Saturday, April 9, 2011
Strange News South Carolina teen dies on highway named for his father
South Carolina teen dies on highway named for his father
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An 18-year-old senior was killed in a tragic car crash Thursday on the same stretch of road named in memory of his soldier father who died in Afghanistan.
Aaron Hill was driving to class along the Sergeant Shawn F. Hill Memorial Highway in Wellford, South Carolina, when a pickup truck crossed the center line and smashed into his vehicle head-on, cops said.
"It's tragic," said Sheriff Chuck Wright, a family friend who had to identify the young man's body. "No one should have to go through this.
"They've been through so much."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/04/09/2011-04-09_south_carolina_teen_dies_on_highway_named_for_his_father.html#ixzz1J4ayJ9mJ
House GOP votes to overturn net neutrality | The Raw Story
House GOP votes to overturn net neutrality | The Raw Story
By Kevin Drawbaugh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives voted on Friday to reject Internet "neutrality" rules that were adopted last year to keep big Internet service providers from blocking certain traffic
House Republicans, in a 240-179 vote, pushed through a measure disapproving the Federal Communications Commission's rules. Tech and telecom giants such as Verizon Communications Inc and Microsoft Corp could be affected.
Commodity prices rise with global issues in flux
Commodity prices rise with global issues in flux - BusinessWeek
Commodity prices are rising as negotiations continue to avoid a U.S. government shutdown and concerns linger about the growth of global inflation.
Oil, metals, grains and beans all settled higher Friday despite the uncertainty about what may be ahead for the United States, Europe and the oil-rich region of the Middle East and North Africa.
'Drunk judge acquits a paedophile'
PressTV - 'Drunk judge acquits a paedophile'
The mother of the alleged rape victim has lodged a complaint with the judicial watchdog complaining that Field only examined one of the charges the defendant faced and did not allow the jury announce their verdict on the two other charges.
Field reportedly got drunk at a leaving party in an extended lunch break during the trial and returned to the court room ordering the jury to acquit the 55-year old man accused of raping an 8-year-old as they could not reach consensus over the verdict after five days of hearing.
Field reportedly got drunk at a leaving party in an extended lunch break during the trial and returned to the court room ordering the jury to acquit the 55-year old man accused of raping an 8-year-old as they could not reach consensus over the verdict after five days of hearing.
Libya govt. arrests two Britons
PressTV - Libya govt. arrests two Britons
The two brothers, Zeyad and Ghazi Ramadan, have been working for a software firm in north Libya since December 2010.
The two, along with their two Libyan businessmen guests, were arrested by a group of Internal Security Agency officials who broke into their house in west Tripoli, the capital of Libya, on March 19.
Briatin voiced concern over the fate of two British businessmen who have been captured by the Libyan government and kept in detention for over three weeks.
The two brothers, Zeyad and Ghazi Ramadan, have been working for a software firm in north Libya since December 2010.
The two, along with their two Libyan businessmen guests, were arrested by a group of Internal Security Agency officials who broke into their house in west Tripoli, the capital of Libya, on March 19.
Rasmussen 9% Say Economy Good 56% Say Poor 2 Years Into Recovery
Rasmussen Consumer Index - Rasmussen Reports™
The Rasmussen Consumer Index, which measures the economic confidence of consumers on a daily basis, fell for the fifth straight day on Saturday. At 76.5, the Consumer Index has fallen five points since Monday’s recent peak. Confidence is down one point from a month ago and thirteen points from three months ago.
Currently, just 9% of American adults rate the U.S. economy as good or excellent while 56% rate the economy as poor. Most (54%) say the economy is still getting worse while two-thirds (66%) say the country is still in a recession.
Open Source Methods for Self-Sufficient Communities
Activist Post: Open Source Methods for Self-Sufficient Communities
After reading about the Open Source Ecology project, I decided to do a little research and see if there were any other groups out there trying to attempt the same thing. What I found is that the majority of the small-scale, self-sufficient community projects are being funded either by universities or government grants.
Transocean Employees Refuse to Testify in Probe of Gulf Oil Rig Disaster
AllGov - News - 3 Transocean Employees Refuse to Testify in Probe of Gulf Oil Rig Disaster
Monday, April 04, 2011
Deepwater Horizon Blowout Preventer (photo: AP)
Three employees of Transocean, owner and operator of the Deepwater Horizon, have refused to cooperate with a federal investigation into last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement are together conducting hearings in New Orleans on why the oil rig’s blowout preventer failed to stop the April 20, 2010, accident that killed 11 workers—nine of them Transocean employees— and spewed nearly five million barrels of oil into the ocean.
Michael Bromwich, director of the ocean energy bureau, said the employees’ refusal to testify was “unacceptable” and that Transocean should punish them for not cooperating.
A company spokesman claimed that Transocean was not responsible for two of the employees, James Kent and Jay Odenwald, because they have hired their own lawyers to represent them.
LOL Earth Hour fans 'disappointed' to see so many lights - CTV News
CTV Calgary- Earth Hour fans 'disappointed' to see so many lights - CTV News
The Canadian Press
TORONTO — Buildings and homes across the country went dark Saturday night as Canadians took part in the fifth annual Earth Hour.
But early results suggested fewer people turned off the lights this year.
FBI Announces Initial Operating Capability for Next Generation Identification System
FBI Announces Initial Operating Capability for Next Generation Identification System -- CLARKSBURG, W.Va., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
CLARKSBURG, W.Va., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New technology designed to revolutionize law enforcement's ability to process fingerprints has reached its initial operating capability, the FBI announced today.
The Next Generation Identification System (NGI), built by Lockheed Martin, delivers an incremental replacement of the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). NGI provides automated fingerprint and latent search capabilities, electronic image storage, and electronic exchange of fingerprints to more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies and other authorized criminal justice partners 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Upon completion, NGI will have the ability to process fingerprint transactions more effectively and accurately.
"The implementation announced today represents a tremendous achievement in enhancing our identification services. Already, we're seeing how the NGI system is revolutionizing fingerprint identification in support of the FBI's mission," said Louis E. Grever, executive assistant director, FBI Science and Technology Branch.
Minnesota Republicans say: Poor people with money should be outlaws
Minnesota Republicans say: Poor people with money should be outlaws | Fight Back!
St. Paul, MN – Minnesota Republicans are pushing legislation that would make it a crime for people on public assistance to have more $20 in cash in their pockets any given month. This represents a change from their initial proposal, which banned them from having any money at all.
On March 15, Angel Buechner of the Welfare Rights Committee testified in front of the House Health and Human Services Reform Committee on House File 171. Buechner told committee members, “We would like to address the provision that makes it illegal for MFIP [one of Minnesota’s welfare programs] families to withdraw cash from the cash portion of the MFIP grant - and in fact, appears to make it illegal for MFIP families to have any type of money at all in their pockets. How do you expect people to take care of business like paying bills such as lights, gas, water, trash and phone?”
House File 171 would make it so that families on MFIP - and disabled single adults on General Assistance and Minnesota Supplemental Aid - could not have their cash grants in cash or put into a checking account. Rather, they could only use a state-issued debit card at special terminals in certain businesses that are set up to accept the card.
'Bahrain-Mossad ties uncovered'
PressTV - 'Bahrain-Mossad ties uncovered'
The leaked cables suggest that Manama has established intelligence and security ties with Tel Aviv with the full backing of the country's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
The cables report private talks between the then US ambassador, William Monroe, and the Bahraini king in Manama on February 15, 2005.
"He [the king] revealed that Bahrain already has contacts with Israel at the intelligence/security level (Mossad) and indicated that Bahrain will be willing to move forward in other areas," said Monroe's report back to Washington, adding that the Bahraini King boasted of such ties with Israel.
According to Wikileaks, King Hamad has also issued an order not to refer to the Israeli regime as the Zionist regime in official documents.
The revelation came as Bahraini security forces are brutally cracking down the anti-government protesters in the Persian Gulf island.
According to a document released by Wikileakes, Bahraini security forces are secretly cooperating with Israel's notorious intelligence service, Mossad.
The leaked cables suggest that Manama has established intelligence and security ties with Tel Aviv with the full backing of the country's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
The cables report private talks between the then US ambassador, William Monroe, and the Bahraini king in Manama on February 15, 2005.
"He [the king] revealed that Bahrain already has contacts with Israel at the intelligence/security level (Mossad) and indicated that Bahrain will be willing to move forward in other areas," said Monroe's report back to Washington, adding that the Bahraini King boasted of such ties with Israel.
According to Wikileaks, King Hamad has also issued an order not to refer to the Israeli regime as the Zionist regime in official documents.
The revelation came as Bahraini security forces are brutally cracking down the anti-government protesters in the Persian Gulf island.
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