Friday, March 7, 2014

In the news, Tuesday, February 4, 2014


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Some links to some sources may require subscription.

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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)

The HHS Mandate: Is Violating Your Faith the Cost of Doing Business?

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from Algemeiner

Israeli-Arab Female IDF Soldier Says She Would Sacrifice Her Life for Israel (VIDEO)

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from AMAC - The Association of Mature American Citizens
from Breitbart
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from BuzzFeed
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

31 Grilled Cheeses That Are Better Than A Boyfriend
Valentine’s Day is nice, but you’d probably rather have dinner with THESE hotties.

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from CBS News (& affiliates)
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from CNSNews.com (& NewsBusters)
from Daily Mail (UK)

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from The D.C. Clothesline
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]

Supreme Court Justice Predicts Return of Internment Camps
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was quoted, in a Washington Examiner article, discussing the possible return of World War II style “internment camps”:

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from EarthSky

View from the left NAVCAM
Curiosity rover Sol 533 Mars
Image via Curiosity/NASA
Where the Curiosity rover is now on Mars
The Curiosity rover is in a particularly interesting place now, creeping across a sand dune in a place called Dingo Gap on Mars. Breathtaking images!

Full video of Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic leap from 24 miles up
GoPro has released the full video of daredevil Felix Baumgartner’s successful leap from a capsule more than 24 miles – nearly 39 kilometers – above Earth’s surface on October 14, 2012. Baumgartner’s jump came 65 years to the day after Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a plane. But Baumgartner went supersonic using just his body.

Amazing new image of Saturn’s puzzling hexagon
Saturn’s hexagon is a long-lived weather pattern at the planet’s north pole, first spotted by Voyager 1 in 1980.

Dinosaur discovered in 2008 now known among largest land animals
Bone structure indicates that it was a juvenile, estimated to be 60 feet (18 meters) long. An adult would have been much larger.

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from Facecrooks

What Contextual Ads on Facebook Could Mean for Your Privacy – (It Isn’t Good)
Forget about cookies. Facebook & Google are working on new technologies that could make you beg for their return. Check out our latest post to learn more about 'contextual ads' and how it could affect your online privacy. [Privacy Tip] Log out of Facebook when you aren't using it. When you are logged in, Facebook can track your activity on external websites.

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from Family Tree Magazine

Tips for Tracing Russian Roots

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from The Farmacy (& Strawbale City)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Why Your Grandparents Didn’t Need To Diet

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from The Federalist
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from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from The Heritage Foundation

White House: ‘Small Percentage’ Appealed HealthCare.gov Errors
The more than 20,000 Americans who want to appeal costly Obamacare errors make up “a very small percentage” of millions of enrollees, the White House says, but the Obama Administration nevertheless will “get them help.”  “The cynicism of this is unbelievable." - Charles Krauthammer

Let Them Eat Cupcakes: 11-Year-Old Entrepreneur’s Dreams Crushed by Overregulation

How Some Farm Bill Provisions Help Special Interests – And Hurt the Taxpayer
Someone could have $100,000 in the bank and still receive food stamps.

Would Singing Animals Get You to Sign Up for Obamacare?
The new Enroll America ad campaign that starts today relies on pets singing their love for you.

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from The Hill

GOP battles base on immigration

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from Huffington Post
from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Warden woman arrested for slashing man with box cutter

Grant PUD to set rules for living near dams, includes public passage

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from Los Angeles Times

Why the new CBO report on Obamacare is good news

Case against U.S. man illustrates Canada's zero-tolerance gun policy
Charges against a Kentucky man accused of trying to smuggle a firearm into Canada underscore differences between U.S. and Canadian gun laws.

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from MEDIAite
from Money Talks News

10 Low- and No-Cost Tips to Prevent the Flu

Review: The Plum Card From American Express OPEN
Small business owners: pay less when you pay early! See all the pros and cons of this Amex card.

Ask Stacy: How Do I Find a Good Investment Adviser?

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from Mother Nature Network

Yes, your cat is ignoring you
[from 2 Dec 2013] Study reveals what cat owners have suspected all along: Your cat recognizes your voice when you call — he just chooses not to respond.

Wild bees are recycling plastic, study finds
Two bee species in Canada have begun using plastic waste to build their nests, hinting at the extent of plastic pollution as well as nature's limited ability to adapt.

16 simple ways to reduce plastic waste

10 landscapes magically transformed by light
Includes Mount Baker, Washington & Monument Valley, Utah

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from National Geographic
Found: An Unusually Large House Cat
A Siberian tiger cub in a playpen? We sat down with photographer Michael Nichols to learn about this photo from 1996.

New POV Video of Baumgartner's Epic Skydive
Watch this 24-mile jump from the stratosphere into the record books.

Togo Makes Second Record Ivory Seizure

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from Natural Society
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from NBC News (& affiliates)

from NPR (& affiliates)
from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

At-Home Test Detects 94 Percent of Patients Who Do Not Have Colon Cancer - 15 Natural Methods of Prevention
Tests that require patients to collect a single stool sample at home and then send it to a lab for analysis will detect about 79 percent of colorectal cancers and correctly identify about 94 percent of patients who do not have cancers. Here are 15 natural ways to prevent colon cancer.

Natural Chemical In Plants, Fruits and Vegetables Prevents Alzheimer's Disease
A little-known but potent flavonoid called fisetin is difficult to obtain in sufficient amounts through diet alone. It's found in fruits and vegetables from strawberries to cucumbers and stops memory loss that accompanies Alzheimer's disease, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered.

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from RedFlag News
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]

California Students Sign Petition To Have Gun Owners Executed In Concentration Camps...
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

NASA's Next Great Space Telescope Passes Major Milestone
The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's next flagship space observatory, has passed a major milestone on its road to its planned 2018 launch: the delivery of the last three mirrors that will make up its complicated infrared-seeking innards.

Giant astronaut statue envisioned for new Apollo visitor center in Texas

from ThatsNonsense.com

Yes, Facebooks Look Back Videos Are Real
We’ve been getting plenty of questions about the Facebook “Look Back” videos that are currently flooding peoples newsfeeds.

Facebook Giveaway Hoaxes and Scams
Another rise in Facebook Pages and posts offering freebies is happening. If you’ve ever been seen a Facebook page or post that seems overly laden with giveaways and competitions that just seem too good to be true, then they probably are.

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from Think Progress

GM’s First Female CEO Will Make Half Of What Her Predecessor Made

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from The Washington Examiner (DC)

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from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)

The Belarusian Connection
Obamacare network vulnerable to cyber attack

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from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Weekly Standard

Whiskey Rebellion
Embracing America's brown spirits (though we still drink a lot of vodka).

Sandra Fluke Prepares Run for Congress in California

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