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from ABC News (& affiliates)
US Economy Set for Rebound After Q1 Contraction
Today On About.com: The Government Just Bought a TON of Weed, 7 Steps to Start Running, and What’s More Patriotic Than Voting?
Here’s Why the Government Bought a TON of Weed
How to be a Spelling Bee Champ at Home
7 Steps to Start Running (and not hate it)
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
5 Things More Patriotic Than Voting
10 Ways to Look Flawless This Summer
The Hoover Dam
A Wonder of the World in Las Vegas' Backyard.
Quiz on 25 Commonly Misspelled Words
Only One Is a Word
Tonight is the National Spelling Bee! Warm up with this quiz on the 25 commonly misspelled words.
Kale Juice Recipes to Fight Cancer and Alzheimer's
Research Proves Kale Is a Superfood
Springtime Eye Allergies
Learn how to treat and prevent springtime allergies that affect your eyes.
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from About.com
Today On About.com: The Government Just Bought a TON of Weed, 7 Steps to Start Running, and What’s More Patriotic Than Voting?
Here’s Why the Government Bought a TON of Weed
How to be a Spelling Bee Champ at Home
7 Steps to Start Running (and not hate it)
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
5 Things More Patriotic Than Voting
10 Ways to Look Flawless This Summer
The Hoover Dam
A Wonder of the World in Las Vegas' Backyard.
Quiz on 25 Commonly Misspelled Words
Only One Is a Word
Tonight is the National Spelling Bee! Warm up with this quiz on the 25 commonly misspelled words.
Kale Juice Recipes to Fight Cancer and Alzheimer's
Research Proves Kale Is a Superfood
Springtime Eye Allergies
Learn how to treat and prevent springtime allergies that affect your eyes.
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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)
from AMAC - The Association of Mature American Citizens
Journalists Sue Obama Admin Over Medicare Advantage Transparency
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from Ancestry.com
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| Immigrant receiving piers, Locust Point, Baltimore, 1892 (From the Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000) |
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from Associated Press
from BizPac Review
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from The Blaze
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from Breitbart
BOEHNER CAMP'S THREATS COULD SPARK BATTLE
Speaker John Boehner's friends are trying to design new, more effective punishments for the conservative members that might vote against him on the House floor come January, but the message from the right is, “don't even try it.”
THAD COCHRAN REFUSES TO DEBATE MCDANIEL AGAIN: AMERICA 'IS NOT A DEBATING SOCIETY'
ECONOMY SHRINKS 1% IN FIRST QUARTER
SARAH PALIN CUTS RADIO AD FOR CHRIS MCDANIEL, URGES MS VOTERS TO 'SEND A MESSAGE' TO DC
MATTHEWS SCOLDS OBAMA OVER VA: TELLS PRESIDENT TO STOP THINKING ABOUT HIMSELF
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from Business Insider
SpaceX Just Released Video Of A New Engine That Could Land Humans On Another Planet
from Clarion Project - Addressing Islamic Extremism
Horror That Never Ends: Young Egyptian Woman Recounts FGM
'I’ll never forget the look of the razor blade she used with no anesthetic. I’ll never forget the sound of my own screams, either.'
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Horror That Never Ends: Young Egyptian Woman Recounts FGM
'I’ll never forget the look of the razor blade she used with no anesthetic. I’ll never forget the sound of my own screams, either.'
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from CNN
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Strickland Criticizes Carson Over Nazi Remarks, Then Admits: ‘I Haven’t Read Your Book’
CBS Investigates the Latest on 'Ugly' VA Scandal Without Mentioning Obama's Name
CNN Reports 'U.S. Economy Shrinks, But It's Not a Big Deal'
NBC's Richard Engel Admits U.S. Relations Have Not Improved With a Single Nation Under Obama
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from Columbia Basin Herald
Still no sign of man who jumped into Moses Lake
There's still no sign of the 25-year-old Quincy man who fled police during a DUI stop Sunday and jumped into Moses Lake. Police reportedly last saw the man go under the water about 100 yards from the shoreline near North Stratford Road.
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from Conservative Tribune
Vet Destroys Obama’s West Point Speech, Demands Obama Apologize
Retired Navy lieutenant and TV personality Montel Williams is outraged, and he wants to know why Obama is so eager to give $5 billion to terrorists, but won’t provide any immediate relief to vets seeking healthcare.
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from The Daily Beast
Conservatives Flocking To Ben Carson Fan Club
At a conservative conference in New Orleans, avid supporters of Dr. Ben Carson organize in hopes of prodding the acclaimed neurosurgeon into running for President. They call themselves “the Carson-ologists,” like the Kremlinogists of the Cold War.
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from The Daily Caller
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How the world's strongest brakes will help the fastest ever car slow down from ONE THOUSAND miles per hour
The hidden graffiti of Angkor Wat: Nasa technology reveals more than 200 hidden paintings of gods and elephants on temples
Sunset on Titan: Scientists say smog on Saturn's moon could help us find life on other planets
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from Daily Mail (UK)
The hidden graffiti of Angkor Wat: Nasa technology reveals more than 200 hidden paintings of gods and elephants on temples
Sunset on Titan: Scientists say smog on Saturn's moon could help us find life on other planets
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from The D.C. Clothesline
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher: Why Doesn’t Obama have a Valid Social Security Number and Valid IDs?
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher: Why Doesn’t Obama have a Valid Social Security Number and Valid IDs?
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from Discovery News
from East Oregonian
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from Fox News (& affiliates)
Muslim Latinos In New York Say They Are Being Followed, Despite Spy Unit Shutdown
Palin: Obama Shows 'Lack of Understanding' of Debt of Gratitude to Military
Judge Nap Reacts After Snowden Says 'There Are Some Things Worth Dying For'
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from Gawker
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from Gizmodo
NASA's Lost Satellite Just Made Its First Contact With Earth in 17 Years
It's official: ISEE-3, the 36-year-old satellite that NASA left for dead over a decade ago, is back in touch with humankind. This afternoon, a group of citizen scientists who raised almost $160,000 to fund the process of taking control of ISEE-3 announced that two-way contact has been established with the little satellite that could.
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from Greatist
The Science of a Broken Heart—and How to Recover
83 Healthy Recipe Substitutions
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from The Heritage Foundation
Romney: Veterans Hospitals Need Competition, Standards
Montel Williams Lashes Out at Washington Over Veterans’ Care
European Election Results Show Europeans Fed-up With European Union Integration
How Smarter Policies Can Transform the States, Renew the Nation
Report: Veterans Waited An Average of 115 Days for Doctor Appointments in Phoenix
Two Presidents, Two Very Different ‘Today’ Show Segments
The “Today” show featured segments on both President George W. Bush’s 2006 and President Barack Obama’s 2014 Memorial Day Afghanistan trips, but their coverage selection was very different.
Speed Cameras Make a Comeback in New Mexico’s Capital
In New Mexico, the Santa Fe City Council is on the verge of bringing back the speed cameras five months after the city’s contract with Redflex expired.
Obama Is Bypassing Congress Again. This Time It’s Going to Cost You.
Next week, the Obama administration is planning to unveil a climate action plan that it intends to implement without legislative approval.
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from History
World War I’s Native American Code Talkers
During World War I, the Germans often learned of Allied tactical plans by tapping into their telephone lines and adeptly breaking their codes. Frustrated by these communications failures, a U.S. commander came up with the idea of using Choctaw Indians to transmit messages in their native language. This not only helped turn the tide of battle against the befuddled Germans, but it paved the way for the more extensive use of Native American code talkers in the next world war.
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from Huffington Post
Bluefin Tuna Radiation: Is There A Health Risk?
[from 2012]
John Boehner: 'I'm Not Qualified To Debate The Science Over Climate Change'
The Obama administration is preparing to roll out new regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants on Monday, and the rules are already drawing criticism from congressional Republicans.
Here's How You Can See The First Manhattanhenge Of 2014
CBC Chair's 2010 Letter To Harper Slams Tory Attacks On Broadcaster
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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)
Prosecutor declines to charge sailor for shooting a man in self-defense
The Grant County prosecutor determined a sailor was acting in self-defense when he shot a man in an Airway Drive residence.
Candidate's concern draws police response at Ephrata courthouse
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from The Independent (UK)
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from Independent Journal Review
Watch How Vastly Different West Point Cadets React Between Hearing Presidents Obama and Bush
New Study: Obamacare Will Actually INCREASE the Number of Uninsured
25 Images Show That Climate ‘Changes’ – Whether or Not Man Does Anything About It
Stacey Dash Hired By Fox News, Liberals Once Again Expose Their Intolerance For Black Conservatives
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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)
Last Remaining Mosque In Bangui Destroyed Following Church Massacre By Islamic Militants
ICC Note: Suspected Christian youths have destroyed the last remaining mosque in the Central African Republic's capital city of Bangui in a suspected act of reprisal to an attack perpetrated Wednesday by suspected Séléka remnants on Notre Dame de Fatima, which resulted in the deaths of 30 Christians. A known shelter for those seeking refuge from the sectarian violence that has plagued the streets of Bangui for months, Notre Dame de Fatima became a bloodied scene of bullet holes and obliterated corpses after suffered hails of gunfire and lobbed grenades. Lawlessness continues to perpetuate tit-for-tat exchanges between Islamic militants and anti-balaka (or anti-machete) militias following the ousting of the Séléka regime, which took power March of 2013, earlier this year when then-President Michel Djotodia resigned and fled the country in January.
The Christian Vote in Egypt’s Elections
Sisi’s Victory: A Step Forward in Protecting Egypt’s Christians?
Egyptians have cast their votes in the first presidential election since the removal of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. As preliminary results come in, it appears that Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has received more than 95 percent of the vote. Over 25 million votes were cast, according to Ahram. Many Christians hope the election of Sisi will bring greater protections from violent attacks and that they will see their rights as Egyptians respected.
Christian Father Fined, Then Jailed for Leading Worship Meeting at Home
Kazakhstan: Christian Jailed For Not Paying Fine After Raid
In Kazakhstan, common religious activity does not escape the sanction of the state, even within the privacy of the home. Acts such as prayer or gathering to worship with other believers may be fined, and more serious punishments may follow a refusal to pay the fine. Denis Yenenko’s story is one among many; he was fined for holding a worship service in his own home, and thrown into jail for six days when he refused to comply with the fine.
1,000 Christians Reportedly Still Imprisoned On 21st Anniversary of Eritrean Independence
ICC Note: Conservative estimates report more than 1,000 Christians remain imprisoned in Eritrea, otherwise known as the "North Korea of Africa" and the "Great Prison." Following a national law imposed in 2002 by the East African nation's President, Isaias Afwerki, requiring all religious entities register with the state, Christians and other religious practitioners have been regularly arrested and arbitrarily detained by security forces for holding "illegal gatherings." This of course as only five religious entities were allowed to register under the 2002 law, which now compose the state's five recognized religious orders. Torturous conditions continue to be reported by former and escaped detainees, including subjection to extreme temperature changes, inadequate food and water provision, and sever beatings by security staff. Often held incognito without charge or trial, many imprisoned Christians are forced to recant their faith and are severely punished if caught with Christian literature, including Bibles.
Boko Haram Perpetrates “Four-Hour Reign of Terror” Less Than 48 Hours After Gwoza Church Massacre
48 Dead, 6 Churches Burned in Borno State Attacks Following 21-Parishioner Massacre at Gwoza Town Church
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that suspected Boko Haram militants burned down six churches and killed eight civilians in an attack on Chinene Village in Borno State late on May 26. In a number of other attacks across the predominantly Christian region, suspected Boko Haram militants killed 40 others, most of whom were unarmed civilians.
The Hopes Of North Korea’s ‘Black Market Generation’
ICC Note: North Korea is the country where Christians face the most violence and persecution, according to the Open Doors 2014 World Watch List. Recently, the North Korean government officially blamed Christian missionaries for its human rights problems and internal difficulties. Given the fact that North Korea is closed and highly controlled, outsiders barely see signs that the situation may change. However, this article, written by a North Korean defector, discusses the changes she has observed that may bring hopes in North Korea.
Burma’s Draft Bill Restricts Religious Conversion and Interfaith Marriages
ICC Note: In the Buddhist-majority Burma, the government began a parliamentary session yesterday to discuss a controversial draft bill on restrictions to religious conversions and interfaith marriages under the guise of "protect race and religion". If the bill is passed, people have to ask permission from the government, in order to convert to another religion. Buddhist women may be barred from marrying outside faith. People are worried about a loss of religious freedom.
Photos of Christian Woman’s Daughter, Born on Death Row, Released to the Public
ICC Note: The first photos of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim's daughter, Maya, to whom she gave birth in the hospital wing of the Federal Women's Prison in Omdurman, Sudan on Tuesday, May 27, have been released. The baby, reported healthy, could be a United States citizen, pending confirmation that Daniel Wani, Meriam's husband and the alleged father of the child, is, in fact, a United States citizen. Meriam was sentenced to 100 lashes and death by a Public Order Court in Khartoum on charges of adultery and apostasy on May 15, 2014.
Four More Girls Escape Forced Conversion, Slavery Under Their Boko Haram Abductors
ICC Note: Four of the more than 240 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants from their Chibok secondary school on April 14 have escaped. Facing forced conversion and sale as child brides into sexual and domestic servitude, those abducted, including 8 abducted in a follow-up raid of Warabe Village, continue to suffer at the hands of their Islamist abductors. The act has garnered international attention, pushing members of the international community, including the United States (U.S.), to pledge their support in assisting the Nigerian Army with locating and recovering those abducted. A radical Islamic Insurgency, Boko Haram was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the U.S. in November of last year and was recently recognized as a known affiliate of al-Qaeda by a United Nations Security Council Committee.
Christians in Pakistan Feel “Under Siege” Due to Increasing Persecution
ICC Note: The Archbishop of Canterbury is currently visiting Pakistan to highlight the struggles of Pakistan's vulnerable Christians population. According to Christians in Pakistan, they feel "under siege" because of the persecution their community faces daily. Blasphemy accusations, forced conversion and widespread discrimination has plagued the Christian community in Pakistan. According to one church leader, "the Church in Pakistan is really struggling for survival."
Christians in Uzbekistan Denied Burial in State Cemeteries
Although Uzbekistan officially claims to be a secular state, local authorities have yielded to pressure from local imams to prevent Christians from burying their loved ones in state cemeteries. An administrative head in Muynak openly said in published remarks, “Those who accepted other religions may not be buried in the same cemetery with Muslims.” Consequently, a number of Protestant Christians have been instructed to bury their loved ones in Russian Orthodox cemeteries instead. Requests from Protestants for their own plots of land for burials have been ignored.
H.G. Wells' Remarkable Scientific Article About Evolution On Mars
ICC Note: Suspected Christian youths have destroyed the last remaining mosque in the Central African Republic's capital city of Bangui in a suspected act of reprisal to an attack perpetrated Wednesday by suspected Séléka remnants on Notre Dame de Fatima, which resulted in the deaths of 30 Christians. A known shelter for those seeking refuge from the sectarian violence that has plagued the streets of Bangui for months, Notre Dame de Fatima became a bloodied scene of bullet holes and obliterated corpses after suffered hails of gunfire and lobbed grenades. Lawlessness continues to perpetuate tit-for-tat exchanges between Islamic militants and anti-balaka (or anti-machete) militias following the ousting of the Séléka regime, which took power March of 2013, earlier this year when then-President Michel Djotodia resigned and fled the country in January.
The Christian Vote in Egypt’s Elections
Sisi’s Victory: A Step Forward in Protecting Egypt’s Christians?
Egyptians have cast their votes in the first presidential election since the removal of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. As preliminary results come in, it appears that Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has received more than 95 percent of the vote. Over 25 million votes were cast, according to Ahram. Many Christians hope the election of Sisi will bring greater protections from violent attacks and that they will see their rights as Egyptians respected.
Christian Father Fined, Then Jailed for Leading Worship Meeting at Home
Kazakhstan: Christian Jailed For Not Paying Fine After Raid
In Kazakhstan, common religious activity does not escape the sanction of the state, even within the privacy of the home. Acts such as prayer or gathering to worship with other believers may be fined, and more serious punishments may follow a refusal to pay the fine. Denis Yenenko’s story is one among many; he was fined for holding a worship service in his own home, and thrown into jail for six days when he refused to comply with the fine.
1,000 Christians Reportedly Still Imprisoned On 21st Anniversary of Eritrean Independence
ICC Note: Conservative estimates report more than 1,000 Christians remain imprisoned in Eritrea, otherwise known as the "North Korea of Africa" and the "Great Prison." Following a national law imposed in 2002 by the East African nation's President, Isaias Afwerki, requiring all religious entities register with the state, Christians and other religious practitioners have been regularly arrested and arbitrarily detained by security forces for holding "illegal gatherings." This of course as only five religious entities were allowed to register under the 2002 law, which now compose the state's five recognized religious orders. Torturous conditions continue to be reported by former and escaped detainees, including subjection to extreme temperature changes, inadequate food and water provision, and sever beatings by security staff. Often held incognito without charge or trial, many imprisoned Christians are forced to recant their faith and are severely punished if caught with Christian literature, including Bibles.
Boko Haram Perpetrates “Four-Hour Reign of Terror” Less Than 48 Hours After Gwoza Church Massacre
48 Dead, 6 Churches Burned in Borno State Attacks Following 21-Parishioner Massacre at Gwoza Town Church
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that suspected Boko Haram militants burned down six churches and killed eight civilians in an attack on Chinene Village in Borno State late on May 26. In a number of other attacks across the predominantly Christian region, suspected Boko Haram militants killed 40 others, most of whom were unarmed civilians.
The Hopes Of North Korea’s ‘Black Market Generation’
ICC Note: North Korea is the country where Christians face the most violence and persecution, according to the Open Doors 2014 World Watch List. Recently, the North Korean government officially blamed Christian missionaries for its human rights problems and internal difficulties. Given the fact that North Korea is closed and highly controlled, outsiders barely see signs that the situation may change. However, this article, written by a North Korean defector, discusses the changes she has observed that may bring hopes in North Korea.
Burma’s Draft Bill Restricts Religious Conversion and Interfaith Marriages
ICC Note: In the Buddhist-majority Burma, the government began a parliamentary session yesterday to discuss a controversial draft bill on restrictions to religious conversions and interfaith marriages under the guise of "protect race and religion". If the bill is passed, people have to ask permission from the government, in order to convert to another religion. Buddhist women may be barred from marrying outside faith. People are worried about a loss of religious freedom.
Photos of Christian Woman’s Daughter, Born on Death Row, Released to the Public
ICC Note: The first photos of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim's daughter, Maya, to whom she gave birth in the hospital wing of the Federal Women's Prison in Omdurman, Sudan on Tuesday, May 27, have been released. The baby, reported healthy, could be a United States citizen, pending confirmation that Daniel Wani, Meriam's husband and the alleged father of the child, is, in fact, a United States citizen. Meriam was sentenced to 100 lashes and death by a Public Order Court in Khartoum on charges of adultery and apostasy on May 15, 2014.
Four More Girls Escape Forced Conversion, Slavery Under Their Boko Haram Abductors
ICC Note: Four of the more than 240 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants from their Chibok secondary school on April 14 have escaped. Facing forced conversion and sale as child brides into sexual and domestic servitude, those abducted, including 8 abducted in a follow-up raid of Warabe Village, continue to suffer at the hands of their Islamist abductors. The act has garnered international attention, pushing members of the international community, including the United States (U.S.), to pledge their support in assisting the Nigerian Army with locating and recovering those abducted. A radical Islamic Insurgency, Boko Haram was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the U.S. in November of last year and was recently recognized as a known affiliate of al-Qaeda by a United Nations Security Council Committee.
Christians in Pakistan Feel “Under Siege” Due to Increasing Persecution
ICC Note: The Archbishop of Canterbury is currently visiting Pakistan to highlight the struggles of Pakistan's vulnerable Christians population. According to Christians in Pakistan, they feel "under siege" because of the persecution their community faces daily. Blasphemy accusations, forced conversion and widespread discrimination has plagued the Christian community in Pakistan. According to one church leader, "the Church in Pakistan is really struggling for survival."
Christians in Uzbekistan Denied Burial in State Cemeteries
Although Uzbekistan officially claims to be a secular state, local authorities have yielded to pressure from local imams to prevent Christians from burying their loved ones in state cemeteries. An administrative head in Muynak openly said in published remarks, “Those who accepted other religions may not be buried in the same cemetery with Muslims.” Consequently, a number of Protestant Christians have been instructed to bury their loved ones in Russian Orthodox cemeteries instead. Requests from Protestants for their own plots of land for burials have been ignored.
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from io9
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from KHQ Local News (Spokane)
Three People Arrested On First Degree Murder Charges
Spokane Police announced Thursday afternoon they have arrested three people on 1st Degree Murder charges in connection to the murder of Mark Broadwater. Broadwater's body was found in the Fernan Lake in Kootenai County earlier this month. Broadwater went missing back in April 2013. The three people arrested are: 47-year-old Jeffery B. Sankey, 40-year-old Judy L. Diamond, and 44-year-old Peter E. O’Brien
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from LiveScience
Can Drones Offer New Ways to Predict Storms, Save Lives?
Who Uses Heroin? Not Who You Might Think
The profile of the typical heroin user has changed over the past 50 years, a new study suggests.
Extinction Rates Soar to 1,000 Times Normal (But There's Hope)
Surgeons Can Now Do Brain Surgery Through the Nose
Before mummifying someone, the ancient Egyptians would remove the deceased's brain through the nose. Today, neurosurgeons can operate on brain tumors using a similar method.
Nikola Tesla: Biography, Inventions & Quotes
Spiders Pose as Bird Poop to Evade Predators
Women Catch Baby Bug from High School Friends
Women are more likely to have children in the two years after their high school friends have their first child, a new study finds.
World Cup Soccer Ball Is Nice and Stable, Study Finds
'Manhattanhenge' Sunset to Light Up New York City Tonight
Sunset in Manhattan should be a sight to behold today and tomorrow (May 29-30). The setting sun will align with Manhattan's grid-patterned streets, bathing the city's buildings in gold.
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from MEDIAite
from Money Talks News
Boomers Put Recession Behind Them and Retire in Droves
That scary time called the Great Recession caused many baby boomers to put off their retirement plans or go back to work. The sharply declining value of their investment portfolios and their homes made working longer a necessity. Suddenly, in the last two years, the number of baby boomers dropping out of the workforce has taken a big jump, Bloomberg reports. It’s one reason the U.S. jobless rate has dropped to 6.3 percent.
from Mother Nature Network
How to attract fireflies to your backyard
Fireflies are like Mother Nature’s fairy lights, and who doesn't want more of that? Here’s how to get your garden twinkling.
Fireflies are like Mother Nature’s fairy lights, and who doesn't want more of that? Here’s how to get your garden twinkling.
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from National Geographic
Physicists Say New World Cup Soccer Ball Design Has Big Impact
With just six panels and a rough surface, the new Brazuca ball seems to move more predictably than previous World Cup balls.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
Dr. Ben Carson on PRESS Pass: 'I will never become a politician'
"I will never become a politician under any circumstances. I will never get in bed with special interest groups. I just don't believe in that kind of thing. I think public servants should be just that - public servants. And if we don't have a system that allows somebody who has the interest of the people and the country in mind to make it in the political arena, then I guess I would never get there." ~ Dr. Ben Carson
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from New York Times
from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)
6 Hanford workers get medical treatment after vapor exposureMan faces vehicular homicide charges in Tacoma man's death
Tukwila PD chase on NB I-5 ends in crash
US Attorney: Officers who filed suit are resistant to change
The Seattle Police Department issued a statement late Thursday that that it is committed to reform, and that the officers in the lawsuit do not represent the department.
Broken metal plate delays I-5 Seattle traffic for 5 hours
Oregon parents jailed after young girls rescued from filthy RV
Soldier's mother 'aggravated' Americans think Afghan war is over
Crowd boos as council delays Seattle $15 plan
Longtime Seattle reporter Ken Schram passes away
Malaga wildfire 90 percent contained near Wenatchee
Teen births in US fall to historic low
Highway crashes cost US $871 billion a year
Wildfire spreads in Central Washington
MALAGA, Wash. (AP) -- A fast-moving brush fire in central Washington has prompted the Chelan County sheriff's office to warn residents of about 40 homes that they might need to leave.
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from PBS (& affiliates)
Measles in U.S. reaches two-decade high, hits Amish communities hardest
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from Personal Liberty
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]9th Circuit Again Justifies Government’s Theft Of Property
Americans pay artificially high prices on food because of regulations setting quotas on food production and because of subsidies to paid to farmers to grow (or not grow) one crop at the expense of another. But worse, USDA-approved cartels have received judicial sanction to steal farmers’ crops without compensation under a ruling that redefines theft.
Tale Of The Tape: Cadets Sit For Obama; Bush Has To Ask Them To Sit Down
Lawsuit Against Sriracha Hot Sauce Factory Dropped; City Tables Nuisance Resolution
‘Tase The Bitch’ Police Beating Death Leads To Lawsuit
The conduct of municipal police in Sherman, Texas in a brutality incident that killed a woman last year has now elicited a lawsuit from the victim’s sister.
Texas Senator John Cornyn Asks Obama For FBI Probe Of VA
State Department Official Claims Obama Should Get More Credit For Foreign Policy, Journalists Think It’s A Joke
House Approves Measure To Increase Funding For Gun Background Checks
Big Business Balks At Obama’s Forthcoming EPA Regulations
Americans’ Social Views Continue Leftward Trend
The gap that has separated the predominately conservative social outlook of a majority of people from the more liberal social views of a growing minority has closed almost to the point of parity, according to the latest Gallup survey of Americans’ attitudes toward economic and social issues.
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from POLITICO
John Boehner’s friends plot tea party crackdown
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from Popular Science
The Five Biggest Threats To Human Existence
1. Nuclear war; 2. Bioengineered pandemic; 3. Superintelligence; 4. Nanotechnology; 5. Unknown unknowns.
A World Without Steering Wheels Is Google's Best Idea Yet
Learn To Be A Roboticist—In Your Undies
Mastering robots in the company of professors doesn’t require a classroom. Or even pants. EdX, a remote-learning site run by Harvard and MIT, offers dozens of free online courses, including one called Autonomous Mobile Robots.
The Most Intriguing Stars In The Universe
[Infographic]
Identifying Insects By The Music Of Their Wings
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from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
9 Common Sense Antidotes To Address Chronic Disease and Advance Your Health
Chronic diseases are at epidemic levels. These chronic diseases include heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, depression and anxiety, multiple sclerosis and chronic pain. Conventional medicine alone will not prevent and reverse chronic diseases. Only a natural, alternative approach used in conjunction with conventional medicine works.
5 Facts On Cancer That Conventional Medicine Is Now Aggressively Claiming Are Myths
Top 6 Cancer-Fighting Superfoods[via Eyes Popping]
9 Common Sense Antidotes To Address Chronic Disease and Advance Your Health
Chronic diseases are at epidemic levels. These chronic diseases include heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, depression and anxiety, multiple sclerosis and chronic pain. Conventional medicine alone will not prevent and reverse chronic diseases. Only a natural, alternative approach used in conjunction with conventional medicine works.
5 Facts On Cancer That Conventional Medicine Is Now Aggressively Claiming Are Myths
Top 6 Cancer-Fighting Superfoods[via Eyes Popping]
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from Real Clear Politics
Mark Levin: Conservatives Are Going To Have To Get Behind One Candidate, And Soon
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from The Right Scoop
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from Salon
The right’s waste of money: Debunking Koch brothers’ lame, new, lie-filled ads
Americans for Prosperity swings and misses with two new ads in Michigan and Arkansas
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NASA missions let scientists see moon's dancing tide from orbit
Scientists combined observations from two NASA missions to check out the moon's lopsided shape and how it changes under Earth's sway -- a response not seen from orbit before. The lopsided shape of the moon is one result of its gravitational tug-of-war with Earth. The mutual pulling of the two bodies is powerful enough to stretch them both, so they wind up shaped a little like two eggs with their ends pointing toward one another. On Earth, the tension has an especially strong effect on the oceans, because water moves so freely, and is the driving force behind tides.
Domestication of dogs may explain mammoth kill sites and success of early modern humans
A new analysis of European archaeological sites containing large numbers of dead mammoths and dwellings built with mammoth bones has led to a new interpretation of these sites -- that their abrupt appearance may have been due to early modern humans working with the earliest domesticated dogs to kill the now-extinct mammoth.
Smells like deceit: A record number of species use the same odor to exploit each other
Ecologists discover a fascinating story of hijacked signals, deceit, stowaways, and eavesdropping in the natural world. It involves the citrus tree, an infectious plant disease called huánglóngbìng, a sap-sucking plant louse, and a predatory wasp -- all communicating with each other through a single odor.
Amber discovery indicates Lyme disease is older than human race
Lyme disease is a stealthy, often misdiagnosed disease that was only recognized about 40 years ago, but new discoveries of ticks fossilized in amber show that the bacteria which cause it may have been lurking around for 15 million years -- long before any humans walked on Earth. The findings were made by researchers who studied 15-20 million-year-old amber from the Dominican Republic that offer the oldest fossil evidence ever found of Borrelia, a type of spirochete-like bacteria that to this day causes Lyme disease.
Four-billion-year-old rocks yield clues about Earth's earliest crust
It looks like just another rock, but what researchers are examining is a four-billion-year-old chunk of an ancient protocontinent that holds clues about how Earth's first continents formed. Continents today form when one tectonic plate shifts beneath another into Earth's mantle and cause magma to rise to the surface, a process called subduction. It's unclear whether plate tectonics existed 2.5 billion to four billion years ago or if another process was at play.
Huge tooth fossil shows marine predator had plenty to chew on
A fossilized tooth belonging to a fearsome marine predator has been recorded as the largest of its kind found in the UK, following its recent discovery. A team of palaeontologists have verified the tooth, which was found near Chesil Beach in Dorset, as belonging to a prehistoric relative of modern crocodiles known as Dakosaurus maximus. The tooth, which has a broken tip, is approximately 5.5 cm long.
'Free choice' in primates altered through brain stimulation
When electrical pulses are applied to the ventral tegmental area of their brain, macaques presented with two images change their preference from one image to the other. The study is the first to confirm a causal link between act
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from ScienceDaily
NASA missions let scientists see moon's dancing tide from orbit
Scientists combined observations from two NASA missions to check out the moon's lopsided shape and how it changes under Earth's sway -- a response not seen from orbit before. The lopsided shape of the moon is one result of its gravitational tug-of-war with Earth. The mutual pulling of the two bodies is powerful enough to stretch them both, so they wind up shaped a little like two eggs with their ends pointing toward one another. On Earth, the tension has an especially strong effect on the oceans, because water moves so freely, and is the driving force behind tides.
Domestication of dogs may explain mammoth kill sites and success of early modern humans
A new analysis of European archaeological sites containing large numbers of dead mammoths and dwellings built with mammoth bones has led to a new interpretation of these sites -- that their abrupt appearance may have been due to early modern humans working with the earliest domesticated dogs to kill the now-extinct mammoth.
Smells like deceit: A record number of species use the same odor to exploit each other
Ecologists discover a fascinating story of hijacked signals, deceit, stowaways, and eavesdropping in the natural world. It involves the citrus tree, an infectious plant disease called huánglóngbìng, a sap-sucking plant louse, and a predatory wasp -- all communicating with each other through a single odor.
Amber discovery indicates Lyme disease is older than human race
Lyme disease is a stealthy, often misdiagnosed disease that was only recognized about 40 years ago, but new discoveries of ticks fossilized in amber show that the bacteria which cause it may have been lurking around for 15 million years -- long before any humans walked on Earth. The findings were made by researchers who studied 15-20 million-year-old amber from the Dominican Republic that offer the oldest fossil evidence ever found of Borrelia, a type of spirochete-like bacteria that to this day causes Lyme disease.
Four-billion-year-old rocks yield clues about Earth's earliest crust
It looks like just another rock, but what researchers are examining is a four-billion-year-old chunk of an ancient protocontinent that holds clues about how Earth's first continents formed. Continents today form when one tectonic plate shifts beneath another into Earth's mantle and cause magma to rise to the surface, a process called subduction. It's unclear whether plate tectonics existed 2.5 billion to four billion years ago or if another process was at play.
Huge tooth fossil shows marine predator had plenty to chew on
A fossilized tooth belonging to a fearsome marine predator has been recorded as the largest of its kind found in the UK, following its recent discovery. A team of palaeontologists have verified the tooth, which was found near Chesil Beach in Dorset, as belonging to a prehistoric relative of modern crocodiles known as Dakosaurus maximus. The tooth, which has a broken tip, is approximately 5.5 cm long.
'Free choice' in primates altered through brain stimulation
When electrical pulses are applied to the ventral tegmental area of their brain, macaques presented with two images change their preference from one image to the other. The study is the first to confirm a causal link between act
from The Seattle Times
Ken Schram, longtime KOMO personality, dead at 66
Ken Schram, 66, who worked at KOMO radio and TV for 35 years, died Thursday afternoon after a long illness.
Ken Schram, longtime KOMO personality, dead at 66
Ken Schram, 66, who worked at KOMO radio and TV for 35 years, died Thursday afternoon after a long illness.
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
Astronauts and Space Scientists Invade NYC for 2014 World Science Festival
SpaceX's Grasshopper: Reusable Rocket Prototype
Hunt Intensifies for Aliens on Kepler's Planets
SpaceX's SuperDraco Thruster for Manned Dragon Spacecraft Passes Big Test
How Mighty Jupiter Could Have Changed Earth's Habitability
Photographer Captures Spectacular Milky Way Vista from the Azores
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from The Telegraph (UK)
World War Two as you have never seen it: extremely rare colour footage of D-Day invasion released
The only known Allied colour footage of World War Two was uncovered in the attic of a Hollywood director by his son
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from Think Progress
________from United Liberty
Surprise! Leftist minimum wage policy backfires in Seattle suburb
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from USA Today
from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)
Press Laughs at Psaki Saying Obama ‘Doesn’t Give Himself Enough Credit’ on His Foreign Policy
All Apologies
MSNBC is often so very sorry. The latest “my bad”: Sort of a non-committal one by The Cycle‘s Touré for tweeting “the power of whiteness” benefitted Holocaust survivors in the U.S.
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from The Washington Post (DC)
GOP candidates show signs of retreat on full Obamacare repeal as midterms approach
Republican candidates have begun to retreat in recent weeks from their all-out assault on the Affordable Care Act in favor of a more piecemeal approach, suggesting they would preserve some aspects of the law while jettisoning others.
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from The Weekly Standard
Tickets to Hillary Speech On Sale, 66% Off
Hillary Clinton will be speaking at the 1STBANK Center next week in Broomfield, Colorado. But it appears event organizers are having a hard time selling out: tickets to the event have been put on sale, and are now selling for 66 percent cheaper than the original sale price.
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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)
Cheney: Obama Is The Weakest President In My Lifetime
SpaceX Unveils New Space Taxi for Astronauts
Reading Rainbow Is Coming Back Thanks to $2M From Kickstarter
Snowden’s Crypto Software May Be Tainted Forever
Snowden Explains Why He Won’t Come Home in First U.S. TV Interview
NSA Releases Snowden Email, Says He Raised No Concerns About Spying
Tech Time Warp of the Week: Watch a Young Sergey Brin Predict the Mobile Revolution in Wheelie Sneakers
Fourteen years ago, before Google was a household name, the then rosey-cheeked Google co-founder took the stage at a tech conference in New York and told a room full of nerds that handheld computers and mobile search would change the world. He was also bullish on wheelie sneakers. But we can at least give him credit for two out of three.
A Wickedly Sharp DSLR Lens That’s Worth Its $950 Price Tag
Science Graphic of the Week: Incredible 3-D Map Shows 300,000 Molecules in a Single Synapse
See Thomas Edison’s Steampunk Version of Oculus Rift
One spring day in 1894, Thomas Edison unveiled a remarkable moving picture machine called the Kinetoscope in a Manhattan parlor. Some 500 people lined up to drop quarters into what was the Oculus Rift of its day—a look into something truly transformative.
Only You Can Overthrow the Tyranny of Awful Stock Photos
In his 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell argued that clichéd language produces clichéd thinking. Using a stale image, as he’d put it, “makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.” Stock photography imprisons us in the same cognitive jail.
Don't blame us for slow YouTube videos, says Google
Today Google unveiled Google Video Quality Report, “a simple tool to see the level of video quality your Internet service provider can play YouTube.” U.S. and Canada-based YouTube watchers can run it on their machines starting now.
The Best and Worst Surprises From This TV Season
Ford’s Customers Tested Its New Trucks for Two Years, and They Didn’t Even Know It
To see if the all-new aluminum F-150 pickup is as tough as it has to be, Ford disguised six prototypes as conventional steel models and asked unknowing customers to beat the crap out of them for two and a half years.
6 Stunning Photos of the Internet’s Hidden Infrastructure
We know the internet as a 2-D screen, but in reality, the web is an immensely physical thing. The cloud isn’t an ephemeral, immaterial place where our pictures just happen to hang out, but rather a series of massive servers, wires and equipment tucked away in high-security buildings. It takes a lot of stuff—power and space—to make sure things run smoothly.
OBAMA'S "YEAR OF ACTION" ON STEROIDS AS HE PUSHES "FAIR HOUSING"
WAKE UP AMERICA! EPIC RANT FROM MARK LEVIN THAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD HEAR!
Mark Levin was on Hannity last night and spoke to Constitutional Conservatism so beautifully! Every American who cares about this Country should hear what this man has to say!
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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)
Cheney: Obama Is The Weakest President In My Lifetime
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from WIRED
SpaceX Unveils New Space Taxi for Astronauts
Reading Rainbow Is Coming Back Thanks to $2M From Kickstarter
Snowden’s Crypto Software May Be Tainted Forever
Snowden Explains Why He Won’t Come Home in First U.S. TV Interview
NSA Releases Snowden Email, Says He Raised No Concerns About Spying
Tech Time Warp of the Week: Watch a Young Sergey Brin Predict the Mobile Revolution in Wheelie Sneakers
Fourteen years ago, before Google was a household name, the then rosey-cheeked Google co-founder took the stage at a tech conference in New York and told a room full of nerds that handheld computers and mobile search would change the world. He was also bullish on wheelie sneakers. But we can at least give him credit for two out of three.
A Wickedly Sharp DSLR Lens That’s Worth Its $950 Price Tag
Science Graphic of the Week: Incredible 3-D Map Shows 300,000 Molecules in a Single Synapse
See Thomas Edison’s Steampunk Version of Oculus Rift
One spring day in 1894, Thomas Edison unveiled a remarkable moving picture machine called the Kinetoscope in a Manhattan parlor. Some 500 people lined up to drop quarters into what was the Oculus Rift of its day—a look into something truly transformative.
Only You Can Overthrow the Tyranny of Awful Stock Photos
In his 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell argued that clichéd language produces clichéd thinking. Using a stale image, as he’d put it, “makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.” Stock photography imprisons us in the same cognitive jail.
Don't blame us for slow YouTube videos, says Google
Today Google unveiled Google Video Quality Report, “a simple tool to see the level of video quality your Internet service provider can play YouTube.” U.S. and Canada-based YouTube watchers can run it on their machines starting now.
The Best and Worst Surprises From This TV Season
Ford’s Customers Tested Its New Trucks for Two Years, and They Didn’t Even Know It
To see if the all-new aluminum F-150 pickup is as tough as it has to be, Ford disguised six prototypes as conventional steel models and asked unknowing customers to beat the crap out of them for two and a half years.
6 Stunning Photos of the Internet’s Hidden Infrastructure
We know the internet as a 2-D screen, but in reality, the web is an immensely physical thing. The cloud isn’t an ephemeral, immaterial place where our pictures just happen to hang out, but rather a series of massive servers, wires and equipment tucked away in high-security buildings. It takes a lot of stuff—power and space—to make sure things run smoothly.
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from Yahoo News
from 100 Percent FED Up
OBAMA'S "YEAR OF ACTION" ON STEROIDS AS HE PUSHES "FAIR HOUSING"
WAKE UP AMERICA! EPIC RANT FROM MARK LEVIN THAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD HEAR!
Mark Levin was on Hannity last night and spoke to Constitutional Conservatism so beautifully! Every American who cares about this Country should hear what this man has to say!
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