After terrorising America for decades UFO now spotted in Kerala

India Today - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The wife of an army officer has made a bizarre claim that her husband took photos of an unidentified flying object (UFO) along a beach in Kannur district of Kerala.The photo shows a saucer-shaped blurry object in the sky above the sea in the background and in the foreground is a beach and a car, supposedly the armyman's.According the wife of Major Sebastian Zachariah, currently posted in ...

Michelle Obama lays roses at bloodiest site along Berlin Wall

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

1 of 4. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) and her daughter Sasha place flowers as they visit the Berlin Wall memorial in Bernauer Strasse in Berlin June 19, ...

PRISM is Bad for American Soft Power

The Atlantic - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to deliver remarks in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on June 19, 2013. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) In 1948, Harry Truman flip-flopped. After decades of holding racial biases, he decided to support the civil rights movement against Jim Crow laws. Truman's shift was as much cold political calculation as anything else. The path to ...

Confessed killer says did not dictate deal to turn on Whitey Bulger

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

James ''Whitey'' Bulger holds John Martorano's youngest son, John Jr., during his Christening ceremony in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts. Prosecutors showed the photograph to the jury June 18, 2013 as Martorano took the stand in the trial of accused mob boss Bulger, and has implicated him in a dozen killings over ...

Astor son who swindled millionaire mother headed to NY prison

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anthony Marshall, the only child of late millionaire philanthropist Brooke Astor, has been a Broadway producer, a decorated war hero and U.S. diplomat and is set to add prison inmate to his life ...

Report Okla. teen vanishes while hiking in South America

CBS News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

CBS affiliate KWTV, authorities in South America believe the teen may have been kidnapped. U.S. officials with the American Embassy in Ecuador told the station that they are monitoring the situation closely. In a phone interview, Chris Reiger told the station that an extensive search is underway. He said the family was hiking on a mountain near their resort hotel when August walked ahead of the ...

Americas endangered historic places

CBS News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

President Barack Obama, left, walks around Gay Head Lighthouse while on vacation on Martha's Vineyard in Aquinnah, Mass., Aug. 27, 2009. The lighthouse is on The National Trust for Historic Preservation 2013 list of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It was the first lighthouse built on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts and now is in danger of toppling over the edge of the Gay ...

Documentary Alleges TWA Flight 800 Cover-Up

ABC News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Reconstruction work was taking place in Calverton, N.Y., on TWA Flight 800 which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off New York's Long Island, March 6, ...

Missouri Man Who Set Wife on Fire Arrested

ABC News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

A Missouri man who set his wife on fire and evaded capture for more than 24 hours was arrested Tuesday night and charged with first degree assault, armed criminal action and arson, according to the local sheriffs office. Willard Hunt, of Higbee was found at approximately 8:30 p.m., wandering the railroad tracks behind a residential community. "Hunt dropped to his knees and said he was ...

VIDEO The LeBron James Headband Game

CBS 5 - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

James lost his signature accessory with just over 9 minutes left in the fourth quarter, got a dunk on that very play and never replaced the headband the rest of the way. He finished with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Heat rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 103-100 in overtime in Game 6 of the NBA ...

The Good Ol’ Days When Gas Was 93 Cents Per Gallon

CBS 5 - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

ATLANTA (WAOK) – When I started driving, gas was 93 cents per gallon. I could fill my tank with $10 and have change for chips and a drink. Today, $10 will get you to the next gas station. The national average for a gallon of gas today is $3.62 per gallon. Help is on the way…or is it? Automobile manufacturers and our government are looking for ways to make the automobile more fuel ...

Sporty New Corolla Aimed At Youthful Buyers

CBS 5 - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

DETROIT (AP) – Toyota is giving the Corolla a sportier look and more gadgets, a recognition by the world’s biggest automaker that the under-50 crowd wants more than just reliability in a compact car. The world’s largest automaker rolled out the 2014 version of America’s top-selling compact Thursday night at a splashy event in Santa Monica, Calif., hoping to shed the old ...

Tusks fund terror

CNN - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

>Editor's note: Mark Quarterman is the research director of the Enough Project, a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity.(CNN) -- The accelerating pace of the slaughter of elephants for their tusks has put African elephants at catastrophic risk in the coming decades. To make matters worse, some of the region's most notorious armed groups are ...

UPDATE 2-Tesla recalls some Model S cars due to seat-mount defect

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:31am EDT By Bernie Woodall June 19 (Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc will recall 1,228 of its 2013 Model S cars manufactured between May 10 and June 8 due to a defect in the mounting bracket of the rear seat. The fix will cost Tesla about $150,000 during the second quarter, company spokeswoman Shanna Hendriks said. Tesla will inspect and reinforce the bracket ...

State Department whistleblower Law enforcement ‘harass her children’

Washington Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Hillary Rodham Clinton helped cover up misconduct that occurred in the department during her tenure now says law enforcement agents are harassing ...

At the open TSX dips ahead of Federal Reserve policy statement

The Globe and Mail - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke is seen on a monitor via teleconference in Chicago, May 10, 2012. Market players will be watching intently this week for clues that the Fed is about to begin scaling back its huge monetary stimulus, a key support of stock and bond prices. (JIM ...

Bulger ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories

The Miami Herald - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

An ex-gangster who admitted killing 20 people was unemotional Monday when describing his line of work at the trial of his former partner, James "Whitey" Bulger, but called himself heartbroken when he learned that Bulger had become an FBI ...

The Amnesty Mob vs. America

Human Events - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

You can try to put ';conservative'; lipstick on the lawless amnesty mob. In the end, however, it’s still a lawless mob. The big government/big business alliance to protect illegal immigration got a lot of mileage using foolish Republicans Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan as front men. But the true colors of the open-borders grievance-mongers always show ...

Tech Tales From New York

Forbes - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Mayoral NYC Tech Forum where four of NYC's mayoral candidates attempted to show off their technology chops -- no Quinn, Thompson or Catsimi-whatsits -- I was able to snag a seat at the (always) ...

White House Threatens to Veto 5-Month Abortion Ban Bill

CNS News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The White House has vowed to veto a House bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation with exceptions of rape and incest. "The Administration is committed to the protection of women's health and reproductive freedom and to supporting women and families in the choices they make. If the President were presented with this legislation, his senior advisors would recommend that ...

New York Muslims Mount Legal Challenge To Ubiquitous NYPD Surveillance

ThinkProgress - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

filing a lawsuit on behalf of Muslim New Yorkers to challenge the surveillance they say amounts to racial profiling and violates their religious liberties. Under the aggressive program, undercover informants infiltrate Mosques, restaurants, bookstores, and Muslim student associations without any particular suspicion of the places being monitored or the people being surveilled. Officers also ...

Charles B. Rangel Obamas Syria plan has many dangers

USA Today - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

meets with world leaders, I hope that he can reach an international consensus on engaging in Syria because we should not get drawn into another proxy war that would entangle us with Hezbollah, Iran and Russia. While I understand that President Obama's ...