Tag: north carolina
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envirohealth: pandemic lab, food, nuke, bpa & fat children
bacteria played a role in 1918 pandemic flu deathsfrom los angeles times: Most deaths in the 1918 influenza pandemic were due not to the virus alone but to common bacterial infections that took advantage of victims’ weakened immune systems, according to two new studies that could change the nation’s strategy against the next pandemic. “We…
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john edwards out of the running for vp slot
and the story was broken months ago by one of the last independent media outlets left: the national enquirer…from abc: John Edwards admitted to ABC News in an interview with Bob Woodruff Friday that he repeatedly lied about an extramarital affair with a 42-year old campaign employee, but strenuously denied being involved in paying the…
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‘operation brimstone’ flexes allied force training
from global security: More than 15,000 service members from four countries will participate in Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 08-4 “Operation Brimstone”, July 21-31 in North Carolina and off the eastern U.S. coast from Virginia to Florida. JTFEX 08-4 serves as a ready-for-deployment certification event for the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TR CSG) and…
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atf raids blackwater armory, seizes automatic weapons
from usa today: Federal agents raided a Blackwater armory Tuesday and seized 34 automatic rifles that the company purchased and stored on behalf of a local law enforcement agency, the Associated Press reports. Anne Tyrrell, a Blackwater spokeswoman, tells AP that ATF agents searched the Moyock, N.C., facility. The raid came after reports on a…
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killer karolina kops & a suicide robot
s. carolina cops mow down suspects with cruisers from kprc: Videos have surfaced showing two members of the South Carolina Highway Patrol using their cruisers to ram fleeing suspects, just weeks after two leaders of the agency resigned because of a furor over a trooper’s use of a racial slur. In one of the two…
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radiation pills, blackwater ills, gold & a ‘gannon moment’
white house drops anti-radiation pill planfrom upi: The Bush administration has dropped a program to distribute anti-radiation pills to citizens who live near nuclear reactors, officials said. John Marburger, U.S. President George Bush’s top science adviser, said Monday the over-the-counter potassium iodide pills “offer negligible additional protection” against radiation exposure and there were more effective…