The federal Department of Veterans Affairs says its mental health professionals won’t comply with a new gun law in New York that requires them to report the names of patients they believe likely to hurt themselves or others. The reporting provision is set to take effect Saturday.
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By Adam Clark Estes Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, took the stand in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday and an ambitious expansion of the Pentagon’s Cyber Command. “We’ve seen the attacks on Wall Street over the last six months grow significantly,” Alexander told the senators, explaining that denial of service (DOS) attacks are the most common assault on banks’ websites.
Germany’s biggest beer company – Bavarian brewery Oettinger – has begun producing beer free from genetically modified ingredients, it was reported on Monday. Soon Oettinger bottles will bear the “GM free” symbol, as production using the new ingredients begins straight away, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Monday.
A 12 year old girl raised on a strict vegan diet was admitted to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow, Scotland, suffering from a severe form of rickets. The girl had already experienced multiple fractures and been diagnosed with a degenerated spine comparable to that of an unhealthy 80-year-old woman.
By Owen Jarus LiveScience A newly deciphered Egyptian text, dating back almost 1,200 years, tells part of the crucifixion story of Jesus with apocryphal plot twists, some of which have never been seen before. Written in the Coptic language, the ancient text tells of Pontius Pilate, the judge who authorized Jesus’ crucifixion, having dinner with Jesus before his crucifixion and offering to sacrifice his own son in the place of Jesus.
New York City’s planned ban on the sale of large sugary drinks won’t go into effect Tuesday after a state judge blocked the restrictions, calling them “arbitrary and capricious.” “The court finds that the regulation herein is laden with exceptions based on economic and political concerns,” Justice Milton Tingling wrote in the decision.
By Christopher Brown A Bristol campaigner has spoken of how he was the victim of a “mock execution” at the hands of the Israeli military after a demonstration in the Palestinian territories. Tom Woodhead is still being held in a deportation prison in Israel following his arrest more than a week ago. He described how he and two other Palestinians were lined up against a wall while Israeli soldiers cocked their rifles for a “mock execution”.
Apparently, an Argentinian journalist tweeted this picture he took outside St. Peter’s Basilica on March the 11th, (i.e. a whole 48 hours before the pope was elected!!!) of a man holding a sign accurately calling the next Pope Francis I!!
U.S. Law Allows Testing of Chemicals and Biological Agents on “Civilian Population” PUBLIC LAW 105-85- NOV. 18, 1997: USE OF HUMAN SUBJECTS FOR TESTING OF CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL AGENTSSEC. 1078. RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF HUMAN SUBJECTS FOR TESTING OF CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL AGENTS.(a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES. – The Secretary of Defense may not conduct (directly or by contract)(1) any test or experiment involving the use of a chemical agent or biological agent on a civilian population; or (2) any other testing of a chemical agent or biological agent on human subjects.(b) EXCEPTIONS.- Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e), the…
Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr. CNS News On February 22, “Right Views” reported that a growing number of firearm companies have suspended the sale of guns to states, counties, cities and municipalities that restrict their citizens’ rights to own them.
By David Murphy Iranians face a decent amount of governmental censorship when they attempt to log into the Internet from their country. However, for even the most not-so-savvy of tech folk, receiving unfettered access to the Web at large is as easy as firing up a VPN application and tunneling your way past governmental blocks.
China’s top cyber security agency says more than half of hacker attacks on the country since year’s start originated from the US. The two countries are pointing fingers in each other, trading accusations of online spying. Over the first two months of the year China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Coordination Center (CNCERT) detected 2,196 servers in the United States, which were controlling 1.29 million infected computers in mainland China
JOHN ELIGON NY Times South Dakota became the first state in the nation to enact a law explicitly authorizing school employees to carry guns on the job, under a measure signed into law on Friday by Gov. Dennis Daugaard. Passage of the law comes amid a passionate nationwide debate over arming teachers, stoked after 20 first graders died in an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., in December.
(Anil Ananthaswamy) People living off-grid can now pay for electricity to power their phones simply by sending a text message – the cheapest method found so far. At the Konokoyi coffee cooperative on the edge of Uganda’s Mount Elgon national park, Juliet Nandutu is trying out a new toy: a solar-powered cellphone charging station that is activated by text message.
An American-born Muslim man has finally returned to his family and job in the country of Qatar after being denied permission to travel by plane on multiple occasions by the United States government. Oklahoma-born Saadiq Long has made it back to Qatar after being mysteriously added to a federal no-fly list while visiting his mother.
“Arriba Mi Gente” by Nancy Guevara depicts a hoard of people with clenched fists and flags raised, over an image of the U.S.-Mexico border and a heart emblazoned with the Mexican flag logo. The slogan, in Spanish, plastered prominently over the artwork translates “Rise up, my people,” with the idea of uprising clearly suggested.
Joe Landolina may have invented a cure for bleeding. He claims that his creation, a substance called Veti-Gel, jump-starts the clotting and healing process so quickly that even wounds to internal organs or major arteries are able to close up instantaneously. And Joe has accomplished all this by his third year of college at NYU.
By Chris Taylor Here’s a quick parenting tip: It’s not OK to offer to sell your children on Facebook, even if you really need the money. Misty VanHorn, a mother of two in Oklahoma, found that out the hard way over the weekend. VanHorn, 22, was arrested Saturday for alleged trafficking of minors on Facebook