Tag: pennsylvania
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pennsylvania police investigating death of tased man
from raw replay: Allegheny County Police in Pennsylvania are investigating the death of man who was shocked with a taser. Police said that a taser was used after the man refused to follow orders and made “furtive movements towards others.” KDKA reported: “But witnesses we spoke with say what happens after he was tased was…
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philly social workers starve 14yr-old child to death
from philadelphia inquirer: Two Philadelphia social workers were among nine charged yesterday in the death of a Danieal Kelly, a 14-year-old girl who starved to death in 2006, her body eaten by bed sores to the bone. Unveiling a blistering grand jury report today (1.5mb PDF), District Attorney Lynne Abraham blasted the city’s Department of…
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carlyle, cops, main core, youtube, turnpikes & redlights
carlyle group to acquire booz allen hamiltonfrom deseret news: Carlyle Group, the private-equity firm run by David Rubenstein, agreed to acquire Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.’s U.S. government-consulting business for $2.54 billion, its biggest buyout since the credit markets collapsed in July… The Booz Allen government-consulting unit has more than 18,000 employees and annual sales of…
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pnac, un, nra, ocp, at&t, apra & bg
pnac site goes downfrom thinkprogress: Eleven years ago, the neoconservative Project for a New American Century (PNAC) set out its statement of principles advocating the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, putting the country on the road to a preventative invasion of Iraq. Signatories included future Iraq war architects Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, and Elliott…
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wargames, drills, exercises, simulations & desensitization
israel to hold its largest-ever wargamesfrom jerusalem post: In the face of a possible escalation with Syria and Iran’s efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon, parts of the country will shut down next month in what security officials say will be the largest emergency exercise in Israel’s history. The drill, which is being organized by…
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9/11 updates: foreknowledge, memorials & lies
fox5 foreknowledge of wtc7 collapse UPDATE2: Upon further review, it looks as if this was reported a few minutes after the actual collapse at 5:20 PM, so it might not have been a live shot. So it isn’t as damning as the BBC and CNN clips are, but it is still strong evidence indicating that…
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video of sleeping guards shakes nuclear industry
from washington post: Kerry Beal was taken aback when he discovered last March that many of his fellow security guards at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania were taking regular naps in what they called “the ready room.” When he spoke to supervisors at his company, Wackenhut Corp., they told Beal to be…