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liberal N proud's JournalBoston transit shut down as authorities hunt terror suspects
Source: NBC News
Public transportation in Boston was shut down Friday morning and some neighborhoods and towns were in total lockdown as police searched for the second of two men believed to have been involved in the marathon bombings earlier this week.
The other suspect was shot and killed.
All services on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority were immediately suspended authorities announced and the residents of the city’s western suburbs, including the neighborhoods of Watertown, Allston-Brighton, Cambridge, Belmont and Newton, were asked to remain in their homes.
Read more: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/19/17822687-boston-transit-shut-down-as-authorities-hunt-terror-suspects?lite>1=43001
Ariz. bill passed makes cities sell turned-in guns
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona cities and counties would have to sell guns turned in at community buyback events instead of destroying them under a law passed by the Legislature.
The bill doesn't have any effect on guns seized by law enforcement, which already have to be sold to a federally licensed dealer under a law passed last year. But that didn't stop a lengthy debate that veered into the possibility that the gun used to shoot U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords might end up back on the street.
The bill is designed to eliminate a loophole in last year's law that requires police agencies to sell seized guns. Cities, including Tucson, have continued to hold buyback events and destroy the weapons, arguing that because they were voluntarily surrendered, they aren't covered by the law.
The Senate passed House Bill 2455 Tuesday on an 18-12 party-line vote and it now goes to Republican Gov. Jan Brewer for action.
http://news.yahoo.com/ariz-bill-passed-makes-cities-sell-turned-guns-125026520.html
It's true: Men can't read women's emotions, study confirms
Now, new research suggests men really do struggle to read women's emotions — at least from their eyes.
The research, published Wednesday (April 10) in the journal PLOS ONE, showed that men had twice as much trouble deciphering women's emotions from images of their eyes compared with those of men. Parts of the male brain tied to emotion also didn't activate as strongly when the men looked at women's eyes.
They then asked the men to look at images of 36 pairs of eyes, half from men and half from women, and guess the emotion the people felt. The men then chose which of two words, such as distrustful or terrified, best described the eyes' emotion. The eye photographs depicted positive, neutral, and negative emotions.
Men took longer and had more trouble correctly guessing emotion from women's eyes.
In addition, their brains showed different activation when looking at men versus women's eyes. Men's amygdala — a brain region tied to emotions, empathy, and fear — activated more strongly in response to men's eyes. In addition, other brain regions tied to emotion and behavior didn't activate as much when the men looked at women's eyes.
http://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/14/17748017-its-true-men-cant-read-womens-emotions-study-confirms?lite
So maybe now, my wife will tell me what she is thinking? Maybe not!
Suspicious duffel bag found at East 55th Street RTA Rapid Station in Cleveland, bomb squad at scene
Source: News Channel 5 - Cleveland
CLEVELAND - RTA confirms a suspicious duffel bag at the RTA Rapid station located at East 55th Street and Woodland Avenue in Cleveland.
The package was reported around 9:30 a.m. The Cleveland Division of Police Bomb Squad and K9 dogs are at the site investigating.
The area and buildings surrounding the station have been evacuated. The I-490 entrance ramp from East 55th Street is closed.
Read more: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/Suspicious-package-found-at-East-55th-Street-RTA-Rapid-Station-bomb-squad-at-scene#ixzz2QdmaJXON
Read more: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/Suspicious-package-found-at-East-55th-Street-RTA-Rapid-Station-bomb-squad-at-scene
OK - I have had enough, the media is insane
They are no longer reporting the tragic event, they are in a feeding frenzy.
It like they are high on this stuff.
With the Capitol in the background, volunteers set up a mock cemetery in Washington
With the Capitol in the background, volunteers set up a mock cemetery in Washington on Thursday to begin a vigil for the more than than 3,300 people that have died from gun violence since the shooting in Newtown, Conn.
That's right, since Newtown!
Pressed by shooting victims and relatives of Americans slain in gun violence, the Senate on Thursday voted to begin an emotionally and politically charged debate on gun safety proposals as advocates of new laws overcame a Republican filibuster threat.
NY Times Quote of the day:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/us/senate-votes-to-allow-debate-on-gun-bill.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130412&_r=0
Mitch McConnell is the currently the biggest criminal liar in this country
This shit about the recording and leak and then sicking the FBI on it is sick as all the other shit he is and has pulled with his power.
Georgia high school students fight to end segregated prom
Wilcox County High School has two proms: one for white students and one for non-white students
Four girls in Rochelle, Ga. are fighting to do in their hometown what the Civil Rights Act was meant to do for all of America in 1964: end segregation.
WSAV in Georgia reports that Wilcox County High School holds two proms for its students: a whites-only prom, and an integrated prom. WSAV notes that the school has never had a fully inclusive prom in its history.
Best friends Stephanie Sinnot, Mareshia Rucker, Quanesha Wallace and Keela Bloodworth are trying to change that. “We are all friends,” said Sinnot. “That’s just kind of not right that we can’t go to prom together.”
If any non-white person tried to attend the whites-only prom, “They would probably have the police come out there and escort them off the premises,” said Bloodworth. According to WSAV, this was the case in 2012 when a biracial student who tried to attend the dance was “turned away by police.”
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/04/georgia_high_school_students_fight_for_first_ever_integrated_prom/
J.C. Penney turning point?
With J.C. Penney struggling since the CEO changed the stores format and eliminated sales, it looks like the board of directors has slashed Ron Johnson's pay.
In addition, not a single top executive received a cash bonus for the year.
“The C.E.O. is certainly being given a message,” said Kent Hughes, managing director at the proxy advisory firm Egan-Jones Ratings Company.
Analysts generally say they believe that Mr. Johnson will be given at least another couple of quarters to turn around the company he was hired a little more than a year ago to revive.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/business/jc-penney-slashes-pay-for-chief.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130403&_r=0
IMO: Even at $1.9 million, his is overpaid!
NRA schools report suggests training staff in weapons
Color me surprised!
NOT!
The "model training program" would include a background check for school staffers who want to carry a firearm as well as 40-60 hours in training, former representative Asa Hutchinson, director of the project, said during a press conference at the National Press Club.
The report acknowledged many schools were unable to afford adding school resource officers (SROs) to their staff, which they site as an "important layer of security for prevention and response in case of an active threat on a school campus."
While the NRA initially advocated for former police officers to volunteer to guard schools, Hutchinson said the NRA's research caused the group to back off that approach.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/04/02/nra-school-security-hutchinson/2045565/
If the guns are already at the schools, the shooter will not need to buy one, they can just go to the school, overpower a staff member and be set up with a weapon. More staff, more guns.
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