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Equity Fund Redemptions in April Are Largest in 17 Years Bloomberg – 4/27/12

Global investors this month pulled the most money from stock funds in any April in at least 17 years amid escalating concerns that Europe’s economy is faltering.

Equity funds had net redemptions of $18.6 billion through April 25, according to data from EPFR Global, a research firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The April withdrawals were the largest since at least 1996, the first year for which comparable data is available.

“April has [...]

Man Dies After Being Assaulted by Cops; Officers Placed on Paid Leave

RT.com
April 25, 2012

Five months after cops in North Chicago, Illinois violently arrested an unarmed man only for him to die from his injuries days later, the city’s mayor has announced that seven police officers will be placed on paid administrative leave.

The seven North Chicago officers linked to the November 13 death of 45-year-old Darrin Hanna were sent home with pay this week as authorities consider if any further disciplinary action [...]

‘The public is fed-up’: Former TSA chief again criticises airport security

Daily Mail
April 25, 2012

The former head of the Transportation Security Administration has once again lambasted the country’s airport security system.

Kip Hawley, who was head of the TSA from 2005-2009, says he understands why the public is ‘fed-up’ with the agency, because lengthy security checks and a laundry list of banned items do little to stop terrorists and need to be streamlined.

He argues passengers should be allowed to carry blades, small [...]

TSA: All Americans Must Be Irradiated

Infowars.com
April 25, 2012

The criminal gang operating under the name TSA want their cancer causing naked pedophile scanners installed in all airports, bus stations, train stations and public places! But that is only the start of their power grab.

Manhattan AIDS and Occupy Protesters Arrested

Associated Press
April 25, 2012

AIDS and Occupy protesters wearing Robin Hood costumes were arrested after chaining themselves together and blocking traffic in the Wall Street area.

About 10 chanting and sign-waving protesters conducted the action on Wednesday in lower Manhattan.

Police used chain cutters and wrestled protesters to the pavement in the middle of Broadway. New York Stock Exchange workers jeered from the sidewalk as the handcuffed protesters were loaded into vans

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Fire rages in south China after blast hits pesticide factory; casualties unknown – Xinhua

NANNING, April 25 (Xinhua) — An explosion took place in a pesticide factory in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Monday afternoon.

Fire is raging and causalities have not been reported by the local authorities.

Building fire near Beijing kills 17, injures 24 – Xinhuanet…Developing…

BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) — At least 17 people were killed, and 24 others injured, in a building fire in the southern Beijing suburb Monday morning, Beijing municipal police said.

Fire fighters have put out the blaze.

The fire erupted at around 1 a.m. Monday from a four-story building in Jiugong Town in Daxing District, said the police.

An investigation into the cause of the fire is under way. – Source

Fed Releases New POMO Schedule: The Desk Plans To Purchase Approximately $97 Billion Through May 11

by ZH

And now the one all the Fed frontrunners have been waiting for… (with a 40 minute NYU intern induced delay)

Across all operations in the schedule listed below, the Desk plans to purchase approximately $97 billion.  This represents $80 billion in purchases of the announced $600 billion purchase program [...]