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Woman who killed officer in 1973 added to FBI’s ‘most wanted terrorist’ list

“A woman who killed a police officer 40 years ago and later fled to Cuba has been placed on the FBI’s list of ‘most wanted terrorists,’ US officials said Thursday. Law enforcement officials said Joanne Chesimard is the first woman ever to make the list, and one of only two to make the list accused of crimes carried out on US soil. US authorities say that on May 2, 1973, Chesimard, a member of the radical Black Liberation Army group, along with two accomplices, fatally shot the highway police officer during a traffic stop. She was convicted of first-degree murder, armed robbery, and other crimes in 1977 and sentenced to life in prison.” Continue reading →

L.A.-area lost hikers may have to pay $160,000 for manhunt after drugs found in their car

“Orange County officials are considering requiring two hikers to pay for a portion — or even all — of a $160,000 search party after a small amount of methamphetamine was found in their car. Nicolas Cendoya, 19, and Kyndall Jack, 18, got lost while on an Easter Sunday hike in Trabuco Canyon near Los Angeles. With little water, they called authorities to report their status before losing cell phone service. Now, Cendoya is facing drug charges and officials have yet to decide for what other portion of the search he and Jack will be held accountable.” Continue reading →

FDA warns manufacturers of possible crackdown on caffeinated candies and snacks

“The US food and drug regulator on Friday called the addition of caffeine to children’s foods like chewing gum and jelly beans ‘dangerous’ and warned of a possible crackdown. Food and Drug Administration deputy commissioner Michael Taylor said the rise in such caffeine-added products outside the beverage industry was ‘very disturbing,’ after candy giant Mars Inc. announced a caffeinated version of its Wrigley gum. That was added last month to a slew of ‘high energy’ foods on the market sporting substantial added caffeine, including pancake syrups, instant oatmeal, waffles, potato chips, marshmallows and sunflower seeds.” Continue reading →

What Happened When One Man Pinged the Whole Internet

“You probably haven’t heard of HD Moore, but up to a few weeks ago every Internet device in the world, perhaps including some in your own home, was contacted roughly three times a day by a stack of computers that sit overheating his spare room. In February last year he decided to carry out a personal census of every device on the Internet as a hobby. ‘[It] drew quite a lot of complaints, hate mail, and calls from law enforcement,’ he says. But the data collected has revealed some serious security problems, and exposed some vulnerable business and industrial systems of a kind used to control everything from traffic lights to power infrastructure.”

Former Bush official: Syria chemical weapons could be ‘Israeli false flag operation’

“Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, the former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell under President George W. Bush, on Thursday warned that the chemical weapons that were reportedly used in Syria could be a ‘Israeli false flag operation’ because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was running an ‘inept regime.’ Wilkerson explained that he had been told by his sources in the intelligence community that evidence that Syria had used chemical weapons was ‘really flaky’ and that President Barack Obama should think twice before intervening. ‘This could have been an Israeli false flag operation,’ he said.” Continue reading →

Shock: Federal Reserve Official Calls for End of Fed, Competing Currencies

“This is a fairly shocking video in the sense that the gentleman being interviewed is a former Fed official. He calls for a free-market gold and silver standard along with competing currencies – just what we’ve been suggesting. What is just as interesting is the focus on the Fed as a central bank. Stossel points out that central planning has been discredited the world over, so why does the world have central planning for money? This is a big issue and one that will not go away. After a century of central banking the world is in a bad state and getting worse not better.” Continue reading →

What Are We Voting On in the May 7 Lincoln General Election?

For those voters seeking to be better informed for the Tuesday, May 7, 2013, City of Lincoln General Election, a brief overview of what happened in the April 9 Primary and what will appear on the May 7 ballot: 13.35% of registered Lincoln voters cast ballots in the local Primary […]

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High-frequency stock traders turn to laser networks, to make yet more money

“Financial traders are now turning to high-speed laser networks between stock exchanges, to decrease latency by a few milliseconds, to squeeze a few more trillion dollars per year out of high-frequency trading (HFT). Perseus Telecom recently completed a microwave link between London and Frankfurt that reduced the round-trip latency to just 4.6 milliseconds — almost halving the 8.35-millisecond round-trip for the London-Frankfurt fiber link. The microwave network cost between $13 and $26 million to build, but for the financial trader who uses it could earn billions.” Continue reading →