Democratic National Convention organizers claim they lost approximately half a million dollars worth of electronic gadgets during last year’s convention in Charlotte, N.C., ABC News reports. “Organizers of the Charlotte, N.C., convention have filed an eyebrow-raising police report for lost and stolen electronics, some of which they have valued at as much as 62 times the listed market prices,” the report adds.
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By Abby Miller I admit, I spend a lot of time on the Internet looking at pictures of kittens. Recently, however, there was one picture of a kitten that came with a sad, sad story attached. On June 10, an Ohio homeowner called animal control for some assistance regarding a litter of abandoned kittens that had taken up residence in a woodpile in her backyard. Humane Officer Barry Accorti responded to the call. Since there was a legitimate concern about disease, Accorti told the homeowner he would help her out, but that the shelters were full. The kittens would have…
Plenty of people harrumphed Wednesday when George Lucas told a crowd that “going to the movies will cost 50 bucks or 100 or 150 bucks” in the future. Well, one day later that has become a reality. Well, sort of.
By Rebecka Schumann Black Forest wildfire victim Jeremy Beach lost his home and most of his possessions in the ongoing blaze in Colorado that killed two, destroyed over 15,000 acres of land and 379 homes but apparently, DirecTV hasn’t received that memo. Beach, a nearby resident of Colorado Springs, Colo., where the blaze was most damaging, claims that he recently received a shocking admission from DirecTV
By Bob Kalinowski She spent her days serving up Happy Meals, but when it came time to get paid, Natalie Gunshannon says a local McDonald’s franchisee gave her an unhappy deal. The Shavertown McDonald’s forces workers to be paid only one way: with a payroll debit card that burdens workers with hefty fees to obtain their hard-earned cash, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of Gunshannon and other McDonald’s workers.
Russia is not convinced by the evidence which the US provided alleging that the government of Syria’s President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against rebel forces. “The Americans tried to present us with information on the use of chemical weapons by the regime, but frankly we thought that it was not convincing,” said presidential aide Yury Ushakov on Friday.
By Christopher Hope The Prime Minister said he wanted to foster a “pro-science culture” in the UK, and this started with a shift in Britain’s attitude towards so-called GM food, dubbed “Frankenstein food” by its critics. The comments come ahead of a major speech by Environment secretary Owen Paterson on Thursday next week which is set to signal a change in GM policy.
Pressure-induced transitions are associated with near 2-fold volume expansions. While an increase in volume with pressure is counterintuitive, the resulting new phases contain large fluid-filled pores, such that the combined solid + fluid volume is reduced and the inefficiencies in space filling by the interpenetrated parent phase are eliminated.
At least four people are dead after multiple victims were shot before the gunman took his own life at a business in St. Louis, Missouri Thursday afternoon. Police say the others killed were probably employees at the business. Local KTVI News reported at around 1:45 pm local time Thursday that shots were fired on the 2700 block of Cherokee Street, just blocks from the Mississippi River.
After over 40 years of secrecy, the real cause of death of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, has been made public. Prominent Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov reveals the truth behind the events of that tragic day. For over 20 years Aleksey Leonov, the first man to conduct a spacewalk in 1965, has been struggling to gain permission to disclose details of what happened to the legendary Yuri Gagarin in March 1968.
Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com The Department of Homeland Security is purchasing hundreds of items of protective gear for its fleet of Federal Protective Service officers in order to prepare for “riot control situations,” increasing concerns that the federal agency is readying for domestic unrest. A June 10 solicitation posted on the FedBizOpps website seeks to outfit officers working for the DHS’ Federal Protective Service, which is primarily used to guard government buildings but has also been used to spy on protesters.
The head of the United States National Security Agency defended the dragnet phone surveillance program carried out by his office during a Senate hearing Wednesday afternoon on Capitol Hill. Gen. Keith Alexander, the NSA director and head of the US Cyber Commander, told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee that the collection of personal data pertaining to millions of Americans helped the NSA thwart a number of terror plots from ever unfolding both domestically and abroad.
Ex-CIA staffer whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed fresh details of US surveillance to a Chinese newspaper. He has vowed to fight any extradition attempt from Hong Kong. Snowden spoke from the secret location as his whereabouts remain unknown. The interview to the South China Morning Post is the first time whistleblower Edward Snowden has spoken to the press since disclosing his identity as being behind highly sensitive leaks revealing details of the US’s NSA spy program.
Source: Business Insider Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio is currently serving a six-year sentence after being convicted of insider trading in April 2007 for selling $52 million of stock in the spring of 2001 as the telecommunications carrier appeared to be deteriorating.
By Madison Ruppert Today Michael Morell, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), resigned. According to Morell, it is only because he wants to spend more time with his family. This resignation comes soon after a leak by a former CIA and National Security Agency (NSA) employee uncovered a massive internet surveillance program, the gathering of millions of U.S. phone records from Verizon, a major intelligence official apparently lying under oath and much, much more.
By Jethro Mullen U.S. intelligence agents have been hacking computer networks around the world for years, apparently targeting fat data pipes that push immense amounts of data around the Internet, NSA leaker Edward Snowden told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday. Among some 61,000 reported targets of the National Security Agency, Snowden said, are hundreds of computers in China — which U.S. officials have increasingly criticized as the source of thousands of attacks on U.S. military and commercial networks. China has denied such attacks.
By Tom Laskawy OK, everyone have a seat and take a few deep breaths. Go to your calming place. Ready? Good. Because I’m about to talk about a new study that suggests that eating genetically modified crops might not be the best thing for us. OK, another deep breath.
Elizabeth Harrington CNS News The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has cancelled its purchase order for surveillance equipment, which had included coffee trays with hidden cameras and cameras that could be hidden in plants. The IRS issued the cancellation on Wednesday at 11:49 a.m.