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Obese patients who took a diet pill to curb their appetites are taking legal action after they claim it led to them becoming depressed and suicidal. The Government demanded that the drug, Acomplia, be tak... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 minutes ago
The U.S. Supercop drafted in to advise David Cameron on gang violence resigned as New York's police commissioner after being investigated for taking free holidays from a controversial tycoon. Henry Kravi... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 minutes ago
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s appeared to be at the point of collapse last night as explosions and gunfire were heard in the capital Tripoli. Anti-aircraft fire was seen in the sky and s... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 minutes ago
A 14-year-old boy from Enfield has been charged with the murder of Leroy James, also aged 14, and possession of an offensive weapon. He will appear at Enfield Magistrates' Court on Monday. Leroy was disc... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 minutes ago
It is the city that virtually shut down, as the recession took its toll. Detroit's all-important auto industry has been brought to its knees by the economic downturn. And now even the roads are packing ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 minutes ago
Image; Dorothy Rogers was stabbed 31 times in a In a random, frenzied attack with no apparent motive. Moves to release a convicted killer from a psychiatric institution are under way after he served just... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
U.S. authorities are close to signing a deal to keep thousands of troops in Afghanistan until at least 2024. The agreement goes far beyond maintaining a small military training force, allowing for units ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Ceram Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 35.4 km ( 22 miles), the quake hit at 06:45:27 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 167 km (104 miles) North of Ambon, mol... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
Antoinette Stephen, who is accused along with Kashif Parvaiz of murdering his wife Nazish Noorani, is a quiet, unassuming kind of woman, according to her neighbours. 'She seemed like a nice girl,' said ne... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
Police discovered a 77-year-old pensioner murdered in her home after finding her handbag 25 miles away. Officers investigating a possible case of theft or loss found Judith Barbara Marion Richardson's bod... - posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 hour agoAccording to Record PLC, a London-based currency manager overseeing $31 billion, the Czech crown (CZK or Kč in Czech) may supplement (if not replace) the Swiss franc (CHF, Corporation Helvetia Franc) as...
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*One of the Rothschilds' mansions in Germany. This was destroyed in an allied bombing raid, in 1944. * We used to know some of the Rothschild family. They did not appear to be all powerful. We never s... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, two authors who’ve analysed thousands of documents relating to the attack conclude that both Iran and Saudi Arabia helped Al-Qaeda carry it out. In the afterma... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
[image: Link]Two US hikers who were detained by Iran have each been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of "illegal entry" and "espionage", state TV has said. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were a... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Southern Greece at a depth of 96 km ( 59.6 miles), the quake hit at 06:14:20 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 11 km (6.8 miles) Southeast of Nea Epidauro... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck offshore Atacama, Chile at a depth of 25.7 km ( 16 miles), the quake hit at 05:09:25 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 61 km (37 miles) WNW of Copiapo, At... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Solomon Islands at a depth of 125.5 km ( 78 miles), the quake hit at 04:44:05 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 122 km (75 miles) ESE of Kira Kira, San Cr... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 487.4 km ( 302.9 miles), the quake hit at 03:20:23 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 182 km (113 miles) NNE of Ndoi Island, ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia at a depth of 4.2 km ( 2.6 miles), the quake hit at 02:31:43 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 267 km (165 miles) NNE of ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 35.7 km ( 22.2 miles), the quake hit at 02:09:16 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) South of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanua... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 32.9 km ( 20.4 miles), the quake hit at 01:24:13 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) South of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanua...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 28.8 km ( 17.9 miles), the quake hit at 00:23:39 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) Southwest of Port-Vila, Efate, V...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 16.2 km ( 10.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:09:22 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 98 km (60 miles) WSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanuatu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 52.2 km ( 32.4 miles), the quake hit at 22:58:42 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 53.8 km ( 33.4 miles), the quake hit at 21:38:23 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanua...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck South of Java, Indonesia at a depth of 30.6 km ( 19 miles), the quake hit at 20:24:38 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 286 km (177 miles) SSW of Yogya...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 48.9 km ( 30.4 miles), the quake hit at 20:13:41 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) Southwest of Port-Vila, Efate,...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoStrong explosions and sustained gunfire have rocked parts of Tripoli as the leader of the Libyan rebels insists that "the end is very near" for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Clashes have reportedly broken out...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours agoAntiwar Radio: Daniel Larison, writer for *The American Conservative Magazine*, discusses the many prominent Democrats and Republicans trying to whitewash the MEK’s image; evidence that most US supporter...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago[image: Donate to The Coming Crisis] Hello everyone, 1. August Dollar Drive progress: So far we've had 15 generous readers donate to this month's dollar drive out of a goal of 5000. The amount raised ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago*Aureliano Pertile (1885-1952) as Chénier* *by Ken* As I explained in last night's preview, in preparing (finally) to approach the Madelon scene of *Andrea Chénier*, we're reviewing the two chunks of the...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 5 hours ago* the**REALnews Permalink* August 15, 2011 *CFTC Commissioner: "A Hair Trigger Away from Economic Calamity"* Bart Chilton Pt.1: Wall Street lobbyists trying to slow down tradi...
- posted by Lori H at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 5 hours agoRan this morning in the Energy Run in Monroe, MI. It was a 5K at the local community college and raised funds for adult literacy. Kurt decided to sit this one out since his hamstring is bothering him, so I...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours agoCairo, Egypt, August 20, 2011: This is how stupid, catastrophic wars start. Small. Tiny. Incidents. A burned flag; a minor exchange of fire on the border; a small false flag attack; a leader assassinated...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 6 hours agoIf you don't read another book on finance and economics (as well as U.S. current history), please read Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner's Reckless Endangerment. Robert Reich fleshes out the parts that ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago*1) Great Kills, 2) Miller Field, 3) Fort Wadsworth, 4) Canarsie Pier, 5) Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, 6) Floyd Bennett Field, 7) Jacob Riis Park, 8) Fort Tilden, 9) Breezy Point 10) Sandy Hook, 11) Fort H...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoPalestinian fighters in Gaza have launched more rockets into southern Israel, injuring three people. The attacks against the coastal town of Ashdod on Saturday came in response to continued Israeli ai...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoImagine a world in which a man who is repeatedly investigated for a string of serious crimes, but never prosecuted, has his slate wiped clean every time the cops fail to make a case. No more Lifetime chann...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago“The twenty-first century may yet belong to Europe.” Thus said the late Tony Judt, author of a widely praised history of Europe after the Second World War. Historians are not necessarily prophets, and o...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoNATO has been bombing houses and killing families and children in their hundreds in Libya. It has also struck pipelines of the Great Man Made River and this means that the Libyan people will die of thirst ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoHomes in 53 of 58 Las Vegas ZIP codes saw their prices fall over the past year, according to a San Diego research firm. DataQuick reported that Clark County’s home prices as a whole fell 14.7 percent to ...
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- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoMonday was the 40th anniversary of the irredeemable fiat dollar. Unlike the preceding 39 anniversaries, this one was actually noticed! Here, I present several charts that show the changes to the Fed’s b...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoChinese banks have poured more than $1 billion into real estate loans in New York City in the past year. Investors from China are snapping up luxury apartments and planning to spend hundreds of millions of...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago“Dr. Doom,” that is — also known as Marc Faber, the Hong Kong-based investment manager, author, and publisher of “The Gloom Boom & Doom Report,” his monthly musing about the state of global economics and g...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA US official who until March was in charge of American policy towards Japan has warned that unless agreement is reached soon over the transfer of a US marine base in Okinawa, Washington will drop the plan...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe United States announced a decision Thursday to provide North Korea with $900,000 worth of emergency aid for North Korea recently hit by floods. "In response to humanitarian needs arising from recent f...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoChina’s new rich love luxury products — imported French handbags, Italian sports cars — and even more, they love to show off their bling. That seems to be creating headaches for China’s Communist rulers, ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe U.S. Postal Service will be broke by next summer even if it skips an upcoming $5.5 billion payment for retiree health care, its No. 2 leader said Thursday. "We're really up against the wall here in t...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoAs the harvest season approached in 1995, Texas cotton farmers had a boll weevil problem. The agriculture industry, then one of the biggest in the nation and vital to the Lone Star State's economy, proje...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago*Royal Dutch Shell's 100,000-gallon North Sea oil spill off the coast of England is just the latest example of oil fouling the environment. Other instances of leaking oil from just the past 30 odd years (m...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoForget X-ray glasses. A new X-ray microscope can see details a small as a billionth of a meter — without even using a lens. Instead, the new microscope uses a powerful computer program to convert pattern...
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- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA Japanese nuclear agency has created a detailed map showing ground radiation levels within 100 kilometers of the Fukushima Daiichi plant. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency made the map by having a survey te...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoUS technology company Apple is now worth as much as the 32 biggest euro zone banks. That's the stark result from a steep fall in the share price of banks including Spain's Santander , France's BNP Paribas ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoIt's late August. Would you rather hit the beach or discuss immigration reform? The White House seems to be betting on the former, slipping out news of a major shift in the federal government's approach ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours ago** *Ron Paul: “They’re Setting The Stage For Violence In This Country”* *Presidential candidate responds to question about detention camps for civil unrest* *Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Saturda...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoLibyan rebels have taken their fight inside Tripoli, home to embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi, a rebel spokesman said late Saturday. "The revolution from inside Tripoli has officially started (Saturday...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 9 hours ago(By American Zen's Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.) The late, legendary Joe Bageant, who died of cancer this past March 26th, had been called many things, including "the Woody Guthrie of the Typewrit...
- posted by Lord Stirling at Europe - 9 hours agoHoly Shroud of Turin Powerful prayer to St. Michael the Archangel - video ~ link AVA MARIA - by Helene Fischer - video ~ link Lord Stirling's news blog EUROPE *Egypt: Israel violated peac...
- Lord Stirling's News Blog EUROPEEurope - 9 hours agoHoly Shroud of Turin Powerful prayer to St. Michael the Archangel - video ~ link AVA MARIA - by Helene Fischer - video ~ link Lord Stirling's news blog EUROPE Please forward this site to several f...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoView the entire amazing photo gallery and photo essay here.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago*White House protesters being held until Monday, at least 50 more prepare for Sunday morning sit in* *Photos courtesy Sharon Lungo/Making Change Street Newspaper, published with permission. Thank you...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 11 hours agoLast we checked in with John Waltz, a 34 year old Iraq war vet, he had fallen in love and moved to Kentucky to marry his sweetheart-- and he was running for Congress there, in one of the reddest district...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 11 hours ago"Men have been taught that their first concern is to relieve the suffering of others. But suffering is a disease. Should one come upon it, one tries to give relief and assistance. To make that the highe...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 11 hours ago------------------------------ The Help-Wanted Sign Comes With a Frustrating Asterisk By CATHERINE RAMPELL Published: July 25, 2011 The unemployed need not apply. That is the message being broadcast ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 35.4 km ( 22 miles), the quake hit at 19:37:22 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) EN...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 60.4 km ( 37.5 miles), the quake hit at 19:23:06 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanua...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 11 hours agoWhen I was a kid, I would never have been caught dead in anything from a thrift store, now I thrive on a bargain and I love to upcycle and create from the thrift store, which inspired me to start my Thrif...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA Red Arrow pilot, named as Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, has been killed after his jet crashed in Bournemouth. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the 33-year-old from Rutland was killed when his Hawk ai...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoWARNING AREA AND DURATION: Pacific Ocean, with extra attention on New Zealand, Vanautu, and Fiji until Tuesday, August 21, 2011, Noon EST. EVENT INFORMATION: Vanautu has experienced two 7+ earthquakes...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of just 2 km ( 1.2 miles), the quake hit at 18:19:21 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 35.3 km ( 21.9 miles), the quake hit at 18:02:00 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 106 km (65 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Poland at a depth of of just 1 km ( 0 miles), the quake hit at 17:29:03 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 9 km (9.3 miles) South of Polkowice, Poland N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Western Turkey at a depth of 10 km ( 6.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:13:50 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 21 km (12.5 miles) South...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 371.2 km ( 230.7 miles), the quake hit at 17:28:52 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 243 km (151 miles) West of Nuku'Alofa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 9.5 km ( 5.9 miles), the quake hit at 17:44:27 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 120 km (75 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanuat...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoAmerica and Afghanistan are close to signing a strategic pact which would allow thousands of United States troops to remain in the country until at least 2024, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. The ag...
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- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe Nato-led alliance fighting in Afghanistan has switched approach in training Afghan forces, a US major general said, in the face of escalating violence and a looming 2014 deadline to hand over security ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe U.S. Department of Agriculture is paying $112 million in tax money to farmers and ranchers in 11 Western states to restore the habitat of the Sage Grouse, a bird that has not been listed as either thre...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA Daytona Beach mother was arrested and charged with child neglect after police say she left 5-year-old child who was in her care in a stroller outside a bar while she was inside the bar drinking It ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoFederal officials and lawmakers, along with the drug industry and doctors’ groups, are rushing to find remedies for critical shortages of drugs to treat a number of life-threatening illnesses, including ba...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoGeneral Motors Co (GM.N) is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit over a suspension problem on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impalas from the 2007 and 2008 model years, saying it should not be responsible for repairs...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe euro rebounded on Friday as an early sell-off lost steam on central bank demand and technical buying, although the currency was vulnerable due to fears about euro-zone banks and a gloomy global outlook...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoMayor Rahm Emanuel says he and Gov. Pat Quinn should be able to work out their differences over legislation that would clear the way for a casino in Chicago, among other places. As WBBM Newsradio Politic...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoFederal officials on Friday rejected Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s proposal to bar New York City’s food stamp users from buying soda and other sugary drinks with their benefits. In October, the city propo...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoWith the economy in turmoil, the national debt rising and millions of American families struggling to make ends meet, Barack Obama yesterday decided to practise his golf swing. Teeing off his holiday, Mr...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoStandard & Poor's on Friday downgraded Venezuela's credit ratings as it implemented a new methodology more heavily focused on political risk—a key weakness in the oil-producing country. S&P cut Venezuela...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoTanks rumbled into the central city of Homs at dawn Saturday, a day after security forces killed at least 34 anti-regime protesters across Syria, adding urgency to a UN mission expected this weekend. "Se...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoMuammar Gaddafi's 41-year grip on power in Libya looked more precarious than ever on Friday night, as rebel forces advanced on the capital from three directions after breaking out of the once-besieged town...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoOver the next 18 months, the Environmental Protection Agency will finalize a flurry of new rules to curb pollution from coal-fired power plants. Mercury, smog, ozone, greenhouse gases, water intake, coal a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoSeventy-year-old Sharon Bullington may lose her home because she paid her mortgage a week early. That may not make much sense to the thousands of homeowners who are behind on their mortgages in Florida. ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoNew CCTV of the riots in Birmingham shows police officers being shot at, the West Midlands force has said. The footage, which has been released by the police to encourage members of the public to come fo...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoArmed with cellphones and connected through Facebook, bands of young people have been rushing into stores to steal goods or assaulting bystanders in a spate of recent "flash mob" incidents across the US...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe Aftershock Survival Summit is a gripping, no-nonsense presentation that’s quickly becoming a financial beacon in an economic tsunami. Featuring an exclusive interview with famed economist and best-sel...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoBank of America (BAC) is cutting 3,500 employees this quarter and working on restructuring plans that will ax several thousand more, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times report, citing people fam...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe two U.S. hikers detained for two grueling years in Iran on spying charges have been sentenced to eight years in prison, state-run TV reported Saturday. Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer each received fi...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 40.9 km ( 25.4 miles), the quake hit at 17:11:35 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 83 km (25.4 miles) Southwest of Port-Vila, Efat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 37.3 km ( 23.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:13:07 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanua...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands Region at a depth of 227.9 km ( 141.6 miles), the quake hit at 17:08:36 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 252 km (157 miles) SSW o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 7.5 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 10 km ( 6.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:55:02 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanuatu ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoPolice have released dramatic video of yobs shooting at unarmed police on the ground and in a hovering helicopter during the height of the riots. An attempted murder investigation has been launched after 1...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 14 hours agoAir travel, overfishing and global warming are all seen as contributing to the uptick in shark attacks.
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours agoYesterday, we learned that Al Gore's extraterrestrial environmentalist pals are preparing a friendly but lethal attack against the Earth in which they will annihilate us. Some heretics have expressed do...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 15 hours agoInternational Big Business, the Oil Industry, serial polluters... they've been trying to end Bernie Sanders' political career for many years. But, until now, weak, lax campaign rules have held them back,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAn Australian chemical company admitted Saturday that one of its sites had leaked toxic compounds for the second time in two weeks. Orica said that effluent containing higher than allowable levels of arsen...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoNasa funded researchers have created the first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica. It is hoped that the map will be extremely useful for tracking future sea-level increases...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 16 hours ago*Karl Marx was right that globalization, financial intermediation, and income redistribution could lead capitalism to self-destruct.* [image: 'To Let' and 'For Rent' signs, like this one at the Dubai Mar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoNorth Korea's leader Kim Jong Il arrived in Russia on Saturday to meet with President Dmitry Medvedev, authorities said. Kim is scheduled to visit Siberia and the country's eastern region, according to a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoRussia opposes U.S. and European leaders' calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign, Interfax news agency reported Friday, saying that the leader should get more time to implement reforms. The...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA brush fire threatened dozens of homes and destroyed several buildings in Round Mountain. No homes were lost, although several were threatened. The Texas Forest Service reported Friday night that the fire...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 4.9 km ( 3 miles), the quake hit at 14:12:02 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 124 km (77 miles) Eas...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe aircraft crashed in an open area just outside the village of Throop, near to Bournemouth Airport after the elite RAF stunt team had completed a display over the sea front as part of the annual air show...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA woman and her two children were killed and an elderly woman is missing after torrential rain saw a main road flooded with up to nine feet of water in rush hour. Kimberly Griffith, 45, and her daughters...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA brush fire threatened dozens of homes and destroyed several buildings in Round Mountain. No homes were lost, although several were threatened. The Texas Forest Service reported Friday night that t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoFirefighters will continue work today to douse a 60-acre blaze that blackened the foothills north of the Air Force Academy on Friday afternoon, sending plumes of smoke into the air that could be seen for m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA small amount of radioactive cesium has been detected in rice, the staple food item in Japan, that was grown in the city of Hokota, Ibaraki Prefecture, some 150 kilometers southwest of the crisis-hit Fuku...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Kanchatka, Russia at a depth of 64.9 km ( 40.3 miles), the quake hit at 12:54:15 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 85 km (53 mil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the State of Yap, Fed. States of Micronesia at a depth of 41.8 km ( 26 miles), the quake hit at 11:17:18 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 407 km (252 ...
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 19 hours agoA Dutch artist creates nearly bulletproof human skin by sandwiching spider silk between the epidermis and dermis.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 19 hours agoI guess people who are looking for another blustering nincompoop and tool who thinks you can make up for profound ignorance with a Texas-sized swagger, won't have to scratch beneath the surface to look f...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago*** Rick Perry is seen as being anti-Gay, pro-Israel, and pro-Pentagon. * His economic record as Governor of Texas is controversial (Rick Perry: Reading the record The Economist) His problem is allegati...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 2.6 km ( 1.6 miles), the quake hit at 10:27:16 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 736 km (457 miles) Northwest of Nuku'Alof...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis - 20 hours agoGerman liberal news rag, Der Spiegel, takes pride in being above gutter politics. Of course, that pride isn't earned as it peddles its brand of liberalism in a more subtle manner than its British counterp...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 611.1 km ( 379.7 miles), the quake hit at 10:08:18 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) West of Ndoi Island,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 35.1 km ( 21.8 miles), the quake hit at 09:50:18 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanua...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Eritea at a depth of 9.9 km ( 6.2 miles), the quake hit at 09:38:35 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 105 km ( 65 miles) West Al Huda...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 22 hours agoA B-BBC contributor notes; "One might remember all the fake outrage concerning David Starkey's comments concerning language, appearance and employability? Oh what a fuss that stirred up. I wonder if this p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck Bosnia and Herzegovina at a depth of just 2 km ( 1.6 miles), the quake hit at 09:07:48 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 2 km ( 1.6 miles) South of Koc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA Nixa sinkhole that swallowed part of a house five years ago is causing concern for one neighbor, but the city says it shouldn't be. In 2006, a giant sinkhole opened up in Nixa, swallowing part of a ho...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued a warning advising people to avoid drinking water from or swimming in two areas of Dworshak Reservoir where high levels of blue-green algae have bee...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoRussia has lost track of a newly-launched, multi-million-pound telecommunications satellite, the latest in a series of setbacks that have dogged its space industry. The £160million Express AM-4 satellite,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA UFO has been filmed speeding across the sky over a motorway - close to where a BBC reporter spotted another mystery object just days later. The clear footage shows a white ball of light darting through t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoBritain faces a £50billion bill under plans for a new tax raid by Brussels, according to a report. That is the price the UK might have to pay if the European Union imposes a financial transaction tax dem...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 23 hours ago[image: Libyan rebels] Libyan rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi's troops all along the country's Mediterranean coast said they have captured all of the planned eastern port city of Brega, which has repeated...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA health advisory prompted by high algae levels found in Dexter Reservoir, located 22 miles southeast of Eugene, was issued today by Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division and Lane County Health ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoWisconsin Division of Emergency Management officials say an apparent tornado has hit Marinette County causing at least one death. Division spokeswoman Lori Getter says local officials have determined one ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoAn achingly beautiful arc of powder-white sand framed by giant boulders and luxuriant palm fronds, Anse Lazio beach graces the cover of upmarket travel brochures, attracting affluent holidaymakers to the S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoInsurance adjusters and auto body shops in southwest Iowa are busy today after last night’s hailstorm. Hailstones as large as baseballs shattered windshields and dimpled hoods, trunks and roofs. Jim Cham...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA massive algae bloom is sitting off the coast of New Jersey and isn’t expected to move off any time soon. The bloom, which is not considered harmful, was first detected by satellites in mid-July but has...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA team of firemen, who were left coated in thousands of fleas when they went to an abandoned house, had to be tested for plague. The crew from Connecticut were conducting a routine safety check at an aban...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck offshore Bio-Bio, Chile at a depth of 14.1 km ( 8.8 miles), the quake hit at 07:30:34 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 34 km ( 21 miles) West Concepc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA flash mob of looters has robbed a convenience store in Washington, DC as the trend continues to spread across the U.S. Surveillance video shows women storming into a local Shop Express at approximat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThe U.S. has already been hit by more natural disasters in 2011 than any previous year - and that is before the hurricane season has even started. Flooding, blizzards, drought and tornadoes from just nine ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA father who abducted his two-year-old child had turned the gun on himself after killing his daughter, it has been revealed. Mourad 'Moni' Samaan and toddler Madeline Layla Samaan-Fay were found dead on S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThe mystery of the floating orange goo has been solved. (NOTE: they said this before when they said the orange stuff where microscopic eggs) But the results have only served to increase the fears of the s...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 23 hours agoAt the beginning of the year, I was kind of amazed by the quality of Physics Stack Exchange. There were actual experts over there and meritocracy mostly worked worked. So I have also answered 661 questions...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago*ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR?: Brzezinski's Brass Knuckles – Murdoch's Pretty Piefaced – Norway’s Puzzle Pieces.** * ** *~~*
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJust three weeks after Nasa's 30-year shuttle programme finally came to an end, it looks like the space race might already be back on. Russia is teaming up with the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Kansas Department of Health and Environment, in conjunction with the Kansas State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, confirms that toxic blue-green algae is responsible for the death of one d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the unit 1 reactor at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant near Chattanooga automatically tripped. The commission said the incident late Thursday night was traced to a coolant pu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA woman has been arrested after she staged photos of her abusing her one-month-old son because she wanted his father to think she was about to kill him, police have said. Brittany Lester, 20, took photos...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe three men accused of the brutal 1993 murder of three eight-year-old Cub Scouts in Arkansas were freed today, after a complicated legal manoeuvre that allowed them to maintain their innocence while ackn...
- Nasa craft tracks space storm from the sun until it engulfs Earth for the first time - 19th Aug 2011
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA Nasa spacecraft far from Earth has watched a solar storm engulf our planet for the first time. STEREO-A was more than 65million miles from our planet, giving it a 'big picture' view other spacecraft orb... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFive people were taken to a Charlotte hospital Thursday night after complaining about fumes on board a US Airways flight. Flight 1489 from New York declared an emergency before landing safely at Charl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Unit 2 reactor at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant in northeastern Pennsylvania shut down automatically at 10:46 a.m. Friday (8/19). The unit was operating at full power at the time. The shutdown ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThis is the first picture of the 15-year-old British schoolboy who was murdered in a Spanish seaside resort. Andrew Milroy, 15, died after being stabbed in Lloret de Mar, on the Costa Brava, last month. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoVictim: Stephen Rutter was killed by drink-driver Nicola Elgie, who claimed she could not see the road properly. A drink-driver who knocked down and killed a pedestrian on a crossing because her windscre...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTwo men were drugged, beaten, branded with hot knives and left for dead after they were set upon by a pair of drug-fuelled thugs who filmed the sadistic beating for ‘a laugh’. And today Steven Shevill was...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA Scotland Yard detective investigating phone hacking has been arrested on suspicion of leaking stories to The Guardian. The move came as News of the World reporter Dan Evans, 35, was also arrested over ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Kyrgyzstan at a depth of 23.4 km ( 14.5 miles), the quake hit at 05:31:22 UTC Saturday 20th August 2011. The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) SSW of Taraz (Dzhambul), Ka...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA former policeman drove his car off a 350ft cliff at high speed in a suicide pact with his estranged wife, it emerged yesterday. Father-of-four Paul Charles and wife Jacqueline were killed instantly when ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA suspected gunman who had been on the run after allegedly bursting into a hairdressers and shooting three women has been found dead in woodland. Police had launched a huge manhunt after the incident in a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoConfronted by an unidentified speedboat powering straight towards them, this is the dramatic moment the crew of a Royal Navy warship fear they are under attack from Iranian suicide bombers. Sailors on HM...
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