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Exxon CEO: Don’t frack in my backyard
RT February 22, 2014 The CEO of ExxonMobil – the top producer of natural gas in the US – has joined a lawsuit that challenges the construction of a water tower connected to hydraulic fracturing...
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Freedom to discriminate? Controversial Arizona bill takes step toward...
RT February 21, 2014 The Arizona state Senate approved legislation Wednesday permitting businesses in the state to refuse service to potential customers based on an owner’s religious beliefs,...
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Hundreds of tiny satellites could soon deliver free internet worldwide
RT February 21, 2014 Developers say they are less than a year away from deploying prototype satellites that could someday soon broadcast free and universal internet all over the globe from high in...
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American military banned from purchasing flags made in China
RT February 22, 2014 Any American flag purchased by the US Defense Department from now on will be legally required to have been made in the United States. The new law, which goes into effect on Friday,...
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Four years after ‘Collateral Murder,’ Lockheed unveils new cameras for Apache...
RT February 21, 2014 The United States is outfitting hundreds of armed Apache helicopters with new technology more advanced than what’s available on other rotorcraft, and the Pentagon says the upgrades...
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Traffic-stop recording led to woman’s wrongful arrest, suit claims
RT February 22, 2014 A Florida woman has announced that she plans to file suit against the police department that left her locked up for a night after she recorded her conversation with an officer who...
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13-year-old boy faces felony charge for hitting Chicago cop with snowball
RT February 21, 2014 A 13-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday and faces a felony charge for allegedly hitting a Chicago police officer in the arm with a snowball. The boy said he was wrongly...
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NASA takes major step in hunt for asteroids
RT February 21, 2014 NASA’s mission to reel in an asteroid took an important step forward when the agency recently established a new “rapid response system” intended to pinpoint the most eligible...
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Jury finds ex-cop guilty of kidnap, murder plot
By Jason Meisner Tribune reporterFebruary 21, 2014 Photo courtesy nbcchicago.com Nine years ago, former death row inmate Steven Manning stood in the lobby of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse and praised a...
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Listeria outbreak linked to cheese kills 1, sickens 7
By David Pierson chicagotribune.com February 21, 2014 Photo courtesy wbaltv.com A listeria outbreak linked to cheese has killed one person in California and sickened seven in Maryland, including three...
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Coal-ash dumps threaten community
By MITCH WEISS and MICHAEL BIESECKER yahoo.com February 22, 2014 Flemington Road community member Sam Malpass of Wilmington, N.C. holds a glass of water from his home on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014....
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Parliament expels Ukraine president, protesters seize his compound
Tribune wire reports February 22, 2014 People express their joy in front of the main building of UkrainianPresident Viktor Yanukovych’s residency near Kiev on February 22, 2014.(Photo courtesy GENYA...
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Former Supreme Court justice wants to add 5 words to Second Amendment
www.bizpacreview.com February 22, 2014 by Michael Dorstewitz Retired U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens would like to see five words added to Constitution’s Second Amendment, the...
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Restaurants add health care surcharge to tab
www.news4jax.com Author: Kumasi Aaron Updated On: Feb 21 2014 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -If you dine out at any of the Gator’s Dockside restaurants in Jacksonville, you may notice a little extra added to your...
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Evanston man charged in Park Ridge carjacking of 5-year-old boy
By Kate Thayer Tribune reporter February 22, 2014 An 18-year-old high school student from Evanston has been charged after police said he carjacked an Audi with a sleeping 5-year-old boy inside Thursday...
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Mexico’s most wanted drug lord captured, U.S. official says
By Tracy Wilkinson chicagotribune.com February 22, 2014 Photo courtesy borderlandbeat.com MEXICO CITY — Joaquin Guzman, “El Chapo,” the most wanted drug lord in Mexico and a multibillionaire fugitive,...
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Cuban windsurfer rescued after four days at sea by U.S. Coast Guard
David Adams Reuters February 22, 2014 MIAMI (Reuters) – A Cuban man who attempted to windsurf across the Florida Straits to the United States was rescued on Friday after four days at sea, the U.S....
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Allegedly drunk Oklahoma substitute teacher arrested at school
kfor.com Posted on: 11:02 pm, February 20, 2014 by Joleen Chaney Michelle Childress ADA, Okla. – Ada police say they arrested a substitute teacher for allegedly showing up in the classroom drunk....
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REALITY CHECK DISCUSSES VARUGHESE DEATH IN CARBONDALE
JACKSON CO., Ill.—The death of a Southern Illinois University-Carbondale student at some point in time between February 12 and the day the body was discovered, February 18, has caused yet more turmoil...
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Study: Nearly Half Of Water Taps May Contain Bacteria That Causes...
philadelphia.cbslocal.com by philadelphia.cbslocal staff February 21, 2014 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The data is scary: Nearly half of water faucets sampled across the United States tested positive for the...
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