Archive for September, 2012

Alleged creator of infamous anti-Muslim film questioned by police in LA

The filmmaker allegedly responsible for the anti-Muslim film ‘Innocence of Muslims,’ which sparked anti-US protests around world, was called in by Los Angeles police for questioning, county officials confirmed. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was taken to a police station in Cerritos, California, where he was interviewed by federal probation officers, LA County Sheriff Department spokesperson […]

US austerity targets would include $129 million for embassy protection

The White House budget office announced Friday that 2013’s automatic spending cuts will slash $109 billion from federal spending – including $129 million annually that goes to embassy protection. ­Unless Congress implements a plan to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the next ten years, automatic spending cuts will slash federal government funds on […]

Gasoline prices back up under Obama as expenses rise across the board

Average retail gasoline prices, which hit their lowest point in years shortly after the election of US President Barack Obama, have nearly returned to their Bush-era high of $4.12, currently sitting at $3.85 per gallon. ­Consumers spent 0.9 percent more money in August than in previous months – but mainly on gasoline, the Commerce Department […]

OWS to ‘use bodies as weapons against the one percent’

The Occupy Wall Street movement plans to marks its anniversary on Monday by “shutting down intersections and getting arrested,” Caleb Maupin from the International Action Center told RT. ­In bid to revitalize a movement that many see as having failed to sustain momentum on issues of economic inequality, its activists plan once again to make […]

Would-be Jihadist Chicago teenager tries to blow up bar, arrested in FBI sting

In a dramatic FBI sting, US agents arrested an 18-year-old American who attempted to detonate a fake car bomb outside a popular Chicago bar on Friday night. The teen was arrested immediately after he pushed the button on the dummy explosives. Suspect Adel Daoud planned the attack for months, telling undercover agents he was interested […]

Aging US nuclear arsenal set for multibillion-dollar revamp

Washington is set to shell out hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade to overhaul its aging nuclear arsenal. The daunting task comes as Capitol Hill is faced with $1.2 trillion in federal budget cuts over the same period. Despite nearly two decades of avoiding costly and politically unpopular modernizations of the American […]

Chicago to file lawsuit forcing teachers’ strike to end

As the Chicago Teachers Union has decided not to end its strike, Chicago’s mayor says the city will file a lawsuit forcing it to do so. The teachers have been without contracts since June, and no settlement has been reached on their demands. Emanuel said he would seek a court order to end the strike, […]

Hospital faces punishment for harassing sick patients over bills

Bedridden patients at a Minnesota hospital have repeatedly woken up to the sight of a debt collector at the foot of their beds. The hospital is now facing penalties for violating patient protection laws by intimidating the ill over unpaid bills. ­The University of Minnesota Medical Center, a Fairview Health Services hospital, could be terminated […]

Mass arrests in NYC as OWS movement marks one year (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Hundreds of police barricaded the New York Stock Exchange as Occupy Wall Street protesters swarmed the Financial District for the movement’s one-year anniversary, with over 180 reportedly arrested. Police made 180 arrests by Monday evening, primarily for “disorderly conduct”  or impeding “vehicular or pedestrian traffic.” Witnesses had previously  reported on Twitter that demonstrators were being […]

White House demands military prisons for Americans under NDAA

The White House has asked the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals to place an emergency stay on a ruling made last week by a federal judge so that the president’s power to indefinitely detain Americans without charge is reaffirmed immediately. On Wednesday, September 12, US District Court Judge Katherine Forrest made permanent a temporary […]

US lost eight jets in worst air loss in one day since Vietnam war

After Taliban gunmen destroyed eight Harrier jets at a US camp in Helmand Province, the US military has suffered its worst air loss in one day since the Vietnam War. The Taliban attacked Camp Bastion, the main strategic base in southwestern Afghanistan, on Sept. 14, causing $200 million in damage in the single most destructive […]

‘Innocence of Muslims’ filmmaker was a federal informant

Much remains unanswered about the US-made film that sparked riots across the Arab World, but more is unraveling by the day regarding the movie’s producer. Now it’s reported that the man behind ‘Innocence of Muslims’ was once a federal informant. In the wake of a serious of violent outbursts that have targeted American facilities overseas […]

‘US will strike Iran in early 2013’

The former US Ambassador to Israel predicts that war between with Iran is likely to occur in early 2013. Martin Indyk, the former Ambassador, said there may be about six months left to negotiate a solution that would avoid war – but he thinks this is unlikely. Joining a roundtable of foreign policy experts to […]

US accused of creating three more computer super-viruses

Two independent teams of researchers studying the Flame computer virus believe that the maker of the malware — all but certain to be the United States — has architected three additional programs to conduct clandestine cyberwar or espionage. Both Symantec Corp of the United States and Kaspersky Lab of Russia acknowledged on Monday that their […]

US and Afghanistan clash over hundreds of prisoners

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has criticized the US for failing to transfer more than 600 inmates at the Bagram Detention Center to Afghan control – even after the prison was handed over. The US gave away control of the high-security detention center on Sept. 10, but was reluctant to hand over some of the detainees […]

White House doesn’t address privacy concerns in cybersecurity executive order draft

A copy of the cybersecurity executive order currently being written by the Obama administration has been leaked to the Web, and the contents do little to calm the fears of those who suspected their privacy concerns wouldn’t be considered. Only days after journalists with both Federal News Radio and TechDirt.com claimed to have come into […]

Romney shows disdain for half of US in secretly-recorded speech

A collection of secretly-recorded videos of Mitt Romney speaking to an affluent fundraiser crowd shows the Republican candidate for US president making several off-color comments about minorities and supporters of President Barack Obama. After existing on YouTube for several weeks, the videos were brought to the press Monday by Washington magazine Mother Jones, and are […]

Richmond legend Neville Crowe pulled to safety by stranger after Yarra River …

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Burke pins super trawler hopes on Greens

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Federal help for axed public servants dismissed as a ‘stunt’

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