neighbors and the Paris peace accords with North Vietnam.   Continue reading “Henry Kissinger, 91, undergoes heart surgery”

WNCT 9 News – by Josh Birch

GREENVILLE, N.C. –Several Homeland Security cars were stationed outside of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Greenville today, sparking some concern there might be danger.

But Homeland Security officers told 9 On Your Side they were there as part of their community outreach to let people know they are in the area. Continue reading “Heavy Homeland Security presence outside Greenville court sparks concern”

Television screens display text messages during Emergency Alert System events, and could be used by future White Houses for a variety of purposesDaily Mail – by David Martosko

The Obama administration quietly announced on Tuesday that it intends to change the way Americans learn about natural disasters and other major emergencies during radio and TV broadcasts, giving the president the ability to flip a switch and address the entire nation at once.

The Emergency Alert System, the latest version of a program first established in 1951, blasts out  emergency messages in the event of local weather emergencies, but can also be used to warn Americans about terror attacks and major natural disasters.   Continue reading “New emergency alert system will give Obama the power to flip a switch and address the entire nation at once”

Sacramento Bee – by RUSSELL CONTRERAS

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal agents paid a struggling addict in crack cocaine for his help with an undercover investigation into a Las Vegas, New Mexico drug operation, a new lawsuit claims.

According to court papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, Aaron Romero, 38, was approached by DEA agents in 2011 to assist with drug deals in exchange for portions of the drugs obtained by authorities. But Romero’s participation in “Operation Smack City” reignited a previous crack addiction as he became a victim of recklessness on behalf of DEA agents, causing severe emotional and physical harm, the lawsuit said.   Continue reading “Lawsuit: DEA paid New Mexico man with crack”

The Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

If a person in the private sector went to work one day, got belligerent with someone in another department, and then assaulted that person, they would not only be fired, but could also face jail time.

However, if you are in the public sector, like a police officer, you can be grossly negligent, abusive, and assault someone; instead of being fired or facing jail time, you can go on a paid vacation and keep your job.   Continue reading “Trooper that Choked an Ambulance Driver and Got to Keep Job, In Hot Water Again”