Saturday, March 29, 2014

In the news, Thursday, March 6, 2014


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from ABC News (& affiliates)

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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)

3 Important Questions Lois Lerner Raised about the IRS Targeting Without Saying a Word

from BBC News (UK)

Great white shark's epic ocean trek
A great white shark called Lydia is about to make history as the first of its species to be seen crossing from one side of the Atlantic to the other.

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from EarthSky

Hubble Telescope sees asteroid mysteriously break in pieces
Asteroid P/2013 R3 has been caught in the act of breaking into pieces. This is the first time astronomers have seen an asteroid break up.

You’ve gotta see the chain fountain video
The chain fountain looks like a magic trick. But it’s really a problem in the physics of everyday things.

East Africa = splitsville
“The rift valley is tearing East Africa apart,” according to David Hilton, a geochemist with Scripps Institution of Oceanography. “In another 50 million years, we’ll have another ocean there.”

Another asteroid flies through Earth-moon system on Thursday
For the second time in two days, an asteroid is sweeping safely through the Earth-moon system.

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from East Oregonian

Confusion puts port project in peril
The city, port and county of Umatilla are trying to make sense of a long-standing mapping error that could put the brakes on a $1.5 million transportation project on the northwest end of Bud Draper Road.
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from Facecrooks

Scam Promises Naked Videos of Facebook Friends, Drops Trojan Instead, Bitdefender Warns
[Scam Alert] Check out this warning from our friends at Bitdefender! This scam is spreading by tagging users. Be sure you have enabled Tag Review in your Timeline & Tagging Settings.

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from The Farmacy (& Strawbale City)
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from The Heritage Foundation  (The Foundry)

Bolton on Benghazi: ‘You Can Murder [Obama’s] Personal Representative and Get Away Scot Free’

Report: Putin Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

The Ten Policy Changes Cruz Thinks Can Transform America

Paul Ryan: Give Leaders 'Benefit of the Doubt'?

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from History

Asteroid Trio Gives Earth a Close Shave
Asteroid impacts on Earth are infrequent, particularly large ones that cause great damage. Yet near misses are a dime a dozen. According to NASA, about 20 known asteroids approach each year within 239,000 miles of Earth—or closer than the average distance from us to the moon. Two such flybys occurred yesterday and one will occur today, passing roughly 217,000 miles, 105,000 miles and 38,500 miles away, respectively.

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from Huffington Post
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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Man injured in gang-related shooting near Royal City Wednesday
An elderly man was sleeping in the front bedroom of a home in the 4000 block of Road 10.4 Southwest, when someone fired two shotgun rounds at the residence. The victim received a minor wound and declined medical treatment. Investigators believe the shooting was gang-related and targeted.

More than 250 pieces of stolen mail found in Quincy motel room

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from Independent Journal Review

What Did Michelle Obama Just Say?
The first lady gave a speech at a Miami health care center today, congratulating those in attendance who have signed up for the national health care plan and thanking those who are working as counselors. She should be more careful with her phrasing.

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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

Pastor Murdered, Churches Demolished in Southern India
According to new reports, incidents of anti-Christian violence in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh nearly doubled from 2012 to 2013. The violence includes murders, beatings, and destruction of Christian property, usually at the hands of radical nationalist Hindu groups. Christians across India are concerned about the upcoming national elections and the possibility that the the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win the elections, making Narendra Modi India's next prime minister. Attacks on religious minorities across India are often conducted by groups linked to the BJP or it's more radical offshoots.

Australian Missionary Freed from North Korea Describes ‘grueling’ Ordeal
John Short, the 75-year-old Australian missionary detained in North Korea for nearly two weeks last month, has released a brief statement describing his captivity at the hands of the North Korean authorities. In his statement, John says he was subjected to four hour long interrogations every day for 13 days. The missionary was also confined to his room and kept under 24-hour guard. Short was also told that he faced up to 15 years in prison for his "crime" of handing out Christian literature in public. Kenneth Bae, an American missionary, was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in May of last year after being detained in 2012.

16 Christians Murdered by Islamic Gunmen in Nigeria
Northeast Nigeria has in recent weeks become a killing field for Islamic radicals connected with the "Boko Haram" movement. In the last few months hundreds have been killed, with Christian communities often bearing the brunt of attacks. On Monday and Tuesday of this week gunmen assaulted five different villages, killing sixteen Christians, most of whom were women and children. Nigerian government forces were either not present or refused to engage the militants. Thousands have been killed and tens of thousands have fled Nigeria's north as the Islamic militant group targets police stations, churches, schools, and Christian homes.

North Korea: Dozens Face Execution for Meeting with Missionary
South Korean news agencies are reporting that as many as thirty-three North Koreans may soon be executed for coming into contact with Kim Jung-wook, a Baptist missionary from South Korea who was arrested in the North back in October. Kim Jung-wook last week "confessed" to North Korean media sources that he was a spy working for the South. The South Korean intelligence community has flatly denied this, saying that Kim's work was purely religious in nature. Christianity is completely repressed in North Korea, with as many as 50,000 North Koreans serving time in political prison camps were torture, execution, and starvation occur on a daily basis.

German Home-Schooling Family Will be Allowed to Stay in US
ICC Note: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has signaled it will allow the Romeike family to stay in the U.S. only days after the Supreme Court rejected to hear their case for asylum. The family fled German several years ago when faced with legal challenges for attempting to home-school their children according to their Christian belief system. Home-schooling in Germany has been illegal since legislation created under the Nazi regime mandated that all German children attend public schools. The announcement by DHS comes as a relief to rights groups and the Romeike family, who faced heavy fines and the loss of their children if they were forced to return to Germany. The Obama administration had previously argued that their case did not qualify as one of religious persecution.

Second Genocide for the Middle East Christians in Less Than a Century
In the midst of the conflict that has plagued the Middle East in the last decade it has been the minorities who suffer the most and also do not benefit from any protections. The situation is even worse for Christians who because of their faith are not considered as “full citizens” even in their homeland. These realities have forced many to leave, not primarily because of economic hardships, though that exists, but because of the threat to their very lives.

Orthodox Seminary in Turkey Awaiting Reopening
“If the decision is taken today, tomorrow I am ready to host the first class,” said the Archbishop of a Turkish seminary that has been closed for more than 40 years. The Theological School of Halki has been a victim of the internal politics of Turkey, as well as its foreign relations with neighboring Greece. Without a school to train future clergy the Orthodox Christian community is struggling to replace its aging leadership.

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from KATU (Portland)

A little American Citizen facing deportation to a foreign country to be placed with her convicted criminal, illegal alien daddy? This is just wrong.

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from Money Talks News

from Mother Nature Network

3 simple homemade toothpaste recipes
[from 20 Feb 2013] These money-saving DIY toothpaste recipes let you bypass the synthetic ingredients that commercial toothpastes often contain.

5 easy-to-make soups

Want a better playground? Get rid of the benches
New study finds that the best way to get parents active and engaged with their kids at a playground is to do away with park benches.

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from NASA

NASA's Hubble Telescope Witnesses Asteroid's Mysterious Disintegration

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from The National Audubon Society

Crows and Ravens are Masters of Self-Control
New study shows that corvids know when patience pays off.

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from National Geographic

Daylight Saving Time 2014: When Does It Begin? And Why?
Why we "spring forward," and arguments for and against daylight saving time.
See also: The History of Daylight Saving Time
And for UK: When do the clocks change?

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from National Journal

Is Ben Carson the Republican Who Can Defeat Hillary Clinton?
Carson's draft committee is raising more cash than Clinton's, driven by what supporters say is the certain math involved in nominating a black Republican.

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from National Review

Bolton: ‘Our Biggest National-Security Problem Is Barack Obama’

from NBC News (& affiliates)

Man loses 56 pounds after eating only McDonald's for six months

Albertsons Owner to Buy Safeway for More than $9 Billion
The owner of Albertsons grocery stores is buying Safeway Inc., the second-largest U.S. mainstream grocery store operator, in a deal valued at about $9.4 billion. The offer price of $40 per share from private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management represents a premium of 1.3 percent to Safeway's Thursday closing.

One Big Blast Gave Earth Most of Its Martian Meteorites
A huge meteorite impact on Mars 5 million years ago blasted toward Earth many of the rocks that scientists scrutinize to learn more about the Red Planet, a new study reveals.

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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

Judge approves DHS decision to send girl, 6, to Mexico
An Oregon judge ruled that a 6-year-old girl should live with her father in Mexico. The decision was controversial since the girl's mother has an ongoing drug addiction and the girl's father has a criminal past. The girl's grandmother had been fighting to keep her in Oregon.

Albertsons parent Cerberus to buy Safeway

Former vice principal suing Eastside Catholic
Mark Zmuda, the vice principal who was dismissed from Eastside Catholic School after marrying his partner in a legal same-sex wedding, is suing the school and the Seattle Archdiocese for discrimination and wrongful termination.

Washed out road swallows cars in N. Idaho
Three people were injured early Thursday after driving their cars into a gaping hole on a washed-out road in North Idaho. It happened around 3 a.m. on Rimrock Road at York Court, near Hayden Lake.

Leak in massive Hanford nuclear waste tank getting worse

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from One Minute Healings
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

What are Fermented Foods?
Seven Top Fermented Foods You Can Make at Home.
Don't forget to eat your yogurt and kefir as a fantastic probiotic!
[from Superfoods for Superhealth]

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from POLITICO

Obama impressionist meets real guy

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from Popular Science

How Science Will Help Us Sleep Better
Getting rid of nightmares and new pills for sleep disorders

Born To Swim?
The science behind the diving reflex: Are babies natural-born swimmers?

Plasma Plume Keeps Earth Safe From Solar Storms

The Woman Who Can Will Herself Out Of Her Body
The case of the voluntary out-of-body experience.

How Men Learn (Or Don't) About Menstruation

Where Plastic Goes
Tracking where the waste ends up

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from RedState

Georgia become first State to pass Convention of States Resolution
Measure calls for Convention to propose amendments to limit federal power.

Wendy Davis Will Cause the Democrats to Divert Resources to Georgia

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from Snopes.com

Claim:  Swishing plant oils in your mouth has been proved to ameliorate a variety of medical ailments. FALSE.

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from ThatsNonsense.com

Did Facebook remove a photo of a baby with a birth defect?
Messages are circulating that claim Facebook have removed photos of a baby with a birth defect and banned the account of the baby’s mother, because the photos were too graphic. Why these messages are resurfacing years after the event is unclear, but the notable facts that are not mentioned in these messages are that Facebook reportedly reversed the decision shortly after the controversy and that it all occurred back in 2012.

Man convicted for installing voyeur software on computers
A man was convicted this week for installing voyeur software on the webcams belonging to 3 women, highlighting yet another privacy concern to be aware of.

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from Think Progress

Elizabeth Warren: Let’s Tax Millionaires To Allow Students To Refinance Their Debt

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from U.Va. Center for Politics

from The Washington Post (DC)

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from The Weekly Standard

Christie's Pitch to Conservatives
Did the 'bridgegate' scandal encourage the New Jersey governor to tack right?

At CPAC, Paul Ryan Downplays Tea Party/Establishment Divide

Bill to Make the Fine $0 for Violating the Individual Mandate Passes by 90 Votes

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