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U.S. Government clamps down on Bitcoin — Fears ‘lack of control’

US authorities have frozen the account of the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange, which helps move the customers’ cash online. The booming digital currency has hit bureaucratic blocks ever since its rapid growth came to the attention of government.

How to stop the government from reading your e-mail

From Economic Policy Journal:

… [W]hat can Americans do to protect themselves from warrantless email searches? Authorities will probably always be able to access messages if they have reason to believe someone is breaking the law, says Chester Wisniewski, senior security adviser for Sophos, an information technology security and data protection company.

But those hoping to avoid unnecessary snooping through emails sent to a spouse (or regrettable messages sent during one’s college [...]

BREAKING – Arrest made in West Texas Explosion Connection

WEST (CBSDFW.COM) – A man from West has been arrested for possessing a destructive device. Bryce Ashley Reed is set to appear in a federal court in Waco at 10:15 a.m. Friday morning.

Authorities previously said that the deadly blast in West was not a criminal act or an act of terrorism. It is unclear if police believe that Reed may now be connected to the West explosion.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/10/west-man-arrested-for-destructive-device/

BREAKING: Washington State courts office hacked

The Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked in February, and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver license numbers may have been accessed during the data breach of its public website.

Officials with the courts announced Thursday that so far, it has been confirmed that 94 Social Security numbers were obtained. Initially, authorities didn’t think confidential information was taken, but following an investigation by the [...]

Warren Buffett on Ben Bernanke’s Monetary Policy

“I feel sorry for people that have clung to fixed-dollar investments,” he told investors at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Nebraska, an event akin to a rock concert.

Mr Buffett defended the emergency stimulus of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, saying the “consequences would have been terrible” if the authorities had failed to act, but those nearing pension age have paid the price.

Urgent-Several strong explosions in Ministry of Defense RajaChimie complex (Iran)

Around 14:00 h on Tuesday May 7, several strong explosions shook RajaChimie complex affiliated with the Ministry of Defense industries and caused a lot of damages. RajaCimie complex is located in Shahriar, Malard road, after Bidganeh village, close to Safadasht area.
This complex which is very important to the Ministry of Defense, is located in a very fortified area adjacent to Air Force garrisons and the Revolutionary Guards Centre of Missile [...]

5 women die in limo fire on CA bridge

A limousine traveling on a major bridge in the San Francisco area burst into flames, killing five female passengers who were trapped inside and injuring four others who escaped, authorities said today.

The limo was carrying nine female passengers and a male driver when it caught fire late Saturday on the San Mateo bridge, California Highway Patrol officer Art Montiel said.

Five occupants became trapped, while four others suffered injuries but managed [...]

Louisiana Bans Using Cash for Sales of Second Hand Goods:

(NaturalNews) If you buy or sell secondhand goods and live in the state of Louisiana, you can no longer use legal tender to complete such transactions. Ackel & Associates LLC (A&A), a professional law firm, explains that House Bill 195 of the 2011 Regular Session (Act 389), which was recently passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal, prohibits anyone who “buys, sells, trades or [...]

Official: Student Arrested In Boston Bombing Case Allowed To Return To US Without Valid Visa

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of three college students arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings case was allowed to return to the United States from Kazakhstan in January despite not having a valid student visa, a federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

Authorities charged the student — a friend and classmate of one of the men accused of setting off the deadly explosions — with helping after the attacks to [...]

Bayou Corne Sinkhole – Land is sinking outside boundary “Ongoing surface subsidence”

Texas Brine Co. is building a westward extension of a 1.5-mile containment berm encircling the Assumption Parish sinkhole because a 200-foot stretch of the earthen wall is sinking, authorities said Friday.

The berm has been under construction for months to keep oil, salt and other contaminants from escaping the 13-acre sinkhole and harming surrounding freshwater swamps, bayous and aquatic life.

http://theadvocate.com/home/5819551-125/assumption-sinkholes-containment-wall-gets

The Office of Conservation, in consultation with Assumption Parish Incident Command, is [...]

BREAKING NOW: Authorities Respond to Report of Possible Hazardous Substance at Mail Facility at Military Base Near D.C.! HARRY REID SAYS IT’S RICIN ATTACK

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Official: Possible biotoxin at DC facility

Test indicate substance is possible biotoxin

http://www.wcyb.com/news/Official-Possible-biotoxin-at-DC-facility/-/14590844/19863244/-/dub6nl/-/index.html

HARRY REID SAYS IT’S RICIN ATTACK

“I can’t give you any more details,” Reid told reporters. “When I left the room here, I had a [...]

Mourn For America: Whenever A Tragedy Happens They Take Even More Freedom From Us

by Michael

What in the world is happening to America? Over the past couple of decades, the federal government has used just about every major national tragedy as an excuse to take even more liberty and freedom away from us. And without a doubt, the Boston Marathon bombing was a great national tragedy. I don’t think that any of us will forget the images that we have seen over the past [...]

17 Unanswered Questions About The Boston Marathon Bombing The Media Is Afraid To Ask

by Michael

Will we ever learn the full truth about the Boston Marathon bombing? Personally, I have been looking into this attack for days, and I just keep coming up with more questions than answers. At this point, I honestly have no idea what really happened. Why was a bomb drill being held on the day of the attack? Why have authorities denied that a bomb drill was taking place? Were Tamerlan [...]

160 dead and over 6500 injured from earthquake in China

Residents in China’s southwestern Sicuan province huddled outdoors Saturday night in a town near the epicentre of a powerful earthquake that struck earlier in the day, leaving at least 160 people dead and more than 6,700 injured, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region.

Saturday morning’s earthquake triggered landslides and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous Lushan county. The village of Longmen was hit [...]

Official: Boston bombing suspect suffers throat injury, may not be able to talk

Chelsea J. Carter
CNN
April 20, 2013

The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings suffered an injury to his throat and may not be able to talk, a federal official told CNN on Saturday, possibly hindering attempts by authorities to question him about a motive in the attack.

With one suspect dead, authorities believe answers to a motive and whether the brothers had help rest with Dzhokar Tsarnaev, who was captured Friday night [...]

Boston Dunkin’ Donuts stays open ‘to take care of the needs of law enforcement’

All of Boston may be on lockdown as authorities search for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, but at least one chain is weathering the manhunt with its doors open.

Founded just ten miles from Boston, Dunkin’ Donuts is keeping four locations open in Watertown, the area seeing the most law enforcement as they search for suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaey.

Those stores are offering free food to first responders.

‘There was an automated [...]

CNN: 12 BODIES RECOVERED IN WEST, TX, AFTER FERTILIZER PLANT EXPLOSION

WEST, Texas (AP) — The bodies of 12 people have been recovered after an enormous Texas fertilizer plant explosion that demolished surrounding neighborhoods for blocks and left about 200 other people injured, authorities said Friday.

Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jason Reyes said it was “with a heavy heart” that he confirmed 12 bodies had been pulled from the area of the plant explosion in West, about 20 miles north of Waco.

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/19/police-12-bodies-recovered-in-texas-plant-explosion/

Boston is on LOCKDOWN as the ENTIRE CITY is told to stay indoors during manhunt for the second bombing suspect

Police order all residents to stay inside as the manhunt continues for the second suspect, identified as Dzokhar Tsarnaev
Public transport system closed and Amtrak services suspended between Boston and Providence
All public schools and 16 colleges are closed today

The entire city of Boston is on lockdown as authorities warn that residents should lock their doors and remain inside as they continue the manhunt for the surviving suspect from the marathon bombing.

The [...]

24 IRS workers charged with lying to get unemployment, food stamps, welfare benefits

First it was the families of dead people and state employees. Now, authorities say Internal Revenue Service employees in Tennessee were stealing unemployment and other benefits while fully employed.

On Thursday, 13 of those employees were indicted on federal charges that they lied to get unemployment, food stamps, welfare and housing vouchers. An additional 11 have been indicted on state charges of theft greater than $1,000.

In all, authorities say the workers [...]

China’s Animal Apocalypse Spreads To Dogs

First it was floating dead pigs, then ducks, then black swans, then mass chicken exterminations, then fish, and now more pigs and also a brand new entrant to the Chinese animal apocalypse: dogs.

AP reports that hundreds more pigs have been found dead in China – this time together with dozens of dogs. “A total of 410 pigs and 122 dogs were discovered in homes and at farms earlier this week in a village that comes under Yanshi [...]

FBI leaking photos of crime scene to public, shows wires, detonators

From a blood-covered zipper pull to a dented blue-and-silver battery, the Boston Marathon bombing site has yielded important forensic evidence that authorities will use to profile and track suspects.

New photos of the crime scene where white-suited FBI specialists are gathering evidence are testament to the power of the two bombs, which twisted a metal pressure cooker apart and sprayed debris on rooftops.

The force of Monday’s blast killed three people and [...]

BREAKING: Lid of pressure cooker found on rooftop!!! Along with a battery, and computer chip!! – VIDEO

(CNN) — Within a day of the Oklahoma City bombing, officials had named their suspect: Timothy McVeigh. Within two days of the 9/11 attacks, investigators had zeroed in on al Qaeda as the perpetrator.

But as loved ones mourn the deaths of three people and dozens of others remain hospitalized from the dual bombings Monday near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, two questions continue to hound authorities: Who triggered [...]

Beijing fears over 4-year-old H7N9 ‘carrier’… but no symptoms

Some 4 year old has the virus but no symptoms…

(CNN) – Doctors say the discovery of a 4-year-old carrier of the H7N9 virus who shows no symptoms of the potentially lethal virus is a worrying development that could make the spread of the infection more difficult to monitor.

The Beijing Municipal Health Bureau said the boy was detected from a group of close contacts of the first infection in Beijing and the [...]

6-year-old takes family car for repairs, Chinese food

A 6-year-old Lapeer boy took his family’s car for a spin and made it about 3 miles before he was stopped by other motorists Saturday morning.

“I opened the door and asked him what he was doing,” Lapeer County Sheriff’s Deputy Karl Sapp said Sunday. “He told me he was going to the dealer to get the car fixed.”

The boy, who had hit a street sign near his house and cracked [...]

BREAKING: London and France on full alert, step up patrols after Boston blasts

France on Tuesday ordered police patrols to be stepped up after at least two people were killed and 23 others wounded in two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Interior Minister Manuel Valls asked local officials and the security forces “to reinforce without delay the presence of patrols” across the country, a statement said.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130415/france-steps-patrols-after-boston-blasts

Attacks Boston: enhanced security measures in the United States, London and Paris

After the attacks [...]

Explosions IN BOSTON, ON PATRIOT’S DAY — Dozens Injured, At Least 2 Dead

by Ken Belson & Mary Pilon, NY Times:

A series of explosions erupted near the finish line at the Boston Marathon on Monday. The Boston Police Department confirmed that they were looking into an explosion, but had no further comment.

The Associated Press reported that the authorities were helping injured runners leave the scene and bloody spectators were being carried to a medical tent that was being used for runners.

The A.P. said that [...]

EMU Plot Curdles as Creditors Seize Cyprus Gold Reserves

First they purloin the savings and bank deposits in Laiki and the Bank of Cyprus, including the working funds of the University of Cyprus, and thousands of small firms hanging on by their fingertips.

Then they seize three quarters of the country’s gold reserves, making it ever harder for Cyprus to extricate itself from EMU at a later date.

The people of Cyprus first learned about this from a Reuters leak of [...]

BREAKING – Taiwan reports 42 suspected cases of H7N9

China bird flu outbreak at 38, Taiwan reports 42 suspected cases, none confirmed

The human H7N9 avian influenza outbreak in China has grown to 38 cases, according to the World Health Organization. Of this total, 10 have resulted in death.

http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/china-bird-flu-outbreak-at-38-taiwan-reports-42-suspected-cases-none-confirmed-25533/

“Based on a seven-day dormant period of virus, the middle of this month is going to be a critical moment for containing any epidemic of H7N9.

…Authorities are still working through the theory that people are [...]

Cops: Bomb sent to ‘Sheriff Joe’

An explosive device sent to “America’s toughest sheriff” was intercepted by police in Arizona on Thursday, officials said.

A suspicious package addressed to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s downtown Phoenix headquarters was X-rayed by officers in Flagstaff, Ariz., according to authorities.

A bomb team later destroyed the device.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/12/17716966-cops-bomb-sent-to-americas-toughest-sheriff-joe-arpaio?lite

False alarm on the North Korean missile launch prompts panic in Japan

Authorities of the Japanese city of Yokohama has by mistake declared in social networks that North Korea carried out a rocket launch, causing panic in the city with a population of 3.7 million people.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_04_10/False-alarm-on-the-North-Korean-missile-launch-caused-panic-in-Japan/

Man arrested after he claims vehicle ‘rigged with explosives’ near White House

A man is in custody after claiming his vehicle was rigged with explosives near the White House.

Streets in the area were closed as U.S. Park Police, Washington D.C. Metro Police and the Secret Service investigated the vehicle at Vermont and H Street Northwest.

A source close to the investigation tells FoxNews.com the suspect, identified as Krsytoff Wasik, told authorities he had a bomb and his vehicle was rigged with explosives. The [...]

14 injured in stabbing spree on TX college campus

HOUSTON (KTRK) – Multiple victims have been injured in a stabbing attack on the Lone Star College Cy-Fair campus, with one person taken into custody. Authorities now believe there was only one attacker.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9058352

ALERT: All Of The Money In Your Bank Account Could Disappear In A Single Moment – How You Would Feel If You Logged In To Your Bank Account And All Of Your Money Was Gone? That Is Exactly What Happened To Some Chase Customers Last Month!

By Michael

What would you do if you logged in to your bank account someday and it showed that you had a zero balance and your bank had no record that you ever had any money in your account? What would you do if all of the money in your bank account suddenly disappeared in a single moment? If you had not kept any paper records, which most Americans do not, [...]

ECB warns Latvia not to accept Russian money coming from Cyprus

In order to warn authorities not to accept the Russian money that is leaving Cyprus, officials of the European Central bank have contacted Latvia, which has received a large portion of Russian money, according to well informed sources.

“Our Latvian friends were told clearly – if you want to join the Eurozone, you should not offer sanctuary to the Russian money that is currently leaving Cyprus,” – as a banker of [...]

Republican politician and grandmother, 53, is found dead in the home of another ex-GOP lawmaker after ‘shooting herself in the head’

State Rep Jessica Upshaw, 53, is found dead in home of former Rep Clint Rotenberry of a single gunshot wound to the head
She is believed to have killed herself

Upshaw is the fifth Mississippi lawmaker to die in the last few months

Authorities in Mississippi are investigating after a state representative was found dead in a suspected suicide at the home of a former lawmaker, according to local officials.

The death of Republican [...]

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