Saturday, November 2, 2013

In the news, Friday, November 1, 2013


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OCT 31     INDEX      NOV 02
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from ABC News

LAX Gunman Kills TSA Officer Before Taken into Custody

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from ACLJ

HHS Secretary Sebelius Fails to Give Americans Reason to Have Confidence in ObamaCare
The ObamaCare website wasn't even functional during HHS Secretary Sebelius' testimony before Congress yesterday. Yes, you read that right. The ObamaCare website was down at the exact moment the HHS Secretary was testifying that the "website never crashed."

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from AMAC

Thank You, Stranger

Media Finally Wakes Up and Notices That If You Like Your Plan, You Probably Can’t Keep It

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from BBC News

One person killed in Los Angeles airport shooting
One person has died and seven people were wounded, one critically, during a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, officials say.

Bully in the next bedroom - are we in denial about sibling aggression?
Brothers and sisters routinely pick on one another, but when does bickering become bullying - and what can parents do about it? A third of the children questioned for a US study said they'd been a target of sibling aggression in the last year.

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from Breitbart

ILLINOIS TO BEGIN ISSUING DRIVER'S LICENSES TO ILLEGAL ALIENS IN DECEMBER
As of December 3, the State of Illinois will begin accepting applications from illegal aliens for state issued driver’s licenses. State officials estimate as many as 500,000 illegal aliens currently living in the state could apply for the licenses.

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from CBS News

Obamacare enrollments got off to very slow start, documents show

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from Choice and Truth

Israel jets strike Syria military base: US official
An unnamed US government official says that Israeli warplanes have struck a military base in western Syria. [shared from Press TV (Iran)]

20 Facts About Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, and Secret Detention
[shared from Antiwar.com]

Neocons Push Israeli-Saudi Alliance
Early U.S. presidents warned against the dangers of “entangling alliances,” prescient advice that the neocons want President Obama to ignore amid demands from Israel and Saudi Arabia that America tie itself up in the endless and bloody sectarian conflicts of the Middle East.

from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Rep. Gohmert Rejects Obamacare Subsidy for Lawmakers: 'It's Not Right' 
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said “it’s not right” to accept the government subsidies being made available to lawmakers through the Obamacare exchanges.

BLS: Real Wages Declined in 3rd Quarter; Down 3.2% Under Obama
The real median earnings of both men and women dropped in the third quarter of 2013 and are down 3.2 percent since President Barack Obama took office in the first quarter of 2009, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Nicolle Wallace Defends Hillary On 'What Difference Does It Make?'
Nicolle Wallace has yet again demonstrated why she's a Morning Joe kind of Republican.

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from Collective Evolution
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

The World’s Most Eco-Friendly Car: It’s Made Entirely From HEMP

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from Columbia Basin Herald

Hospital should promote healthy living, CEO says
Samaritan Healthcare CEO Tom Thompson feels hospitals should promote healthy living, rather than just treatment.

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from EarthSky

Rising temperatures challenge Salt Lake City’s water supply
Warming western temperatures may mean that some of the creeks and streams that Salt Lake City relies on will dry up several weeks earlier in the summer and fall.

How to watch the November 3 total solar eclipse online
Relatively few people will see the totality – when moon covers sun completely – in the solar eclipse of Sunday, November 3. Info here on how to watch online.

Geoengineering the climate would reduce vital rains, says study
Technological approaches to reduce future global warming could also interfere with rainfall and snowfall.

What’s the birthstone for November?
November’s birthstone, the topaz, was thought to have the power to cool boiling water, as well as excessive anger.

Venus at greatest evening elongation on November 1

Hybrid solar eclipse on November 3
Much of the world can see at least a partial solar eclipse on Sunday, November 3. From North America’s east coast, the eclipse will be in progress at sunrise.

Arcturus is a Halloween ghost of the summer sun
Every Halloween – and a few days before and after – the brilliant star Arcturus sets at the same time and on the same spot on the west-northwest horizon as the summer sun. What’s more, this star rises at the same time and at the same place on the east-northeast horizon as the sun does during the dog days of summer.

Whoa! Earth-size planet in Alpha Centauri system
[from 2012]  Scientists have found a planet orbiting the closest star system to Earth, only 4.3 light-years away.

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from Facecrooks

How to Protect Your Facebook Account from Rogue Applications
We have received a lot of questions about the 'Death Date' posts that have gone viral again. These are generated by a Facebook application. The post below shows how to check what you have installed and remove any apps you don't recognize or that is generating spam or scam links. If you don't use Facebook apps at all, then consider totally disabling the App Platform.

from The Federalist Papers

Is The American Spirit Alive?

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from Fox News

TSA employee dead, at least 6 injured in LAX shooting; gunman wounded and in custody, officials say

Drone strike in Pakistan kills head of Pakistan Taliban

Dept Homeland Security Preparing For Riots On Nov 1 2013 -You Won't Believe Why? - Cavutovideo (4:36)

10 Kids Rescued After Kansas School Bus Plunges Off Bridge

Internal notes indicate only 6 people signed up for ObamaCare on first day

Federal appeals court reinstates most of Texas' abortion restrictions

Did Teen Die in Freak Wrestling Mat Accident or Was It Foul Play?
A federal prosecutor has announced that he will be reviewing this case.

Federal appeals court blocks ruling on NYC stop-and-frisk program
A federal appeals court has blocked a judge's order requiring changes to the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk program and removed the judge from the case.

Alarming New Study: Bats Can Spread SARS-Like Virus Directly to Humans

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from Freedom Foundation

Snohomish County pays for property, takes the money back, keeps the propertyAfter buying land from property owner Kay Kohler, Snohomish county decided that it overpaid for the land, demanded she pay the county back the amount they believed they overpaid, and then kept the land. video (3:12)

Guest column by David Roland, Director of the Stiles Center for Liberty at the Freedom Foundation. Originally published in The Seattle Times on October 29, 2013.

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from Frontpage Mag

Sebelius’s Big Day of Big Lies
Those Americans who watched Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s testimony yesterday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee might be forgiven for thinking they were in an alternate universe. Despite her assertion that Americans should ”hold me accountable” for the ongoing debacle, Sebelius later claimed she was never warned by anyone that the scheduled roll out of the Healthcare.gov website would be the disaster it turned out to be. Furthermore, she stood by the assertion that the president has been “keeping his promise” with regard to the idea that Americans who liked their insurance policies could keep them. Fittingly, during the entire three and a half hours the Secretary testified, the Healthcare.gov website was down.

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from The Guardian



Edward Snowden papers unmask close technical cooperation and loose alliance between British, German, French, Spanish and Swedish spy agencies

This really is the complete and essential interactive guide to the biggest story of the year

An obsession with growth has eclipsed our concern for sustainability, justice and human dignity. But people are not disposable – the value of life lies outside economic development. "We need to create measures beyond GDP, and economies beyond the global supermarket, to rejuvenate real wealth. We need to remember that the real currency of life is life itself"

A new study illuminates how 'favors' are expected of women at work, but they often go unacknowledged, keeping women down. "Society places too little value on the contribution of women, then tells them they're not contributing enough."

Rather than put our palm to our face when people say blow-dried hair precludes their being a feminist, let's listen and make the movement more inclusive

I'm not single, and I didn't quit my job for a life on benefits, but why let facts get in the way of your Daily Mail column?

Tijuana-San Diego tunnel sporting lights and electric railway among most sophisticated unearthed by US authorities

A nurse has recorded the most common regrets of the dying, and among the top ones is 'I wish I hadn't worked so hard'. What would your biggest regret be if this was your last day of life?
1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I hadn't worked so hard.
3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.


A judge has ruled the Sriracha factory will remain open – for now. The guide to making, hoarding and enjoying the popular Rooster Sauce, should the supply ever be threatened again

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from The Heritage Foundation

Just One Dollar Less: Why Washington’s Budget Will Be $150 Billion More in 2014

The Conservative Alternative to Obamacare
Critics always ask what conservatives bring to the table on healthcare reform. The question now is -- are those critics and liberals ready to listen?

The Four Other Obamacare Disasters the Media Ignored

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from The Hindu  (Madras, India)

Hakimullah Mehsud killed in drone strike: reports
Even as the Pakistan government claims it had set in motion a process of talks with militants, news reports say that in a U.S drone strike in North Waziristan on Friday, Hakimullah Mehsud, head of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was killed.

9 killed in fireworks unit blast near Kumbakonam

As ISRO’s scientists prepare themselves for a landmark-making launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on November 5, their counterparts in NASA, the U.S. space agency, have extended their good wishes for the mission by sending them some ‘lucky peanuts’.

Sahani allegedly made a false claim of Rs. 9.5 lakh for seven e-tickets

CPI says increase of diesel price will push up prices of other commodities

Decrying the hike in diesel prices, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday urged the Centre to roll back the increase.

As per Centre’s order, connection will be provided only in the name of adult member of household

The BASIC countries have countered the US position and demanded that the global climate agreement to be signed by 2015 should not focus just on actions to reduce greenhouse emission reductions but also resolve how these actions in the developing world be funded, supported by technology transfer and the adaptation needs met. The BASIC position was put forth in a meeting of the four countries – India, China, South Africa and Brazil in Beijing on October 29. The meeting was held to strategise ahead of the annual climate negotiations that are to start in Warsaw on November 11.

Alarmed by the revelation of the secretive internet surveillance programmes of the National Security Agency, six American technology giants — Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple, AOL and Facebook — have supported a legislation to clip the NSA wings.

Jan Shatabdi passengers squat on the road demanding free onward journey

GRP and RPF are working in unison to provide escort to passengers throughout the journey, writes R.RAJARAM

Show us that you really care! That is the instruction issued by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to all the major political parties gearing up for the upcoming Assembly elections. Asking the parties to include a chapter in their election manifesto on promoting and protecting the rights of the child, the Commission noted that “children constitute the most precious asset of the country.”

Abandoned by their near and dear ones, a motley group of mentally and physically disabled senior citizens in Delhi stitch together their lives at a special old age home

In a tragic twist to the skyrocketing prices of onions, a farmer, Yellaiah, was allegedly stoned to death by miscreants who eyed his treasure-- a bagful of 150 kg onions grown by him in a market yard in the neighbouring Ranga Reddy district.

The usual last-minute rush at firecrackers shops to celebrate Deepavali is missing this time around

To tame the prohibitive cost of land acquisition, Thammanam-Pullepady Road will be widened to 18 metres and not 22 metres as planned earlier. The inordinate delay in acquiring land and the alleged apathy of the Kochi Corporation have pushed up the cost of land acquisition to over Rs. 100 crore, whereas road construction is estimated to cost less than Rs 15 crore.

Four of the five policemen who died in harness in the last one year were on traffic duty

Judicial Magistrate IV N. Vijayalakshmi on Thursday granted permission to the Crime Branch CID’s Special Investigation Division (SID) to take ‘Police’ Fakruddin and Bilal Malik into custody for 12 days to question them in the case relating to the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party State general secretary V. Ramesh here on July 19.

Contrary to claims by the State health authorities that dengue is under control, hospitals are regularly recording cases of people suffering from the vector-borne disease. Although several dengue deaths were reported in the State this year, health officials claimed that only 12 people have succumbed to the disease since January. In Bangalore, while more than 20 deaths have been reported, health officials deny there was any dengue death. The disease had peaked in July when more than 400 cases were reported from Bangalore alone.

Even after the Union government according classical language status to Kannada and the Mysore-based Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) setting up a Centre for Excellence to research, document, propagate and teach classical Kannada, nothing substantial appears to have been achieved in the past few years.

Rs.44.19-crore proposal for check-dams yet to see the light of the day

Events in recent years and months have struck at the very roots of the Army as an institution. It is important to build a democratic civil-military relationship so that the nation does not face a crisis.

Pakistan is averse to discussing Afghanistan with India, fearing that would legitimise India’s interests in that country. But it would be in the interests of all three to do so. Two questions have increasingly taken centre-stage in discussions about what might happen in Afghanistan after United States withdrawal in 2014. One, if it will become a proxy battlefield for India and Pakistan, the two big South Asian rivals, and two, if anything can be done to prevent this.

Edited excerpts from the acceptance speech delivered by Professor M.S. Swaminathan after receiving the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration. The foundational work done in the 1960s has made it possible for India to make access to food a legal right. But more needs to be done to sustain the progress.

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from Human Events

THE TEN MOST TERRIFYING THINGS ABOUT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

Imprisoned Eritrean Woman Dies of Neglect After Refusing to Renounce Her Faith in Christ
The Eritrean government, which has long persecuted and imprisoned Christians living within the totalitarian state. However, ICC has learned that following the discovery and arrest of Christians, the Eritrean authorities are now imprisoning neighbors and anyone else the government feels "should have known" that Christians were in the vicinity. This new policy is likely intended to motivate non-Christians to act as informants in abetting the government's efforts to identify and detain Christians. Communications into and out of the police state are difficult, but the latest story to emerge is an all-too-common portrait of the plight of those suffering for their faith.

Egypt Sets to Remove Constitutional Restrictions to Building New Churches
A committee tasked with working on the suspended 2012 Egyptian constitution adopted a measure on Sunday that would bring an end to Constitutional restrictions that regulate the construction of new churches in Egypt. This development would mark a major change on Egypt's historical stance towards the construction of new churches and religious freedom. Please pray that this measure is written into law.

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from The Jerusalem Post

Official: Jerusalem doesn't expect Syrian response following reports of Israeli strike
Anonymous official: Assad is disarming chemical arsenal out of his own interests; Erdan says Israel sticking to policy on weapons transfers to Hezbollah; refuses to deny, confirm reports of air strike on Syrian missile base.

IDF digging set off Hamas tunnel bomb, senior army source says
Explosion injures five soldiers working to destroy tunnel; bomb planted by Hamas on Gaza side of tunnel.

The shadow war against the Iranian-Hezbollah armament program
Israel faces a daily dilemma on when to intervene to stop Hezbollah's armament program – a step that could trigger a wider conflict – and when to step back and allow the force buildup to continue. Iran continues to try to supply Hezbollah with advanced weapons for use against Israel, and the Assad regime, which owes its survival to Tehran and Hezbollah, has never been more compliant with Iranian requests to transfer or provide weapons to the Shi’ite terror organization in Lebanon.

5 Israeli soldiers hurt, 4 Palestinian gunmen killed as IDF, Hamas clash on Gaza border
Terrorists detonate explosive device targeting IDF soldiers during operation to destroy tunnel previously uncovered leading from Gaza to Israel; IDF responds with artillery fire, air strike; 1 soldier in serious condition.

'White House official confirms Israeli attack on Syrian missile site'
Obama administration official confirms to CNN that Israel attacked missiles and equipment it felt might be transferred to Hezbollah.

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from KGW (Portland)

Homeless got 1-way bus tickets to Portland
A Unit 8 investigation found several cities from San Diego to San Francisco are providing one-way bus tickets to the homeless.

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from KHQ Local News (Spokane)

Gunman Opens Fire At LAX Killing TSA Worker And Wounding Others

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from KING 5 News (Seattle)

1 million in WA affected by food stamp cuts

The man behind Initiative 522
Dr. David Bronner owns a popular organic soap company in California and he's also pumped more money into the campaign to label genetically modified foods than anyone else.

Wolves teach lessons to animal experts from across North America
For ten years wildlife agents, tribal ecologists and veterinary students have come to the woods of Thurston County to learn lessons from wolves.

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from KOMO News (Seattle)

1 killed, several hurt in shootings at LA International Airport

Cross-border drug tunnel was equipped with rail system
A tunnel designed to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, to San Diego was equipped with lighting, ventilation and an electric rail system, making it one of the most sophisticated secret passages discovered along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Puget Sound-area grocery workers approve contract
A spokesman for union grocery workers in six Puget Sound-area counties says employees have overwhelmingly approved a new contract that averted a threatened walkout at four major grocery store chains.

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from KXLY 4 News (Spokane)

Reports: LAX shooter identified
Gunman believed to be 'lone shooter' in incident

Food stamp cuts hit millions
Benefits to be trimmed by $5B starting Friday

Students segregated at lunch based on grades
Policy at Tennessee high school raising concerns among some parents

Dashcam video from deadly Lookout Pass shooting released
Authorities in North Idaho have released dashcam footage from a deadly officer-involved shooting on Lookout Pass earlier this year.

Detectives recommend murder charges in '90 cold cases
Late this afternoon the Spokane Police Department and Spokane County Sheriff's Office forwarded a charging recommendation to the Spokane County Prosecutor's Office that Donna Perry be charged with first-degree murder for a trio of cold case homicides in 1990.

Graham pleads guilty to McGill killing

from Mark Levin

Rachel Maddow mocked Rand Paul for plagiarism, but she’s been accused of it too

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My Embarrassing Confession: I’m a Deadbeat
1. I’ve never bought a new car; 2. I don’t watch commercials; 3. I buy generics; 4. I don’t pay interest on credit cards, or practically anything else; 5. I buy stuff used; 6. I don’t eat fast food; 7. I pay no attention to labels; 8. I rarely go to the movies or professional sports

Social Security Benefits Rising 1.5 Percent in 2014
Is a little increase in Social Security benefits better than no increase at all?

10 Ways to Avoid Airline Fees This Holiday Season
Checked bags? In-flight WiFi? Airline fees are everywhere, but that doesn't mean you should pay them.

5 Reasons You’ll Want a Credit Card During the Zombie Apocalypse

Your Printer is Probably Wasting Much of Its Ink

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from National Review
The Virginia gubernatorial candidate is a social liberal.

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from Natural Society

Health Benefits of Cloves: When All Else Fails, Try a Little Clove Oil
Known as one of the best antioxidant foods, cloves are a lesser utilized health-boosting food that offers numerous health benefits.

Eating chocolate on Halloween CAN be healthful! As long it's the right kind. Try giving out some dark chocolate.


Hospital and Judge try to Force Mom into C-Section Against her Will

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from NPR

Seeing In The Pitch-Dark Is All In Your Head
Using special eye-tracking cameras, researchers at the University of Rochester found that many people can perceive their own bodies moving, even in total darkness. Our minds instinctively fill in some images when there aren't any real ones to see.

A Sonic Altar: Celebrating The Day Of The Dead
Particularly in Mexico, it's tradition among those who celebrate the Day Of The Dead (Dia De Los Muertos) to build an altar to those who who have passed, with offerings and remembrances. This week, Alt.Latino built a sonic altar: a list of songs by and for people we love who left us this year, whom we miss so much.

For The Tablet Generation, A Lesson In Digital Citizenship
As more school districts roll out tablet computers to students, they're debating how much to restrict access to certain websites and games. Some districts shut down wide parts of the Internet, but others are trying to take a more nuanced approach.

For The Young And Healthy, Health Insurance Is A Hard Sell

What Happens When The Pace Of Startups Slows Down
New businesses normally create many of the new jobs in the American economy. But since the financial crisis, the pace of business formation has slowed sharply. Some economists worry that with fewer companies forming for five years now, that's going to stunt job growth for years to come.

AIDS Scientists Encouraged By Antibodies That Hit Monkey Virus
A monkey virus that's a stand-in for HIV plummeted to undetectable levels when animals got potent antibodies of a type recently discovered in some humans. A single antibody injection was enough to do the job.

Stealing Candy From Your Kids? It's A Halloween Tradition
Eighty-one percent of parents surveyed by National Confectioners Association say they take candy from their children's Halloween candy haul to satisfy their own sweet tooth (with 26 percent admitting that they sneak treats after the children go to bed or school).

Booker Brings Dash Of Diversity To Still Old, White Senate
Booker, who on Oct. 16 was elected as New Jersey's first black senator, will join Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina as the chamber's only black senators. The last elected black senator? That would be Barack Obama of Illinois, back in 2004. Obama and Booker form half of an elite group: Only four African-Americans have ever been elected to the U.S. Senate and served. Five, including Scott, were appointed.

Too Many Texts Can Hurt A Relationship, But <3 Always Helps
Texting terms of endearment seems to shore up relationships. Affectionate affirmations help mitigate hurts and frustrations, a study finds. But men who get flooded with texts from their significant other tend to say the relationship is unsatisfactory. Women tend to say the more texts the merrier.

The Secret, Steamy History Of Halloween Apples
A Halloween apple was once a powerful symbol of fertility and immortality. In Europe and the early years of America, girls used apples and apple peels to divine their romantic destiny.

'I Was Very Shocked,' Says Driver Ticketed For Wearing Google Glass
The Google Glass is a hands-free device, but that didn't stop a California driver from getting a ticket for wearing the headset during a traffic stop this week. Cecilia Abadie was ticketed for speeding and for wearing a device that could block her view of the road.

Amazon Reviewers Debate Whether To Keep Quiet About Free Stuff

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from NWCN

Belgium considering new euthanasia law for children
Assisted suicide for adults is legal in Oregon and Washington. Now, Belgium lawmakers are considering whether to allow terminally-ill children to request assisted suicide with parent approval.

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from Open Culture
from The Post-Inteligencer (Seattle)

Photos: Orcas off Seattle
Orca pods return to the South Sound

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from PreventDisease.com

Juiced, Canned and Cooked Blueberries Have Up To 81 Percent Lower Antioxidant Levels
Juiced, canned and cooked blueberries could result in changes their polyphenol content, and modify the potential health advantages of the 'superfood', according to a new study.

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from RT (Russia Today)

Senate advances bill that would cement NSA’s bulk collection powers
In a closed session, the US Senate Intelligence Committee approved draft legislation that would codify into law the NSA’s bulk collection of domestic telephone metadata.

Astronomers discover infernal earth-like planet that ‘shouldn’t be’
The space scientists are baffled after finding the first ever Earth-sized planet, which has the same density as our home world, and violates all known planetary formation theories by its existence. The discovery of Kepler-78b was made by two separate groups of astronomers in the US and Switzerland, who were analyzing data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope.
from Senior Airman Brian Kolfage

ObamaCare: Illegal Voter Mine for the Democratic Party?
"Biggest voter registration fraud scheme in the history of the world"
[shared from Canada Free Press]

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from Space.com (& CollectSpacc)

China's 'Airpocalypse' Tracked by NASA Satellite
While you might not actually be able to see the Great Wall of China from space, there's something else you can see -- and it isn't good.

'Ender's Game' Film Got Zero Gravity Tips from Real-Life Astronaut
The minds behind the movie "Ender's Game" had a little help bringing their version of the beloved science-fiction book by Orson Scott Card to life.

Science in Space: Contest Selects Experiments Headed for Space Station
The grand prize winner, Elizabeth MacDonald, proposed flying a geo-tagged video camera to the International Space Station to record real-time images of the northern and southern lights.

'Screaming' Witch Head Nebula Brews Up Baby Stars
It may look wicked, but the Witch Nebula is actually the home of baby stars just beginning their cosmic lives. "Astronomers say the billowy clouds of the nebula, where baby stars are brewing, are being lit up by massive stars," NASA officials wrote in an image description. "Dust in the cloud is being hit with starlight, causing it to glow in infrared light, which was picked up by WISE's detectors."

Mars Rover Curiosity Eyes Next Science Target
Curiosity hasn't just been spinning its wheels up on Mars lately. The rover has been chewing up ground as it heads from a spot near its landing site called Yellowknife Bay to the rover's main science destination, Mount Sharp. On Monday, Curiosity took some scouting photos of a rocky outcrop called "Cooperstown," which researchers will use Curiosity's arm-mounted instruments to investigate.

The 7 Strangest Asteroids in the Solar System
[from 2011]

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from ThatsNonsense.com

3 Halloween legends that actually are true!

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from Time

The New Jersey governor shrugs off bromance, calls it a "handshake"

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from The Wall Street Journal

For Career Success, Study Those Quadratics
A student’s income as an adult is tied to the highest level of math taken in high school, new research finds.

The Growing Popularity of the Prenup
The Asset Prospective Brides and Grooms Are Often Most Concerned About Is Real Estate

New Airline Rules on Devices: What You Need to Know

No Bones About It: Day of the Dead Is Finding New Life
Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday that honors the departed with a blend of Aztec and Christian traditions, has become increasingly mainstream. "This is about remembering the dead with fun instead of throwing them in a garden, crying and then forgetting them," said one celebrant.

Pollution Halves Visitors to Beijing
Beijing has seen about a 50% drop in tourism this year due to air pollution. Traveling to China is also more expensive, as the yuan has appreciated more than 2% against the U.S. dollar this year.

The Diwali Deficit
Shoppers in India are scaling back on Diwali goods such as diyas (earthen clay lamps), fireworks and dry fruits because of rising prices. The increase stems partly from the decline of the rupee against the U.S. dollar, which has made imports more expensive.

Food Fridays: Going to the Airport, for Dinner
Singapore’s Changi Airport is one of the few airports in the world where people go to just hang out.With nearly 100 eateries, the airport is bustling with diners and shoppers.

Nanjing's New Sifang Art Museum Illustrates China's Cultural Boom
New Art Patrons Echo American Industrialists Who Sponsored Arts in Early 20th Century

Study: Bat-to-Human Leap Likely for SARS-Like Virus
A new study finds that a close cousin of the SARS virus lives in bats and can likely jump directly to people. The new bat-to-human discovery suggests that previous control tactics, some of which focused on other wildlife, may have limited effectiveness.

Suzanne Somers: The Affordable Care Act Is a Socialist Ponzi Scheme

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from The Washington Post


In first month, the vast majority of Obamacare sign-ups are in Medicaid

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from The Washington Times

Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.
Chinese state-run media revealed for the first time this week that Beijing’s nuclear submarines can attack American cities as a means to counterbalance U.S. nuclear deterrence in the Pacific.
Syria Now Has More Al-Qaeda Members Living In It Than Any Other Country On Earth.

Security adviser to Obama says U.S. is an ‘Islamic country’
After a Twitter user asked Mohamed Elibiary on Thursday to “show me just ONE example of an Islamic country where non Muslims are treated with equality,” he responded with the controversial tweet, which was first reported by the Washington Free Beacon: “America and yes I do consider the United States of America an Islamic country with an Islamically compliant constitution. Move On!”

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from The Weekly Standard

Senate Dems Supported Obamacare Rule Leading to Cancelled Insurance

Obamacare Navigator Hasn't Signed Up Anyone Because It's Too Expensive
Al Jazeera finds an Obamacare navigator in Colorado who hasn't signed up anybody for the new program because it's too expensive: "So far, no one," says the Obamacare navigator. "Thus far everybody has taken a look at the rates and they've walked out the door. There's sticker shock. They just can't afford it."

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from 100 Percent FED Up

GOP Rep. Stockman seeks special prosecutors for Obama
TWO MIDDLE EASTERN MEN TRAINING AT FORT LEONARD WOOD are in custody after deputies say they tried to abduct a 12-year-old girl in Pulaski County Friday afternoon.

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