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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Temps in the upper 90s: Heat advisory issued for Wednesday
Scorching weather isn't waiting long to arrive this year.
Summer technically begins at 7:09 p.m. Wednesday, as the summer solstice marks the longest day of the year.
By then, the sweltering season will already be underway, posing dangerous conditions for those who don't take precautions.
The National Weather Service puts a heat advisory in effect from noon to 10 p.m. Wednesday.
Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s, but it will feel like it's 100 to 105 degrees. The forecast calls for another scorcher on Thursday, with highs in the upper 90s to near 100. Another heat advisory goes into effect from noon to 10 p.m. Thursday.
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Baby Soaps and Shampoos Trigger Positive Marijuana Tests
Commonly used baby soaps and shampoos, including products from Johnson & Johnson, Aveeno and CVS, can trigger a positive result on newborns' marijuana screening tests, according to a recent study . A minute amount of the cleansing products in a urine sample — just 0.1 milliliters or less — was found to cause a positive result.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, began studying the issue after an unusually high number of newborns in their nursery began testing positive for marijuana exposure. Newborn screening for marijuana at hospitals, particularly among babies of women who are considered at high risk of drug use, is not uncommon: at U.N.C. Chapel Hill, 10% to 40% of newborns are tested.
Positive results can precipitate an investigation by child welfare authorities. "We really did this to help protect families from being falsely accused," study co-author Dr. Carl Seashore, a pediatrician in the U.N.C. Chapel Hill newborn nursery, told My Health News Daily.
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, began studying the issue after an unusually high number of newborns in their nursery began testing positive for marijuana exposure. Newborn screening for marijuana at hospitals, particularly among babies of women who are considered at high risk of drug use, is not uncommon: at U.N.C. Chapel Hill, 10% to 40% of newborns are tested.
Positive results can precipitate an investigation by child welfare authorities. "We really did this to help protect families from being falsely accused," study co-author Dr. Carl Seashore, a pediatrician in the U.N.C. Chapel Hill newborn nursery, told My Health News Daily.
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Explosion at Opryland Hotel; No Injuries Reported
Hours after an explosion, guests were allowed to return to the Opryland Hotel and Convention Center early Wednesday.
More than 5,000 people were evacuated after a blast shook the hotel Tuesday evening.
The blast was reported in a mechanical room in the convention center at around 8:30 p.m., and two alarms were called during the emergency response.
A spokesperson for Gaylord tells Channel 4 News the explosion was located near the Ryman exhibit hall in the convention center.
Kim Lawson, with the Nashville Fire Department, tells Channel 4 News there was a smell of natural gas in the area, and gas was turned off into the building as crews and investigators responded to the scene.
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Obama Bureaucrats Are Fueling Wildfires
Colorado Springs— The
smell of singed air here is inescapable. Less than 50 miles west of my
neighborhood, the latest wildfire has spread across 1,100 acres. It’s
the fifth active blaze to erupt in our state over the past month. But
ashes aren’t all that’s smoldering.
The Obama administration’s neglect of the federal government’s aerial-tanker fleet raises acrid questions about its core public-safety priorities. Bipartisan complaints goaded the White House into signing a Band-Aid fix last week. But it smacks more of election-year gesture politics: too little, too late, too fake.
Ten years ago, the feds had a fleet of 44 firefighting planes. Today, the number is down to nine for the entire country. Last summer, Obama’s National Forest Service canceled a key federal contract with Sacramento-based Aero Union just as last season’s wildfires were raging. Aero Union had supplied eight vital air tankers to Washington’s dwindling fleet of aerial firefighters. Two weeks later, the company closed down and 60 employees lost their jobs. Aero Union had been a leader in the business for a half-century.
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Israel, US Collaborated in Creation of 'Flame' Virus To Slow Iran's Nuke Efforts, Report Says
Israel and the United States collaborated in the development of the
powerful computer virus dubbed the "Flame," which briefly affected
Iran's key oil industry, an official with knowledge of the effort said.
The Washington Post reports
that the massive piece of malware, which collected critical
intelligence information from Iran, was created with the aim of slowing
the country's suspected nuclear weapon development.
The Worm.Win32.Flame threat, or “Flame” for short, was likely built by the same nation-state responsible for the Stuxnet virus that targeted Iran’s nuclear power plant in 2010. Many suspect Stuxnet was the work of Israeli intelligence.
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The Washington Post reports
that the massive piece of malware, which collected critical
intelligence information from Iran, was created with the aim of slowing
the country's suspected nuclear weapon development.The Worm.Win32.Flame threat, or “Flame” for short, was likely built by the same nation-state responsible for the Stuxnet virus that targeted Iran’s nuclear power plant in 2010. Many suspect Stuxnet was the work of Israeli intelligence.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Claymont Death Classified As Homicide, Victim Identified
Location:
Riverview Motel, 7811 Governor Printz Boulevard, Claymont, DE
Date of Occurrence:
Monday, June 18, 2012 at 10:30 a.m.
Victim:
Theodore Tucker, 52, Wilmington, DE
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Claymont- The death of a male subject found in a room at the Riverview Motel in Claymont on Monday, June 18th, has been ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Details as to the cause and manner of death are not being released at this time due to the ongoing investigation.
The victim has been identified as Theodore Tucker, 52, of Wilmington,
Detectives continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident.
If anyone has any information in reference to this incident they are asked to contact Detective David Chorlton at 302-741-2731 or Detective Terrance Smith at 302-834-2630. Citizens may also provide a tip by texting keyword “DSP” plus your message to 274637 (CRIMES). Tipsters may also provide information through lines maintained by Delaware Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333. Callers can also submit information via the internet at www.tipsubmit.com.
Riverview Motel, 7811 Governor Printz Boulevard, Claymont, DE
Date of Occurrence:
Monday, June 18, 2012 at 10:30 a.m.
Victim:
Theodore Tucker, 52, Wilmington, DE
Resume:
Claymont- The death of a male subject found in a room at the Riverview Motel in Claymont on Monday, June 18th, has been ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Details as to the cause and manner of death are not being released at this time due to the ongoing investigation.
The victim has been identified as Theodore Tucker, 52, of Wilmington,
Detectives continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident.
If anyone has any information in reference to this incident they are asked to contact Detective David Chorlton at 302-741-2731 or Detective Terrance Smith at 302-834-2630. Citizens may also provide a tip by texting keyword “DSP” plus your message to 274637 (CRIMES). Tipsters may also provide information through lines maintained by Delaware Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333. Callers can also submit information via the internet at www.tipsubmit.com.
Asians eclipsing Latinos in immigration to U.S.: report
Asians have surpassed Hispanics as the United States' largest group of new immigrants,
according to a report on Tuesday that some experts said reflects
decreased demand for migrant labor and highlights the impact of state
crackdowns on illegals.
The Pew Research Center found that the number of Asian immigrants grew from 19 percent of all new immigrants in 2000 to 36 percent in 2010. Incoming Hispanic immigrants fell from 59 percent in 2000 to 31 percent.
Up to 11 percent of illegal immigrants in the United States are Asian while about 75 percent are Hispanic, according to the analysis, which combined government data with its own polling.
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The Pew Research Center found that the number of Asian immigrants grew from 19 percent of all new immigrants in 2000 to 36 percent in 2010. Incoming Hispanic immigrants fell from 59 percent in 2000 to 31 percent.
Up to 11 percent of illegal immigrants in the United States are Asian while about 75 percent are Hispanic, according to the analysis, which combined government data with its own polling.
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The Death of Jewish Liberalism
The latest numbers show that Obama’s national support among Jews is
down to 64 percent. That puts Obama in line with stalwart vote-getters
like Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis. More significantly a Siena
College poll shows that Jewish support for Obama in New York City has
fallen to 51 percent.
Those numbers might seem strange until you read the latest study on the Jewish population in the city which finds that 40 percent of the city’s Jews are Orthodox—up from a third, ten years ago.
74 percent of all Jewish children in the city are Orthodox, a baby boom that will completely transform the city’s Jewish population. And that means the transformation of the Jewish vote. Within another decade, New York City will have an Orthodox majority; within a generation that majority will be so decisive as to define its political orientation. The end of the New York Jewish liberal is here.
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Those numbers might seem strange until you read the latest study on the Jewish population in the city which finds that 40 percent of the city’s Jews are Orthodox—up from a third, ten years ago.
74 percent of all Jewish children in the city are Orthodox, a baby boom that will completely transform the city’s Jewish population. And that means the transformation of the Jewish vote. Within another decade, New York City will have an Orthodox majority; within a generation that majority will be so decisive as to define its political orientation. The end of the New York Jewish liberal is here.
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What Obama’s Quick Illegal Immigrant Fix Ignores
America’s ward-heeler-in-chief just bought some votes with the policy
equivalent of a keg of beer and a slab of bacon. Obama’s memorandum to
Homeland Security head Napolitano to stop the deportation of illegal
aliens brought here as children and granting them work permits bypassed
Congress, that branch of government our quaint Constitution makes
responsible for such policy. Obama said so himself last year when he
reminded people that he couldn’t “change the law unilaterally” and “We
have to pass bills through the legislature and then I can sign it.” But
the need to stanch the bleeding from a week of economic bad news for his
reelection campaign has given the president Constitutional amnesia. If
Obama had been sincerely interested in crafting a legal, bipartisan,
permanent solution to this problem, he could have negotiated with
Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, who has crafted a more sensible
solution than last year’s Dream Act, and worked through Congress. But
the need to throw some goodies to Latino voters in several swing states
critical for his own reelection was more important than actually
governing according to the Constitution.
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Father Accuses Texas Teachers Of Ordering A "Code Red" On His Six-Year-Old Son
Two Texas elementary school teachers are under criminal investigation
for disciplining a six-year-old “bully” by making the boy’s fellow
kindergarten students strike him in a gauntlet as an educator instructed
the children to “hit him” and “hit him harder,” police allege.
When informed of the incident last month at Salinas Elementary School, the boy’s father told cops, “No child deserved this treatment.” Referring to the female teachers, he added, “They ordered a code red on my son!”
According to a police report, one teacher sought a colleague’s help in disciplining the boy, who “was a bully in her classroom.” The teacher brought the boy, Aiden Neely, into the second teacher’s classroom, where the students were directed to “teach him why bullying is bad.”
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When informed of the incident last month at Salinas Elementary School, the boy’s father told cops, “No child deserved this treatment.” Referring to the female teachers, he added, “They ordered a code red on my son!”
According to a police report, one teacher sought a colleague’s help in disciplining the boy, who “was a bully in her classroom.” The teacher brought the boy, Aiden Neely, into the second teacher’s classroom, where the students were directed to “teach him why bullying is bad.”
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Food Stamps, Crop Subsidies Among Senate Farm Bill Amendments
Proposals to avert bigger cuts in food stamps and reduce certain crop subsidies are among more than 70 amendments the U.S. Senate will consider this week to a massive farm bill.
Senate leaders struck a bipartisan deal late on Monday to clear the way for debate and votes on the stalled legislation beginning on Tuesday, a Democratic aide said.
The U.S. farm law covers everything from food stamps to crop subsidies to soil erosion - and several other hot-button issues in an election year.
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Mayors Back Parents Seizing Control of Schools
Hundreds of mayors from across the United States this weekend called for new laws letting parents seize control of low-performing public schools and fire the teachers, oust the administrators or turn the schools over to private management.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors, meeting in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday unanimously endorsed "parent trigger" laws aimed at bypassing elected school boards and giving parents at the worst public schools the opportunity to band together and force immediate change.
Such laws are fiercely opposed by teachers' unions, which stand to lose members in school takeovers. Union leaders say there is no proof such upheaval will improve learning. And they argue that public investment in struggling communities, rather than private management of struggling schools, is the key to boosting student achievement.
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The Biggest Spender: Obama Has Spent More Money Than Anyone In History of World
It’s official. President Barack Obama is the biggest spender in the history of the world. And that is not hyperbole. Like a shopaholic who denies the addiction, Obama has consistently been in denial about his reckless spending addiction. Despite President Barack Obama’s denials, though, an analysis by Forbes shows there has not been a greater spender than Obama.
According to Forbes, “Obama’s
own fiscal 2013 budget ... shows federal spending increasing from $2.983
trillion in 2008 to an all time record $3.796 trillion in 2012, an
increase of 27.3%” and, “before Obama there had never been a deficit anywhere near $1 trillion.”
In addition, Obama had four consecutive budget deficits of over a trillion dollars and, in just one term, will “will have increased the national debt as much as all prior Presidents, from George Washington to George Bush, combined.”
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GOP Senators Want IRS to Cite Legal Grounds for Demanding Donor Lists of Tea Party Groups
Senate Republicans want to know if the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
has any legal standing to demand donor information from various Tea
Party and conservative groups, which the IRS apparently is pursuing.
“We remain concerned that the IRS is requesting the names of donors and contributors to organizations that apply for tax-exempt status,” says the Senate letter sent to IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Schulman on Monday. “In doing so, the IRS appears to be circumventing the statutory privacy protections that Congress has long provided donors.”
The letter is signed by Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah; Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky; John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas; Jon Kyl of Arizona; Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker of Tennessee; Mike Enzi of Wyoming; John Thune of South Dakota and Pat Roberts of Kansas. McConnell is the Senate minority leader and Hatch is the ranking member of the Finance Committee with oversight responsibility of the IRS.
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“We remain concerned that the IRS is requesting the names of donors and contributors to organizations that apply for tax-exempt status,” says the Senate letter sent to IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Schulman on Monday. “In doing so, the IRS appears to be circumventing the statutory privacy protections that Congress has long provided donors.”
The letter is signed by Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah; Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky; John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas; Jon Kyl of Arizona; Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker of Tennessee; Mike Enzi of Wyoming; John Thune of South Dakota and Pat Roberts of Kansas. McConnell is the Senate minority leader and Hatch is the ranking member of the Finance Committee with oversight responsibility of the IRS.
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Maryland State Archives Running Out of Space
The Maryland State Archives collection is among the
largest in the country with nearly 400 years of history, including Colonial-era
paintings, keepsakes of the state's governors, and thousands of land, court and
genealogy records.
With all that history, the Archives has run out of space.
The agency first filled its Annapolis headquarters to capacity in 2000, then leased and filled a warehouse. It leased a second warehouse and a third before brokering a deal to store some of its property at the Baltimore City Archives.
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With all that history, the Archives has run out of space.
The agency first filled its Annapolis headquarters to capacity in 2000, then leased and filled a warehouse. It leased a second warehouse and a third before brokering a deal to store some of its property at the Baltimore City Archives.
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Feds in Miami: Millions Stolen From Medicare Wound Up in Cuban Banking System
In an unprecedented case, federal prosecutors have charged a Miami
man with engaging in a massive money-laundering operation that moved
millions stolen from the federal Medicare program into Cuban banks.
Prosecutors say Oscar Sanchez, 46, was a key leader in a group that funneled $31 million in Medicare dollars into banks in Havana — the first such case that directly traces money fleeced from the beleaguered program into the Cuban banking system.
Most of the money moved through an intricate web of foreign shell companies before ending up in Cuba, to avoid being detected in the United States, said investigators.
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Prosecutors say Oscar Sanchez, 46, was a key leader in a group that funneled $31 million in Medicare dollars into banks in Havana — the first such case that directly traces money fleeced from the beleaguered program into the Cuban banking system.
Most of the money moved through an intricate web of foreign shell companies before ending up in Cuba, to avoid being detected in the United States, said investigators.
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This Church Is Also the World’s Biggest Tree House, Built By the ‘Spirit of God’ (With No Blueprints)
The 100-foot building, called “The Minister’s Treehouse,” was built in Crossville, Tennessee, over a period of 11 years. Unlike other houses of worship that are meticulously plotted and blueprinted, this particular building was constructed without any solidified plans.
Rather than stain-glass windows and perfected structure, it features wooden panels and is built — you guessed it — around seven trees. Inside, the church is about 10,000 square feet, but its exact dimensions aren’t known.
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BREAKING NEWS: Egypt's Mubarak 'Clinically Dead,' State News Agency Reports
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's heart has stopped beating and is not responding to defibrillation, Egyptian state news agency reports.
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Chicago Shootings Skyrocket as Jarrett Wedding Pulls 100+ Cops
Even as Chicago sent 100+ police officers to guard the wedding of Valerie Jarrett’s daughter, the city underwent a dramatic crime wave. According to local media, at least seven people were killed and 35 were injured over the weekend. One 16-year-old girl took three bullets to the chest and died on Saturday evening; another ten people were shot on Friday, and three were killed Sunday morning. The weekend numbers from Chicago are astonishing – 46 people were hurt and eight died last weekend in Chicago.
In April 2012, Valerie Jarrett herself traveled to Chicago to tout the Obama administration’s “action” on Chicago youth violence, speaking at the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention: “As a mom, it just breaks my heart when I hear stories of young people who fall victim to gangs, drugs, and crime – President Obama, the father of two young girls, feels the same way …. [President Obama] took action. He sent Attorney General Holder and Secretary Duncan to Chicago to discuss youth violence with Mayor Daley and leaders in the community – and those discussions ultimately led to the creation of this National Forum.”
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