Saturday, July 19, 2014

In the news, Tuesday, July 1, 2014


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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some sources may require subscription.

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from ABC News (& affiliates)
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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)

from Ancestry.com

There Are 7 Types of English Surnames — Which One Is Yours?

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from Ars Technica

Cassini’s decade at Saturn in pictures
On July 1, 2004, the Cassini orbiter was inserted into orbit around Saturn.

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from The Atlantic

Why PepsiCo CEO Indra K. Nooyi Can't Have It All
"If you ask our daughters," she said in a frank interview on work-life balance, "I'm not sure they will say that I've been a good mom."

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from The Blaze
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from Breitbart
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from Clarion Project - Addressing Islamic Extremism

More Than 20,000 Girls at Risk for FGM in UK This Year Alone
Thousands of schoolgirls in the United Kingdom are at high risk of undergoing female genital mutilation [FGM] during this year's summer break, according to the British government, which is actively promoting several nationwide campaigns aimed at raising awareness of the spiraling problem. Girls under the age of 15 are particularly at risk during the summer "cutting"season. So far efforts by the UK to stop it have been ineffective.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

After Hobby Lobby: Lib Video Says ‘Religious Extremists’ Are Taking Away Rights

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from The Daily Beast

Exclusive: Putin’s Pilots Set to Fly Over Iraq
Russia may not have boots on the ground in Iraq—yet. But it will have them in the sky; Russian pilots could be flying over Iraq within days.

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from EarthSky

Antares is Heart of the Scorpion
The ruby Heart of Scorpius is the 16th brightest star in our sky and one of the most gigantic stars known.

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from Facecrooks (& Bitdefender)

“LOL” Virus Strikes Facebook Chat
A new virus has been detected on Facebook that spreads via the site’s chat function. Users affected by the virus receive a Facebook Chat message from one of their friends that simply says “LOL,” accompanied by an attachment labeled “Photo_xxx.zip or IMG_xxx.zip.” The message itself is harmless, but the attachment is another story.

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from The Farmacy (REALfarmacy.com)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Monsanto Tries to Patent & Control Natural, Non-GMO Tomatoes

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from The Jerusalem Post

Israeli jets pound Gaza, hit 34 targets in overnight strike
IAF strikes dozens of Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip; several more rockets hit southern Israel on Tuesday morning.

Kurd party leader to ‘Post’: US keeping us from independence
The head of a Kurdish political party told The Jerusalem Post that he thanks Israel’s leaders for their support for an independent Kurdistan and that the US is keeping the Kurds from gaining independence.

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from KXLY 4 News (Spokane)

Vet gets apology from HOA over American flag flap
POST FALLS, Idaho - Korean War vet Curtis Benham, who was asked by his homeowners association to remove an American flag from his window has received an apology from the HOA and the overwhelming support of his neighbors.

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from LiveScience

How Do Fireworks Get Their Colors?

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from National Geographic

Three Recipes That Could Help End World Hunger
Eighty percent of the world’s nations eat insects. That’s an estimated 1.9 billion people, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. And in lab studies, insects have shown themselves to be rich in protein, roughly equivalent, pound for pound, to lean ground beef.

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from National Review

Tragedy in Israel
By Rand Paul.  It’s time to end aid to the Palestinian Authority.

What Does the Left Think the Supreme Court Is? 
Hobby Lobby exposes mass incomprehension of the role of courts in a constitutional republic.

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from Natural Society
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from NPR (& affiliates)
from The Right Scoop

Mark Levin: We have a full-fledged IMPERIAL PRESIDENT who has no respect for the rule of law or YOU

from Science-Based Medicine

Safer than Driving to the Doctor
There are rare complications from vaccines but autism is not one of them. And the diseases they prevent are worse.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

NASA Saturn Probe Will End Mission in Epic 'Grand Finale'
Starting in late 2016, Cassini will zip between Saturn and its innermost ring a total of 22 times in a mission phase now known as the "Cassini Grand Finale," which will end in September 2017 when the probe intentionally dives into the gas giant's atmosphere.

Why Alien Life Hunt Should Focus on Impact Craters

Cosmic Crumbs Reveal Umbrella Galaxy's Eating Habits
This spiral galaxy — a twin of the Milky Way — is eating a smaller galaxy, and it gets its whimsical nickname from the wispy "parasol" that surrounds it.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from The Washington Post (DC)
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