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North Korea fires 2nd projectile into the sea, South Korea says - @YonhapNews (ATTN: UPDATES with firing of second projectile in first 5 paras) The first launch occurred between 11 a.m. and noon, while the second took place between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., the [...] President Obama announced Wednesday that acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller would resign in the wake of the agency scandal in which conservative groups were targeted — though Miller was apparently set to step down anyway. An official close to Miller told Fox News, shortly after Obama’s brief announcement, that the IRS chief was “set to resign the position of acting commission as of early June.” He was planning to leave the [...] Yahoo! News Summer break has started very early for kids in one Michigan school district. Buena Vista schools have been closed for five days already, and on Monday, the district’s website stated that the school would be closed until further notice. For good reason, this decision has parents, and the community, up in arms. The problem in Buena Vista is that the school district, educating approximately 450 kids, is out of [...] Israeli Army fires heavy artillery gunshots towards Lebanon https://twitter.com/DougPologe The Israeli Army fired on Thursday at 9:30 am heavy artillery gunshots from the region of Rwaiset al-Alam located on the Israeli side of the border with south Lebanon towards Lebanese towns. Earlier, an Israeli drone overflew the regions of Hasbaya and Western Bekaa at dawn reportedly for over 3 hours. It is also worth noting that the Israeli Army carried out, at 8 am, [...] from KingWorldNews: Today Egon von Greyerz told King World News that within months, as more fires start to burn in the financial system, the world will see a massive and stunning coordinated global rescue package and one of the greatest short squeezes in history. Greyerz also said all of the major countries will participate. Below is what Greyerz, who is founder of Matterhorn Asset Management out of Switzerland, had to say in [...] Building refuses to conform to post-9/11 understanding of physics Paul Joseph Watson The new understanding of physics since September 11, 2001, that limited fire damage can cause buildings to implode at almost free fall speed into their own footprints, was confounded once again as a 40-storey skyscraper in Chechnya was engulfed with flames for hours yet did not collapse.
The blaze consumed an apartment building in Grozny, the Chechen capital [...] A Tupelo woman hired earlier this month by a KFC was fired Monday after the franchise owner discovered she’s homeless. Eunice Jasica has been staying at the Salvation Army lodge since early December after losing her job, her car and her home. The nonprofit organization requires its residents to seek employment daily and, upon finding it, to pay for lodging and start saving for a place of their own. Jasica said she [...] The IDF opened fire at a Syrian military post on Sunday after the Syrians opened fire at IDF soldiers. The IDF used a Tamuz anti-tank guided missile at a Syrian post in the Tel Fares area in the southern Golan Heights. There were no casualties on the Israeli side. The Syrian post was destroyed and two armed Syrians were wounded. The shooting along the frontier in the Golan Heights was one [...] zerohedge.com While we explained exactly why there is a possibility of a Europe-style wealth tax in the US, it appears the American Banking Association has decided to put out fires early… While the crisis in Cyprus is a real concern for depositors in Cypriot’s banks, it has no implication for depositors in U.S. institutions. Depositors in U.S. banks are insured up to $250,000 and no insured depositor has ever lost money [...] Geoffrey Ingersoll A military officer has anonymously tipped the Yonhap news agency that North Korea “test fired” two short range missiles into the East Sea Friday. “The launch was seen as testing its capability for short-range missiles. It seemed to be conducted on a military-unit level, not at a national level,” the source told Yonhap. This doesn’t just underscore tensions between North and South, but between hawkish generals and their young [...] thehill.com Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blasted fellow GOP Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday, saying the two “think the whole world is a battlefield.” Paul criticized the hawkish senators for thinking the laws of war should take precedence over the Bill of Rights. The two had criticized Paul’s statements about drone policy during the Kentucky Republican’s nearly 13-hour filibuster on Thursday. “They think the whole world is a battlefield, [...] “I give God 10%,” Bell wrote on the receipt, scratching out the automatic tip and scribbling in an emphatic “0″ where the additional tip would be. “Why do you get 18?” (There were more than eight people in Bell’s party, triggering the auto-tip.) http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/applebees-waitress-fired-pastor-receipt-193820748.html Anyone else finding the official explanation a little hard to swallow? About 20,000 Central Texans were left without power early Friday as a mixture of lingering dust from dry weather and a steady flow of overnight drizzle wreaked havoc for local electric utilities and their customers. by Ken, Modern Survival: Gun control! It’s all over the news and the Internet. There have been several recent mass shooting which are certainly fueling the fires for those who wish to take away 2nd Amendment rights or at a minimum restrict them greatly. I don’t know if great gun ownership restrictions will come to be or not. There isn’t much I can do about it. I recently read an article which described [...] Beneath the streets of Boston is an aging network of natural gas pipelines that delivers fuel to heat homes and power appliances but also threatens to feed fires and even cause explosions. Highlighting the need for repairs, a new study detected more than 3,300 natural gas leaks throughout the city. Researchers from Boston University and Duke logged 785 road miles (1,263 kilometers) in the city, driving around in a GPS-equipped car [...] Beneath the streets of Boston is an aging network of natural gas pipelines that delivers fuel to heat homes and power appliances but also threatens to feed fires and even cause explosions. Highlighting the need for repairs, a new study detected more than 3,300 natural gas leaks throughout the city. http://www.livescience.com/24963-thousands-of-natural-gas-leaks-found-in-boston.html Devastation in Massachusetts town as strip club explodes leaving 16 hurt and three building levelled At least 16 people were rushed to [...] (RT) SWAT team fires semi-automatic guns at unarmed 18 year old Members of a SWAT team opened fire on an unarmed teenage girl this week when police officers outside of Washington, DC attempted to serve an early morning search warrant. Myasia Hughley, 18, is recovering from flesh wounds following Thursday morning’s events in District Heights, Maryland. She was asleep in her bedroom at her family house when 15 FBI SWAT agents [...] Fire started in one house around 11pm on November 10 and caused a roaring explosion and more fires At least 31 homes were severely damaged, three homes were destroyed Authorities launched a homicide investigation Monday into the house explosion that killed a young couple and left numerous homes uninhabitable in an Indianapolis neighborhood. Indianapolis Homeland [...] seattle.cbslocal.com A Kings County Sheriff’s deputy has been put on administrative leave after being accused of shooting at a developmentally disabled man who was holding a toy gun. The Seattle Times reports police got multiple calls about a man waving a gun at passing vehicles. “The first deputy arrived minutes later and the man ignored her commands. When the man pulled the handgun from his waistband and raised it, the deputy [...] Google’s top-secret Niantic Project has been picking up plenty of buzz lately around all the usual tech blogs. Since November 1st a Google-hosted investigation board has been stoking these fires with cryptic videos featuring ominous voiceovers that drop phrases like “There’s more to the world than you can see.” A poster featuring encoded text superimposed over photos taken near CERN is another early post on this “Sphere of Weirdness.” An independent wiki has even been set up to help sort out the [...] Approximately 16 of the $100,000+ Fisker Karma extended-range luxury hybrids were parked in Port Newark, New Jersey last night when water from Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge apparently breached the port and submerged the vehicles. As Jalopnik has exclusively learned, the cars then caught fire and burned to the ground. Our source tells us they were “first submerged in a storm surge and then caught fire, exploded.” This wouldn’t be the first time the [...] Floods and fires, seawater surges and electrical outages, fierce rains and lashing winds continued to pummel parts of the Northeast as Sandy continued its destructive march on Tuesday. From Chicago to the Atlantic Ocean, through major cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington, the impact of the storm continued to grow. Transportation systems in New York and New Jersey were crippled. More than 16,000 airlines flights have been canceled. Sandy continued to generate [...] You’ve probably seen the news all over the ‘net: If Romney wins the election on November 6, many Obama supporters plan to riot in the streets. A surprising number have announced their plans to “kill Romney.” Simultaneously, FEMA has announced it is preparing for an event involving “mass casualties.” Regardless of who you support in the coming election, the possibility of post-election riots is a reality. Here are 12 things you need to realize [...] Forty-seven homicides this year could beat record of 58 from 1995 Almost half of residents unemployed and streets are run by drug gangs This city, long among the nation’s poorest and most crime-ridden, is on the verge of dismantling its police department and starting anew with a force run by the county government. City officials are making the move to increase the [...] SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s navy fired warning shots Friday toward North Koreanfishing boats that crossed a disputed maritime boundary, but the shots didn’t hit the fishing boats and the vessels retreated, a South Korean official said. Fishing boats routinely jostle for position in the seafood-rich Yellow Sea waters claimed by both countries during crab-catching season, which is now in high gear. Three deadly naval clashes since 1999 have taken a few dozen lives. [...] CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Yahoo News said it fired Washington Bureau Chief David Chalian on Wednesday for disparaging comments he made Tuesday night about Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his wife Ann. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/yahoo-news-fires-exec-for-remark-about-romneys-2012-08-29?link=MW_home_latest_news Now if you so much as have a parking ticket; YOU’RE FIRED! http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/Wells-Fargo-fires-worker-for-1963-crime/-/9357080/16281692/-/dny0ehz/-/index.html?fb_ref=activity-right-rail Wells Fargo Home Mortgage fired an Iowa worker regarding a 1963 incident at a laundromat in the wake of new employment guidelines. Richard Eggers, 68, was fired in July for putting a cardboard cutout of a dime in a Carlisle washing machine decades ago. “It was silly and stupid. I am not terribly proud of it. But, it doesn’t warrant a termination a [...] A Navy worker set fire to a nuclear-powered submarine causing $400 million damage because he ‘wanted to leave work early’. Casey James Fury, 24, from Portsmouth, North Hampshire, faces life in prison if convicted of two counts of arson after starting an inferno aboard the USS Miami attack submarine on May 23. According to a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Portland today, Fury, a painter and sandblaster, told investigators [...] A Navy worker set fire to a nuclear-powered submarine causing $400 million damage because he ‘wanted to leave work early’. Casey James Fury, 24, from Portsmouth, North Hampshire, faces life in prison if convicted of two counts of arson after starting an inferno aboard the USS Miami attack submarine on May 23. According to a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Portland today, Fury, a painter and sandblaster, told investigators [...] |
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