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West Virginia Tap Water Test Results Expected In 1-3 Weeks
from edition.cnn.com: Tap water test results in 10 West Virginia homes — part of a state-commissioned study into whether the water is safe to drink after a chemical spill last month — will be known in one to three weeks, scientists leading the effort said Friday. The project also is close to assembling a panel…
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In Venezuela, It’s The President Who Changes the Channels
from miamiherald.com: In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro controls the TV remote. A week after he turned off Colombian television station NTN24, he threatened to pull the plug on CNN. “They want to show the world that there’s a civil war in Venezuela,” Maduro told a cheering audience Thursday night. “CNN, get out of Venezuela, enough…
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Vikings Predict World Will End Tomorrow
from abclocal.go.com: The world is coming to an end on Saturday — at least, if you believe in Norse mythology. Should you be worried? The sound of an ancient horn signaled the beginning of a countdown to the Norse apocalypse. The horn belonged to the Norse god, Heimdallr, who was said to blow the mythical…
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Jesus Is ‘Returning to Earth With a Gun’
from thedailystar.net: He served as a general during George Bush’s tenure as US President, so perhaps it’s fair to say that Jerry Boykin’s latest comments should be taken with a pinch of salt. Lieutenant General William ‘Jerry’ Boykin most famously made headlines when he was denounced by Bush and his fellow peers for controversial comments…
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Food Packaging Chemicals ‘May Be Harmful to Human Health’
from medicalnewstoday.com: Many of the synthetic chemicals involved in packaging and storing the food we eat can leak into it, potentially harming our long-term health, say environmental scientists in a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Although some of these chemicals are regulated, people come into contact with them almost every…
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Venezuela’s Internet Crackdown Escalates into Regional Blackout
from EFF.org: For the last month, Venezuela has been caught up in widespread protests against its government. The Maduro administration has responded by cracking down on what it claims as being foreign interference online. As that social unrest has escalated, the state’s censorship has widened: from the removal of television stations from cable networks, to…
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I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society
from nymag.com: Recently, our nation’s financial chieftains have been feeling a little unloved. Venture capitalists are comparing the persecution of the rich to the plight of Jews at Kristallnacht, Wall Street titans are saying that they’re sick of being beaten up, and this week, a billionaire investor, Wilbur Ross, proclaimed that “the 1 percent is…
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Oklahoma earthquake spike likely linked to fracking boom
from RT.com: Central Oklahoma has seen a massive increase in earthquakes in recent years, leading geological scientists to link the uptick in quakes to oil and gas development in the way of hydraulic fracking. From 1975 to 2008, the US Geological Survey found that central Oklahoma experienced one to three 3.0-magntitude earthquakes per year, The…
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Canada pursues wider biometric data sharing with Five Eyes allies
from globeandmail.com: Canada is eyeing greatly expanded sharing of immigration information — such as fingerprints of visa applicants — with not only the United States but other key allies. An internal memo prepared for Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander says the government is building an information technology system that could be used for the…
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Oregon Community College Prepares Course In Drones Operations
from storyleak.com: A course in drone piloting will likely be available to students at the Central Oregon Community College this fall, as schools across the country begin offering degrees in unmanned aerial systems. Just last December, the Federal Aviation Administration approved Oregon’s request to become one of the country’s six designated drone testing sites. As…
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Minnesota cops don’t want to legalize medical marijuana for fear they could lose millions
from rare.us: The Minnesota Law Enforcement Coalition’s opposition to marijuana legalization is another case of the drug war run amok. The coalition, which includes Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, Minnesota Sheriffs Association, Minnesota County Attorneys Association, and Minnesota State Association of Narcotics Investigators, have been as unhelpful as possible with…
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Military Use of Food Stamps Rises Again
from money.cnn.com: More military families used food stamps to buy milk, cheese, meat and bread at military grocers last year. Food stamp redemption at military grocers has been rising steadily since the beginning of the recession in 2008. Nearly $104 million worth of food stamps was redeemed at military commissaries in the fiscal year ended…
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The Dakhamunzu Affair
from Echoes from the Gnosis: During the decline of the Amarna period an extraordinary series of events was to take place; one of the most enigmatic of these has become known to Egyptologists as the “Dakhamunzu Affair”, or the “Zannanza Affair”. During the second half of the fourteenth century BC, relations between Egypt and the other kingdoms in…
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Washington State House Passes Drones Restriction Bill
from sfgate.com: Two bills that would restrict the use of drones and government surveillance in Washington state have been passed by the House. House Bill 2178 passed by a vote of 92-6 Monday. It would ban the unauthorized use of drones, or other unmanned aircraft with sensing devices, in the airspace above private property. Under…
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Camel Analysis Makes Shock Claim That Bible May Not Be 100% Factual
from gizmodo.co.uk: Some of the Bible’s anecdotes might not be entirely true is a shocking claim made by researchers, who suggest that the timelines of some Bible stories don’t match up with the reality of camel development history. Suggesting that camels weren’t domesticated for man’s use in the region until well after the events in…