Month: June 2014
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Panera to Give All Food Additives the Heave-Ho
from usatoday.com: Panera is about to announce a radical plan for all artificial additives in the food it sells: junk ’em. Amid growing consumer concern about the ingredients in foods purchased in restaurants and grocery stores, one of the nation’s most successful fast-casual dining chains on Tuesday will announce plans to dump all artificial additives…
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White House Apologizes for No Notice on #Bergdahl
from seattlepi.com: The White House has apologized to key lawmakers for not notifying them in advance about the exchange of five Taliban detainees for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (boh BURG’-dahl). Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California and Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the top Democrat and Republican respectively on the Senate Select committee on Intelligence, said White House…
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DARPA Testing Brain Implants to “Cure” Mental Disorders in Soldiers
from occupycorporatism.com: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has released information on their new program Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies (SUBNETS) that will place an implant into the brain of participating patients to wirelessly monitor activity in real-time to facilitate treatments for mental illness such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression. Researchers from the…
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Drug Supplier for ‘Monsignor Meth’ Gets 5 Years
from abcnews.go.com: A man who supplied nearly 10 pounds of methamphetamine to a drug operation run by a Catholic priest dubbed Monsignor Meth was sentenced Wednesday to more than five years in prison, telling a judge he was overcome by his addiction and never intended to become such a big dealer. Chad McCluskey, 44, of…
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‘Godzilla of Earths’ Identified
from bbc.com: There is a new class of planet out there that astronomers are calling the “mega-Earth”. It is an object with a hard surface like our own world but much, much bigger. The necessity for the new designation follows the discovery of a planet which has a mass some 17 times that of Earth.…
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Spain’s King to Hand over Job to His Son
from washingtonpost.com: Spain’s King Juan Carlos announced Monday that he will give up his job in favor of his son. Juan Carlos follows in the footsteps of two other heads of state. Last year, the Dutch queen and the Belgian king stepped down so their sons could take over. More surprising was last year’s decision…
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‘Slender Man’ Stabbing: 12-Yr-Old Girls Stab Friend 19 Times in Murder Plot
from hollywoodlife.com: Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, both 12 years old, are being charged as adults after attempting to the kill their friend during a weekend sleepover. The two girls later told police they stabbed their friend 19 times and left her to die in the woods so that they could join the “cult” of…
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Major Explosion, Fire at Shell Oil Plant in Netherlands
from RT.com: A massive explosion, seen from miles away, has occurred at a Shell production plant in Moerdijk, Netherlands, according to Omroep Brabant. Two “enormously loud bangs” were reported by bystanders. There are currently no plans to evacuate the area around the factory, Omroep Brabant reports. Fire crews are currently working on the scene. All…
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Sudan Woman Sentenced to Death for Christianity Gives Birth in Prison
from religion.blogs.cnn.com: A Sudanese woman sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her Christianity has given birth to a girl in prison, her lawyers said Tuesday. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, delivered her baby Monday at a women’s prison in Khartoum, but her husband was not allowed to be present for the birth, sources told CNN.…
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West Virginia Lawmakers To Fight EPA Carbon Rule
from news.yahoo.com: Two lawmakers from the coal-producing state of West Virginia said on Monday they plan legislation to stop rules to set caps on carbon emissions from U.S. power plants. Representative Nick Rahall, a Democrat, will work with Representative David McKinley, a Republican, with the goal of stopping the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule on existing…
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‘Hunger Games’ Salute Used as Protest in Thailand
from washingtonpost.com: The three-finger salute from the Hollywood movie “The Hunger Games” is being used as a real symbol of resistance in Thailand. Protesters against the military coup are flashing the gesture as a silent act of rebellion, and they’re being threatened with arrest if they ignore warnings to stop. Thailand’s military rulers said Tuesday…
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NASA Captures Close-up Details of Solar Storm for First Time
from RT.com: NASA’s revolutionary solar observatory has captured rare footage of super-hot bubbles on the sun’s surface, known as coronal mass ejections. “The field of view seen here is about five Earths wide and about seven-and-a-half Earths tall,” NASA said in a description of the video, which shows the sun emitting flares into space. While…
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Satanism Scare at Zimbabwe Secondary School
from bulawayo24.com: This happened at Manhemba Secondary School in Mutoko… Teachers were all in the admin block…and after some time some pupils came running to the admin saying a certain girl…was possessed lying down… She was shouting with a strange voice saying, “Nhasi ndinotomuuraya chete,sanotengai Coffin becoz haasi kuzodzoka ari mupenyu. ndisiyei mhani, ndati ndisiyei.”
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United Nations Global Survey: Education Top Priority Despite Wealth
from msnbc.com: Education is a top priority among developed and third-world nations alike, beating political freedoms and gender equality, according to a new global poll. Of the more than 2 million people who responded to the “My World” survey, a United Nations project, two out of three identified education as their top priority. Topping the…