The Secret to Tracking Ebola, MERS, and Flu? Sewers

Daily BeastThe Secret to Tracking Ebola, MERS, and Flu? SewersDaily BeastAt the start of the YA series, no one really questions that each of Panem's twelve districts will send two of its young people to fight to the death in a landscape-scale arena that is part haunted forest, part Tough Mudder course. ..... This was ...

Governor Jay Nixon Ups National Guard Presence In Ferguson

Huffington PostGovernor Jay Nixon Ups National Guard Presence In FergusonHuffington PostCould he have take and retrieved his taser, and tased the young guy? He was, I felt like he was unarmed and my initial thoughts was that," the witness said. "And, after thinkin' about it and reviewing everything and puttin' myself in the police officer ...

Ferguson Jury: No Charges For Officer In Michael Brown's Death

NPR (blog)Ferguson Jury: No Charges For Officer In Michael Brown's DeathNPR (blog)As we reported earlier, "The grand jury is made up of nine white and three black jurors; seven are men and five are women. ... Reporters with St. Louis Public Radio say businesses in and near Ferguson, Mo., are on fire, others are being looted, and ...

Police Officials Condemn Ferguson Protests

Huffington PostPolice Officials Condemn Ferguson ProtestsHuffington PostSpeaking at a press conference early Tuesday morning, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said that there had been 29 arrests so far and that a dozen buildings had been set on fire in Ferguson, most of which were "total losses." Belmar said that ...

Jay Nixon: More Than 2200 National Guardsmen Available In Ferguson

Huffington PostJay Nixon: More Than 2200 National Guardsmen Available In FergusonHuffington PostHe said Tuesday that hundreds more will be deployed to Ferguson, where fires and looting erupted Monday night after word that a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. The rest will be in a ...

Store Owned By Man Who Had Faith In Ferguson Demonstrations Is Broken Into

Huffington PostStore Owned By Man Who Had Faith In Ferguson Demonstrations Is Broken IntoHuffington Post“Number one, I want to give the residents of Ferguson the knowledge that there are some police that do support them,” Ray Lewis, a former Philadelphia police captain told Al Jazeera. “I want to try and get a message to .... In one eight-month span ...

The Baptism of Michael Brown Sr. and Fergusons Baptism by Fire

Daily BeastThe Baptism of Michael Brown Sr. and Fergusons Baptism by FireDaily Beast“We are committed to continue the fight for justice. We just have to figure out where ... Social media pushed rumors and misinformation, videos, witnesses, leads, angles, the wrong cop's name, alternative stories—anything and everything that comes as ...

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Daily BeastEx-Spy Anna Chapman, From Russia Without LoveDaily Beast“We are committed to continue the fight for justice. We just have to figure out where ... Social media pushed rumors and misinformation, videos, witnesses, leads, angles, the wrong cop's name, alternative stories—anything and everything that comes as ...

Ottawa archbishop decries 'false sensitivity': 'Misleading' people on sexual ...

LifesiteOttawa archbishop decries 'false sensitivity': 'Misleading' people on sexual ...LifesiteCalling Blessed Paul VI a “heroic witness,” Prendergast said the “prophetic” 1968 encyclical encouraged Catholics to “continue in the 2000 year history of celebrating the gift of sexual fruitfulness.” “Rather than .... Through the lawsuit, the Hagans ...

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LifesiteAlabama pro-lifers: Protect schoolchildren from abortionists and sex predatorsLifesiteAfter an Alabama judge rebuffed a lawsuit seeking to block a troubled abortion business from relocating across the street from a grade school, pro-life activists in Alabama are vowing to push for legislation that would bar any abortionist from ...

Pope to EU Parliament: Protect life, dignity and avoid 'angelic forms of purity'

LifesitePope to EU Parliament: Protect life, dignity and avoid 'angelic forms of purity'Lifesite“Men and women risk being reduced to mere cogs in a machine that treats them as items of consumption to be exploited,” said Francis, “with the result that – as is so tragically apparent – whenever a human life no longer proves useful for that machine ...

From The Good Wife to The Imitation Game: Matthew Goode Wages His Charm ...

Daily BeastFrom The Good Wife to The Imitation Game: Matthew Goode Wages His Charm ...Daily BeastLike any good actor, Goode nosedived into the real-life of the man he'd be playing, a math genius so talented that his work for British government is said to have led him to an early death. “The amount of literal brainwork needed to do his job too such ...

An Ivy League Frat Boy Repents (Kind Of)

Daily BeastAn Ivy League Frat Boy Repents (Kind Of)Daily BeastLohse is moved to blow the whistle on hazing and drug use at his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and within Dartmouth's Greek system, only after his cocaine bust, suspension, and climactic altercation, involving a poorly aimed folding chair, with a ...

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Castanet.netPhoto: Contributed - newyorkdailynews.comCastanet.netBrown's killing reignited a debate over how police treat young black men. It drew attention ... His video message did not explicitly mention Ferguson, but it did reference demonstrations over the past few months that have "sought to bring attention to ...

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Castanet.netPhoto: Contributed - newyorkdailynews.comCastanet.netA man set his house on fire and then fatally shot a sheriff's deputy and wounded another Saturday when they responded to the scene, a government official said. A Tallahassee police ... Brown's killing reignited a debate over how police treat young ...

East Ukraine: Back in the USSR

Daily BeastEast Ukraine: Back in the USSRDaily BeastThe fantasists, cranks and eccentrics, who filled the ranks of those trying to administer a state, have gone, replaced by steely-eyed men and women brought in during a makeover that started after the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. The top ...

Alibabas Dark Side: Censoring Customers

Daily BeastAlibabas Dark Side: Censoring CustomersDaily BeastWu Tun, the man behind the t-shirt, managed to sell a grand total of 10 on Taobao, Alibaba's analog to eBay, before he was told that his store violated the company's regulations and was terminated. The Daily .... The U.S. Embassy in Honduras did not ...

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Castanet.netPhoto: Contributed - Think StockCastanet.netThe Quebec City meeting came on Wednesday at a time when multiple Conservative sources say there is concern that the party's reliable support in the veterans community is bleeding away because of the loud and prolonged battle. The sources ... The ...

Man who killed woman over child support sentenced to 43 years

Richmond Times-DispatchMan who killed woman over child support sentenced to 43 yearsRichmond Times-DispatchA support hearing involving Thomas had been set for Sept. 20 of that year, ... The case turned on testimony from a key prosecution witness who initially provided the defendant with a false alibi, telling police that Thomas was with him in Fairfax ...

Louisa Collins died in a gruesome 1889 hanging for husband's murder, but did ...

The Daily TelegraphLouisa Collins died in a gruesome 1889 hanging for husband's murder, but did ...The Daily TelegraphAccording to the Evening News, Louisa — now 'the wretched woman' — was 'at once removed from the dock and taken into the gaol, where she was immediately placed in one of the condemned cells'. .... Just two years earlier, he had been part of the ...

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Castanet.netPhoto: Thinkstock.comCastanet.netClark says a woman driving a red car apparently stopped to check on the elderly man but left the scene before speaking with police. “The man ... to call police. Any witness or person with information can contact the Kelowna RCMP's Cst. Hutt at 250-762 ...

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Castanet.netPhoto: Thinkstock.comCastanet.netClark says a woman driving a red car apparently stopped to check on the elderly man but left the scene before speaking with police. “The man ... to call police. Any witness or person with information can contact the Kelowna RCMP's Cst. Hutt at 250-762 ...

Louisa Collins died in a gruesome 1889 hanging for husband's murder, but did ...

Herald SunLouisa Collins died in a gruesome 1889 hanging for husband's murder, but did ...Herald SunAccording to the Evening News, Louisa — now 'the wretched woman' — was 'at once removed from the dock and taken into the gaol, where she was immediately placed in one of the condemned cells'. .... Just two years earlier, he had been part of the ...

Remembering the Jesuits: Seeking justice in El Salvador after a quarter

The Tico TimesRemembering the Jesuits: Seeking justice in El Salvador after a quarter-centuryThe Tico Times“There I saw, in the hall, … it's a very small building with bedrooms facing, I saw smears that looked as if something had been dragged that was bleeding on the floor, and I saw one body of a man, and [Tojeira] said to follow him and I saw another ...

Tired and Angry, Mexico's Protests Show No Signs of Abating

Foreign Policy (blog)Tired and Angry, Mexico's Protests Show No Signs of AbatingForeign Policy (blog)In recent weeks, tens of thousands of furious protestors have taken to the streets of cities across the country, bloodying police and causing the shut down of the airport in Acapulco, even setting the door of the ceremonial presidential palace ablaze ...