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Source: United Press International Posted on 12.13.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “A school van driver and a child were killed in a bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan, authorities said. At least two other children were injured in the explosion, The Nation reported. Officials said terrorists are attacking civilian targets because it is more difficult to hit high-value targets such as government buildings and military bases.” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/235jogm Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Reuters Posted on 12.13.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces a close parliamentary confidence vote on Tuesday that could drive him from office or cement his image as one of the great survivors of Italian politics. … His struggling government faces a no confidence motion in the lower house brought by the opposition and rebel centre-right deputies loyal to Fini and a confidence vote it has put forward itself in the Senate where it has a majority.” (12/14/10) Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6BC23020101213 Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: USA Today Posted on 12.13.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Tea Party favorite Joe Miller has filed an appeal in his lawsuit challenging write-in votes for Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska’s Senate race. A lower court had given Miller until today to file the appeal with the Alaska Supreme Court. Miller contends the spelling of Murkowski’s last name should matter on the write-in ballots. … Unofficial results show Murkowski leading by 2,169 votes when ballots challenged by Miller, a Fairbanks lawyer, were excluded.” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2bdxhc4 Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Fox News Posted on 12.13.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Last-minute legislation to avert a Jan. 1 increase in income taxes for millions approached its first Senate hurdle on Monday, propelled by an uneasy and unusual alliance linking the White House and top lawmakers in both parties. Senate leaders predicted the measure would gain the 60 votes needed to clear the way for final passage within a day or two.” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/285yolu Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Arizona Republic Posted on 12.13.10 by Steve Trinward “A peace march called by local authorities in western Mexico turned into a show of support for a slain drug lord Sunday, with adults and children carrying signs lauding the capo known for handing out Bibles to the poor. Hundreds of people turned out for the march in Apatzingan, the birth place of La Familia cartel leader Nazario Moreno, who was known as ‘the Craziest One’ and reputedly indoctrinated his gang members in pseudo-Christian ideology. The government says Moreno was killed in Apatzingan on Thursday in a shootout with federal police.” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/22wgrrh Filed under: PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Tennessean Posted on 12.13.10 by Steve Trinward “Mayor Karl Dean asked Tennessee lawmakers Monday not to approve immigration-related legislation that could hurt the city’s economic development efforts. ‘I’m asking them, as the mayor of Nashville, not to do anything that will put our city and our state at a competitive disadvantage,’ Dean said in a speech to the Rotary Club of Nashville. … ‘Our hospitality industry and the success of our colleges and universities depend upon it. We need to be serious right now about jobs and prosperity and education, and we can’t do that if we tie our hands by creating a global reputation as an unwelcoming, unfriendly state.’” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2b7268n Filed under: PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Christian Science Monitor Posted on 12.13.10 by Steve Trinward “Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a … lawyer. The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the thorny issue of how far lawyers may go when seeking to attract clients through whimsical and gimmicky advertising. The action lets stand a ruling by a federal appeals court invalidating a portion of New York’s rules of professional conduct mandating how law firms in the state are to behave while advertising for new clients. The rules, adopted in 2006, had prohibited the use of nicknames, trade names, and marketing slogans that might imply an unproved ability to win cases. The rules also barred use of marketing gimmicks and other attention-grabbing techniques that do not contain objective information about legal services.” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2f2an6y Filed under: CANDi News and PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Fox News Posted on 12.13.10 by Steve Trinward “School districts in western Alaska have found a new way to crack down on truancy — or rather, an old way: They’re getting police to enforce a years-old state law that lets them fine parents whose children skip school. Court records show some parents are being fined hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars, if their children miss too many school days. State law says children between the ages of 7 and 16 have to be in school or their parents can be fined up to $500 for every five unexcused absences. But not all school districts are making sure the law is enforced.” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/28eodak Filed under: CANDi News and RRND News | |
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Source: Associated Press Posted on 12.13.10 by Steve Trinward “One of the solar system’s most evocative mysteries, the origin of Saturn’s rings, may be a case of cosmic murder, new research suggests. The victim: an unnamed moon of Saturn that disappeared about 4.5 billion years ago. The suspect: a disk of hydrogen gas that once surrounded Saturn when its dozens of moons were forming. The crime: the gas forced the moon to plunge into the planet, and those spectacular, colorful rings are the only evidence left. As the doomed moon made its death spiral, Saturn robbed its outer layer of ice, which then formed rings, according to a new theory published online yesterday in the journal Nature.” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2drehzw Filed under: CANDi News and PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: ABC 30 News Posted on 12.13.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A video game store owner will not face any charges for shooting and killing a teenager who tried to rob him. The attempted robbery happened at Play-N-Trade on Brawley at Clinton in West Central Fresno Saturday night around 11:30. The body of the unidentified suspect was found about a mile away at Sussex Way and Milburn Ave. This video game store was closing up for the night when three armed suspects forced their way inside. After pushing some employees to the ground an owner took out his gun and fired one shot hitting a suspect. Salazar said the owner shot and critically wounded one teen.” (12/12/10) Link: http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7838981 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Chicago Sun-Times Posted on 12.13.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “At L.A. Tan, a man entered the business about 6:30 p.m. and announced a robbery and pointed a handgun at a female employee. The man then ordered a female customer using a tanning bed to tie the hands and feet of the female employee with a rope he had brought with him, officials said. A few minutes later, a male customer entered the business and was ordered at gunpoint by the suspect to tie his hands together, according to police. But the customer grabbed the gun. He shot the suspect twice, police said.” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2ed9tss Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: WHO TV News Posted on 12.13.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The National Rifle Association is trying to block Iowa cities and counties from establishing ‘weapons free zones’ in parks, city halls, courthouses and other government buildings. The NRA says Iowa residents should be able to use deadly force to defend themselves at home or anywhere they need to.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/29qs7kv Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: News.com.au [Australia] Posted on 12.13.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Police who broke a man’s leg after he taunted them about not being able to park a car could end up costing taxpayers $200,000 in compensation. The leg of Martin Francis, 46, was badly broken in two places, he lost his job and was out of work for eight months after he was wrongfully arrested in August last year and jammed into a police vehicle outside a Mount Isa nightclub.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/3xlqqxf Filed under: LAND News and RRND News | |
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Source: CBS News Posted on 12.13.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Republican Rep. Ron Paul, known for bucking his party in favor of his libertarian principles, says there’s a chance he’ll make another run for the presidency. ‘I’d say it’s at least 50-50 that I’ll run again,’ Paul told the New York Times in a profile of the 75-year-old congressman. His decision will reportedly hinge in part on how the economy fares.” (12/13/10) Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20025443-503544.html Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Ars Technica Posted on 12.13.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen has hit a snag in his massive patent infringement suit against Apple, Google, Netflix, Facebook, YouTube, and numerous others. US District Judge Marsha Pechman dismissed the lawsuit on Friday, according to court documents, saying that Allen’s company failed to specify infringing products from any of the 11 companies. Interval Licensing LLC, Allen’s patent holding company, filed the lawsuit in August and accused 11 Internet giants of violating four patents.” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/23exklv Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Voice of America [US State Media] Posted on 12.13.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “A lawyer for the founder of the WikiLeaks website says a secret grand jury is meeting outside Washington to consider charges in the release of thousands of sensitive U.S. documents. … U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says he has authorized significant steps to be taken in response to the latest leak. He did not elaborate.” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/32hvxjj Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: National Public Radio Posted on 12.12.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Two people were wounded in central Stockholm on Saturday in what appeared to be the first suicide bombing in the history of Sweden, which has been spared the major terrorist strikes seen in several other European countries. A car exploded in the middle of the seasonal shopping frenzy, shooting flames and causing several smaller blasts as people ran screaming from the scene. The blast that killed the alleged bomber came moments later further a few blocks away from the car explosion on a busy pedestrian street.” (12/12/10) Link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=132006323 Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Pasadena Star-News Posted on 12.12.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Pirates have captured a cargo vessel about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) east of Somalia, the European Union’s anti-piracy force said Sunday. The EU Naval Force said the attack took place only 550 miles (880 kilometers) from the coast of India. Pirates launched the Saturday attack from two skiffs that were supported by a mother ship.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/26xapoo Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: MSNBC Posted on 12.12.10 by R. Lee Wrights “A car bomb exploded Sunday outside government offices in a province west of the Iraqi capital, killing 17 people, officials said. It was the latest deadly hit on a favorite insurgent target. At least 23 people were also wounded in Sunday’s blast, according to the police and hospital officials. The blast took place near the provincial council compound in Ramadi, capital of Anbar province. Police found a second bomb in a nearby parking lot a few minutes later, but said they detonated it in a safe area.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2dzlqay Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: ABC News Posted on 12.12.10 by R. Lee Wrights “An explosives-packed minibus blew up at the entrance of a joint NATO-Afghan base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six NATO troops and two Afghan soldiers as they prepared to head out on patrol. NATO has claimed improvements in security after months of raids, patrols and strikes on insurgents in Kandahar province, but Sunday’s blast — the deadliest attack on coalition troops this month — shows the area is still far from safe.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/235496u Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: USA Today Posted on 12.12.10 by R. Lee Wrights “From a hotel room just big enough to hold a bed and a desk, the man considered the legitimate president of Ivory Coast is trying to govern a troubled nation whose sitting president refuses to leave. Alassane Ouattara does not have access to the presidential palace, so he holds Cabinet meetings in a tent on the hotel lawn. His administration has taken over the hotel manager’s office, where the fax machine is used to communicate with embassies abroad.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2ff3yl2 Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: MSNBC Posted on 12.12.10 by R. Lee Wrights “War-torn Afghanistan lacks basic national infrastructure, yet on Sunday the government unveiled plans for a $100 million electronic identification system with cards to be issued to all Afghans within five years. A chip in the wallet-size identification cards will hold a drivers’ license, vehicle registration, signature and voting registration and would aid fairer, more transparent and efficient future elections, the Ministry of Communications said.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/23hb67d Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Vail Daily Posted on 12.12.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Incumbent Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has claimed victory in Kosovo’s first general election since the province declared independence from Serbia, as an independent exit poll showed his Democratic Party of Kosovo 6 percentage points ahead of its rivals. ‘This is a vote for a European Kosovo,’ Thaci told The Associated Press on Sunday. ‘It is a referendum for good governance.’” (12/12/10) Link: http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20101212/API/1012120561 Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: CNN Posted on 12.12.10 by R. Lee Wrights “A new round of naval firing drills in South Korea is scheduled to steer clear of border islands, defense officials told the Yonhap News Agency on Sunday. The exercises, which will start Monday and end Friday, will take place off coasts on all sides of the country, the South Korean agency reported. None are scheduled near the Yellow Sea islands south of the maritime border with North Korea, defense officials said, but more locations could be added to the list.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2efyohz Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Lincoln Journal Star Posted on 12.12.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Hundreds of people protested against the Russian government Sunday at two separate rallies in Moscow, with opposition activists calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and nationalists demanding greater rights for ethnic Russians. Several opposition activists were detained. A third rally with nationalist overtones drew more than 1,000 students in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, raising fears that long-standing ethnic tensions were reaching a boiling point.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/26wof2a Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Denver Post Posted on 12.12.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Two top candidates in Haiti’s disputed presidential election are rejecting a proposed recount, threatening to torpedo a compromise aimed at quelling days of riots and violence over allegations the vote was rigged, their campaigns said Saturday. The snub by No. 1 finisher Mirlande Manigat and by third-place Michel Martelly leaves the impoverished nation dangerously volatile, with much of the population rejecting the officially announced outcome of the Nov. 28 election and many willing to protest with violence.” (12/12/10) Link: http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_16836860 Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Yahoo! News Posted on 12.12.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A Taiwan forensic scientist nicknamed the ‘jigsaw expert’ has helped one fortunate man recover cash he accidentally shredded, piecing together the remains of 200 bills in just seven days. The man, surnamed Lin, dropped a bag containing T$200,000 ($6,600) in T$1,000 bills into his plastics factory’s shredding machine last month. With the help of a local official, Lin had the shredded notes passed on to the forensics division of the Justice Ministry’s special investigations unit, which offers a free service repairing damaged cash.” (12/10/10) Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101210/od_nm/us_taiwan_cash Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: News 10 Posted on 12.12.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The home invasion took place in a rural area near Hickman on Merriam Avenue around 7:30 a.m., said Lt. Charles Grom with the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department. Grom says the targets of the home invasion shot the would-be robbers. Two of the men were later found on Oakdale-Waterford Highway in Waterford. One was fatally shot and the other was taken to a hospital with several gunshot wounds.” (12/10/10) Link: http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=111281&catid=2 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Posted on 12.12.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Allegheny County district attorney’s office will determine whether a 20-year-old woman was justified when she fatally shot a teenager in Munhall early Friday with a gun she says she wrestled away from the male during an armed robbery …. According to Mr. Schurman, the woman told detectives she had gone to a convenience store within a few blocks of her home and made a purchase. As she was walking in an alley in the rear of the 800 block of Ravine Street, Mr. Heath approached her, brandished a gun and demanded money. The woman then fought with the man, disarmed him and shot him.” (12/11/10) Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10345/1110017-55.stm Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Boston Globe Posted on 12.12.10 by Steve Trinward “A Globe investigation has found that this Supplemental Security Income program — created by Congress primarily to aid indigent children with severe physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and blindness — now largely serves children with relatively common mental, learning, and behavioral disorders such as ADHD. It has also created, for many needy parents, a financial motive to seek prescriptions for powerful drugs for their children. And once a family gets on SSI, it can be very hard to let go. The attraction of up to $700 a month in payments, and the near-automatic Medicaid coverage that comes with SSI approval, leads some families to count on a child’s remaining classified as disabled, even as his or her condition may be improving.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/32dvbjc Filed under: CANDi News and RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: New York Times Posted on 12.12.10 by Steve Trinward “When Hajji Juma Khan was arrested and transported to New York to face charges under a new US narco-terrorism law in 2008, federal prosecutors described him as perhaps the biggest and most dangerous drug lord in Afghanistan, a shadowy figure who had helped keep the Taliban in business with a steady stream of money and weapons. But what the government did not say was that Juma Khan was also a longtime American informer, who provided information about the Taliban, Afghan corruption, and other drug traffickers.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2aod7fk Filed under: PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Associated Press Posted on 12.12.10 by Steve Trinward “What’s a tweet, between friends? The law says sometimes it’s a threat. One man thought he was just bantering with his pals when he joked about blowing an airport sky-high. Another was reacting to a radio phone-in when he mused about stoning a journalist to death. Because they made their throwaway comments on Twitter, both are in legal trouble. Their cases have outraged civil libertarians and inflamed debate about the limits of free speech in a Web 2.0 world. The Internet makes private jokes, tastes, and opinions available for public consumption, blurring the line between public and private in a way that has left the law gasping to keep up.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/24afj8y Filed under: LAND News and PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Fox News Posted on 12.12.10 by Steve Trinward “The state Department of Corrections (DOC) has begun collecting used uniforms and underwear from inmates before they leave prison. After minor repairs and laundering the clothing is passed on to new inmates, with half the clothing being handed out at the state’s 13 prisons now being recycled. Any clothing that cannot be used is sold to local businesses as rags. Dan Pacholke, deputy director of prisons, said DOC had also decided to ditch the traditional 1970s vintage tube sock in favor of cheaper, shorter ankle socks, at a saving of $22,000 annually.” (12/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2cqsnfh Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Washington Post Posted on 12.12.10 by Steve Trinward “For nearly five months, James Cole has been awaiting a Senate vote on his nomination for deputy attorney general, by far the longest delay to fill the position in the past 30 years. He may have to wait longer. Cole’s nomination for the Justice Department’s No. 2 position was approved by the Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote in July but has stalled on the Senate floor. Democrats and Republicans are blaming each other, even as a bipartisan group of former deputy attorneys general is calling on senators to act. If Congress adjourns this month without a vote on Cole, the nomination will be sent back to the White House.” (12/121/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2cgd4cx Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: CNN Posted on 12.12.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Arguing that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has ‘weakened the organization,’ a newly organized rival to the website known for leaking official secrets says it will launch Monday. The founders of Openleaks.org say they are former WikiLeaks members unhappy with the way WikiLeaks is being run under Assange.” (12/12/10) Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/12/12/wikileaks.rival/ Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] Posted on 12.12.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Miley Cyrus has come under fire from anti-drugs campaigners, who have criticised the teenage star after she was caught on camera allegedly smoking a hallucinogenic legal high. … The 18-year-old, who is shown giggling and babbling incoherently in the film, is said to have been smoking controversial but legal psychoactive plant Salvia, and experts [sic] are already stepping forward to condemn Cyrus’ actions.” (12/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/334yhyu Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Computer World Posted on 12.09.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “The retaliatory attacks by pro-WikiLeaks activists are growing in strength as hackers add botnets and thousands of people download an open-source attack tool, security researchers said today. … Most of those participating in the attacks are using the LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon) DDoS tool, said researchers with Imperva and Sophos. The open-source tool, which is sometimes classified as a legitimate network- and firewall-stress testing utility, is being downloaded at the rate of about 1,000 copies per hour, said Tal Be’ery, the Web research team lead at Imperva’s Application Defense Center.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/27my9r7 Filed under: LAND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Rochester Post-Bulletin Posted on 12.09.10 by R. Lee Wrights “A former New Orleans police officer was convicted Thursday of fatally shooting a man in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath and another officer was convicted of burning the man’s body in a case that exposed one of the ugliest chapters in the police department’s troubled history. A federal jury also convicted a third officer of writing a false report on the deadly shooting of 31-year-old Henry Glover, but two others were acquitted of charges stemming from the alleged cover-up.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2c7k59k Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: AntiWar.Com Posted on 12.09.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “At least six Iraqis were killed and six more were wounded in light violence. Also, about 40 Christian families have reportedly left Basra for northern Iraq or Europe in the wake of anti-Christian attacks in Baghdad.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/36e5xd2 Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Chicago Sun-Times Posted on 12.09.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Insurgents killed a NATO service member Thursday in southern Afghanistan, where coalition and Afghan troops are battling to gain control of traditional Taliban strongholds. The international military coalition did not provide details about the death, which brings to 13 the number of NATO service members who have died in Afghanistan this month. More than 670 have been killed so far this year, already exceeding the 502 killed last year.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/23pega5 Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Los Angeles Times Posted on 12.09.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Despite Democratic efforts, Republicans on Thursday prevented a vote on the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, putting the repeal of a ban on gays serving openly in the military in doubt. … Republicans have vowed to block any votes until after resolving the unrelated issue of expiring tax cuts.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/297z9q4 Filed under: PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Stop The Drug War Posted on 12.09.10 by Steve Trinward “Once again, this time last week in Michigan, the federal DEA has teamed up with recalcitrant state and local law enforcement in a bid to negate the will of the public and the law of the land. Heavily-armed state and federal lawmen raided a pair of medical marijuana gardens in the town of Okemos, outside Lansing, breaking windows, throwing smoke grenades, and seizing thousands of dollars worth of equipment and medical marijuana plants — all in a raid of a facility that is undeniably within the confines of Michigan’s medical marijuana law.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2ecl74f Filed under: PND News and RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Raw Story Posted on 12.09.10 by Steve Trinward “An unnamed Russian official suggested Wednesday that detained WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be awarded a Nobel prize. ‘Non-governmental and governmental organizations should think of ways to help him,’ a source in the Kremlin administration told RIA Novosti. ‘Perhaps he could be awarded a Nobel prize.’ The remarks by the Kremlin official come after Assange was arrested Tuesday morning by London Metropolitan police on a warrant out of Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning. He is accused of one count of unlawful coercion, two counts of sexual molestation, and one count of rape. … Assange claims the charges against him are politically motivated.” [editor’s note: And by all that is holy, they are! Even a cursory look at the “evidence” shows consensual sex in both cases - SAT] (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/24luoo2 Filed under: PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Los Angeles Times Posted on 12.09.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Actor Wesley Snipes began serving a three-year sentence at a federal prison in Pennsylvania on Thursday for failure to file income tax returns. Snipes, 48, arrived shortly before noon at the Federal Correctional Institution McKean in the tiny northwestern Pennsylvania town of Lewis Run, federal prisons spokesman Ed Ross said. He had been ordered to surrender by noon.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/26v5vxx Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Associated Press Posted on 12.09.10 by Steve Trinward “At least $3 billion is needed over five years to restore the environmental health of the Gulf of Maine, according to a new report described as the most comprehensive ecological needs assessment ever done for the gulf. Two years in the making, the US Gulf of Maine Habitat Restoration and Conservation Plan identifies the major environmental problems in the gulf, including habitat loss, pollution, climate change, and the spread of invasive species. It also gives solutions for the problems and, for the first time, attaches a price tag to those solutions.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2febu6t Filed under: CANDi News and PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Times of India [India] Posted on 12.09.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “The incident involving the royal limousine came as protesters roamed through the West End of London, smashing shop windows and setting rubbish bins alight on Oxford Street, the capital’s main shopping centre. The royal couple was being driven to a theatre performance when their black Rolls Royce was struck by objects and daubed in white paint. Windows were broken and the side doors were kicked in. Photographs showed the couple looking out, open-mouthed in shock.” (12/10/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/25dglvj Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Boston Globe Posted on 12.09.10 by Steve Trinward “In the vicious civil war that consumed his homeland, Moses Geng Ajou’s village in Southern Sudan was burned down twice. At 7 years old, he fled, joining thousands of Lost Boys who braved crocodile attacks and hunger in a long journey to safety that eventually landed them in the United States. Now 30 years old, he joined a steady stream of South Sudanese refugees who converged at a community center in Arlington yesterday and registered to vote in a historic referendum next month that could dramatically reshape their homeland’s future.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2a4vh65 Filed under: CANDi News and RRND News | |
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Source: Agence France-Presse Posted on 12.09.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “The largest US labor federation said it opposed a sweeping free trade agreement with South Korea, hurting the accord’s chances of getting through the US Congress. AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka praised President Barack Obama’s efforts to address what unions view as problems with the accord but warned they did not sufficiently address the issues of outsourcing US jobs and possible currency manipulation.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2dljb36 Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: MSNBC Posted on 12.09.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Virginia Tech could be fined as much as $55,000 because it broke the law by waiting too long to notify students during a 2007 shooting rampage, according to a federal report issued Thursday. The U.S Department of Education had found in January that the school violated federal law with its response during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, but gave Tech a chance to respond to the finding in its preliminary report.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/27nfkzm Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Posted on 12.09.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Haiti’s electoral council will re-count the vote in the country’s disputed election in view of election monitors and potentially the three leading candidates themselves, the council president said Thursday. The decision follows rioting sparked by the announcement that government-backed candidate Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat were poised to enter a January runoff, while entertainer Michel ‘Sweet Micky’ Martelly had apparently been narrowly eliminated.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/23ydtj8 Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: CNN Posted on 12.09.10 by R. Lee Wrights “The African Union has suspended the Ivory Coast from the organization amid the country’s political chaos following a November runoff election, it said in a statement. The group suspended the Ivory Coast ‘in all AU activities, until such a time the democratically-elected president effectively assumes state power,’ the statement said.” (12/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/29vaqbz Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: WIBW News Posted on 12.09.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “An apartment resident who shot and killed an intruder will not face charges. Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor said Wednesday he reviewed the case and determined 46-year old Normon Hammond acted ‘well-within his lawful rights to protect himself and others from immediate harm.’ Topeka Police say Hammond fired shots at 49-year old Edward Bowens early Saturday morning, as Bowens was breaking into Hammond’s apartment. The two lived at the same apartment complex at SW 12th and Polk. With Bowens’ death, Taylor says his office considers the case closed.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/24r6qy9 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: The Ledger Posted on 12.09.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Police have identified two men who burst into a St. Petersburg game parlor wielding guns Tuesday night and wound up in a shoot-out. One was killed, the other wounded. … Two masked men had barely walked into the business when at least one customer fired a gun, and a robber fired a few rounds before he was shot and killed.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2d85mbe Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: The Hindu [India] Posted on 12.09.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, has been transferred to the segregation unit of Wandsworth prison, south London, where the authorities are planning to give him limited access to the internet, it emerged on Thursday. Mr. Assange, the most famous inmate in the Victorian jail, met his legal team on Thursday after being sent there on remand when he was refused bail on Tuesday.” (12/10/10) Link: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article942085.ece Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Rolling Stone Posted on 12.09.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “On Thursday, Florida’s Clemency Board pardoned the late Doors frontman Jim Morrison for two misdemeanor convictions stemming from a 1969 incident in which he allegedly exposed himself. The pardon was requested by outgoing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and the state Clemency Board unanimously granted it.” (12/09/10) Link: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/68404/241057 Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Libertarian News Examiner Posted on 12.09.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “If you thought the airport Opt Out Day demonstrations on the day before Thanksgiving was a one-shot showdown against abusive TSA tactics you thought wrong. The We Won’t Fly team of Jim Babb and George Donnelly has launched a follow-up protest — placing giant billboards outside America’s airports.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/26ar9z3 Filed under: LAND News and RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: AntiWar.Com Posted on 12.08.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “At least four Iraqis were killed and 23 more were wounded in the latest violence. Seven Iranian pilgrims were also wounded in an attack while on their way to Karbala for Ashuraa observances. That holiday, which unintentionally marks the schism between Shi’ite and Sunni Islam, culminates next week and could mean an increase in violence, particularly for Iranian pilgrims. Also, A U.S. soldier died of wounds received during a sniper attack.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/29uwv3w Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: RTT News Posted on 12.08.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “Two members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in separate insurgent attacks in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday. An ISAF statement did not disclose the nationality of the soldiers, pending communication to their families.” (12/08/10) Link: http://www.rttnews.com/Content/GeneralNews.aspx?Id=1501316&SM=1 Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: The Nation [Pakistan] Posted on 12.08.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “At least 18 people were killed and 35 others got injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up beside a minibus at congested Tirah Bazaar in Kohat district on Wednesday. According to details, a suicide bomber, who was reportedly 16 to 18 years old, approached a minibus carrying passengers from Tirah Bazaar to Orakzai Agency and blew himself up.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/3y9826e Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: MSNBC Posted on 12.08.10 by R. Lee Wrights “A 21-year-old part-time construction worker obsessed with jihad was arrested Wednesday when he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a military recruitment center — the second time in less than two weeks that an alleged homegrown terrorist was nabbed in a sting operation. Antonio Martinez, a naturalized U.S. citizen who goes by the name Muhammad Hussain, faces charges of attempted murder of federal officers and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, according to court documents filed Wednesday.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/28o6cmy Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: CNN Posted on 12.08.10 by R. Lee Wrights “The first commercial spacecraft to return from a low-Earth orbit splashed into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday about 500 miles off the coast of Southern California. The Dragon, a craft developed by the company SpaceX, was concluding a brief but possibly historic flight for the infant commercial space travel industry.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2ckcbzx Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: USA Today Posted on 12.08.10 by R. Lee Wrights “The Army is shipping powerful new rifles to its snipers in Afghanistan to kill insurgents who are firing from greater distances and shooting at troops more frequently than in the early years of the war. The XM2010 sniper rifle can hit a target 3,937 feet away, which is a quarter-mile farther than the current Army sniper rifle shoots.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2fc9s27 Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: MSNBC Posted on 12.08.10 by R. Lee Wrights “North Korea released a report on Thursday defending last month’s deadly attack on a South Korean island, accusing Seoul and Washington of ‘persistently escalating tension’ in disputed seas off its west coast. The North fired a barrage of artillery shells at Yeonpyeong, one of five South Korean islands straddling the contested Northern Limit Line (NLL) sea border, killing four people, including two civilians.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2agu6nk Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Iron Mountain Daily News Posted on 12.08.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Lawmakers narrowly approved tax hikes as part of Ireland’s most brutal budget in history, a 1/36 billion ($8 billion) slash-and-tax plan imposed as a key condition of the nation’s international bailout. Rejection following Tuesday’s publication of the long-awaited 2011 budget would have forced Prime Minister Brian Cowen’s resignation and snap elections — and raised doubts about whether Ireland could tap 1/367.5 billion ($90 billion) from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/27cwuxo Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Posted on 12.08.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Colombia’s FARC rebels say they plan to release five captives and will deliver them to trusted go-between Piedad Cordoba once the government offers security guarantees. The leftist guerrillas said in a communique published Wednesday by the sympathetic Anncol website that they would free a police major, an army corporal and a marine as well as two councilmen from a southeastern town.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2fxg93u Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle Posted on 12.08.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Democrats controlling the House muscled through legislation Wednesday night that would freeze the budgets of most Cabinet departments and fund the war in Afghanistan for another year. The bill would cap the agencies’ annual operating budgets at the $1.2 trillion approved for the recently finished budget year — a $46 billion cut of more than 3 percent from President Barack Obama’s request.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2fxoxt5 Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: CNN Posted on 12.08.10 by R. Lee Wrights “President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a $1.15 billion measure to fund a settlement initially reached between the Agriculture Department and minority farmers more than a decade ago. The 1997 Pigford v. Glickman case against the U.S. Agriculture Department over claims of discrimination against black farmers was settled out of court 11 years ago.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/34h87co Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Macon Telegraph Posted on 12.08.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Amnesty International on Thursday accused Croatia of failing to prosecute war crimes quickly and impartially, saying many perpetrators of brutalities may never face trial because of the country’s lack of will to investigate its painful history. Despite promises by the government to aggressively probe war crimes committed during the country’s bloody 1991-1995 ethnic war with Serb rebels, the country only closes 18 cases each year, with about 700 cases yet to be prosecuted and many likely never to come to trial, the human rights watchdog said in a new report.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2bjvqqo Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Culpeper Star-Exponent Posted on 12.08.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Human rights activists have slammed the Philippines for aligning with China in boycotting the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Human Rights Watch deputy director for Asia Elaine Pearson said her organization is shocked and disappointed the Philippines declined the invitation to Friday’s ceremony in Norway.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/248hw93 Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: ABC News Posted on 12.08.10 by R. Lee Wrights “The House voted Wednesday to approve a controversial immigration measure that would provide a conditional path to legal residency for hundreds of thousands of young, undocumented immigrants first brought to the U.S. illegally [sic] by their parents. The bill — the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM Act — passed 216 to 198, including eight Republicans in favor of the bill and 38 Democrats opposed.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/3yl8syd Filed under: RRND News | |
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Source: Fort Smith Gun Rights Examiner Posted on 12.08.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Arkansas has now made it official — House Bill 1051 was pre-filed Tuesday by Representative Denny Altes of Fort Smith. HB1051, appropriately titled the Defensive Carry Restoration Act (DCRA), will restore the rights of citizens to freely carry handguns for self-defense. ‘This legislation (which will not affect the current Concealed Handgun Carry License Law in any way) is designed to allow open carry by the people of Arkansas without requiring an expensive permit. The carrying of a concealed firearm without a permit, however, will still be deemed illegal.’” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/23psfao Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Boston Globe Posted on 12.08.10 by Steve Trinward “Nearly two years after Bernard Madoff’s swindle became public, one of his most enduring clients and friends, Boston philanthropist Carl J. Shapiro, has agreed to return $625 million that Madoff stole from other people and paid to him over four decades. The legal settlement, announced yesterday, is the largest so far in the Madoff case and resolves the government’s civil claims against Shapiro and his extended family. … Shapiro, 97, admitted no wrongdoing in yesterday’s settlement.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/26m9byo Filed under: CANDi News and PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Tennessean Posted on 12.08.10 by Steve Trinward “The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee has warned school officials across the state about holiday celebrations. In a letter to the 137 public school superintendents, the group reminded them that holiday celebrations focusing primarily on one religious holiday amount to a school’s unconstitutional endorsement of religion.” [editor’s note: So does that mean Christmas decorations, without at least a menorah and a Kwanzaa headdress alongside ‘em, are now illegal in school? - SAT] (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/32pd8ss Filed under: CANDi News and PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Fox News Posted on 12.08.10 by Steve Trinward “For more than a decade, as Christmas approached and a bone-chilling cold held the Midwest in its grip, officials in Willoughby, Ohio, would take down the most prominent American flag in town and replace it with … a pole-dancing Santa Claus. The illuminated Santa is part of an elaborate holiday light display in a downtown park, and leaders in the city located 18 miles northeast of Cleveland say Saint Nick has been swinging on that same 100-foot flagpole for about 12 years. But this year, for the first time, some residents of the town of 23,000 are saying the tradition is unpatriotic, especially in a time of war.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/23othn9 Filed under: LAND News and PND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Bloomberg News Posted on 12.08.10 by Steve Trinward “The number of Americans receiving food stamps rose to a record 42.9 million in September as the jobless rate stayed near a 27-year high, the government said. Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program subsidies for food purchases jumped 16 percent from a year earlier and increased 1.2 percent from August, the US Department of Agriculture said yesterday in a statement on its website. Participation has set records for 22 straight months.” (12/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/29hlox2 Filed under: CANDi News and RRND News | |
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