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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
July 26th, 2013

Large earthquake off Vanuatu, no tsunami warning
A large earthquake has hit in the ocean between islands of the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. Geoscience Australia estimated the quake at a magnitude of 5.7 while the US Geologial Survey said it was 6.2-magnitude. The tremor was not expected to generate a tsunami and there have been no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

5 Most Sinful Cities in America
"Our list includes some things that might not make a city very desirable -- like the level of violent crime -- but five of the seven things we looked at are actually kind of harmless," says Randy Nelson of property-listing site Movoto.com, which recently ranked America's largest cities for residents' involvement with the Seven Deadly Sins.

6 Apocalyptic Technologies That Most People Have Not Even Heard About Yet
Today, scientists are rapidly developing bizarre new technologies that most science fiction writers never even would have dreamed of a couple decades ago. For example, would you be willing to get rid of your bank card and start paying for things with only your face? Would you be willing to allow a technology company to put one large computer chip or thousands of really, really small ones (“neural dust”) into your brain? These are some of the technologies that are coming.

Texas Republicans push back against Holder on voting rights challenge
Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn accused Holder of trying to go around the high court. "This decision has nothing to do with protecting voting rights and everything to do with advancing a partisan political agenda," Cornyn said.

Plague-infected squirrel closes California campgrounds
Los Angeles County public health department officials confirmed Wednesday that a trapped ground squirrel tested positive for plague and closed four campgrounds as a precaution. "Plague is a bacterial infection that can be transmitted to humans through the bites of infected fleas, which is why we close affected campgrounds and recreational areas as a precaution while preventive measures are taken to control the flea population," said public health officer Dr. Jonathan E. Fielding.

Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords
The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users' stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in surveillance techniques that has not previously been disclosed.

Scientists warn on Arctic ‘economic time bomb’
The rapidly melting Arctic is an "economic time bomb" likely to cost the world at least $60 trillion, say researchers who have started to calculate the financial consequences of one of the world's fastest changing climates. A record decline in Arctic sea ice has been widely seen as economically beneficial until now, as it opens up more shipping and drilling in a region thought to contain 30 percent of the world's undiscovered gas and 13 percent of its undiscovered oil.

Storms deliver triple digit winds, hail nearly 5 inches in diameter, street flooding
Hail as large as baseballs was reported in east Hutchinson, according to Reno County Emergency Management. Winds estimated as high as 100 miles an hour were reported in southern Reno County near Pretty Prairie. The town itself was hit hard by hail and strong winds, knocking down trees and blocking streets.

Slightly weaker Tropical Storm Dorian path aims toward Bahamas
Tropical Storm Dorian is projected to arrive near the southern Bahamas on Tuesday. Dorian's maximum sustained winds reached 60 mph on Thursday but have since dropped by 10 mph. The projected path continues to aim toward the Bahamas, Cuba or Florida.

Army Giving Up Stopping Power for 'Green' Bullets
The Army is switching from lead bullets in many small caliber arms to "environmentally friendly" rounds in 2014, even through the lead bullets are tried and true while the stopping power of the "green" bullets is already being questioned.

Obama Worst President for Middle Class 'in Modern Times'
The Wall Street Journal published a lead editorial on Thursday that responded harshly to President Barack Obama's new series of economic speeches. "The President called his speech 'A Better Bargain for the Middle Class,' but no President has done worse by the middle class in modern times," the editorial noted.

Pentagon: Obama to halt F-16 delivery to Egypt amid unrest
Obama has decided to halt the planned delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, amid the unrest that erupted after the military ousted Egypt's first democratically elected president.

Hague to Steinitz: Britain has Israel’s back
“I reaffirmed that the UK was strongly committed to Israel’s security, and that we wanted to deepen and advance our links in education, science and technology, where both countries had much to share and benefit from mutual cooperation,” said Hague after meeting with the visiting Steinitz.

Israeli official: Turkey wants to humiliate Israel, not reconcile with it
Turkey is not interested in a diplomatic reconciliation with Israel, but rather in humiliating it and bringing it to its knees...The comments came after Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc told the Turkish media that the reason for the deadlock in compensation talks with Israel over the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident was that Jerusalem was not willing to admit that the compensation payment was the result of a wrongful act.

US using Syrian rebel supply lines as it prepares to send arms
The United States has quietly been testing the Syrian opposition's ability to deliver food rations, medical kits and money to rebel-held areas as Washington prepares to send arms to the rebel fighters. US officials meet weekly in Turkey with Syrian opposition leaders to work out how best to keep supply lines open to rebel fighters and war-ravaged towns and districts.

Hatch to Newsmax: White House Like 'Despots' With Holder Move on Civil Rights
Eric Holder's plan to ask a federal court to reinstate the Justice Department's authority over voting laws in Texas smacks of despotism by the Obama White House, Sen. Orrin Hatch tells Newsmax TV in an exclusive interview. "The court has already ruled — and he's trying to reinstitute the Voting Rights Act in Texas," the Utah Republican tells Newsmax. "If I were a Texan, I'd be so doggone livid that I don't think I'd ever get over it. That's not the thing to do, and it just shows how this administration ignores the law.

Steinitz: Israel willing to make 'serious territorial concessions' for peace.
“We are prepared to make considerable concessions and it’s not going to be easy,” Steinitz said, The Telegraph newspaper reported on Thursday. "We are ready for a two states for two people solution," he said. “We hope that the talks will begin next week in Washington between Israeli and Palestinian representatives,” Shalom said.

Egypt braces for mass rallies as Morsi held for conspiring with Hamas, murder
The Egyptian army is detaining ousted President Mohamed Morsi over accusations of kidnapping, killing soldiers and other charges, the state news agency said on Friday.

Report: Two Americans Enrolled In Food Stamps For Every Job Obama 'Created'
The White House has been touting the success of its economic agenda recently, claiming to have created 7.2 million jobs. But a look at the growing rolls of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) shows that for every job the administration says it created, two Americans have been added to the food stamp rolls.

Barred from Rouhani inaugural, Israel ‘not taking it personally’
Officials in Jerusalem were unruffled by Iran’s announcement this week that Israel is not being invited to the inauguration of president-elect Hasan Rouhani. “We’re not taking it personally,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Paul Hirschson told The Times of Israel Thursday. “What is perhaps a little pathetic is that the Iranians felt the need to tell the whole world that they won’t be tainted by our presence. That says more about them than about us.”

Court Rules No 'Jerusalem, Israel' on Passport
A U.S. appeals court struck down a law allowing Americans born in Jerusalem to list Israel on their passports. The ruling effectively supports the State Department's refusal to enforce the law because it violates the Constitutionally mandated separation of the executive and legislative branches. In 2002, Congress passed a law allowing Americans born in Jerusalem to choose whether their passports showed they were born in Israel.

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