Tag: alabama
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300ft Flames as Crude Oil Train Derails, Explodes in Rural Alabama
from commondreams.org: A train carrying 2.7 million gallons of crude oil derailed near Aliceville in rural Alabama on Friday in a fiery explosion that green groups say illustrates the danger of fossil fuels. The accident, the cause of which is unknown, appears to be the most severe of its kind within the United States since…
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CDC Still ‘Investigating’ Alabama Mystery Illness As Cases Climb
from myfoxal.com: The number of mystery illness cases affecting Alabama is growing. Wednesday, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Dr. Mary McIntyre confirmed the number rose to ten overnight from a previous report of seven. Two people have died. “Since we sent out the alert to providers last night, we have had three additional patients/cases,”…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode142 – Drone Ban, 3D Organs, Silent Circle
City in Virginia Becomes First to Pass Anti-Drone Legislation; Scientists 3-D Print With Human Embryonic Stem Cells; and, Now You Can Encrypt Your Calls, Texts to Protect Them From Being Spied On
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#PopOcculture: Ziolympics, Monumental and More
2012 Zion Olympics in London Coincide with Tisha B’Av – Commemoration of the Destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem // Israeli President Shimon Peres cancels London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony visit over Sabbath travel issue // No memorial service for son of Scientology’s president? // ‘Cannibal cult members’ arrested for murder, eating raw brains and…
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8/11 Pop Occulture: The Response & The Decline
30,000 Evangelical Christians gather for Perry’s “The Response” prayer event; Counter-response draws protests across Texas
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Alabama Lab ‘Lost’ Key Evidence In Praying Mom’s Case
When Kay Burdette’s 17-year-old son became sick with flu-like symptoms, the faithful mother chose the same prescription she has used for years: prayer. This time, though, her son Jesse did not recover and Burdette was charged with manslaughter.
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Obamessiah & Econocrash Updates: Debt Sealing US Fate
Video: Obama strikes fear into US while reassuring big banks* ‘Super Congress’: Debt ceiling negotiators aim to create new legislative body* US Constitution makes default illegal: What a real president would do on aug 1* Obama admin sells Chrysler shares to foreign company* Who owns america? Hint: it’s not China* Most of US debt is…
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japan crisis updates: black rain & the atomic cafe
japan catches radioactive fish outside quarantine zone* fukushima radioactive seawater model, spent fuel rods exploded into atmosphere* nytimes contributor confirms california rainwater 181x above drinking water standards for radioactive iodine-131* tepco disposing ‘low-level’ radioactive water in pacific ocean* tepco dumps 11,500 tons of radioactive water into the pacific* fukushima: the radioactive deepwater horizon of the…
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Governor Quickly Apologizes for Saying Only Christians Are His Brothers
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said he was sorry Wednesday for his inauguration day remarks about only Christians being his brothers and sisters and said he would work over the next four years for people of all faiths and colours.
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virtual eternity
Would you like virtual eternity? A digital simulation of yourself created by sophisticated–and creepy–simulation, gaming and artificial intelligence software. Your digital avatar would interact online and remember conversation and log questions where answers are yet to be added to the database. Intellitar’s Virtual Eternity is already in the business. You can interact with co-founder Don…
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Econocrash: Welfare, Debtors’ Prisons & Dying Communities
Walmarts Swell With Poor People Once a Month At Midnight — When the Govt’s Electronic Dole Payout Goes Through from usatoday: Once a month, just after midnight, the beeping checkout scanners at a Walmart just off Interstate 95 come alive in a chorus of financial desperation. Here and at grocery stores across the country, the…
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Murder/Mayhem: Homegrown Errorism, Amy Bishop & More
Alleged Alabama Killer Was Suspect In Attempted Bombing of Harvard Professor In ’93 & Murdered Her Brother in ’86
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an unfortunate twitter billboard in alabama
from cnet: Sometimes ingenuity doesn’t quite lead you to a comfortable place. The enterprising folks at WPMI TV in Mobile, Ala., decided that they should reach out on a real-time basis to their viewers. They erected a billboard, adorned it with an image of three of its most photogenic anchors, and added a live Twitter…
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virginia governor clears way for dc sniper’s execution tonight
fittingly, this execution comes as the mass murder contagion is, once again, raging across america… from ap: Gov. Tim Kaine denied clemency Tuesday for sniper John Allen Muhammad, clearing the way for him to be executed for the attacks that terrorized the nation’s capital region for three weeks in 2002. Muhammad is set to die…
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police state int’l: camps, curfews, tasers & a youth spy force
florida mayoral candidate wants 1,000-strong youth spy force*norad to assist security efforts at vancouver 2010 olympics*hr645 & the fema concentration camps*strange similarities between the recent nytimes & economist ‘right-wing terrorism threat’ articles*uk police might be issued a newer, higher-power taser*man dies in los angeles subway after being tasered three times*marion, alabama riot forces city into…