Thursday, Aug 23, 2012
Mark recently wrote about a fantastic front yard veggie gardenin Drummondville, Quebec, which local officials wanted destroyed. Alejandro De La Cruz writes to say that they've backed down: not only will the garden stay, but the town publicly announced that…
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Institute for Science and International Security
A satellite photo shows suspicious activity at the Parchin site, an Iranian complex that may have been used for weapons testing. The new image, taken on Aug. 15, shows what appears to be pink tent-like material…
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August 22, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. — National Republican party officials on Wednesday put their party officially on record opposing United Nations‘ attempts, some backed by Democrats in…
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Aug 24, 2012
I've recently been using the final, Released to Manufacturing version of Windows 8 on one of my computers, to much delight. I've been very impressed by how fast, well-designed, functional and capable this latest iteration of Windows is. However, my tinkering around from a security/privacy perspective has…
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20 August 2012
The US must open itself to an independent investigation into its use of drone strikes or the United Nations will be forced to step in, Ben Emmerson QC said yesterday.
His comments came as Pakistani officials…
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August 24, 2012
West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority
A US veteran is facing charges of terrorism after being arrested for trying to get some exercise. That’s William Alemar’s story, at least, who was detained this week after jogging in full military fatigues in public while carrying a training rifle.
Authorities have charged…
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Aug 23, 2012
(Reuters) - Iran has installed many more uranium enrichment machines in an underground bunker, diplomatic sources said on Thursday, potentially paving the way for a…
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23 Aug 2012
The gold standard has returned to mainstream U.S. politics for the first time in 30 years, with a “gold commission” set to become part of official Republican party policy. …
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Thursday, August 23
A curious 100-year-old package will be opened at noon tomorrow in Norway, and it's got folks on reddit in guessing-game mode. The nearly 7-pound, 16-inch-long package was bestowed on the town of Sel in 1912 by then mayor Johan Nygaard with strict instructions to open it in…
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August 21, 2012
San Diego police are under close scrutiny after accidentally shooting a homeowner who called 911 after allegedly seeing a man in a ski maskprowling the neighborhood.
While searching for the man, police entered the backyard of the woman’s home, San…
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August 23, 2012
HOPEWELL, Va. (WTVR) – A Hopewell circuit court judge has ordered that a Marine veteran detained over anti-government Facebook posts be released from a psychiatric hospital.
CBS 6 News’ Catie Beck said the Judge Allan Sharrett dismissed the case Thursday against Brandon Raub. The judge said the original petition for Raub’s detention contained…
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August 21, 2012
JOANNE Dunn will today make the most heartbreaking decision a mother can face.
She will meet with doctors to ask them to stop feeding her son, Mark Leigep, to let him die.
Mr Leigep, 37, has been in a vegetative state…
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August 21, 2012
That Biden visit to Tampa got my wheels spinning. What the hell are they up to? How far is Biden willing to go to remain relevant? To stay on the ticket? So I put some feelers out to the WH. Got lots of people willing to talk and share these days.…
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August 23, 2012
MANKATO, Minn. – The head football coach at Minnesota State, Mankato, was charged Wednesday with two counts related to child pornography after authorities said they found nude images of children on his cellphone.
Todd Hoffner, 46, of Eagle Lake, was charged with one count of…
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August 22, 2012
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is planning to travel to Tehran next week, in his first overseas visit since taking over after his father's death in December, South Korea’s Yonhap and Arirang news services reported on Wednesday.
Iran’s spokesman for the Non-Aligned Movement Summit confirmed that Kim would attend a meeting…
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Wed Aug 22, 2012
US General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The culprits, “militants,” managed to escape undetected from the most sophisticatedly defended real estate on earth, the perimeter of Bagam Air Force Base. Lucky for them they attacked at night, a time when…
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August 22, 2012
Lubbock, TX (CBSDFW.COM) - A Texas leader is warning of what he calls a ‘civil war’ and possible invasion of United Nations troops if President Barack Obama is re-elected.
Lubbock County Judge Tom Head is…
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By Major General Jerry Curry, USA (Ret.)
Published: 9:40 AM 08/17/2012
The Social Security Administration (SSA) confirms that it is purchasing 174 thousand rounds of hollow point bullets to be delivered to 41 locations in major cities across the…
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Aug 20, 2012
A lot of technology in Insight leans on the successful 2008 Phoenix lander
Just two weeks after landing its Curiosity rover on Mars, the US space agency has announced it will send another robot to the planet in 2016.
The InSight spacecraft will be a static lander that will carry…
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