Tag: virginia
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Virginia Student’s Death Spotlights Food Allergies In School
The death of a 7-year-old girl at school from a peanut allergy has raised questions about a school’s responsibility in treating kids with food allergies.
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ashes of the nameless & unclaimed buried in los angeles ritual
ashes of 1,639 people buried in common grave in ceremony* from latimes: They are the unidentified, the estranged, those whose loved ones just couldn’t afford to bury them. In a simple yet poignant ceremony Wednesday near a busy Boyle Heights intersection, the ashes of more than 1,600 people who had never been identified or whose…
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attention holiday shoppers: we’re tracking your cell phone signal
Two U.S. Malls will track customers through cell phone surveillance, beginning on Black Friday. The Promenade Mall in Temecula, CA and Short Pump Town Center of Richmond, VA “…will track guests’ movements by monitoring the signals from their cell phones,” according to Cryptogon.com. The article maintains it’s the first time cell phones will be used…
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usda targets stores in food stamp trafficking
from ap: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is upgrading technology used to combat a swindle of the nation’s $64.7 billion food stamp program that diverts as much as $330 million annually. The agency last month awarded a 10-year contract worth up to $25 million to a Fairfax, Va. company, SRA International Inc., to improve monitoring…
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va. court rules spiritual counseling is commercial speech, not religious
from god discussion: In Virginia, it’s against the law to read tarot cards, do palm readings or anything of a “fortunetelling” nature without the requisite permits… Patricia Moore-King…claimed that her work as a spiritual counselor was part of her religion, and the requirement to get permits, the tax on business licenses and the county zoning…
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8/18 Pop Occulture: Megachurch Death, Collapse & Pint-Sized Preachers
Florida pastor found dead in NY hotel // Megachurch pastor Zachery Tims, dead in Times Square hotel, allegedly had drugs // Moses’ journey now a Facebook game // Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony split over Scientology // Video: Virginia school bans Sherlock Holmes book, says derogatory to Mormons // Prayer circle credited with saving the…
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fbi invites controversial westboro baptist to counterterror program
from npr: The Westboro Baptist Church is infamous for picketing soldiers’ funerals with signs like “Thank God for Dead Soldiers” and “God Hates the USA.” Yet the FBI recently invited leaders of the fundamentalist church to the Quantico Marine base in Virginia to talk to FBI agents as part of the bureau’s counterterrorism training program.…
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as nuclear plants face floods, are we inches away from ‘fukushima USA’?
nuke plant close to being totally flooded, but saved – for now from raw replay: Two U.S. nuclear electricity facilities, the Fort Calhoun and Cooper nuclear plants in Nebraska, are facing the threat of rising flood waters from the Missouri river. Though safety regulators insist the plants were designed to withstand flooding and no risk…
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‘exercise mailed fist’: largest ever marine corps drill on US east coast
multiple foreign armies involved in massive drill* from cnn: It’s mid-June, a perfect time to visit the beach to watch porpoises play in the surf or seagulls strut the sand — or you could watch a formation of Marine Corps warplanes darting over the shore at hundreds of miles per hour. But don’t worry –…
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First Anniversary of BP Disaster: Payouts Low, Fears High
At first sight, everything looks back to normal on the Gulf of Mexico a year after the worst oil disaster in US history. But fear and uncertainty persist.
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3/3 Pop Occulture: SCOTUS, Commandments, Shock
SCOTUS upholds Westboro right to protest at funerals // Was a Vanity Fair editor secretly working for Scientology? // UK student may have been lured to ‘occult’ bunker
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virginia court rules portions of ‘obamacare’ unconstitutional
obama’s health care law loses opening round in court from usatoday: A federal judge in Virginia has struck down the Obama administration’s requirement that all Americans buy health insurance, a key provision in the landmark health care bill that the president signed in March. Today’s ruling, if upheld, could undercut the entire health care plan,…
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8/26 Binge & Purge: Bypass, Filthy, Inflation
Obama bypasses congress again: Recess appointment for Dr. Elisabeth Hagen to USDA post // Obama dines at critically filthy Miami restaurant // Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution wins Emmy // Judge recommends $12M settlement on bad peanuts
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west virginia’s robert byrd, longest-serving congressman, dead at 92
from cnn: West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, the self-educated son of a coal miner who became the longest-serving member of Congress, died early Monday at age 92, the senator’s office said. Byrd, a nine-term Democrat, was known as a master of the chamber’s often-arcane rules and as the self-proclaimed “champion of the Constitution,” a jealous…
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Monsanto Under Investigation By 7 US States
Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and two other unidentified states are in a working group to investigate the biotech giant.