ShareThisNorth Korea slams US aircraft carrier's arrival --North Korea calls arrival of the fleet 'a grave military provocation' 12 May 2013 North Korea has criticised the arrival of the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South for a joint drill as an "extremely reckless" provocation and a rehearsal for war against the communist state. A US naval strike group led by the nuclear-powered Nimitz arrived off the South's southern port of Busan on Saturday for the drill to be staged this week, following joint exercises that infuriated North Korea in recent months. The 97,000-ton Nimitz, one of the world’s largest warships, will participate in joint search-and-rescue operations as well as "sea manoeuvring" around the Korean Peninsula, the South's defence ministry said.
ShareThisBreak-in thwarted at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station - Police 10 May 2013 Security officers at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station chased two would-be burglars who were breaking into a storage trailer there early Thursday morning. At the Lay Road plant in Peach Bottom Township, at approximately 4 a.m., security spotted two people at a storage trailer, state police said. They'd broken the window screen and were pushing up the unlocked window when security officers on patrol spotted them, police said. The two would-be burglars ran off, headed toward Booker Road, police said.
ShareThisUtility investigating vibrations that caused shutdown of nuclear reactor 11 May 2013 Dominion Virginia Power had a crew of about 20 working Friday to determine what caused the shutdown of its North Anna power facility's Unit 2 nuclear reactor earlier in the day. The utility was in the process of restarting it, and the unit was at 60 percent power shortly after 6 a.m. Friday, when operators detected greater-than-normal vibrations in part of the mechanism used to start the reactor. They manually shut it down. The excessive vibrations were detected in the exciter, which is used during start-up to initiate the flow of electricity from the generator to the grid.
ShareThisSharif declares victory for Pakistan Muslim League-N in election 11 May 2013 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) has won Saturday's parliamentary election. "Results are still coming in, but this much is confirmed: we're the single largest party so far," Sharif said during a speech to jubilant supporters in Lahore on Saturday night. "We should thank Allah that he has given PML-N another chance to serve you and Pakistan," the PML-N leader stated.
ShareThisI.R.S. Apologizes to Conservative Groups Over Application Audits 11 May 2013 The Internal Revenue Service apologized to Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations on Friday for what it now says were overzealous audits of their applications for tax-exempt status. Lois Lerner, the director of the I.R.S. division that oversees tax-exempt groups, acknowledged that the agency had singled out nonprofit applicants with the terms "Tea Party" or "patriots" in their titles in an effort to respond to a surge in applications for tax-exempt status between 2010 and 2012. She insisted that the move was not driven by politics, but she added, "We made some mistakes; some people didn't use good judgment."
ShareThisMystery Aircraft Frightens Quincy, Mass. Residents 09 May 2013 A mystery in Quincy, Massachusetts, continues to deepen: Who is flying around the city from dusk to dawn, for the past ten days or so? "It's frightening, not just weird, but frightening," said one resident of the Wollaston section. Every night for nearly the last two weeks, residents have spotted a low-flying aircraft doing loops over the city. WBZ has learned the FAA knows what's going on, but the agency isn't telling. "I mean it is strange. I don’t know if they're looking for somebody, I have no idea," one resident told WBZ.
ShareThisBritain, U.S. hold secret talks on how to arm terrorists in Syria 11 May 2013 Britain and the U.S. have been secretly discussing plans to arm foreign-backed terrorists fighting the popular government of president Bashar al-Assad in Syria, it has been disclosed. The revelation comes amid an escalation of hostilities in the region with Israel already launching invasion against Syria, when the country is fighting to ward off the threat of an all-out civil war with al-Qaeda affiliated terror groups. According to reports, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond held talks with counterpart Chuck Hagel during his visit to the States over how to push for arming rebels, mercenaries and terrorists who have teamed up to topple the Syrian government in a conflict now in its third year.
ShareThisTerrorist drill held for Fukushima nuclear plant 12 May 2013 Police and the Japan Coast Guard conducted a joint drill Saturday to prepare for a possible terrorist attack on the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. About 150 officers and other people, including members of a special assault team of the police, participated in the drill at the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant, about 10 km from Fukushima No. 1. Both plants are operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. The National Police Agency fears the stricken Fukushima No. 1 could make for a tempting target for terrorists because the cooling systems there are still highly fragile.
ShareThisJudge: nun, 2 other convicted nuclear protesters to stay in jail until sentencing in the fall --Protesters face up to 10 years in prison 11 May 2013 A judge has ruled that a nun and two other nuclear protesters must remain in jail until they are sentenced in September for breaking into the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee. Sister Megan Rice and protesters Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed were convicted Wednesday of interfering with national security and damaging federal property during last year's incursion. An attorney for the defendants asked the judge Thursday to allow their release until their Sept. 23 sentencing.
ShareThisSmoke forces evacuation of White House press room 11 May 2013 Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room. U.S. Secret Service spokesman Max Milien said that at about 7 a.m., smoke was seen coming from a mechanical room closet on the first floor. "Early this morning, an electrical transformer near the West Wing malfunctioned and set off a smoke alarm in the West Wing," a White House official said in a statement.
ShareThisBiometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in 'Immigration Reform' 10 May 2013 The immigration reform [aka allowing the creation of a permanent corporate-owned underclass which will drive down wages across the board and destroy unions] measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U.S., in what privacy groups fear could be the first step to a ubiquitous national identification system. Buried in the more than 800 pages of the bipartisan legislation is language mandating the creation of the innocuously-named "photo tool," a massive federal database administered by the Department of Homeland Security and containing names, ages, Social Security numbers and photographs of everyone in the country with a driver's license or other state-issued photo ID. Employers would be obliged to look up every new hire in the database to verify that they match their photo.
ShareThisPakistan's historic election could bring change to military ties with US 11 May 2013 Pakistan’s historic election today could have immense consequences for the region and the so-called war on terror. Opposition leader and leading candidate to be the next prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has warned he will stop Pakistan's involvement in the war on terror. Asked whether he would stop military cooperation with the United States in the war, in an interview with the BBC he said, "Yes, we have to." Another leading candidate in the Pakistan election, Imran Khan, a former international cricketer and now Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which draws its support from large sections of the poor, has warned if he wins the election he would go even further by shooting down U.S. drones if they enter Pakistan territory.
ShareThisBlast kills 9, injures more near polling station in Pakistan 11 May 2013 An explosion has killed at least 9 people and injured many others near a polling station in the southern city of Karachi as voting is underway for general elections in the country.
ShareThisChris Christie vetoes early voting in New Jersey 10 May 2013 Most news coverage of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie this week has focused on the Republican's new efforts to shrink his expanded waistline, but it turns out that's not the only thing he's against expanding. Christie vetoed a bill Thursday that would have created a two-week window for early in-person voting in New Jersey. Christie said he was primarily opposed to the cost of implementing the early voting program. [And now, the actual reason:] In-person early voting is often used by minority voters, especially African-Americans, in states where it is available. The bill's sponsor, Democratic State Senator Nia Gill, slammed Christie for his veto on Thursday.
ShareThisTwo tech executives quit Mark Zuckerberg's political group over ads pushing XL pipeline 10 May 2010 Two prominent Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have quit Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's political advocacy group Fwd.us after protests from environmentalists and liberal groups, a person familiar with the situation said late Friday. Elon Musk, the billionaire co-founder of electric car maker Tesla Motors, chief executive of SpaceX and chairman of solar-energy company Solar City; and David Sacks, CEO and founder of Yammer, both have withdrawn from Fwd.us. Their ads [which support the Keystone XL pipeline] quickly drew the ire of environmentalists and liberal groups, some of which pledged to pull ads from Facebook for two weeks.
ShareThisNewtown panel: Tear down Sandy Hook, rebuild 10 May 2013 A task force of elected officials in Newtown on Friday recommended tearing down Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in December, and rebuilding on the same site. The group of 28 town elected officials voted unanimously in favor of a plan that would construct a new building in the same location as the existing school. The proposal goes to the local school board and then before voters as a referendum... Police have not disclosed possible motives for the Newtown killings.
ShareThisNew York Times Pakistan bureau chief expelled on eve of country's election --Veteran Pakistan correspondent Declan Walsh received order to leave country at midnight local time for 'undesirable activities' [CIA 'Project Mockingbird'-style reporter(s) booted from Pakistan so the anti-drone candidate can be allowed to win - sweet!] 10 May 2013 The New York Times' Pakistan bureau chief has been expelled from the country, on the eve of the national election. The paper said Pakistan's Interior Ministry had not explained why it ordered Declan Walsh out of the country. [*Duh.*] Police officers delivered the interior ministry's order to Walsh at his home at 12.30am local time on Thursday. "It is informed that your visa is hereby canceled in view of your undesirable activities," the order said. "You are therefore advised to leave the country within 72 hours."
ShareThisRand Paul alleges CIA smuggled weapons through Benghazi 10 May 2013 Amid intensifying rumors that he's considering a run for president, United States Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has come down hard on the White House over last year’s tragedy at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. On Wednesday a Congressional committee heard testimonies from witnesses of the September 11, 2012 attack, but eight months after the fact many questions still remain unanswered. In an interview aired on CNN Thursday evening, Sen. Paul said he hasn’t ruled out the possibility that last year’s attack unfolded as a result of a secret arms trade.
ShareThis'Gunmen' Hired to Storm Movie Theater for Traumatizing Publicity Stunt [Hmm. I wonder what other events they worked?] 10 May 2013 The promote its premiere of the new Iron Man movie, a theater in Jefferson City, Missouri, hired several people to dress in full tactical gear and storm the screening with fake weapons drawn. Not surprisingly, some people were not too keen on the "publicity stunt." "We're just getting into the car when I spotted a man in full assault gear, carrying what appeared to be a modified M-4 and 9 mm on his side," said, John Molock an army war vet who says the experience triggered his PTSD... "We received a series of 911 calls stating that a man dressed in all black and body armor and a rifle was walking into Capital 8 Theaters," Capt. Doug Shoemaker told the local Fox affiliate. "Everything was in place, it's the opening night of a superhero movie, it's somebody walking in all-dark clothes, everything pointed to bad things about to happen," Shoemaker added, referencing the Aurora movie theater shooting that took place last July.
ShareThisTexas responder to fertilizer blast arrested on pipe bomb charge 10 May 2013 Prosecutors charged a paramedic, one of the first to respond to a deadly explosion last month in West, Texas, with unlawful possession of pipe bomb components, although authorities said no evidence linked the charge to the fertilizer plant disaster. Texas state officials also announced on Friday that they had opened a criminal investigation into the April 17 explosion that killed 14 people and injured about 200 others. The state fire marshal's office has said that ammonium nitrate stored at the plant detonated in the explosion but they have not been able to pin down the cause of the fire and blast.
ShareThisWest paramedic arrested on charge of possession of destructive device 10 May 2013 A West paramedic was arrested early Friday morning on a charge of possession of a destructive device. Bryce Reed, 31, was arrested around 2 a.m. and was booked into McLennan County Jail. The U.S. Marshals have since taken him into custody. Officials haven't said whether the arrest was related to the April 17 explosion at West Fertilizer Co. that killed 15, injured about 200 and destroyed hundreds of homes.
ShareThisParamedic from Texas plant blast arrested 10 May 2013 A volunteer paramedic who was one of the first on the scene of a fire and massive explosion last month at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, was arrested early Friday and charged with possession of a destructive device, The Dallas Morning News reported. Officials have not said whether the arrest of Bryce Reed, 31, is related to the April 17 explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. that killed 14 people, injured around 200 and destroyed hundreds of homes in the vicinity, the newspaper said. The arrest came as Texas law enforcement officials on Friday said they had launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion.
ShareThisMore than 37 tons of crab meat spills out of truck onto Utah freeway near Spanish Fork 10 May 2013 About 75,000 pounds of frozen crab meat — more than 37 tons — spilled out of a truck leaving Salt Lake City. Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Todd Johnson says the truck's driver miscalculated a turn and over-steered to the right. The tractor-trailer hit a metal guard rail and sign post, which ripped open its side. The trailer toppled over near dawn Friday, spilling most boxes of crab and some of the meat onto I-15 near Spanish Fork.
ShareThis1 of 2 reactors at Md. nuclear plant shuts down --One unit also shut down in 2012 after a control rod unexpectedly dropped into the reactor core. 10 May 2013 Constellation Energy Nuclear Group says one of two nuclear reactors at its Calvert Cliffs power plant in Maryland shut down automatically after a malfunction. Calvert Cliffs spokesman Kory Raftery says valves that feed turbines in Unit 2 unexpectedly shut down Wednesday evening, and the reactor was taken offline. He says that workers at the southern Maryland plant followed their training and that there was no public safety threat. Raftery says the unit will remain offline while a team investigates why the valves shut down, but it's not clear when they will return to service.
ShareThisApple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones --ATF says no law enforcement agency could unlock a defendant's iPhone, but Apple can 'bypass the security software' if it chooses. 10 May 2013 Apple receives so many police demands to decrypt seized iPhones that it has created a "waiting list" to handle the deluge of requests, CNET has learned. Court documents show that federal agents were so stymied by the encrypted iPhone 4S of a Kentucky man accused of distributing crack cocaine that they turned to Apple for decryption help last year. An agent at the ATF, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, "contacted Apple to obtain assistance in unlocking the device," U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell wrote in a recent opinion. But, she wrote, the ATF was "placed on a waiting list by the company."
ShareThisBangladesh Building Collapse Death Toll Tops 1,000 11 May 2013 Rescuers combing through the debris of a garment-factory building that collapsed in Bangladesh 18 days ago pulled a survivor from under the rubble yesterday, even as the death toll from the disaster rose to 1,085. A woman, identified only as Reshma, was found alive in the basement of Rana Plaza and has been taken to a military hospital in Dhaka for treatment, an official at the army control room said. The woman was the first to be found alive in the last 13 days from the site of the nation's worst industrial disaster.
ShareThisReport warned Boston Marathon was vulnerable to terrorism --A regional intelligence agency told police days before the attack that extremists could potentially target the event. 09 May 2013 Five days before two bombs tore through crowds at the Boston Marathon, an intelligence report identified the finish line as an "area of increased vulnerability" and warned Boston police that homegrown extremists could use "small-scale bombings" to attack spectators and runners at the event. The 18-page report, similar to others sent to police and first responders before major events in the Boston area, was written by the Boston Regional Intelligence Center, which is funded in part by the Department of Homeland Security and helps disseminate intelligence information to local police and first responders. The assessment noted that there was "no credible, specific information indicating an imminent threat" to the race.
ShareThisChina reports one more bird flu death, toll rises to 32 09 May 2013 China reported one more death from a new strain of bird flu on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 32, with the number of infections staying at 129, the official Xinhua news agency said. A 56-year-old man died in the central province of Henan, two weeks after his infection was confirmed, Xinhua cited a statement from the local health bureau. The man had no direct contact with birds, but there were birdcages hanging in the corridor of the building he lived in, the report said.
ShareThis'Chained CPI Not a Tweak: It's a Cut to Social Security,' Alliance Members Tell Congress 08 May 2013 After Medicare deductions, Marty Alvarado has about $950 left in her monthly Social Security check. The Alliance for Retired Americans members from Dallas told a Capitol Hill Hands Off Social Security summit of Alliance members, lawmakers, senior activists and Social Security advocates: "As you might imagine that’s very difficult to live on. I cannot afford to lose any of my benefits due to the chained CPI cut in benefits..." Chained CPI would change the way cost-of-living adjustments are calculated for Social Security, veterans and other federal benefits.
ShareThisConvicted Nuclear Protesters Must Stay in Jail 09 May 2013 An elderly nun and two other nuclear protesters asked Thursday to be released from jail as they await sentencing for breaking into the Y-12 National Security [sic] Complex and defacing the walls of a uranium processing plant. A judge could rule on that next week, but on Thursday said they will have to stay in jail at least until then. Sister Megan Rice, 83, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed were convicted Wednesday of interfering with national security and damaging federal property during last year's incursion. They cut through security fences, hung banners, strung crime-scene tape and hammered off a small chunk of the fortress-like Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility inside the most secure part of the complex.
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