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The Department of Defense confirms to NBC 5 Investigates that accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan has now been paid more than $278,000 since the Nov. 5, 2009 shooting that left 13 dead 32 injured. The Army said under the Military Code of Justice, Hasan’s salary cannot be suspended unless he is proven guilty. If Hasan had been a civilian defense department employee, NBC 5 Investigates has learned, the Army could have [...] “A Tampa-area man who admitted to tricking his girlfriend into taking abortion pills and killing their child now faces first-degree murder charges, according to WPTV.com. The suspect, John Andrew Welden, switched his girlfriend’s Amoxicillin with abortion pills and scratched off the pills’ identifiers. Welden gave the pills to his then-girlfriend, Remee Lee, to treat her for bacterial infection. On Easter Sunday, the woman went to a hospital after complaining of severe cramping [...] Israel’s economy is (supposedly) booming, while tens of millions of Americans are STILL out of work. So why are these people still on the dole? Israel’s booming economy puts billions in US aid under spotlight By Martin Fletcher, Correspondent, NBC News TEL AVIV, Israel — Boosted by newly discovered natural resources, Israel is surging ahead economically – a success that is pushing the issue of the country’s $3 billion in annual aid from the [...] Residents of a Houston neighborhood are being warned to stay away from giant African land snails after a woman found one in her garden and snapped a photo of it. The snails, researchers warn, are potentially dangerous to touch, in part because they can carry meningitis. Scientists have warned anyone who comes in contact with them to wash their hands thoroughly. “They also carry a parasitic disease that can cause a lot [...] Israel has reportedly conducted an airstrike into Syrian territory this evening in a bid to halt the flow of arms out of that country, according to American officials who confirmed with both CNN and NBC News. According to initial reports, Israeli warplanes were observed over Lebanese airspace, but there is no confirmation that any entered Syria’s. According to CNN, US and Western intelligence agencies are reviewing classified data showing that Israel most [...] NBC News’ Ann Curry journeyed deep into the Amazon Rainforest to a village called Bomeno in Ecuador. Bomeno is home to the rarely seen people of the Waorani Tribe. http://www.nbcnews.com/video/rock-center/51754456#51754456 EMPORIA, Kan. — Hostess Brands LLC says it will reopen its eastern Kansas bakery this summer, with the hiring of an initial 250 people already underway. “Twinkies should be back on the shelves this July“, executive vice president of Hostess Brands Michael Cramer told NBC News Thursday. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/26/hostess-reopen-kansas-bakery-250-jobs_n_3161597.html?utm_hp_ref=business&icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec3_lnk3&pLid=304925 Hostess Ho-Hos 2 boxes 20 cakes Available from these sellers. 2 boxes of Hostess Ho-Hos Surveillance video from the Boston Marathon attack shows one suspect dropping his backpack and calmly walking away from it before the bomb inside it exploded, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said Sunday. The video clearly puts 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at the scene of the attack, Patrick said on NBC. ‘It does seem to be pretty clear that this suspect took the backpack off, put it down, did not react when the first explosion [...] BREAKING NEWS – POLCE CONFIRM SECOND SUSPECT IN MARATHON BOMBING HAS A TRANSMITTER DEVICE ON HIM https://twitter.com/911BUFF BREAKING: CBS reports The White House Situation Room has been activated for Boston Bombing suspect situation 911 Operator‏@911BUFF1 min 911 Operator‏@911BUFF12 min Rep. Lamar Smith: Immigration Bill ‘Worse Than We Thought,’ Legalizes Relatives and Previously Deported Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) said today that the Senate immigration bill is even worse than feared, since it legalizes illegals’ relatives and even those previously deported: “It’s hard to believe, but the Senate immigration bill is worse than we thought. Despite assurances, the border is not secured before almost everyone in the country illegally is given amnesty. [...] CNN BBC MSNBC Cnn Again EVEN FOX NEWS! This is getting Insane! Interesting enough the only suspect is a single Black male… which would be a democrat, right!
Anonymous While gun-control legislation is a politically risky vote for red-state Democrats, it’s also an issue that could hurt the GOP’s efforts to attract female voters. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that 65 percent of women favor stronger gun laws, compared to 44 percent of men. That’s consistent with previous polling; a recent Quinnipiac University poll showed 61 percent of women and 45 percent of men in favor stricter gun laws. Richard Feldman, the Independent Firearms [...] Tax refund fraud among the nation’s prison population has grown more than 1,000 percent in the last decade according to the latest data obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration in Washington, D.C. The Inspector General told NBC Bay Area that in the last tax year the IRS caught and stopped more than $1.7 billion in fraudulent tax refunds filed by prison [...] CBS Late Show host David Letterman asked NBC Night News anchor Brian Williams a bizarre question Tuesday evening. “Are there gay justices on the Supreme Court?” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Williams replied, “No, there are not.” Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/03/27/letterman-asks-nbcs-brian-williams-are-there-gay-justices-supreme-cou#ixzz2OkK6gG6L New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday: Sometimes government does know best. And in those cases, Americans should just cede their rights. “I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom,” Mr. Bloomberg said, during an appearance on NBC. He made the statement during discussion of his soda ban — just shot down by the courts — and insistence that his fight to control sugary drink portion sizes [...] New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday: Sometimes government does know best. And in those cases, Americans should just cede their rights. “I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom,” Mr. Bloomberg said, during an appearance on NBC. He made the statement during discussion of his soda ban — just shot down by the courts — and insistence that his fight to control sugary [...] By Kari Huus, Staff writer, NBC News Lawmakers in Cyprus approved three bills late Friday aimed at securing a bailout for its troubled banks from the European Union and averting a financial meltdown. The legislation includes one bill that allows the government to divide the wobbling lenders into good and bad banks — a law that would likely to be applied first to Cyprus Popular Bank. The goal is to restructure without [...] Former vice presidential candidate and current House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gave a little more oxygen to the idea that he’ll run for president in 2016. “I’m going to make my mind up later,” Ryan said on CNN today, as NBC’s Kasie Hunt noted. “I will give it serious consideration.” That remark goes beyond his comments earlier this month on Fox News. http://washingtonexaminer.com/paul-ryan-i-might-run-for-president/article/2524977 Seven people were killed and eight more wounded after a mortar exploded during a live-fire training exercise at an ammunition storage facility within a US military facility in western Nevada. The explosion happened during the course of a US marine training exercise late on Monday at the Hawthorne Army Depot. Four Marines were killed instantly in the blast, while two others died while waiting to be flown to hospital, military officials told [...] Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will announce Friday that the U.S. is deploying 14 new ground-based missile interceptors, probably in Alaska, defense officials told NBC News. The officials didn’t say specifically why the interceptors were being deployed, but the announcement comes as North Korea has been making bellicose threats to void the armistice that ended the Korean War and launch a nuclear attack on the U.S. Read more: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327806-us-to-deploy-more-ground-based-missile-interceptors-as-north-korea-steps-up-threats?lite THE US is set to bolster [...] Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush won’t confirm he’s a candidate for the next presidential race, but he sounded like a White House hopeful Monday, declaring his party in need of leadership. “I have a voice, I want to share my beliefs about how the conservative movement and the Republican party can regain its footing, because we’ve lost our way,” he told TODAY’s Matt Lauer. Bush said he wouldn’t rule out a run [...] An already bad month is getting worse for NBC. For the first time in sweeps history, the network is projected to finish fifth in the key adults 18-49 demographic. That’s crushing blow for NBC, which went from flying high in November with a sweep win to its shows cratering and ratings plunging. From the beginning of the February sweep on January 31 through February 19, NBC has averaged a 1.2 rating among adults [...] This will not come as a shocker to those of us who have been following the BP fiasco. Matt Simons (RIP) had been saying it from the beginning. NBC: New fault on seafloor may have opened up from BP disaster in Gulf, says oceanographer — “Potential for an indefinite release of oil”? http://enenews.com/nbc-new-fault-on-seafloor-may-have-opened-up-after-bp-disaster-in-gulf-says-oceanographer-potential-for-an-indefinite-release-of-oil A persistent, mysterious “oil sheen” in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster grew to [...] Two Russian bombers, capable of carrying nuclear cruise missiles, circled the U.S. island of Guam in the Western Pacific this week, U.S. military officials told NBC News. U.S. Air Force F-15 jets scrambled from Andersen Air Force Base on Guam to intercept the bombers. According to one military official, the Russian Bear bombers remained in international airspace, the encounter between the U.S. and Russian aircraft “stayed professional” and there was no [...] Wow! “Thousands of dolphins spanning across 7 miles of ocean were sighted off the coast of San Diego on Thursday, a boat captain told NBC 7 San Diego.” http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Thousands-of-Dolphins-Spotted-Near-San-Diego-191455121.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_BAYBrand “U.S. military officials tell NBC News that two Russian bombers, capable of carrying nuclear cruise missiles, circled the U.S. island of Guam in the Western Pacific this week,” they write. “U.S. Air Force F-15 jets scrambled from Andersen Air Force Base on Guam to intercept the bombers.” http://www.businessinsider.com/report-usaf-intercepted-russian-bombers-near-guam-2013-2#ixzz2L1hJaWpf Alec Scheer The hypocrisy and unconstitutionality of the administration’s drone policy is plain to see. A self-described high school student who runs the site WeAre1776.org penned a letter he sent to President Obama to underscore these facts. President Obama, It is my understanding, throughout the duration of your Presidency, that you have persistently authorized drone strikes on innocent Middle Eastern civilians who were supposedly working for, or somehow affiliated with Al-Qaeda. As a further [...] It’s been nearly three months since Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress, but now NBC News confirms that Jackson has signed papers in a plea deal within the past several days. Jackson’s case is being handled by the US Attorney’s office in Washington DC. While no public announcement is expected today, those with knowledge of the investigation believe the loose ends now deal with Jackson’s wife, former Alderman Sandi [...] From Washington’s Blog: Bush and Obama have set us back 800 years. NBC News reports: Legal experts expressed grave reservations Tuesday about an Obama administration memo concluding that the United States can order the killing of American citizens believed to be affiliated with al-Qaida – with one saying the White House was acting as “judge, jury, and executioner.” “Anyone should be concerned when the president and his lawyers make up their own interpretation of [...] Washington, D.C. – US Senator Ron Wyden, a senior member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, made the following statement today regarding a Justice Department paper entitled “Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Against a U.S. Citizen Who Is a Senior Operational Leader of Al-Qa’ida or An Associated Force” which was made public yesterday by NBC News: “As I and ten other senators told the President yesterday, if individual Americans choose to [...] |
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