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CENSORED NEWS - 15 minutes ago
Carlisle Indian School/Photo Brenda Norrell By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com A columnist for Indian Country Today continues to insult readers while denying the abuse of Ind...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the Hokkaido, Japan Region at a depth of 32.3 km ( 20.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:07:09 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) SSE of O...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 54.2 km ( 33.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:39:58 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) WS...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 39 km ( 24.2 miles), the quake hit at 21:14:05 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 102 km (...
*[Bob and Ray] feature Americans who are almost always fourth-rate or below, engaged in enterprises which, if not contemptible, are at least insane. And while other comedians show us persons tormented ...
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wmtc - 54 minutes ago
*"Can anyone on Capital [sic] Hill read?”* demanded a sign held by a protester at one of the first Tea Party rallies, back in February of 2009. "*If so read the Constitution As Americans we do not have t...
Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli Sunday and met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 42-year rule rapidly crumbled. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the ca...
Libyan government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said on Sunday that 1,300 people have been killed in a rebel assault on the capital, describing the fighting as a "real tragedy." "In 24 hours, 1,300 people have...
Muammar Gaddafi's former right-hand man Abdel Salam Jalloud, who has defected to the Libyan rebel side, said on Sunday Gaddafi would be toppled within 10 days. Speaking on Italy's Rai News, Jalloud said ...
*Make of them what you will, dear readers.* "Witnesses say Chinook was ablaze when it crashed; Coalition finishes recovering bodies, parts of wreckage" by Deb Riechmann, Associated Press, /August 12, 2011 ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking to NBC anchor Tom Brokaw on September 13, 2001 about the 9/11 attacks: "And this, I think, has been a wake up call from hell. It is telling us you have t...
John Stockwell was the chief of the CIA Angola Task Force in the mid 1970s. The interview below is from December 10, 1988. Watch the full interview at The Film Archive.
REBELS "NOW IN CONTROL" OF MOST OF TRIPOLI'S NEIGHBOURHOODS. NATO BOMBING RUNS CONTINUE OVER CITY TO ASSIST REBEL ADVANCES. GADDAFI'S SONS BEING TRANSFERRED TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS. GOVERNMENT VOW...
*I was really looking forward to this morning's MAS walking tour of Manhattan's Lower East Side, but no, I was still struggling with my Sunday Classics post on Andrea Chénier. Oh well.* *by Ken* I've r...
*We call them Democrat and Republican here. * "Rival political, criminal gangs kill 39 in 2 days in Pakistan" August 19, 2011|By Ashraf Kahn, Associated Press KARACHI - Suspected *gang members* *killed 39...
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The footage was posted on a social media website and the video cannot be independently verified. Waving a gun at the camera, the presenter said: "With this weapon, I either kill or die today, you will...
Playing video games and using smartphones are helping parents and children bond, according to new university research. Four in five parents described playing video games with their children as “quality t...
Italian art experts who restored a cryptic medieval fresco depicting a tree of fertility have been accused of censuring the work by painting over the numerous phalluses which dangle from its boughs. The ...
Libyan rebels claimed they sent fighters into Tripoli in a dawn raid by sea, reinforcing gunmen who launched the first uprising against Col Muammar Gaddafi since the start of the war. The rebels claimed ...
Pope Benedict XVI urged a crowd of nearly two million young Catholics to become missionaries for the faith, Sunday, as he celebrated an open-air mass to conclude World Youth Day in Madrid. The Pope addre...
Aaron Denham, who was left in a coma after a road accident has made a miraculous recovery - as his family stood at his bedside deciding what songs to play at his funeral. Aaron Denham was lying motionles...
For the first time in months, witnesses in Tripoli reported heavy fighting across the capital late Saturday night, even as rebel forces claimed to have encircled the city by taking major towns to its east,...
The number of deaths caused by the cholera epidemic in the Dominican Republic have reached 109, while there are 15,876 suspect cases, according to figures revealed Friday by the health authorities. A sta...
After returning late Wednesday night from a three-day bus tour of Middle America, President Obama left Washington once again Thursday afternoon -- this time for Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts and a 10-...
The flash flooding that killed four people and forced others to swim to safety or climb onto car roofs was a freak accident caused by heavy rainfall that overwhelmed the sewer system just as rush-hour traf...
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Costco, the membership warehouse-club chain, was an early leader in offering electric-vehicle charging to its customers, setting an example followed by other retailers, including Best Buy and Walgreen. By ...
Interests in the Caribbean, Bahamas and the Southeast Coast, will want to keep close tabs on the status of Tropical Storm Irene. Irene is bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to portions of the Lesser Ant...
Authorities in Mexico found the decapitated bodies of four men and a woman in Acapulco on Saturday, the latest in a string of slayings in the popular Pacific resort this week. Federal police said the cor...
Diplomats scrambled to avert a crisis in relations between Egypt and Israel on Saturday, and the Israeli government issued a rare statement of regret for the killing of three Egyptian security officers by ...
The latest deals to "save" American and Greek public finances - those countries can now put themselves into even deeper debt - should puncture the illusion the welfare state was ever a success; fact is, it...
Just when Wall Street seemed to have settled down, a barrage of bad economic reports collided with fresh worries about European banks on Thursday and triggered a global sell-off in stocks. The Dow Jones ...
If the despair in global stock markets is your guide, it seems that we’re already in a new recession. “The market is trading off of really primal fear,” one U.S. stockbroker told the Bloomberg financial wi...
The Wood family of Piedmont, Oklahoma, barely made it to their storm-proof safe room before a huge tornado struck their house in late May. The Woods survived unhurt but the three-story house was destroy...
Interactive gaming allows many youngsters access to an action-packed, adrenaline-fuelled world - while in reality, they can sit undisturbed for hours. Excessive gaming has long been seen as unhealthy, bu...
The disgusting cowards and whores of NATO were ordered on Saturn's-day by their blood ritual rabbi masters in the knesset of Washington DC to invade Libya using the yiddish asset of al qaeda/mossad murder...
*Maybe it was **UFOs**. * "Pakistan places limits on travel of US diplomats" July 31, 2011|By Chris Brummitt, Associated Press ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has placed new* travel restrictions* on *American diplo...
*Worthy of a front-page, above-the-fold feature*: "‘Someday u will find me dead’; Police say an East Boston man admits to orchestrating the murder of his wife, who warned of abuse in text messages" August...
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*Didn't make my printed paper*: "Colombia inquiry implicates US aid in abuses of power; Funds allegedly used for spying, political activities" by Karen DeYoung and Claudia J. Duque, Washington Post / Augu...
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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, a son of Libya's ruler Moammar Gadhafi and a top official in the regime, has been captured by opposition forces, a rebel official said Sunday night. Ali Said, general secretary of ...
A news Correspondent from BBC’s One Show has been Tweeting. This person. ‘one_uk’ describes him/herself thus: “Research Correspondent from the One Show trying to present a better image of the UK. The f...
*And other South American stories*: "Md. man had insurance on missing woman" August 19, 2011|Associated Press SAN JUAN - A Maryland man detained in Aruba in the presumed death of his travel partner had an...
I passed by a TV last week that had on some MSNBC show with their in-house Nazi Pat Buchanan pontificating about what a wonderful world it would be if Hillary Clinton was president instead of Obama. It ...
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Residents of Kaiapoi and Canterbury contemplating taking the government's payout face the dire prospect of paying far more for a new home than the payout for their old damaged one, even with the inflated...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Java, Indonesia at a depth of 78.9 km ( 49 miles), the quake hit at 16:54:21 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) SSE of Sukabumi, Java, Ind...
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Leadership is about self-sacrifice, not personal gain. As Congress and the president debated the increase in the debt-ceiling limit, millions of Americans have been held hostage by threats to entitlement...
Animals and plants are shifting their natural home ranges towards the cooler poles three times faster than scientists previously thought. In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers looked at th...
A new drama tells the story of a Jewish lawyer who confronted Hitler 80 years ago - earning the dictator's life-long hatred. So who was Hans Litten? In the Berlin courtroom, Adolf Hitler's face burned a ...
nternational concern is growing over a fresh wave of violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants. Israel has carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip, while militants have been firing rock...
A soccer game was suspended after gunfire erupted outside a stadium in northern Mexico, sending players fleeing and spectators ducking for cover under seats. Local soccer clubs Santos and Morelia were...
A Saskatoon businesswoman is making a folk remedy for new mothers a little easier to swallow. Although its common for mammals to eat placenta after giving birth, the practice is rare in human culture. ...
The United States, the world's biggest economy, has never defaulted on its debt and never will, said Vice President Joe Biden as he wrapped up his five-day visit to China on Sunday. "Some Chinese are con...
A barrage of rockets and mortars fired into southern Israel continued Sunday, the latest in a four-day escalation of violence sparked by a series of attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers Thursday. By...
He is a good Christian, Michael is telling his two therapists. He goes to church most Sundays. He’s a devoted husband and father of two daughters. “But when I would leave on business trips,” he says, “I k...
A statue resembling the goddess Athena and jewelry bearing images from Greco-Roman mythology may not be objects you'd expect to see in a museum exhibit of Buddhist art from Pakistan. Their presence among...
Don't be a denialist. Instead put on your jeggings (breathe in) or mankini (be careful) and retweet this article. After all, it's hip to be in the know on the 400 new words and phrases in the 12th editio...
Ron Paul is getting more publicity out of not getting publicity in the wake of his virtual tie with Bachmann in the Ames poll than he’s gotten to date. Suddenly everyone’s noticing the “mainstream” media i...
After months of protests and regime violence, King Abdallah of Saudi Arabia, one of the last absolute monarchs in the world, has called on Syria’s embattled president, Bashar al-Assad, to stop the “killing...
The killing of Osama Bin Laden did not put cuts in national security spending on the table, but the debt-ceiling debate finally did. And mild as those projected cuts might have been, last week newly minted...
The first half of 2011 has been the deadliest six months for civilians in Afghanistan since the decade-old war began, according to the United Nations mission in the country. The number of civilians kille...
Scientists and doctors are calling for a new national policy in Japan that mandates the testing of food, soil, water, and the air for radioactivity still being emitted from Fukushima's heavily damaged Daii...
When considering starvation, context is everything. This fact is easily illustrated. Consider, for a moment, the actions of David Blaine, the US magician, who in 2003 spent 44 days in a six-foot-by-three-f...
The Senate and the Roman People have declared that the US government is spending too much money. We have to live within our means. Difficult choices lie ahead. We can't do everything anyone might like us t...
The massive volatility and sharp equity-price correction now hitting global financial markets signal that most advanced economies are on the brink of a double-dip recession. A financial and economic crisis...
Asia is at the centre of an inevitable development of our digital world: the coming mineral wars. The computer you are using to read this article is already involved in a global war. Oil wars? Water wa...
When the afternoon bell rings at August Town Primary School, children kick around a plastic bottle filled with gravel instead of a soccer ball. When administrators need to buy a copier, they turn to parent...
Ever since the United States endured defeat in the Vietnam War the American political establishment has tried hard to restore national and international confidence in the role of military power in favourab...
Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know. After the devastating tsunami damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, seismologists in the United States are focusing on a potentially ...
Federal judge makes ruling in controversy between homeowners and Corps~WWL ~Hat Tip~ Sandy Rosenthal
The finding shows bacteria thrived on an Earth with no oxygen and boosts hope that life existed on Mars.
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CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
*Fifty More Americans Arrested At White House on Day 2 of Sit-in Over Oil Pipeline* By Tar Sands Action www.tarsandsaction.org Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 WASHINGTON - Fifty more Americans were arrested this m...
In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph ahead of WPP’s interim results this week, Sir Martin said there was a dissonance between the plunging markets and the state of the world economy. He said that al...
*This is the veteran mezzo Larissa Diadkova (age 56) as Madelon at Madrid's Teatro Real, February 2010. I believe the Gérard is baritone Marco Vratogna; the conductor, Victor Pablo Pérez. (The staging, in ...
*Kurt Nimmo* Infowars.com August 21, 2011 The corporate media today is reporting that the so-called Libyan rebels consisting of tribal gangs and al-Qaeda under the direction of NATO and the CIA are cl...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Flores Region, Indonesia at a depth of 207.3 km ( 128.8 miles), the quake hit at 14:29:30 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 155 km (96 miles) Northea...
*LOCKERBIE AND THE FINANCING OF 9 11** / **LOCKERBIE IS ABOUT HEROIN** * In the case of the 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, a growing number of people believe that Megrahi was framed and that the Scottish Governm...
*Only played one tune:* "Storm kills 3, hurts 71 at festival in Belgium" August 19, 2011|Associated Press HASSELT, Belgium - A *storm swept through an open-air music festival*yesterday, * killing at leas...
*I'm guessing he didn't like the pooper-pumping in his name.* "A million young pilgrims gather for pope vigil; Pontiff’s remarks suspended amid heavy rainstorm" by Harold Heckle and Nicole Winfield, Associ...
Elizabeth Warren just made it official-- or official enough for ActBlue to open up a contribution slot for her-- which means she filed with the FEC. So... we added her to the Blue America Senate page, a ...
*Ah, the *smell * of MSM *perfume* in the morning.* "Book alleges Coco Chanel, fashion icon, spied for Nazis; Author cites new documents; firm decries accusation" August 18, 2011|By Jenny Barchfield, Asso...
A push to construct a mile-high mountain in the flat Netherlands is catching on and could become reality.
The German Schluckspecht E set a world record for the longest drive of a vehicle on a single battery charge.
Permalink ------------------------------ *Exclusive: Matt Taibbi on SEC covering up Wall Street crimes * Keith Olbermann *August 19, 2011 at 11:41 pm* In this "Countdown" exclusive interview, Kei...
*And just think, they didn't even pay any taxes on the **$14 billion**dollar profits last year -- and even received a **$3.2 billion** gift from taxpayers via Uncle Sam.* "Laser process adds to worry over ...
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck the New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 81.1 km ( 50.8 miles), the quake hit at 13:04:12 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 178 km (110 mil...
A stunt pilot has been killed in fiery crash during an air show after his plane appeared unable to get out of a downward spiral. The biplane plummeted nose-first into the ground at the downtown Kansas City...
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck the South Sandwich Islands Region at a depth of 127.7 km ( 79.4 miles), the quake hit at 12:38:53 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 40 km (24 miles) NNW ...
*And just when I was having some hope for them*: "Radioactive sulfur reading called safe" August 16, 2011|Associated Press WASHINGTON - A *spike in radioactive sulfur* from the damaged Japanese nuclear pl...
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wmtc - 15 hours ago
I'm reading *Life*, Keith Richards's autobiography, written with journalist James Fox. I believe this is the first celebrity memoirs or autobiography I've ever read - or ever wanted to. I'd say I'm an un...
I know some people like to pretend that all those people "hanging out" on the corners with funny misspelled personal messages on handmade signs and walking dazedly in the streets are just there for comic r...
*But they covered it, I mean cleaned it up quick.* "Oil spill not expected to reach Scotland" August 16, 2011|Associated Press LONDON - Royal Dutch Shell estimated yesterday that 54,600 gallons of *oil*hav...
Twin suicide attacks in southern Yemen killed 12 tribesmen early Sunday morning, authorities said. The tribesmen are part of a small force fighting al Qaeda-affiliated militants in Abyan province In one...
The Libyan government has appealed for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Nato's "aggression" as the rebel force approaches the capital Tripoli. Spokesman for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, Moussa Ib...
Not TV guys & politicians, REAL EXPERTS - scientists, architects, engineers, firemen, professors............ If this doesn't change your mind in 15 minutes about believing the official 9/11 story, nothin...
Few people outside of central Florida's 24nd congressional district have ever heard of Congresswoman Sandy Adams, a doctrinaire right-wing fanatic and member of the House Tea Party caucus. She's in Washi...
*Just as the Somalia stories have disappeared from my Globe. * "Despite charges of fraud, UN says it won’t cut aid to famine-stricken Somalia" August 17, 2011|Associated Press GENEVA - The UN World Food P...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 35.2 km ( 21.9 miles), the quake hit at 09:03:49 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 101 km (62 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanuat...
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Biased BBC - 18 hours ago
Here's a jolly good analysis of a day in the life of the BBC from a regular B-BBC contributor; "Never ones to let an opportunity slip, at death o'clock this morning R4 gave us some thoughts from the BBC...
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Biased BBC - 19 hours ago
Laughable set up discussion on Sunday Morning Live with gorgeous pouting Suzanne Reid. The first topic was the Human Rights Act and Cameron's idea we need a British Human Rights Act. We had a feminazi Hum...
At the first hint of warm temperatures, they begin to head toward South Carolina. But they’re not tourists from up north. They’re lemon sharks. The apex predators flock to the waters off the Carolinas’ s...
Tropical Storm Irene threatened to lash the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico on Sunday and could strengthen to a hurricane over the Dominican Republic by Monday night. As of 2 a.m. ET, Irene was about 125...
*Try not to gorge yourself*: "US prosecutors detail food stamp fraud" August 20, 2011 A former 7-Eleven franchisee in Rhode Island has been accused of taking food stamp benefits for cash at his Providence...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 35.1 km ( 21.8 miles), the quake hit at 08:18:15 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 100 km...
Syrian forces fired heavy machineguns at a residential district in the central city of Homs on Saturday after protests against President Bashar al-Assad, who faces growing world isolation for his repr...
Explosions and sustained gunfire have rocked parts of Tripoli as the leader of Libya's rebel force insists "the end is very near" for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Clashes have reportedly broken out in severa...
The U.S. military can now do in-depth radiation testing and analysis in Japan, though officials say the new capability is only precautionary. Two high-powered detectors recently installed at the Army publi...
An old disease is suspected of moving north again to kill New Jersey deer. The Division of Fish and Wildlife last week was seeking fresh tissue samples from dead deer to be tested for EHD (epizootic hemorr...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it will be testing fish off the coast of British Columbia for radiation due to the nuclear disaster in Japan. However, the agency says it expects radiation levels...
A Virginia man suspected in the deaths of his wife and her three children found in their burned apartment was arrested Saturday in South Carolina. Newport News police said in a press release that John Mose...
More than $400m of compensation to American victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests was paid with loans and guarantees from Allied Irish Bank, it has ben revealed. The funds, in the form of loans, gu...
A chartered Boeing 737 plane crashed Saturday afternoon in Canada's Arctic region, killing 12 people, police said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the plane went down near the hamlet of Resolute B...
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Holy 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
According 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 th...
*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...
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...
[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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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 ...
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...
A 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...
A 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...
A 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...
A 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) ...
A 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...
A 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...
A 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,...
Strong 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...
Antiwar 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...
[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 ...
*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...
* 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...
Ran 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...
Cairo, 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...
If 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 ...
*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...
Palestinian 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...
Imagine 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...
“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...
NATO 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 ...
Homes 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 ...
Monday 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...
Chinese 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...
“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...
A 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...
The 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...
China’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, ...
The 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...
As 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...
*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...
Forget 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...
A 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...
US 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 ...
It'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 ...
** *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...
Libyan 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...
(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...
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Holy 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...
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*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!...
Last 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...
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Carlisle Indian School/Photo Brenda Norrell By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com A columnist for Indian Country Today continues to insult readers while denying the abuse of Ind...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the Hokkaido, Japan Region at a depth of 32.3 km ( 20.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:07:09 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) SSE of O...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 54.2 km ( 33.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:39:58 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) WS...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 39 km ( 24.2 miles), the quake hit at 21:14:05 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 102 km (...
*[Bob and Ray] feature Americans who are almost always fourth-rate or below, engaged in enterprises which, if not contemptible, are at least insane. And while other comedians show us persons tormented ...
*"Can anyone on Capital [sic] Hill read?”* demanded a sign held by a protester at one of the first Tea Party rallies, back in February of 2009. "*If so read the Constitution As Americans we do not have t...
Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli Sunday and met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 42-year rule rapidly crumbled. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the ca...
Libyan government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said on Sunday that 1,300 people have been killed in a rebel assault on the capital, describing the fighting as a "real tragedy." "In 24 hours, 1,300 people have...
REBELS "NOW IN CONTROL" OF MOST OF TRIPOLI'S NEIGHBOURHOODS. NATO BOMBING RUNS CONTINUE OVER CITY TO ASSIST REBEL ADVANCES. GADDAFI'S SONS BEING TRANSFERRED TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS. GOVERNMENT VOW...
*I was really looking forward to this morning's MAS walking tour of Manhattan's Lower East Side, but no, I was still struggling with my Sunday Classics post on Andrea Chénier. Oh well.* *by Ken* I've r...
Playing video games and using smartphones are helping parents and children bond, according to new university research. Four in five parents described playing video games with their children as “quality t...
Italian art experts who restored a cryptic medieval fresco depicting a tree of fertility have been accused of censuring the work by painting over the numerous phalluses which dangle from its boughs. The ...
Libyan rebels claimed they sent fighters into Tripoli in a dawn raid by sea, reinforcing gunmen who launched the first uprising against Col Muammar Gaddafi since the start of the war. The rebels claimed ...
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