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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
December 14th, 2012

UN treaty to regulate internet blocked at Dubai conference
The US and several other nations have blocked a proposed global telecoms treaty that would have given national governments control of the Internet. The proposals at the International Telecoms Union (ITU) conference in Dubai would have given governments greater powers to control international phone calls and data traffic.

Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey
Leon Panetta signed a deployment order en route to Turkey from Afghanistan calling for 400 U.S. soldiers to operate two batteries of Patriots at undisclosed locations in Turkey, Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters flying with Panetta. Germany and the Netherlands have already agreed to provide two batteries of the U.S.-built defense systems and send up to 400 German and 360 Dutch troops to man them, bringing the total number of Patriot batteries slated for Turkey to six.

6.3-mag. ocean earthquake hits off Southern California coast
The quake hit around 2:36 a.m. PT, 88 miles SW of Avalon, Calif., on Santa Catalina Island. It was initially reported that there were two quakes, 6.4 and 6.1, within seconds of each other, but seismologists concluded it was only one temblor.

Earthquake Confirmed In Dallas-Fort Worth Area

In a statement to CBS, officials said that the earthquake is nothing to worry about. Rafael Abreu from the USGS National Earthquake Information Center said: “This is a very small earthquake, the kind that can definitely happen anywhere in the world.” North Texas has been experiencing small earthquakes over the course of the past few months. This is the fifth earthquake to occur in the since late September. This one is by far the deepest at 8.1 miles.

Hybrid GPS-Seismic System Can Accelerate Earthquake Response
Traditional seismic instruments charged with determining vital earthquake information for rapid hazard assessment have relied on devices that measure ground motions with exquisite precision, but lack the ability to produce rapid views of large seismic events because they do not directly measure ground motion. GPS networks do and therefore are complementary to the more precise seismic data.

EPA finds contamination at former rocket test site
Lingering radioactive contamination exists at a former rocket test lab outside of Los Angeles that was the site of a partial nuclear meltdown, federal environmental regulators said Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency launched a $42 million study to investigate radioactive pollution at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, 25 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

Sandy Aid Package Includes Millions for Smithsonian, Space Center, Forests
The Obama administration’s $60-billion emergency aid package for victims of superstorm Sandy is now caught in the crossfire over the “fiscal cliff,” with some critics questioning why millions of dollars are directed to areas far from the epicenter of the storm. ...“The aid to federal agencies is a ...small percentage of the entire package,”... “On the federal items, we know what the damage is because we are the federal government. The storm damage has to be paid for at some point.”

Geminid meteor shower reaches peak early Friday morning

The annual Geminids meteor shower peaked overnight into Friday morning. Each December, meteors appear to radiate from a point near the star Castor, in the constellation Gemini. In early morning hours, that is located westward and overhead in the northern hemisphere and nearer the horizon in the southern hemisphere.

Egypt crisis: Opposition rallies as referendum looms

Egyptian opposition groups are holding last-ditch protests against a referendum on a draft constitution, due to start on Saturday. At least two anti-constitution rallies are to take place in Cairo after Friday\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s main weekly Muslim prayers. Critics say the draft document, backed by President Mohammed Morsi and his supporters, is too Islamist.

Rice withdraws as US secretary of state candidate

Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations and a close confidante of President Barack Obama, withdrew her name from consideration as secretary of state on Thursday in the face of what promised to be a difficult Senate confirmation battle.

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