Tuesday’s Headlines
Produced by: Peter Patriot
Monthly Archives: February 2014
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Pussy Riot Arrested 3 Times in 3 Days – Headlines
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Rand Paul Sues Feds Over NSA Violations
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Rand Paul Sues Feds Over NSA Violations
Producer: Rex Latchford
Rex Latchford in Snow Slammed NY with another DayPage…
At least 13 people have died and more than 550,000 have lost power in a massive snow and ice storm across the eastern United States.
President Obama has finally made good on this threat, issuing an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers. Hundreds of thousands will see a wage hike from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour.
The Senate has approved a measure that would lift the debt ceiling until March 2015. The vote came after enough House Republicans joined with Democrats to back hiking the debt limit without conditions, undermining the longstanding Republican insistence on an offsetting amount of cuts to social spending. The Senate measure passed on a party line vote of 55 to 43.
The nation’s two largest cable providers have announced a merger. Comcast will buy Time Warner Cable at a cost of more than $45 billion in stock. The deal comes less than a year after Comcast completed its acquisition of NBC Universal. Regulators can still cut down the deal.
The United Nations is warning of “ethnic-religious cleansing” in the Central African Republic after uncovering a mass grave.
Human rights activists are warning Syria has endured its deadliest violence to date in the three weeks since peace talks began between the Assad regime and the opposition.
The Afghan government has released a new group of prisoners from the former U.S. prison of Bagram, again over White House objections. No one on the planet’s surface should dare raise White House objections, right?
In other news from Afghanistan, two U.S. service members were killed and four were wounded on Wednesday in an attack from men in Afghan army uniforms.
A Pakistani judge has ordered the country’s intelligence agencies to hand over a prominent activist who went missing last week.
The U.S. ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, visited the southern island of Okinawa Wednesday amidst local protests against the U.S. military presence.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul has filed a class action lawsuit against the White House and the National Security Agency over the bulk collection of U.S. telephone records.
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A new study says at least 28 people have died in school shootings since the Newtown massacre 14 months ago. That’s one school shooting every 10 days since Newtown.
Jury deliberations have begun in the murder trial of a Florida man who shot dead a black teenager in a dispute over loud music.
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Headlines for 2/7/2014
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Headlines for 2/7/2014
Produced by Minka Bito
Rex Latchford here with DayPage for Friday, February 7th, 2014
Here are headlines for this day:
- High Levels of Toxic Metals Were Found in NC River After Coal Ash Spill
- In Syria: Evacuation of Civilians from Homs Begins After Ceasefire
- Top U.S. Diplomat Caught on Recording Cursing the European Union over Ukraine
A top State Department official has apologized to her European counterparts after she was caught cursing the European Union in a leaked audio recording that was posted to YouTube. The recording captured an intercepted phone conversation between the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and Victoria Nuland, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe. Nuland expresses frustration over Europe’s response to the political crisis in Ukraine using frank terms.
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- Senate Republicans Block Restoration of Jobless Benefits
- Boehner: Immigration Reform Will Be “Difficult” Due to Lack of Trust in Obama
- Report: Iraqi Forces Illegally Detaining, Torturing Women
- Floods Kill 38 in Bolivia; Parts of Brazil See Worst Drought in 50 Years
- Agriculture Secretary Warns of Impact of Climate Change on U.S. Farmers
- Former SAC Capital Manager Convicted in Record Insider Trading Scheme
- Former NAACP Official Approved for Top Civil Rights Post
- Activists Spotlight Plight of Bangladeshi Garment Workers During NY Fashion Week
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Headlines for 2/6/2014
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Headlines for 2/6/2014
Produced by Minka Bito
Rex Latchford here with another DayPage:
Here are some headlines for this day…
- U.N. Says Syria Can Meet Chemical Weapons Deadline Despite Falling Behind
- Report: Children Endure “Unspeakable Suffering” in Syria Conflict
- 23 Killed in Baghdad Bombings
- Israel OKs New Settlements, Demolishes Palestinian Homes
- U.N. Chides Catholic Church on Child Sexual Abuse
- El Salvador Orders Probe of 1981 Massacre
- Doctors Still Advising Some Residents to Avoid West Virginia Water; 2 Schools Closed
- Report: 2009 TransCanada Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture Kept from Public View
- U.S. Drugstore Chain CVS announced it would Stop Tobacco Sales
- LGBT Activists Stage Global Protests Against Russian Crackdown
- Pussy Riot Members Honored at Brooklyn Concert
After years in jail, Pussy Riot is now on the loose. Two of the freed members were honored Wednesday night at a concert organized by Amnesty International. Earlier in the day, the two women from Pussy Riot met with the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, prompting a rebuke from Power’s Russian counterpart. Meanwhile, at a news conference before the event, the women responded to reports of a rift within Pussy Riot.
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Headlines for 2/5/2014
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Headlines for 2/5/2014
Produced by: Minka Bito
Rex Latchford with yet another DayPage, It’s Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
- Senate OKs Farm Bill with $8.7 Billion in Food Stamp Cuts
- North Carolina: Up to 82,000 Tons of Coal Ash, 27 Million Gallons of Polluted Water Leaks into River
- Study: Americans To Work Fewer Hours Under Obamacare
- Morgan Stanley to Pay $1.25 Billion for Toxic Securities
- Report: U.S. Limits Pakistan Drone Strikes; Taliban Talks Delayed
- British Spies Hacked Sites of Anonymous, LulzSec
The latest leaks from Edward Snowden show the British equivalent of the National Security Agency launched cyber-attacks on the online activist groups Anonymous and LulzSec. NBC News reports the GCHQ sabotaged Anonymous chat rooms and planted software to reveal the identities of their participants. Britain appears to be the first known Western government to launch cyber-attacks for which groups like Anonymous have faced jail time. The GCHQ’s operations also disrupted the web traffic and websites of political activists who had no connection to illegal hacking.
- A Lithuanian court has ordered a probe of the torture of a Saudi Arabian prisoner held inside a secret CIA prison.
The Washington, D.C. City Council has advanced a measure to decriminalize marijuana. The move would scrap criminal penalties for marijuana possession in favor of a violation equivalent to a parking ticket. City Councilmember and bill sponsor Tommy Wells said marijuana laws have led to the disproportionate jailing of African Americans.
- Rally will be held today Held to Urge Settlement in Central Park Five Case
- A New York Measure Would Pull Funding for Academic Boycott of Israel
- in the U.S. , the Abortion Rate has hit a 40-Year Low
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spent more than $50 billion on the Winter Games in Sochi, making this the most expensive Olympics in history. In the lead-up to the games, Russia has faced worldwide criticism and calls for boycotts, especially after it passed a law in June banning the spread of so-called “gay propaganda” to children.
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Headlines for 2/4/2014
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Headlines for 2/4/2014
Produced by: Minka Bito
Rex Latchford with yet another DayPage, It’s Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
- Rallies will be Held Today Nationwide to Protest Keystone XL Oil Pipeline After State Dept. Report
- Reports say that Cancer-Causing Pollutants from Alberta’s Oil Sands were Vastly Underestimated
- Congress is urged by the Obama Administration and others to Raise Debt Ceiling or Risk Default
- U.S. Internet Firms Release Data on Secret NSA Requests
In Germany, a hacker group has filed a criminal complaint accusing the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel of illegally helping the United States spy on Germans. Outcry in Germany previously erupted over news the U.S. spied on Merkel’s cellphone. But the Chaos Computer Club now accuses Merkel’s government of illegally collaborating with the National Security Agency and its British counterpart. In a recent interview with the German TV station NDR, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden described the relationship between German and U.S. spy agencies.
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In other headlines…
- Al-Qaeda Renounces Ties with Powerful Militant Group in Syria
- Report: Afghan President Karzai in Secret Contact with Taliban on Peace Deal
- Idaho: More Than 40 LGBT Activists Arrested Demanding Ban on Discrimination
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Headlines for 2/3/2014
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Headlines for 2/3/2014
Produced by: Minka Bito
Rex Latchford with another DayPage:
Here are headlines for THIS day, Monday February 3rd, 2014
Environmentalists Urge Protests After State Deptartment Says Keystone XL Would Have Minimal Impact. A long-awaited report from the State Department has dealt a potential major blow to efforts to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
And now, the NSA is shown to be targeting spying on environmentalists, who are no-doubt seen as a threat to National Security.
In one of the latest revelations based on the leaks of Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency spied on foreign governments before and during the 2009 U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen. An internal NSA document says its analysts and foreign partners briefed U.S. negotiators on other countries’ “preparations and goals,” saying, “signals intelligence will undoubtedly play a significant role in keeping our negotiators as well informed as possible throughout the two-week event.”
Three environmentalists have just been convicted for their role in nonviolently protesting the construction of tar sands pipelines in Michigan. Last summer, they tied themselves to excavators at an Enbridge Inc. construction site to stall work on a pipeline that had ruptured in 2010 and dumped about 800,000 gallons of crude oil into a tributary of the Kalamazoo River. On Friday, the protesters — Barbara Carter, Vicci Hamlin and Lisa Leggio — were found guilty of misdemeanor trespassing, as well as resisting and obstructing police, which carries a maximum two-year felony.
- Obama Issues Protections for Long-Term Jobless
- Syrian Peace Talks Face 1-Week Pause
- Activists: 150 Killed in Aleppo Bombings
- Ex-Rebel Leads 1st Round of El Salvador Presidential Vote
- Al Jazeera Cameraman Acquitted in Egypt
- Ex-New Jersey Official Says Christie Knew of Bridge Closures
- California Drought Threatens Water in Rural Areas
- Undocumented Attorney Sworn In to California Bar
- Obama Urged to Use Executive Powers to Reclassify Marijuana
- Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies of Apparent Overdose
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