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Saturday, 25 April 2015

Gay teens jumped by 20 kids, 'not a hate crime' say police, victims will be charged

     Homophobic slurs shouted during a fight at an Atlanta high school that wounded at least one gay student with a screwdriver, will not merit a hate or bias investigation, according to authorities. At least 100 students watched "a fight amongst kids" during an April 20 scuffle outside Carver High School, as described by Atlanta Police Department, despite a 16-year-old victim's claims that the attack was premeditated because...

Earthquake, Avalanche, 18 Dead on Everest, Over 1,400 in Nepal

© BigStock Mount Everest      An earthquake measuring 7.8 in magnitude rocked Nepal today—killing over 1,400 people—and triggered an avalanche on Mt. Everest that has left at least 18 climbers dead at the South Base Camp and an unknown number missing or trapped. With the climbing season in full swing, 700 climbers are in the region and over 300 are on the mountain itself, according to the Nepal Mountaineering Association. "The...

Two earthquakes rattle Canadian west coast and B.C. Interior

© The Canadian Press A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has struck British Columbia's north coast. The quake, 167 km southeast of the Village of Queen Charlotte, was felt from Haida Gwaii and along the north coast. There have been no reports of damage or injuries.      Two earthquakes rattled British Columbia late Thursday and early Friday morning, but they didn't cause any damage. The first quake, which measured 4.2 ML, struck just...

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocks New Zealand

© Unknown Map of New Zealand with a Kaikoura locator.      A strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake rattled New Zealand on Friday, seismologists said, panicking shoppers and residents but causing no major damage. The quake hit at 3:36 pm (0336 GMT) with its epicentre about 66 kilometres (41 miles) from the South Island town of Kaikoura at a depth of 55 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. The local GeoNet monitoring service measured...

US Military performing drills in public, army manual states need to 'reeducate dissidents on US soil'

© Reuters / James Lawler Duggan Rick Scott of security contractor Camber Corp impersonates a hostile shooter during a training exercise at Quantico Middle High School in Quantico, Virginia      S Army field manuals admit that public drills are aimed at dealing with political dissidents that need to be "reeducated to gain a new appreciation of US policies," Paul Joseph Watson, Infowars Editor at Large told RT's In the Now. RT:...

Found in 14th century manuscript, Yoda was

© British Library      In most versions of the Biblical story of Sampson, the ancient Israelite gained incredible strength through his hair, but if a 14th century image currently making the rounds on the Web is accurate, he might have also had some help from a certain Jedi master. It's hard to deny that this illustration of a monk bears a striking resemblance to the popular character Yoda, as Mashable pointed out on Thursday....

Rare waterspout seen off the coast of Nanaimo, Canada

© Denys Carrier. Photo of the Nanaimo waterspout.      If you were in Nanaimo on Thursday and saw what looked like a water tornado, you weren't dreaming. A waterspout watch was issued by Environment Canada yesterday at 5 p.m after one was spotted a few kilometers off the city's coast. They form in much the same way as land tornadoes, created from air and water mist moving upward from an ocean or lake. Global BC meteorologist...

Meteor lights up sky over Kerala, India

© english.manoramaonline.com Sky lights up again in Trippunithura, meteor suspected.      Trippunithura: Fireballs were seen in the evening sky here on Friday, reminding one of a similar incident some time ago. During heavy showers in the evening, the fireball was seen around 9.30 pm. The fireball was associated with bright light and it seemed to move from the east to the west at a low altitude. The phenomenon lasted only for...

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.6 - 49km E of Lamjung, Nepal

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Atypical animal behaviour: White rhino battles with elephants in territorial row in South Africa

© The Luxury Safari Company/Sanctuary Retreats White rhino are unlikely to take on a group of elephants, making Sergeant's defensive behaviour unusual.      The peace of a morning game drive in South Africa was broken this week when a disgruntled male white rhino saw his territory invaded by a herd of breeding elephants. Sergeant, a proud white rhino, confronted the large mammals as they made their way across the floodplain,...

Turkish Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Istanbul after engine fire

© ‏@airlivenet Turkish Airlines #TK1878 with an engine on fire at Ataturk International Airport      A plane travelling to Milan has made an emergency landing after one of its engines caught fire A Turkish Airlines plane returning from Milan made an emergency landing in Istanbul on Saturday after one of its engines caught fire. Footage on NTV television showed smoke and flames coming from plane's right engine as firefighters...

Coup in a small town: Missouri cops block newly elected mayor from taking office

© AP April 23, 2015: Kinloch city attorney James Robinson, left, asks Kinloch Mayor-elect Betty McCray if he can show the impeachment papers to the media at the Kinloch City Hall, in Kinloch, Mo      On April 7th, Betty McCray was elected mayor of the town of Kinloch, just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. However, after she was sworn in earlier this week, she headed toward city hall to start her term, when she was stopped by...

NASA plans to use spy telescopes in dark-energy mission - report

Two former spy telescopes are now being scrutinized by NASA for use in a new scientific space mission, which would study mysterious dark energy, according to a senior official involved in the project. The satellites given to NASA by the National Reconnaissance Office intelligence agency, could be used in a project named WFIRST-AFTA (the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets). The launch date is planned for around...

Two brothers injured by bears in India

Bear print      Two persons were allegedly attacked by bears in the foothills of Poigai Malai in Aralvoimozhi on Thursday morning. S. Seelan (34) and his brother S. Jegan (32) were on a visit to their agricultural land along with their father Selvaraj when they noticed the bears in close proximity. Even as they tried to run to safety, Seelan sustained injuries in the attack by the bears and Jegan escaped with minor injuries....

The Trans-Pacific Partnership will usher in the death of the republic

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government. — Article IV, Section 4, US Constitution © wilderutopia.com      A republican form of government is one in which power resides in elected officials representing the citizens, and government leaders exercise power according to the rule of law. In , James Madison defined a republic as "a government which derives all its powers directly...

Anticipating financial collapse? JP Morgan accumulating largest stockpile of silver in history

     Why in the world has JP Morgan accumulated more than 55 million ounces of physical silver? Since early 2012, JP Morgan's stockpile has grown from less than 5 million ounces of physical silver to more than 55 million ounces of physical silver. Clearly, someone over at JP Morgan is convinced that physical silver is a great investment. But in recent times, the price of silver has actually fallen quite a bit. As I write this,...

Three earthquakes rattle Idaho with tremors felt from Washington state to Montana

© USGS Three earthquakes are felt in Idaho.      Three earthquakes up to magnitude-4.2 and nearly a half-dozen aftershocks jolted northern Idaho, with residents from Washington state to Montana saying they felt the tremors. A Bonner County emergency dispatcher in Sandpoint said Friday morning that no injuries or damage were reported. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-4.1 quake hit first, around 7:32 p.m. Thursday,...

Losing the War on Drugs: Russian drug czar claims global drug market approaching scale of oil & gas industry

© Reuters / Ricardo Rojas      The dark underworld of drug trafficking will soon be bigger than the world's $3.7 trillion oil and gas market, and is already bigger than the global auto industry, the director of Russia's drug control agency said. Viktor Ivanov said during a ministry meeting with BRICS countries to discuss the war on drugs. Ivanov singled out Afghanistan and South America as major drug production hubs, noting...

Putting a human face on homelessness

     Sandy Sheller understands that, sometimes, the best counseling session might take place just waiting for the bus. Sheller, the coordinator of mental health training for the Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia, vividly remembers a client who was having trouble making it to a drug rehabilitation program. A caseworker informed Sheller that the woman, who was in her late 30s, was being "noncompliant" by refusing to go to...

Whoops, how'd those get there? Iraqi fighters find Israeli weapons in ISIS position

© AP Photo/ Sakchai Lalit      Iraqi volunteer forces, Hashid Shaabi, found Israeli-made weapons in a position of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists in Anbar province on Thursday. According to Al-Mayadeen television, the Iraqi volunteer forces found Israeli-made weapons in an ISIL position in al-Karmah city in Anbar province. The ISIL Takfiri terrorists currently control shrinking swathes of Syria and...
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