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candyheyer

British Politicians Make Final Push to Save Union With Scotland - 2 views

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  • candyheyer on 16 Sep 14
     
    Prime Minister David Cameron urged Scottish voters Monday not to let their dissatisfaction with his government lead them to opt out of the U.K. "Please don't think: 'I'm frustrated with politics right now, so I'll walk out the door and never come back," he said, according to the Guardian.
  • iandreessen on 16 Sep 14
     
    They shouldn't be so quick to walk away from the U.K.
oelliff884

Israel halts drone sale to Ukraine to avoid irking Russia, report says - 0 views

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.616031 The Foreign Ministry has halted a drone sale to Ukraine out of fears the deal would antagonize Russia, an ally of breakaway regions ...

started by oelliff884 on 16 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
michaelaheilesen

ISIS fight: Congress to vote on arming Syrian rebels - 1 views

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  • michaelaheilesen on 16 Sep 14
     
    Washington (CNN) -- House Republicans will require the White House to provide a detailed plan for arming and training Syrian rebels to fight ISIS in exchange for giving it the OK to carry out the mission.
oelliff884

Government Threatened Foley Family Over Ransom Payments, Mother of Slain Journalist Says - 1 views

http://abcnews.go.com/International/government-threatened-foley-family-ransom-payments-mother-slain/story?id=25453963

started by oelliff884 on 12 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
mya_doty

Sick kids flooding ER in Alabama - 11 views

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  • mya_doty on 12 Sep 14
     
    (CNN) -- Children with severe respiratory illnesses are flooding the emergency room of USA Children's and Women's Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, according to CNN affiliate WPMI. Doctors started noticing an increase in children with severe colds and troubling breathing in mid-August, said Dr. Jason Richerson, medical director of USA Children's & Women's Evaluation Center.
  • alonnab on 12 Sep 14
     
    It's sad that there are 80 people in six states who have been tested positive for having the respiratory illness caused by the EV-D68.
  • efigueroa871 on 12 Sep 14
     
    Yeah I wonder what started it?
torialbertus

James Foley's mother 'appalled' by how U.S. government handled her son's case - 2 views

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  • torialbertus on 12 Sep 14
     
    (CNN) -- The mother of James Foley -- an American journalist beheaded by ISIS militants -- said she is "embarrassed and appalled" by how the U.S. government dealt with her son's case, telling CNN that officials even suggested family members could be charged if they raised ransom to free him.
audrey23

Ebola Survivor Kent Brantly Donates Blood to Treat Rick Sacra - 0 views

is it safe to try?

started by audrey23 on 12 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
brenna_

5 craziest crimes of the week - 9 views

www.usatoday.com/...15499229

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  • brenna_ on 12 Sep 14
     
    A most unfortunate butt-dial and an altercation about meatballs are among the weirdest crime stories of the week: 1. Guy butt-dials 911, gets busted for drugs: There's no need for phone-tapping when criminals call the police on themselves. That's what allegedly happened to Grant O'Connor, 25, when police say he butt-dialed 911 as he chatted about a dealer and doing drugs.
candyheyer

U.S. Threatened Yahoo With Massive Fines Over User Data - 0 views

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  • candyheyer on 12 Sep 14
     
    Yahoo tried to fight the government's requests for user information The U.S. government threatened Yahoo with a $250,000-a-day fine in 2008 if the tech company did not comply with requests for user information, according to roughly 1,500 pages of newly released legal documents.
karlie704

Australia raises terror alert level to 'high' - 0 views

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  • karlie704 on 12 Sep 14
     
    (CNN) -- Australia has raised its terror alert level to "high" for the first time since the national alert system was introduced in 2003. According to the four-level system, a reading of "high" means a terrorist attack "is likely," however the country's Prime Minister Tony Abbott said no specific threat had been made.
michaelaheilesen

Obama escalates ISIS campaign in Iraq, broadens it to war-ravaged Syria - 2 views

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  • michaelaheilesen on 11 Sep 14
     
    Washington (CNN) -- It was a speech that Barack Obama -- a war-stopping, Nobel Peace Prize-winning President -- never wanted to give. A year after he pulled back from threatened military attacks on Syria over chemical weapons, Obama told America he now would launch airstrikes against ISIS targets in the country wracked by civil war.
karlie704

Man indicted for three Alexandria, Virginia, murders over past decade - 2 views

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  • karlie704 on 09 Sep 14
     
    (CNN) -- A West Virginia man has been indicted in the murders of three Alexandria, Virginia, residents over a decade. A grand jury returned a 10-count indictment against Charles Severance, 53, for the shooting deaths that investigators determined earlier this year were linked to one killer.
  • audrey23 on 09 Sep 14
     
    That is really sad that just now they found the man that did this. Hopefully justice is served for the three victims and their families can be at peace.
  • tayorkinney on 09 Sep 14
     
    A West Virginia man was linked to killings earlier this year.
oelliff884

Islamic Hackers attack Kirk Cameron's "Saving Christmas" movie website. - 1 views

The website for actor Kirk Cameron's upcoming movie "Saving Christmas" was infiltrated by Islamic hackers, the film's production team said. The "Saving Christmas" team consulted with a translator w...

Government Hacking Hack

started by oelliff884 on 09 Sep 14 1 follow-up, last by oelliff884 on 09 Sep 14
candyheyer

Iraq Approves New Unity Government, Sets the Stage for Combatting ISIS - 0 views

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  • candyheyer on 09 Sep 14
     
    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hails the new administration as a "major milestone" Iraq's parliament has approved a new government, setting the stage for expanded U.S. military support to battle the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).
  • efigueroa871 on 09 Sep 14
     
    I think its good that John Kerry is planing to stop a terrorist group.
mya_doty

Waxahachie Police Officer Shoots Emu To Save Elderly Man - 2 views

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  • mya_doty on 05 Sep 14
     
    Bud Gillett Bud is the most veteran reporter at CBS 11 News with 42 years in m... From Our CBS Music Web Sites WAXAHACHIE (CBS 11 NEWS) - A blocks-long chase of a stray emu ended with police having to put the animal down for attacking a human.
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  • dylan_root1 on 05 Sep 14
     
    Did no one try to take the animal off the man?
  • joshrousu on 05 Sep 14
     
    "First thing I saw was that durn thing coming," LOL
  • kodymcknight on 05 Sep 14
     
    i think they did the right thing killing the animal. because it was out of control an could of killed a human .
  • efigueroa871 on 05 Sep 14
     
    They could have tranquilize the emu.
  • iandreessen on 09 Sep 14
     
    It was right to kill the animal because it was a threat to humans
jchristensen043

4th US aid worker with Ebola arrives in Atlanta - 1 views

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  • jchristensen043 on 09 Sep 14
     
    ATLANTA (AP) - A medical plane transporting the fourth American aid worker sickened with the Ebola virus landed in metro Atlanta on Tuesday morning, with the patient headed to Emory University Hospital, where two others have been successfully treated. The plane touched down around 9:20 a.m.
jchristensen043

American Ebola patient back in Nebraska for treatment - 0 views

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  • jchristensen043 on 05 Sep 14
     
    (CNN) -- Another American doctor infected with the deadly Ebola virus has arrived home for treatment in the United States. A plane carrying Dr. Rick Sarca landed in Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday morning, and will be taken to Omaha's Nebraska Medical Center, center spokeswoman Jenny Nowatzke said.
  • mya_doty on 09 Sep 14
     
    it doesn't travel through air, but if it gets bad enough it will. it is very scary.
michaelaheilesen

Obama: U.S. to 'start going on some offense' in ISIS fight - 0 views

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  • michaelaheilesen on 09 Sep 14
     
    (CNN) -- President Barack Obama will address the country Wednesday to explain to the nation "what our game plan is going forward" in the fight against ISIS. In an interview that aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Obama expressed confidence that the United States, with help from regional partners, will be able to wipe out the terror organization.
brenna_

10 states report outbreak of respiratory illness in kids - 1 views

www.usatoday.com/...15269751

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  • brenna_ on 09 Sep 14
     
    Officials in 10 states are reporting cases of respiratory illness, some severe enough to send children to hospitals. In Kansas City, Mo., more than 300 cases of respiratory illnesses were reported last month, according to the state Department of Health and Senior Services.
brenna_

American Doctor with Ebola Headed to Omaha Hospital - 0 views

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  • brenna_ on 05 Sep 14
     
    The latest American doctor to be infected with Ebola in West Africa is expected to arrive at Nebraska Medical Center early Friday morning for treatment, according to missionary group SIM. Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, was treating pregnant women in the ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, when he became...
  • tayorkinney on 05 Sep 14
     
    One of the missionaries that went to West Africa was infected with a deadly disease called Ebola. He currently is at the UNMC in Omaha, Nebraska for treatment for Ebola.
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