January 2012
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Intel chief: Iran 'more willing' to launch attacks...
An emboldened Iran is “now more willing” to launch an attack inside the United States, America’s top intelligence official told Congress Tuesday, adding that the global threat posed by Al Qaeda’s central leadership has been diminished. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper outlined what he described as a “critical transition phase for the terrorist...
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Growing Number of Americans Can’t Cover Basic...
Washington, DC—In the United States, 27 percent of all households are “asset poor,” meaning they lack the savings or other assets to cover basic expenses for just three months if a layoff or other emergency leads to loss of income, according to the 2012 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard, released today by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED). Since the release of the 2009-2010...
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Spanair collapses, stranding 20,000 people
The Barcelona-based firm stopped operating on Friday and more than 200 flights were abruptly cancelled. The Spanish government is taking legal action and said Spanair could be fined 9m euros (£7.6m; $11.9m) over the collapse. In 2010, Spanair reported an operating loss of 115m euros. The collapse comes after Qatar Airways stopped takeover talks, ending the prospect of further financing, and also...
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New Jersey Assembly aims to ban all handgun, some...
On Friday afternoon January 27th, news broke on various social networks that four Northern New Jersey autocratic Assembly members snuck two new sweeping and completely unnecessary anti-gun bills onto the calendar of the Law and Public Safety Committee for Monday January 30th. Assembly Bill A588 concerns a new ammunition ban, cleverly disguised and marketed for the protection of Law Enforcement,...
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Cops fire tear gas at Oakland 'Occupy' 300...
Dozens of police maintained a late-night guard around City Hall in Oakland, California, following daylong protests that resulted in 300 arrests. Earlier, Occupy Oakland demonstrators broke into the historic building and burned a U.S. flag, and officers earlier fired tear gas to disperse people throwing rocks and tearing down fencing at a convention center. Saturday’s protests — the...
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Is alleged Marines video next Abu Ghraib?
The U.S. Marine Corps is investigating a shocking video that appears to show four Marines cracking wise while desecrating the bodies of three dead Taliban terrorists. Dressed in full combat gear and holding rifles at their sides, the four men stand over the three corpses sprawled out near an overturned wheelbarrow. The warriors start urinating on the bloodied bodies, and cracking sickening...
