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NA-303-2011-05-12 Credits
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NA-303-2011-05-12 Shownotes
  Elite$
    [VIDEO] - Van Rompuy meets DG of the World Food Programme
      Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, meets Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
    Christine Lagarde under investigation over role in payments to Bernard Tapie (The Guardian World News)
      Christine Lagarde under investigation over role in payments to Bernard Tapie
      The French finance minister is to be the subject of a full judicial inquiry after Tapie received £248m to end 15-year legal dispute She's a former synchronised swimmer who became the first female finance minister of a leading industrialised country and one of France's most...
    Fat Contracts Drift Toward Former Obama Official's Company. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Fat Contracts Drift Toward Former Obama Official's Company.
      A nonprofit whose vice president is a former Obama administration official has secured a nearly $100 million government contract in Afghanistan, raising concerns with at least one former U.S. State Department insider.
    [VIDEO] Soft Targets in America
      How vulnerable are America's railroads?
    Merkel Endorses Former-Goldman Sachs Executive for ECB Presidency. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Merkel Endorses Former-Goldman Sachs Executive for ECB Presidency.
      German chancellor Angela Merkel has publicly endorsed Mario Draghi, former vice chairman and managing director of Goldman Sachs International and current governor of the Italian central bank, to become the next president of the European Central Bank. Draghi has already been...
    DUTROUX WIFE RELEASED. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      DUTROUX WIFE RELEASED.
      Ex-wife of Marc Dutroux. The ex-wife of Marc Dutroux was given a 30 year jail sentence. On 10 May 2011, we learn that Michelle Martin, the ex-wife, is to be released after spending only 15 years in jail. She is to move to a convent overseas. Outrage as 'remorseless'...
    Shadow Government Bunkers: Security Heightened at Underground Storage Facilities. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Shadow Government Bunkers: Security Heightened at Underground Storage Facilities.
      Rumor has it that the government has built literal underground cities spanning hundreds of thousands of square feet, complete with everything from nuclear power generation to facilities capable of manufacturing just about any modern day product. The idea is that in the event of...
    Chelsea Clinton's Husband Is Starting A Hedge Fund. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Chelsea Clinton's Husband Is Starting A Hedge Fund.
      Marc Mezvinsky, aka Chelsea Clinton's husband, is about to launch a hedge fund with "two guys from Goldman Sachs," reports NYDN.
    Where in the world is Ahmadinejad? -- Global Public Square Blogs. (pg.chrys news feed)
      Where in the world is Ahmadinejad? -- Global Public Square Blogs.
      We're witnessing a power struggle, and it's getting more intense. First, Ahmadinejad fired the minister of intelligence. The Supreme Leader blocked the move. Then, the president fired his foreign minister, another Khameini protege. This time the Ayatollah wrote a...
    Herman's latest haiku (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      Herman's latest haiku
      one more Haiku for the "EU day" soviet-style celebrations
  Good as Gold
    Forbes Predicts U.S. Gold Standard Within 5 Years. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      Forbes Predicts U.S. Gold Standard Within 5 Years.
      A return to the gold standard by the United States within the next five years now seems likely, because that move would help the nation solve a variety of economic, fiscal, and monetary ills, Steve Forbes predicted during an exclusive interview this week with HUMAN EVENTS.
    BitCoin
    Andresen on BitCoin and Virtual Currency | EconTalk | Library of Economics and Liberty
      Gavin Andresen, Principal of the BitCoin Virtual Currency Project, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about BitCoin, an innovative attempt to create a decentralized electronic currency. Andresen explains the origins of BitCoin, how new currency gets created, how you can acquire BitCoins and the prospects for BitCoin's future. Can it compete with government-sanctioned money? How can users trust it? What threatens BitCoin and how might it thrive?
  Biodiversitée
    Climate change could disrupt wi-fi and hit power supply (My New Feed)
      Climate change could disrupt wi-fi and hit power supply
      [Noooo not my wifi] Climate change will disrupt wi-fi connections, cause regular power failures and lead railway lines to buckle unless Britain spends billions of pounds, Caroline Spelman, the Environment Secretary has warned.
    Vatican-appointed panel warns of climate change. (w.tromp news feed)
      Vatican-appointed panel warns of climate change.
      The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, a Vatican advisory panel, hosted a conference last month on the causes and consequences of retreating mountain glaciers. Its final report, dated May 5 and signed by independent glaciologists, climate scientists, meteorologists and chemists,...
  Oil Cabal
    Schlumberger wins Iraq oil well drilling bid. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Schlumberger wins Iraq oil well drilling bid.
      Schlumberger has secured a contract from ExxonMobil to drill 15 new wells at Iraq's West Qurna 1 oilfield redevelopment project, according to an industry source. Schlumberger was awarded a contract last year to drill 10 wells at West Qurna 1. Last month, Halliburton won a...
    Computer algorithms account for "about half" of all oil trading. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Computer algorithms account for "about half" of all oil trading.
      High frequency trading and algorithmic trading accounts for about half of all the volume in oil markets.
  $hadow Puppet Theatre
    After approving NBC buyout, FCC Commish becomes Comcast lobbyist
      Meredith Attwell Baker, one of the two Republican Commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission, plans to step down’Äîand right into a top lobbying job at Comcast-NBC.
    Sheila Bair To Step Down from FDIC. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Sheila Bair To Step Down from FDIC.
      (Reuters) - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Chairman Sheila Bair will leave the agency effective July 8, the FDIC announced on Monday.
    U.S. Post Office Could Be Bankrupt By September. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      U.S. Post Office Could Be Bankrupt By September.
      The U.S. Postal Service posted a $2.2 billion net loss in its second quarter and said it might be unable to pay its debts by September.
    Presidential Nomination Sent to the Senate, 5/11/2011 (White House.gov Press Office Feed)
      Presidential Nomination Sent to the Senate, 5/11/2011
      Release Time: For Immediate Release NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: William J. Burns, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service with the Personal Rank of Career Ambassador, to be Deputy Secretary of State, vice James Braidy Steinberg.
      James Steinberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Bank$ters
    'Underwater' Homeowners Jump to 28 Percent in First Quarter - FoxNews.com. (Garlic Belch)
      'Underwater' Homeowners Jump to 28 Percent in First Quarter - FoxNews.com.
      More than 28 percent of U.S. homeowners owed more than their properties were worth in the first quarter as values decreased by the biggest margin since 2008, Zillow Inc. announced.
    Rebel Libyan finance head seeking line of credit. (w.tromp news feed)
      Rebel Libyan finance head seeking line of credit.
      A University of Washington economics lecturer who now handles finances for the Libyan rebel government says he's meeting with U.S. officials in Washington, D.C., to find a line of credit for the group opposed to Moammar Gadhafi.
    Galleon Chief's Network of Friends Who Tell Secrets (NYT > Most Recent Headlines)
      Galleon Chief's Network of Friends Who Tell Secrets
      What made Raj Rajaratnam stand out in the hedge fund world was his deep set of contacts inside Silicon Valley executive suites and on Wall Street trading floors.
    Merkel Endorses Former-Goldman Sachs Executive for ECB Presidency. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Merkel Endorses Former-Goldman Sachs Executive for ECB Presidency.
      German chancellor Angela Merkel has publicly endorsed Mario Draghi, former vice chairman and managing director of Goldman Sachs International and current governor of the Italian central bank, to become the next president of the European Central Bank. Draghi has already been...
    Uh Oh. Weekly Insider Selling To Buying Ratio: 565x. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Uh Oh. Weekly Insider Selling To Buying Ratio: 565x.
      Barrons' noticed the massive spike in selling in recent weeks, noting that any selling to buying ratio over 20 is bearish based on its limited universe of stocks. So, what about 565?
    Bank Of America To Start Charging 30% On Credit Cards - BlackListedNews.com. (pg.chrys news feed)
      Bank Of America To Start Charging 30% On Credit Cards - BlackListedNews.com.
      Starting June 25 of this year, Bank of America will start charging more and more of their credit card customers an APR of almost 30%. According to a letter that came in the mail today, that new rate would apply "indefinitely.
    Housing crash is getting worse. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Housing crash is getting worse.
      New data just out from Zillow, the real-estate information company, show house prices are falling at their fastest rate since the Lehman collapse.
    Gee, why the sudden shortage of used cars? Remember Cash for Clunkers? (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Gee, why the sudden shortage of used cars? Remember Cash for Clunkers?
      "The price of used cars is just crazy right now," said Adam Lee, chairman of Maine dealer Lee Auto Malls. His dealership is paying hefty sums for cars it normally might not purchase to have a full inventory. "It can be a piece of junk cars we used to pay $2,000 or...
  Trains Good, Planes Bad (Whoo Hoo!)
    Two Muslim Men Kicked Off Airplane, Were Going To Conference About Tolerance. (WBTV Video) (w.tromp news feed)
      Two Muslim Men Kicked Off Airplane, Were Going To Conference About Tolerance. (WBTV Video)
      The irony is, both men, as a local news affiliate reported, were on their way to Charlotte to attend "a conference of imams, where they would be discussing 'Islamophobia,' the fear of Islam."
    [VIDEO] Airline passenger attempts to open door in flight
      A passenger attempted to open an emergency door on a Delta Airlines flight from Orlando to Boston - the latest in a string of recent incidents in the air. WBZ-TV's David Robichaud reports.
    Woman, mother told they were 'too fat to fly' - Travel - News - msnbc.com
      She said that's what happened during a layover in Dallas on Easter Sunday, when she and her mother were singled out by a Southwest employee for their weight.
      "I asked him what the weight restrictions were and he said that he didn't know, just that we were too heavy to fly. Too fat to fly," said Tiggeman.
      Southwest's "Customers of Size" policy states passengers are required to buy a second seat if they cannot fit between the armrests, which measure 17 inches across.
    MSNBC video from the "Trains Good, Planes Bad" Dept... (Basenet Internet Television)
      MSNBC video from the "Trains Good, Planes Bad" Dept...
      Morning Joe: Amtrak, 15 states get $2B for high-speed rails.
    [VIDEO] Obama Replaces Costly High-Speed Rail Plan With High-Speed Bus Plan | The Onion - America's Finest News Source | Onion News Network
      President Obama's proposed high-speed train system will be replaced with a fleet of buses that will rocket along highways at speeds up to 165 mph.
  Haiti
    Did the U.N. import Cholera into Haiti from Asia? (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Did the U.N. import Cholera into Haiti from Asia?
      [VIDEO]
    AFP: Bill Clinton to lead Haiti inauguration. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      AFP: Bill Clinton to lead Haiti inauguration.
      WASHINGTON - Former president Bill Clinton will lead the official US delegation to the inauguration this weekend of Haiti's president-elect Michel Martelly, the White House said Wednesday.
    House seeks accounting of aid money to Haiti. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      House seeks accounting of aid money to Haiti.
      WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Tuesday asked the Obama administration to come up with an accounting of how humanitarian and reconstruction aid is being spent in Haiti, which has been slow to recover from the devastating earthquake of more than a year ago despite an outpouring of...
    Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Invests to Complete Construction of Haitian-owned Hotel and Conference Center in Port au Prince - Business Wire - SunHerald.com. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Invests to Complete Construction of Haitian-owned Hotel and Conference Center in Port au Prince - Business Wire - SunHerald.com.
      WASHINGTON -- The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund announced today that it would invest $2 million to complete construction on a major hotel project in Haiti that was abruptly halted following the devastating 2010 earthquake.
  Gitmo Nation
    Top 5 Cities For Terrorists Acts Are In California (Mel Cooley's news feed)
      Top 5 Cities For Terrorists Acts Are In California
      Everything is a competition?
    VIDEO: Software to monitor terror networks (BBC News - Technology)
      VIDEO: Software to monitor terror networks
      Dan Pearson from i2 explains to the BBC's Frank Gardner how data analysing software can help intelligence agents track terror suspects.
    VIRAT: DARPA's Automated Video Surveillance Will End Public Anonymity (w.tromp news feed)
      DARPA's Automated Video Surveillance Will End Public Anonymity
      To be in public is to be on camera, but most video footage is discarded, as only so much can be sorted and analyzed -- until now. DARPA has created a technology that can index and analyze video in real-time, marking the end of anonymity in public places.
    TSA Agents Search BABY As Possible Terrorist. (NBC Action News video) (w.tromp news feed)
    Two Men Arrested in New York Terror Case (NYT > Most Recent Headlines)
      Two Men Arrested in New York Terror Case
      The suspects, whom a law enforcement official characterized as "homegrown," intended to carry out a terrorist attack in New York City, law enforcement officials said.
    Lone Wolf
      Congressman Warns: College Students Are Terrorists. (DaDenMan news feed)
        Congressman Warns: College Students Are Terrorists.
        Moderate GOP Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX) warned of a nefarious plot to blow up jet liners using carry-on laptop bombs. Gohmert learned of the plot, he explained to Fox News' Fox and Friends host Gretchen Carlson, while flying from DC to Texas. "This engineer...
      DHS and FBI issue All Points Bulletin for Adam Curry and his ilk (Mel Cooley's news feed)
        DHS and FBI issue All Points Bulletin for Adam Curry and his ilk
        It was bound to happen ... Beware lone wolves in aftermath of bin Laden killing, advisory says ... Law enforcement officials have repeatedly warned that plots by lone wolves are the most difficult to detect and disrupt. But the DHS/FBI bulletin urges state and local law...
    SSSS
      NYC See Something, Say Something Commercials. (Southern Bread News Feed)
        NYC See Something, Say Something Commercials.
        [VIDEO]
      (VIDEO) Plane Cleared to Fly After 'security Threat' - Be afraid, be very afraid... please (robertleather news feed)
        (VIDEO) Plane Cleared to Fly After 'security Threat' - Be afraid, be very afraid... please
        A Delta Air Lines flight that was diverted to Albuquerque, N.M. was cleared to take off again after authorities found "no suspicious devices" on the plane, an FBI spokesman said. Passenger Tim Cole spoke to AP about the incident.
    What could go wrong? EU to store credit card numbers for "terrorism database." (Southern Bread News Feed)
      What could go wrong? EU to store credit card numbers for "terrorism database."
      The database will store what a passenger ate, where they sat and whether they were flying on to another destination. The same data could be handed over to any other EU country in which the plane lands. That would include British tourists on package tours to Spain or travellers...
    Is Portugal about to make Creative Commons illegal? (w.tromp news feed)
      Is Portugal about to make Creative Commons illegal?
      According to several reports, the Portuguese Socialist Party is announcing that it will push for a reform to its copyright legislation that will make economic rights inalienable and therefore cannot be waived or renounced.
    FBI: If We Told You, You Might Sue (My New Feed)
      FBI: If We Told You, You Might Sue
      Often when the government tries to suppress information about its surveillance programs, it cites national-security concerns. But not always. In 2008, a few years after the Bush administration's warrantless-wiretapping program was revealed for the first time by the New York...
    DOJ wants wireless providers to store user info. (DaDenMan news feed)
      DOJ wants wireless providers to store user info.
      "Many wireless providers do not retain records that would enable law enforcement to identify a suspect's smartphone based on the IP addresses collected by Web sites that the suspect visited," he added. In an exchange with Sen. Al Franken, the Minnesota Democrat...
    Air passengers' lunch details to be stored in terrorism plan. (w.tromp news feed)
      Air passengers' lunch details to be stored in terrorism plan.
      The details of millions of British airline passengers will be stored for up to five years under EU plans to tackle terrorism. Information including names, addresses, credit card details and travel partners will be collated. The database will store what a passenger ate, where...
    Cellphones to get disaster alerts (w.tromp news feed)
      Cellphones to get disaster alerts
      A special chip is required to allow a phone to receive the messages, and soon all new phones will have the technology. Some smartphones already have the chip, and software updates will be available when the network goes online later this year
    National Emergency Alert System Set To Launch In NYC (audio) (w.tromp news feed)
      National Emergency Alert System Set To Launch In NYC (audio)
      A new national alert system is set to begin in New York City that will alert the public to emergencies via cell phones. It's called the Personal Localized Alert Network or PLAN. Presidential and local emergency messages as well as Amber Alerts would appear on cell phones...
    New High Tech Taser being used in Polk County [vid] (My New Feed)
      New High Tech Taser being used in Polk County [vid]
      Bartow, Florida - There's a new taser in town that looks like something out of a James Bond movie. It packs a powerful punch and can stop the bad guys in their tracks longer than a stun gun can. Polk County Sheriff's Office SWAT team members say the taser has already...
    Intellectual Property Consortium wants .net domains to be subject to copyright seizures and to abolish privacy-shielded .NETs - Boing Boing
      The Intellectual Property Constituency has asked that, as a condition of Verisign's ongoing management of the .NET top-level domain, that they should be required to act as private copyright cops. Among the IPC's demands are that .NET domains should be subject to suspension on copyright complaints and that anonymous or privacy-shielded .NET domains should be abolished.
  Shut up Slave!
    No Breakfast For Kids Wearing 'Wrong' Shoes At Grade School (CBS 2 News video) (w.tromp news feed)
      No Breakfast For Kids Wearing 'Wrong' Shoes At Grade School (CBS 2 News video)
      Chicago Public Schools is apologizing to a Chicago mother and her two young sons, ages 5 and 6, after they were denied breakfast because they came to schools wearing the wrong kind of shoes.
    LeBron James Apologizes for Saying 'Retarded' During Press Conference - FoxNews.com. (Garlic Belch)
      LeBron James Apologizes for Saying 'Retarded' During Press Conference - FoxNews.com.
      LeBron James apologized Monday night for his use of the word "retarded" in a press conference following the Heat's Game 3 loss to Boston on Saturday.
    San Francisco circumcision ban headed for November ballot. (Garlic Belch)
      San Francisco circumcision ban headed for November ballot.
      Ouch
    Florida teenagers told to 'pull up their pants' by new law. (w.tromp news feed)
      Florida teenagers told to 'pull up their pants' by new law.
      Senate Bill 228, also known as the "Pull Your Pants Up" Bill, was last week overwhelmingly approved by the state legislature. It is expected to be signed by Governor Rick Scott this week.
    FEMA ORDERED 102,000 Boxcars With Shackles! - United Truth Seekers
      I THEN TRAVELED TO PORTLAND OREGON, and lectured in the home of an actual employee of GUNDERSON STEEL FABRICATION. The wife of this high level executive called this meeting personally to make a public admission. In the meeting were OTHER GUNDERSON EMPLOYEES who had witnessed the prisoner boxcars in the higher than normal, three floor/three tier prisoner boxcars.
  Ministry of Truth
    OBL
      [VIDEO] Members of Congress see bin Laden photos - CNN.com
        More members of Congress are seeing something cleared for only a select group of Americans: Photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse.
      Condoleezza Rice Seeks Credit For Bush In Osama Bin Laden Killing (CNN Video) (w.tromp news feed)
        Condoleezza Rice Seeks Credit For Bush In Osama Bin Laden Killing (CNN Video)
      Codename Geronimo
        Hi Adam,
        The US Navy SEALS used Geronimo as a code name for UBL.
        Now, do you remember who was rummored to have stolen Geronimos remains?
        None other than Prescott S. Bush ‹ father of President George Bush, for the Skull and Bones society.
        Don't you think that's strange . . . and now they've dumped the body (UBL) at sea .. . .or maybe Bin Laden has become the newest relic of Skull and Bones?
        Here's a link to a New York Times article about the descendants of Geronimo sueing Skull and Bones (Feb 2009): http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/us/20geronimo.html
        Thomas
      Al-Qaida leader warns of 'worse to come' in eulogy to Bin Laden. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Al-Qaida leader warns of 'worse to come' in eulogy to Bin Laden.
        'What you will be facing is more intense harmful' says head of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula The leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has vowed to fight on after the killing of Osama bin Laden saying "what is coming is greater and...
      Osama bin Laden's diary: 'Consider Los Angeles, spread out the targets' (The Guardian World News)
        Osama bin Laden's diary: 'Consider Los Angeles, spread out the targets'
        Personal, handwritten journal and collection of computer files reveal his hand at work in every recent major al-Qaida threat Osama bin Laden kept pressing followers to find new ways to strike at the US while he was in hiding and his terror organisation was becoming battered and...
    Navy Suspends Its New Policy on Same-Sex Unions. (w.tromp news feed)
      Navy Suspends Its New Policy on Same-Sex Unions.
      Under pressure from more than five dozen House lawmakers, the Navy late Tuesday abruptly reversed its decision that would have allowed chaplains to perform same-sex unions if the Pentagon decides to recognize openly gay military service later this year.
    "It Is Acceptable Practice At ATF & DOJ To Attack The People Who Want To Tell The Truth" (Southern Bread News Feed)
      "It Is Acceptable Practice At ATF & DOJ To Attack The People Who Want To Tell The Truth"
      [VIDEO]
    Facebook-Google Privacy PR Smear Is A Campaign In An Epic, Escalating War (Fast Company)
      Facebook-Google Privacy PR Smear Is A Campaign In An Epic, Escalating War
      The battle between the Silicon Valley greats isn't typical corporate warfare. It's a clash between two organizations fighting for their missions (and, yes, their money). So that was a bit embarrassing for Facebook. It appears the company was just caught red-handed trying to...
    Revised 'Net censorship bill requires search engines to block sites, too. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      Revised 'Net censorship bill requires search engines to block sites, too.
      According to the detailed summary of the PROTECT IP Act, this addition "responds to concerns raised that search engines are part of the ecosystem that directs Internet user traffic and therefore should be part of the solution."
    Google takes surprise $500M charge over DOJ ad investigation - GeekWire. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Google takes surprise $500M charge over DOJ ad investigation - GeekWire.
      In May 2011, in connection with a potential resolution of an investigation by the United States Department of Justice into the use of Google advertising by certain advertisers, we accrued $500 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2011. Although we cannot predict...
    Europe to spend ¬£225million on army of 1,000 spin doctors to promote EU. (w.tromp news feed)
      Europe to spend ¬£225million on army of 1,000 spin doctors to promote EU.
      The European Commission will next year spend over ¬£225million on propaganda campaigns and the employment of over one thousand spin doctors to sell the EU to a hostile public.
    WALL STREET JOURNAL CAUGHT SCRUBBING MAJOR PORTIONS FROM TRUE FINNS's TIMO SOINI'sS OP-ED
      The ever watchful Vasarahammer forwards the following story first noticed at Hommaforum, and at Market-Ticker, concerning the op-ed of chairman of the True Finns party, Timo Soini that was published in the Wall Street Journal concerning the Portugal bailout.¬ÝThe embolden print are the portions clipped from the original article, that from some reason the WSJ opinion editor left on the cutting room floor. KGS
    "CIA spy" Davis was giving nuclear bomb material to Al-Qaeda, says report - Yahoo! News
      Double murder-accused US official Raymond Davis has been found in possession of top-secret CIA documents, which point to him or the feared American Task Force 373 (TF373) operating in the region, providing Al-Qaeda terrorists with "nuclear fissile material" and "biological agents," according to a report
  The Fix Is In
    (VIDEO) Fifa Impropriety Lord Triesman Gives Evidence To Commons' Culture, Media And Sport Committee. (robertleather news feed)
      (VIDEO) Fifa Impropriety Lord Triesman Gives Evidence To Commons' Culture, Media And Sport Committee.
      Former FIFA chairman Lord Triesman has given details of "improper and unethical" behavior among FIFA executives to a committee of MPs. Example Jack Warner asked for ¬£2.5m to be "channeled through him." Knighthoods were also popular
    Three Fifa World Cup voters accused of taking bribes. (w.tromp news feed)
      Three Fifa World Cup voters accused of taking bribes.
      The BBC's Panorama documentary, the timing of which had been branded "unpatriotic" by bid executives before broadcast and "frustrating" by the prime minister, David Cameron, also contained fresh allegations against the Concacaf president, Jack Warner,...
  United $tates of EURO-pe
    [VIDEO] EU to ask for UN Security Council seat
      European MPs have voted on Wednesday in favor of requesting their own permanent representative at the UN Security Council. The move has been met with condemnation from some EU members, who believe that allowing the union in is a step too far.
    European and IMF officials visit Athens as pressure for further bail-out grows. (w.tromp news feed)
      European and IMF officials visit Athens as pressure for further bail-out grows.
      European Union and International Monetary Fund officials are in Athens carrying out a review of Greece's finances and reform measures to determine whether the indebted nation merits a critical new slice of funding from its bail-out package.
    Ratings agencies hammer Greece in EU chaos. (w.tromp news feed)
      Ratings agencies hammer Greece in EU chaos.
      Credit ratings agencies hammered Greece on Monday after senior euro zone policymakers acknowledged that Athens will need a second bailout package soon to avert a disorderly overhaul of its debt obligations.
    Rehn warns Finland against a Portuguese 'Lehman'. (w.tromp news feed)
      Rehn warns Finland against a Portuguese 'Lehman'.
      EU economy chief Olli Rehn on Tuesday (10 May) warned Finnish political parties to back the EU-IMF bail-out package arranged for Portugal, comparing the situation to that ahead of the collapse of financial services giant Lehman Brothers in the United States in 2008, the catalyst...
    EUobserver / Van Rompuy: Europeans too depressed to be innovative. (pg.chrys news feed)
      EUobserver / Van Rompuy: Europeans too depressed to be innovative.
      EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - If Europe is to remain relevant as an innovative economy, people need to be more positive and entrepreneurial and not let themselves be depressed by the economic crisis and subsequent austerity measures, EU council chairman Herman Van Rompuy has said.
  Fal$e Flag
    Hillary Clinton's visit to Pakistan cancelled. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Hillary Clinton's visit to Pakistan cancelled.
      US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Pakistan scheduled for this month has been cancelled, report said on Tuesday. Sources told the media that the current tension (after Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's killing in Pakistan) between the two countries is the...
    Kerry to visit Pakistan to discuss US ties (allvoices - All News >> 1 >> Breaking)
      Kerry to visit Pakistan to discuss US ties
      USSenator John Kerry said on Tuesday he would travel to Pakistan in the coming days to discuss "all the relevant issues" with Islamabad after the US killing of Osama bin Laden. Kerry, a Democrat who is close to the Obama...
  Cyber War$
    Officials Warn Facebook and Twitter Increase Police Vulnerability (My New Feed)
      Officials Warn Facebook and Twitter Increase Police Vulnerability
      In the midst of what officials call an "appalling" and "alarming spike" in attacks on law enforcement around the country, officials are warning the success of sites such as Facebook and Twitter has made police even more vulnerable. While police have for some...
  Arab Spring
    Lybia
      [VIDEO] BBC - Democracy Live - EU to open aid office in Benghazi
        EU High Representative Baroness Ashton has announced that the EU is to open an office in the rebel-held Libyan city of Benghazi.
        Speaking to MEPs during a foreign affairs debate on 11 May 2011, she said the office was designed to improve the flow of aid to the authorities there.
        She re-iterated condemnation of the Gaddafi regime, saying "he must go from power", to applause from MEPs.
      National Security Advisor Tom Donilon to Welcome Dr. Mahmoud Gibril and the Delegation from the Libyan Transitional National Council to the White House | The White House
        ’ÄúNational Security Advisor Tom Donilon looks forward to welcoming Dr. Mahmoud Gibril and the delegation from the Libyan Transitional National Council to the White House on Friday afternoon.¬Ý This is Dr. Gibril’Äôs first official visit to Washington as President of the Transitional National Council’Äôs Executive Bureau.¬Ý Dr. Gibril will also be meeting senior administration officials and members of Congress during his visit.’Äù
      Google executive behind Egyptian revolution gets US book deal (w.tromp news feed)
        Google executive behind Egyptian revolution gets US book deal
        The book, to be called Revolution 2.0, will portray the role played by social media and internet technology in coalescing the broad public opposition to the regime of former president Hosni Mubarak, the publisher said.
      Libya: Nato admits it doesn't know if Gaddafi is dead or alive. (Southern Bread News Feed)
        Libya: Nato admits it doesn't know if Gaddafi is dead or alive.
        Asked about the whereabouts of Gaddafi, who has not been seen in public since he reportedly escaped an air strike on April 30 that killed his son, Mr Gabellini said: "We don't have any evidence. We don't know what Gaddafi is doing right now.
    Syria
      [VIDEO] - 'Syria needs a silent coup to prevent greater bloodbath'
        To discuss the EU sanctions against Syria - i'm joined now by James Denselow, a London-based writer on Middle East politics and security issues.
      Syria tanks 'shell' protest city. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Syria tanks 'shell' protest city.
        Syrian security forces go on with their crackdown on anti-government protests across the country, with army tanks shelling the third city of Homs.
      Rights group: 757 civilians killed in Syria. - Or is this code? (robertleather news feed)
        Rights group: 757 civilians killed in Syria. - Or is this code?
        A Syrian human rights group says 757 civilians have been killed in Syria since an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in mid-March. 757.. not sure I like the sound of that number turning up like that.
    Yemen
      Massacre in Yemen (The Daily Bell RSS News Feed)
        Massacre in Yemen
        Yesterday, the Internet and alternative media generally lit up with reports of a Yemeni attack on protestors. Yemeni security forces were said to have fired on protestors for a ...
  Celebritée Ambassadors
    Jillian Michaels Trying to Adopt Baby in Congo. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Jillian Michaels Trying to Adopt Baby in Congo.
      There are babies here too Jillian.
  Food!
    40% of America's Rice Crop Is Destroyed Due To Flooding In Arkansas. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      40% of America's Rice Crop Is Destroyed Due To Flooding In Arkansas.
      [VIDEO]
    Dutch study finds a link between food coloring And Adult ADHD. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Dutch study finds a link between food coloring And Adult ADHD.
      Are food dyes linked to attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder? It depends who you ask. A recent Dutch study suggests yes; while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staunchly denies it. Perhaps a more pertinent question is, "Are food dyes linked to ADHD in adults?"
    Sugar
      [VIDEO] CornSugar.com - Learn about HFCS which is simply corn sugar at Cornsugar.com
        Sugar=Sugar
    Salt
      Beta-glucan could reduce salt in high pressure processed chicken: Study. (w.tromp news feed)
        Beta-glucan could reduce salt in high pressure processed chicken: Study.
        To reduce the amount of sodium in meats, phosphates are often added to the mix, but in this latest study, researchers aimed to get a similar textural effect through processing with oat beta-glucan, to allow manufacturers to cut salt and eliminate phosphates.
      Ajinomoto to Introduce New Sodium Reduction System - FoodIngredientsFirst. (w.tromp news feed)
        Ajinomoto to Introduce New Sodium Reduction System - FoodIngredientsFirst.
        Sodium reduction in processed foods is fast becoming one of the most critical topics in the food industry. A major issue when salt is removed from a food system is that the flavor profile becomes bland and undesirable. Salt Answer RXAX has been developed to help address this...
      SALT ANSWER RX-AX - AJINOMOTO. (w.tromp news feed)
        SALT ANSWER RX-AX - AJINOMOTO.
        Designed specifically to address the issues of sodium flavor reduction when salt levels are decreased, SALT ANSWER RX-AX works synergistically with lower levels of salt or salt blends to reestablish that desirable salt flavor to a veriety of products ranging from snacks to soups...
  EQ Machines
    [VIDEO] BBC News - Rome earthquake prediction sparks 'exodus' from city
      Many residents in the Italian capital, Rome, are taking the day off work over fears the city will be struck by an earthquake.
      Scientist Raffaele Bendandi, who died more than 30 years ago, is reported to have predicted a quake would strike Rome on 11 May 2011.
    [VIDEO] BBC News - Spain: Earthquake rocks Lorca, Murcia, killing 10
      At least 10 people were killed after a magnitude 5.3 earthquake toppled several buildings in southern Spain, near the town of Lorca, officials say.
    [VIDEO] - 5/11/11 -- SEND TO SHORTWAVE OPERATORS = Scalar Square HAARP LINK BELOW
    More frequent whale strandings leaves experts puzzled. (DaDenMan news feed)
      More frequent whale strandings leaves experts puzzled.
      While there has been a rash of strandings in Florida, including at least 15 pilot whales that washed ashore this week in the Florida keys, experts are quick to point out that the BP gulf oil spill is a possible cause, but not the only factor. Earth Times points out that, "A...
  Magic Numbers
    U.S. to Provide Part of Qaddafi's Frozen $33 Billion to Rebels. (w.tromp news feed)
      U.S. to Provide Part of Qaddafi's Frozen $33 Billion to Rebels.
      The Obama administration said it will permit Libyan rebels to draw on the $33 billion in Libyan assets frozen by U.S., as allied nations opposing Muammar Qaddafi looked for further measures to force him from power.
    Uranium One Announces 33% Increase in Q1 2011 Production to a Record 2.4 Million Pounds; Average Cash Costs of $14 per Pound. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Uranium One Announces 33% Increase in Q1 2011 Production to a Record 2.4 Million Pounds; Average Cash Costs of $14 per Pound.
      TORONTO and JOHANNESBURG, May 11 /CNW/ - Uranium One Inc. ("Uranium One") today reported record quarterly revenue of $101.9 million for Q1 2011 based on sales of 1.7 million pounds at an average realized sales price of $61 per pound. Quarterly production was a record...
    Kosmos Energy Prices Boosted 33 Mln Share IPO At Top-end Of Range. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Kosmos Energy Prices Boosted 33 Mln Share IPO At Top-end Of Range.
      Privately-held oil exploration and production company Kosmos Energy Ltd. (KOS: News ) announced Tuesday that it has priced its boosted initial public offering of 33 million common shares at the top end of its estimated offering price range at $18.00 per share, seeking to raise...
    33 U.S. Senators introduce DREAM Act to help immigrant students earn a path to legal status. (DaDenMan news feed)
      33 U.S. Senators introduce DREAM Act to help immigrant students earn a path to legal status.
      U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) joined 32 other Senators in introducing the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act today -- a narrowly tailored bill to give undocumented students a chance to earn legal status if they came here as children, are...
    One arrest, 33 citations during 'Cops on Rails' effort. (DaDenMan news feed)
      One arrest, 33 citations during 'Cops on Rails' effort.
      Law enforcement officers made one arrest and wrote 33 citations during a special enforcement program Tuesday. Operation "Cops on Rails/Officer on the Train" ran from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to watch for motorists who violated railroad crossing laws. One person was...
    Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Up 33% in April. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Up 33% in April.
      Medium and heavy truck sales were up 33% in April over the same period a year ago and down 10% from last month, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications. Dealers sold 38,116 trucks with GVW ratings above 10,000 pounds during the month, up from April 2010 (26,618)...
    Hotline gets 33 tax tip-offs in a week - Business - Jamaica Gleaner - Wednesday. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Hotline gets 33 tax tip-offs in a week - Business - Jamaica Gleaner - Wednesday.
      The tax-cheat hotline, 1-888-292-4328, became operational May 1 and is manned by "trained agents, the tax agency said. The reports were referred to senior investigators for follow-up. The hotline is one of the tools employed by the TAJ to "widen the tax net and to stem...
    SILVER: After tumbling nearly 33% last week (from of. (DaDenMan news feed)
      SILVER: After tumbling nearly 33% last week (from of.
      After tumbling nearly 33% last week (from 31-year peak of $49.51 April 28 to a low Friday of $33.26, silver has bounced higher, but only modestly so. The precious metal is trading at $35.57/oz, on the low side of the day's $35.24 to $39.48 range. Silver stalled earlier...
    Spate of attacks kill 33 Iraqis despite security alert (w.tromp news feed)
      Spate of attacks kill 33 Iraqis despite security alert
      A series of gunfire and bomb attacks, including a suicide car bombing, killed up to 33 people and wounded some 87 others in Iraq on Thursday, despite tight security measures for fear of revenge attacks after the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
    Vote 2011: Labour wins all 33 seats in Manchester as Lib Dems are wiped out. (w.tromp news feed)
      Vote 2011: Labour wins all 33 seats in Manchester as Lib Dems are wiped out.
      It proved a momentous count for Labour -- which won all 33 seats up for grabs, boosting its majority to the highest level in more than a quarter of a century.
    33 crashes on route in three years (robertleather news feed)
      33 crashes on route in three years
      Staffordshire Police said a total of 33 smashes have been recorded on a three-mile stretch of the A449 Stourbridge Road. NWO or mere coincidence. This was between January 2008 and November last year.
    Video to trigger 33-fold growth in mobile traffic by 2020. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Video to trigger 33-fold growth in mobile traffic by 2020.
      Traffic on mobile networks worldwide will grow to 33 times the current level by 2020, with around half that growth coming from video, according to the UMTS Forum, citing data and forecasts provided by IDATE. Traffic will reach a staggering 127 Exabytes annually by that date, the...
    Kosmos Energy Prices Boosted 33 Mln Share IPO At Top-end Of Range. (robertleather news feed)
      Kosmos Energy Prices Boosted 33 Mln Share IPO At Top-end Of Range.
      Privately-held oil exploration and production company Kosmos Energy Ltd.announced Tuesday that it has priced its boosted initial public offering of 33 million common shares at the top end of its estimated offering price range at $18.00 per share, seeking to raise proceeds of...
    International Airlines Group earns euro33 million first-quarter profit. (robertleather news feed)
      International Airlines Group earns euro33 million first-quarter profit.
      International Airlines Group, formed by the merger of British Airways and Iberia in January, reported a first-quarter net profit of euro33 million ($48.7 million), turned around from a pro forma net deficit of euro243 million in the year-ago period. Net income includes an euro83...
    Hotline gets 33 tax tip-offs in a week (robertleather news feed)
      Hotline gets 33 tax tip-offs in a week
      The new tip-off line for alleged or assumed tax cheats got 33 reports in its first week, Tax Administration Jamaica said Tuesday. The tax-cheat hotline became operational May 1 and is manned by "trained agents, the tax agency said. The reports were referred to senior...
    PATH Train from Midtown Crashes in NJ, Injuring 33 - DNAinfo.com. (DaDenMan news feed)
      PATH Train from Midtown Crashes in NJ, Injuring 33 - DNAinfo.com.
      A PATH train that originated in Manhattan crashed into an abutment in the Hoboken station Sunday morning, tossing people around and leaving dozens injured, authorites said. All of the 33 injuries were minor in the 9 a.m. incident, according to a Port Authority spokeswoman....
    Ford Makes One Million Fiesta In 33 Months. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Ford Makes One Million Fiesta In 33 Months.
      That number in that time shows the incredible demand for Ford's small hatchback -- the current model -- which is on its way to become one of the all-time best selling Fords. In fact the Fiesta is Europe's top-selling small car and Europe's second best-selling car...
  Vaccine$
    [VIDEO] - EXCLUSIVE: Government Paid Millions to Vaccine-Injured Kids
      A group of parents are saying the Federal government has paid off multi-million dollar settlements for dozens of families whose kids suffered brain damage after receiving children vaccines. As you know the Federal government has denied any connection between autism and vaccines, does this seem like a cover up? One parent speaks out on the autism settlement. Dr. Coomer has her medical opinion on the subject.
    A "vaccine" for methamphetamine abuse. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      A "vaccine" for methamphetamine abuse.
      Scientists are reporting development of three promising formulations that could be used in a vaccine to treat methamphetamine addiction one of the most serious drug abuse problems in the U.S. The report appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
    sarah BRIDGES people
    Record flu vaccine production expected again this year. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Record flu vaccine production expected again this year.
      Influenza vaccine production for the US market is likely to head into record territory again this year, with manufacturers' estimates indicating that up to 173 million doses could be made.
    Washington: State tightens rules for parents seeking to exempt kids from immunizations. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Washington: State tightens rules for parents seeking to exempt kids from immunizations.
      Vaccine exemptions now require a doctor's note Parents who send their kids to public schools must sit down with a doctor if they decide to skip some or all immunizations.
    Model developed to improve combination vaccine accessibility worldwide. (w.tromp news feed)
      Model developed to improve combination vaccine accessibility worldwide.
      Proano's research methodology uses mathematical optimization to solve problems that have implications for public policy, in particular to the supply chain of vaccines. This model considers each combination vaccine as a bundle of antigens that can be sold as a single item....
    Coming soon: A vaccine for coeliac disease! (w.tromp news feed)
      Coming soon: A vaccine for coeliac disease!
      Coming soon: The world's first vaccine for coeliac disease, say scientists who claim that the potential jab for the digestive disorder has shown promising results in the first phase of human trials.
    Vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur gets US approval of new flu shot using tiny needle (w.tromp news feed)
      Vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur gets US approval of new flu shot using tiny needle
      The company, based in Swiftwater, Pa., said patients have said they prefer the shorter, slimmer needles of the Fluzone Intradermal vaccine, but there's no data yet on whether they are less painful than bigger needles. Reactions around the injection site, including redness,...
    Man diagnosed with bubonic plague in America's first case of the 'Black Death' this year (My New Feed)
      Man diagnosed with bubonic plague in America's first case of the 'Black Death' this year
      New Mexico has reported America's first human case of bubonic plague this year, the frightening disease once known as the Black Death. Officials revealed an unidentified 58-year-old man is recovering after spending a week in hospital with the illness, which kills one in...
    Babies given anti-obesity drugs in the womb (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      Babies given anti-obesity drugs in the womb
      One hundred obese mums-to-be will be given Metformin as part of a three-year study to tackle obesity rates and reduce the number of difficult births.
    Real News: Stiff Competition. Could a New 'Viagra Condom' Encourage Safer Sex? (w.tromp news feed)
      Real News: Stiff Competition. Could a New 'Viagra Condom' Encourage Safer Sex?
      The problem with condoms is that they don't get used as often as they should. But an innovative new product by a British biotech firm may change men's minds: called CSD500, the condom helps men keep their erection longer.
    83 Cases of Autism Associated with Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensated in Federal Vaccine (w.tromp news feed)
      83 Cases of Autism Associated with Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensated in Federal Vaccine
      For over 20 years, the federal government has publicly denied a vaccine-autism link, while at the same time its Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) has been awarding damages for vaccine injury to children with brain damage, seizures and autism.
    83 Cases of Autism Associated with Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensated in Federal Vaccine... -- WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --. (pg.chrys news feed)
      83 Cases of Autism Associated with Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensated in Federal Vaccine... -- WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --.
      Government program has been quietly paying awards to vaccine-injured children with autism for two decades but continues to deny vaccine-autism link. SafeMinds calls for immediate Congressional investigations.
    Anthrax vaccine: Children targeted for testing ˆÇ¬´ The PPJ Gazette. (pg.chrys news feed)
      Anthrax vaccine: Children targeted for testing ˆÇ¬´ The PPJ Gazette.
      But Biosolutions wants to test their vaccine on kids just the same.
    NC school district to give away iPod, laptop to children who participate in vaccination contest. (pg.chrys news feed)
      NC school district to give away iPod, laptop to children who participate in vaccination contest.
      (NaturalNews) The Chapel Hill - Carrboro City School (CHCCS) district in North Carolina has launched a shocking new vaccination contest that offers prize incentives to students who get vaccinated.
    Brigitte Bardot's billionaire ex Gunter Sachs shoots himself - Prediction - Wait for Alzheimer's element getting more coverage (robertleather news feed)
      Brigitte Bardot's billionaire ex Gunter Sachs shoots himself - Prediction - Wait for Alzheimer's element getting more coverage
      Playboy Gunter Sachs, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, has committed suicide. German-born Sachs, 78, left a suicide note saying he'd suffered from a "hopeless" illness and was losing his memory, ability to think and communicate clearly. Alzheimers perhaps?
  Real News
    The uses of semen? One: reproduction. Two: best not mentioned, really
      In his Valentine's Day-themed editorial in Surgery News, "Gut Feelings", Lazar cited a study that reported the mood-boosting effects of semen on women, concluding: "So there's a deeper bond between men and women than St Valentine would have suspected, and now we know there's a better gift for that day than chocolate."
    2011 Eurovision song fest gets underway. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      2011 Eurovision song fest gets underway.
      It is that time of year when presenters compete with over-the-top television production and viewers cringe and criticise musical cultural differences ’Äì yes it is the Eurovision Song contest.
    (Real News) - Knives are out - Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver Divorce -- A Long Time Coming Because She Was Miserable. (robertleather news feed)
      (Real News) - Knives are out - Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver Divorce -- A Long Time Coming Because She Was Miserable.
      "Sources tell us she's been extremely unhappy in her marriage for years, complaining about Arnold's out of control ego, as well as his womanizing". Guess he won't "be back". Talk about distraction... WHO CARES
  Video
    [VIDEO]-Breastfed babies 'develop fewer behaviour problems'
      The study, involving 10,000 mothers and their babies and in journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, says that may be because of the make-up of breast milk.
    [VIDEO]-Fiscal Year 2012 Defense Authorization Mark Up, Part 2 (Programs Recently Aired - C-SPAN Video Library)
      Fiscal Year 2012 Defense Authorization Mark Up, Part 2
      The House Armed Services Committee met to consider a measure authorizing Defense Department programs and policies for fiscal year 2012. Some of the issues expected to be debated during the day were the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, continued funding...
    [VIDEO]-Fiscal Year 2012 Defense Authorization Mark Up, Part 3 (Programs Recently Aired - C-SPAN Video Library)
      Fiscal Year 2012 Defense Authorization Mark Up, Part 3
      The House Armed Services Committee met to consider a measure authorizing Defense Department programs and policies for fiscal year 2012. Some of the issues expected to be debated during the day were the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, continued funding...
    [VIDEO]-Nigel Farage: Trapped Inside an Economic Prison
      A collage of speeches by UKIP Leader Nigel Farage MEP in the European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels as Co-President of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group (EFD).
    [VIDEO]-Schumer proposes 'no-ride' list for Amtrak - CNN.com
      U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer proposed an increase in rail security and an Amtrak version of the Secure Flight "no-fly" list.
    U.S. Border Security - C-SPAN Video Library
      Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the Obama administration's border security efforts along the U.S. northern and southern borders. Several senators said the terror threat level should "immediately" be raised. Other topics included a Government Accountability Office report on visa overstays and the possible weaknesses in Homeland Security procedures for identifying and apprehending individuals who overstay the terms of their entry into the U.S.
    [VIDEO]-Crew Subdues Man Banging on Cockpit in Flight
      Crew members and passengers wrestled a 28-year-old man to the cabin floor after he began pounding on the cockpit as an American Airlines flight approached San Francisco, authorities said Monday. (May 9)
    [VIDEO]-Some children in Abbottabad dream of avenging death - Emirates 24/7
      Abbottabad: Some children in Abbottabad, including those from wealthy families, now dream of avenging Osama bin Laden's death
    Mobile Technology and Privacy, Government Officials - C-SPAN Video Library
      Government officials testified on privacy issues surrounding smartphones, tablets and other mobile technologies.
    [VIDEO]-Cockpit Break-In Suspect On SFO Flight Deemed 'Significant Threat' ¬´ CBS San Francisco
      A Yemeni man accused of trying to storm the cockpit of a San Francisco-bound American Airlines flight was called a "significant threat" by federal prosecutors and a judge agreed, ordering Rageh al-Murisi held without bail.
    [VIDEO]-O que os Finlandeses precisam de saber acerca de Portugal - legendado
      What the Finns need to know about Portugal.
    Federal Debt Ceiling and Debt - C-SPAN Video Library
      A group of tea party activists led by William Temple, chair of Freedom Jamboree and the Tea Party National Straw Poll Convention, held a press conference targeting House Speaker Boehner, Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan and other members of Congress for caving on the debt ceiling and not doing enough to get U.S. debt under control
    U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue - C-SPAN Video Library
      Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at the start of the annual U.S.-China economic and strategic dialogue. Both expressed U.S. concerns about the human rights situation in China. Speakers: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, SECRETARY CLINTON, SECRETARY GEITHNER, VICE PREMIER Wang Qishan, STATE COUNCILOR Dai Bingguo This event was held in the Sidney R. Yates Auditorium of the Department of the Interio