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14:52 • 2 months ago

Poll: Americans want improved relations between Obama & Israel

13% of Americans believe that President Obama is too supportive of Israel, according to a new poll from The Hill.
39% of Americans believe that President Obama isn’t as supportive of Israel as he should be, with a full 30 percent of those polled saying they believe that the President is actually “anti-Israel.” What do you think of President Obama’s support (or lack thereof) for Israel? source

14:02 • 2 months ago

New Orleans residents face potential water-contamination issues after power outage

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300k New Orleans residents have to boil their water as a result of a power outage that affected a nearby water-treatment plant, lowering water pressure for millions and leaving officials concerned that there may be water-contamination issues. It will take at least a day to figure out if the water was in fact contaminated. source

13:35 • 2 months ago

Queen Elizabeth II in hospital with stomach bug

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10 the number of years since Queen Elizabeth II last visited the hospital for any reason. The 86-year-old made an appearance there Sunday suffering from gastroenteritis, or what the kids call a stomach bug. She is expected to make a full recovery from the illness, and the hospital trip is meant merely as precautionary. source

19:43 • 2 months ago

WHO study finds elevated cancer risk for babies in Fukushima area

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4%increased lifetime relative risk of cancer for babies exposed to the highest radiation areas around Fukushima, Japan, after the 2011 tsunami that caused multiple radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant (according to the World Health Organization). The amount of radiation exposure varied throughout Fukushima Prefecture, with some areas as high as 12 - 25 millisieverts, but much else in the 3 - 5 range. source

15:55 • 2 months ago

DHS releases thousands of jailed immigrants awaiting deportation

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2000+ jailed immigrants released while awaiting deportation, by the Department of Homeland Security over the last few weeks — a considerably higher amount than the “few hundred” claimed by the Obama administration, with 3,000 more planned in March. According to DHS secretary Janet Napolitano, cautioning of this outcome on Monday, the releases are compensation for the effect of Friday’s budget sequestration: “We’re doing our very best to minimize the impacts of sequester, but there’s only so much I can do. You know, I’m supposed to have 34,000 detention beds for immigration. How do I pay for those?” source

08:46 • 2 months ago

Apple/Samsung trial’s damages cut in nearly half

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$450M the amount of the $1 billion Apple-Samsung verdict that was wiped out by a U.S. District Court judge in the process of throwing out part of the patent case the two companies are drawn into. The judge, Lucy Koh, said that jurors had improperly followed her instructions regarding the damages. On top of this, Koh ordered a new trial regarding the damages. source

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16:21 • 2 months ago

The U.S. pledges additional funds to Syrian rebels

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$60M in “non-lethal” assistance has been authorized for the Syrian National Council, and the United States will also provide food and medical supplies to the Free Syrian Army and other rebel fighting forces. The new aid was announced by Sec. John Kerry following the conclusion of a Friends of the Syrian People meeting on Thursday. source

20:37 • 2 months ago

Legal brief in favor of same-sex marriage boasts 75 GOP signatures

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75 prominent Republicans signed a legal brief, to be submitted to the Supreme Court this week, arguing that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right. The list is light on currently-elected officials, however (though Reps. Richard Hanna of New York and Illeana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida have both signed on), featuring instead a panoply of nonetheless familiar names from the party’s less extreme wings — former governors Jon Huntsman, Bill Weld, and Christine Todd Whitman among them. source

18:54 • 2 months ago

Instagram is still as popular as ever, despite recent controversy

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100M users login to Instagram each month, according to a new post on the company’s official blog. Launched 28 months ago, Instagram was famously sold to Facebook last year for the hefty sum of $747 million, and even managed to survive a ToS-related controversy last year pretty much unscathed. source

16:08 • 2 months ago

Poll: Americans are largely in favor of cutting military programs over social ones

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58% of Americans polled by The Hill said that cutting the national debt was a higher priority than maintaining current domestic and military spending levels.
28% of those polled believe that the spending levels are more important than cutting our debt, with 23 percent supporting cuts to social programs like Medicare and Social Security.
69% of pollees oppose cuts to social programs at all, which House Republicans have said must be on the table if a deal to avoid the $85 billion sequestration is to be reached before Friday. source

IKEA’s Swedish meatballs tainted by horsemeat scandal, too

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1,675 pounds worth of Ikea meatballs were prevented from reaching the shelves at stores throughout Europe after it was found that, like hamburgers and lasagna packages before it, they contained horsemeat. Among the countries affected include Slovakia, Hungary, France, Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Ireland, according to an AP report. While the company’s Swedish branch was not affected, the company’s local branch nonetheless took the food items off the shelves out of “potential worries among our customers.” It’s a good thing meatballs aren’t their main product. source

18:27 • 2 months ago

Look out, seafood fans, something fishy is going on

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59%of “tuna” consumed in the United States isn’t actually tuna, and the skullduggery doesn’t stop there. Mislabeling of fish in the United States is, according to over 1,000 genetic tests run by ocean protection non-profit Oceana, utterly pervasive, with 18% of fish sold in grocery stores erroneously labelled. The most common place to find mislabeled fish, however? Sushi restaurants, where a staggering 74% of fish is not what you ordered. source

15:33 • 2 months ago

The second most-deadly bombing of the Syrian conflict took place on Thursday

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53 people were killed when a massive explosion ripped through Damascus near Syria’s Ba’ath Party headquarters, and two additional explosions in other parts of the city claimed 13 more lives within minutes of the attack.
250 people were wounded in the attack, which is the deadliest since a double suicide bombing left 55 people dead last May. Rebel forces and those loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been fighting in Damascus for weeks, but recent upticks in the violence have some wondering if Assad could be forced to flee the Syrian capital soon. source

(Source: Guardian)

15:06 • 2 months ago

The looming sequester could have serious consequences for federal employees

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800K civilian Defense Department employees have been notified of potential furloughs in the near future, should Congress not agree on a deal that delays/avoids the automatic sequester scheduled to take effect at the end of the month. The potential budget cuts have workers facing more than three weeks of unpaid leave and, should a deal not be reached in time, the Pentagon says employees will be asked to stay home one day a week for 22 consecutive weeks. source

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