April 25, 2015
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A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday, killing hundreds, destroying homes and ancient temples, and triggering at least one avalanche on Mount Everest.
A police official said 449 people have been confirmed dead in Nepal, The Associated Press reported. Some 30 died in neighboring countries where the quake was felt, including 20 in India, AP added.
Reuters reported that 688 people had died, quoting a senior home ministry source. There was no explanation for the different estimates and NBC News was not able to immediately confirm the death toll.
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April 24, 2015
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amazon, Armenia, Armenian community, Armenian Genocide, Armenian Genocide 100th Anniversary, Armenian Genocide Anniversary, Armenian Genocide Controversy, business, Business News, Daniel Varoujan, Genocide, Hotels, huffingtonpost, human-rights, Istanbul, medicine, mental-health, Ottoman Empire, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, Turkey, vacation, Varoujan, Video, WorldPost Global Order
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On April 24, 1915, Ottoman Turkish authorities hauled off Daniel Varoujan, a leading Armenian poet of the time, along with over 200 other intellectuals in the capital Constantinople. To the crumbling Ottoman Empire, the poets, painters, writers, booksellers and politicians at the beating heart of the Armenian community posed too much of a threat.
Soon, much of the empire’s Christian Armenian population would be targeted and nearly wiped out, accused of conspiring against the empire with the Russians. Many Armenians say the genocide was collective punishment for the actions of a few.
In August, after a wave of deportations began that would force hundreds of thousands of Armenians on brutal death marches toward the Syrian desert, Varoujan was tortured to death, according to eyewitnesses at the time. Varoujan was just one of many men, women and children who lost their lives.
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Armenians killed by Ottoman Turks during the Armenian Genocide in 1915.
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April 23, 2015
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The Federal Communications Commission’s staff threw up a significant roadblock Wednesday to Comcast Corp. ’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc., recommending a procedural move that could potentially sink one of the media industry’s biggest mergers in years.
The FCC staff reached a conclusion that the best option for the FCC is to issue a “hearing designation order,” according to people familiar with the matter. In effect, that would put the $45.2 billion merger in the hands of an administrative law judge, and would be seen as a strong sign the FCC doesn’t believe the deal is in the public interest.
Comcast and Time Warner Cable may still have an opportunity to weigh in on the matter before the proceeding moves forward, people familiar with the situation said. Those people cautioned that the situation remains fluid and no final decision has been made.
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April 22, 2015
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Political
amazon, business, Business News, Campaign Finance, Center for Political Accountability, Chamber of Commerce, Citizens United, Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Political Spending, Corporate Transparency, Dean Foods, Disclosure, disclosure policies, Eastman Chemical, H&R Block, Hotels, huffingtonpost, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, National Association of Manufacturers, research, Science, Science News, Shareholder Resolutions, Slideshow, technology, Technology News, Transparency, travel, vacation, Valero Energy, Washington
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This spring, shareholders in more than 100 companies will introduce resolutions calling for greater disclosure of corporations’ political and lobbying activity. Six major companies — Dean Foods, Eastman Chemical, H&R Block, Marathon Oil, U.S. Steel and Valero Energy — have already reached agreement with New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who oversees the third largest pension fund in the nation, to adopt political spending disclosure policies in exchange for the comptroller’s office withdrawing its resolutions.
But don’t consider that a sign that corporate America is learning to live with transparency. Over the past two years, three of the usual suspects — the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable and the National Association of Manufacturers — have joined together to try to discredit the purpose of disclosure policies and the advocates calling for them.
Aided by the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal, the three big business groups have sought to undercut activist investors and pro-disclosure groups through public campaigns and private meetings with corporate executives.
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April 21, 2015
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Breaking News, Political
420, amazon, business, Business News, Drug War, Hotels, huffingtonpost, human-rights, Legalization, Marijuana, Marijuana Legal Weed, marijuana legalization, Marijuana Prohibition, medicine, mental-health, recreational marijuana, research, Science, Science News, Slideshow, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video
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A majority of Americans support the legalization of recreational marijuana, according to a new poll from CBS News — and it’s the highest percentage in support since the news organization began asking the question in 1979.
Just in time for 4/20, the annual marijuana holiday, CBS News released a poll showing 53 percent of Americans are in favor of marijuana legalization.
Although that’s the highest amount of support for marijuana legalization CBS has ever polled, it isn’t the highest level of support ever found. And because survey methods can vary, it’s useful to look at a number of national polls to get a fuller picture of the issue.
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April 20, 2015
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As many as 700 migrants were feared dead on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, raising pressure on Europe to face down anti-immigrant bias and find money for support as turmoil in Libya and the Middle East worsens the crisis.
If the death toll is confirmed, it will bring to 1,500 the total number of people who died this year seeking to reach Europe – a swelling exodus that prompted Europe to downsize its seek and rescue border protection program in a bid to deter them. International aid groups strongly criticized the decision.
After news of Sunday’s disaster several government leaders called for emergency talks and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said foreign ministers would discuss the immigration crisis at a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday. European Council President Donald Tusk said he was considering calling a special meeting of EU leaders, a summit that Renzi had called for earlier.
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April 18, 2015
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Political
Affordable Care Act, amazon, business, Business News, congressional leaders, GOP, Government Shutdown, Hotels, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, President Obama, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, the Republican campaign, travel, vacation
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After five years and more than 50 votes in Congress, the Republican campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act is essentially over.
GOP congressional leaders, unable to roll back the law while President Obama remains in office and unwilling to again threaten a government shutdown to pressure him, are focused on other issues, including trade and tax reform.
Less noted, senior Republican lawmakers have quietly incorporated many of the law’s key protections into their own proposals, including guaranteeing coverage and providing government assistance to help consumers purchase insurance.
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April 17, 2015
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Crime
amazon, Black Lives Matter, business, Business News, cell phones, Citizen Journalism, Eric Garner, free speech, Hotels, huffingtonpost, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, Police Videos, Recording Police, research, Right to Record, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video, Walter Scott
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While Feidin Santana and Ramsey Orta are hardly household names, these men played pivotal roles in one of the most important civil rights stories of our time.
They made news by using their cellphone cameras to record the police killings of two unarmed black men: Walter Scott and Eric Garner. And though they may not have realized it at the time, such recording is constitutionally protected.
But that may be little comfort to people who record tense encounters between police and the public. After filming the April 4 shooting of Walter Scott, Santana told NBC News, “I felt that my life, with this information, might be in danger. I thought about erasing the video and just getting out of the community, you know Charleston, and living some place else.”
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April 17, 2015
Mohenjo
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amazon, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, business, Business News, Harry Reid Harry Reid Loretta Lynch, Hotels, huffingtonpost, human-rights, Loretta Lynch, medicine, mental-health, Obama Loretta Lynch, Obama Nominees, parliamentary procedure, Rachel Maddow, Republicans Obama Nominees, research, Science, Science News, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Republicans Loretta Lynch, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, vote, Washington
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday that if Republicans don’t schedule a confirmation vote soon for U.S. attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch, he’ll do it himself.
“I know parliamentary procedure around here and we’re going to put up with this for a little while longer, but not much,” Reid said in an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. “Absolutely we can force votes. If we don’t get something done soon, I will force a vote.”
Lynch has been waiting for more than five months for a vote — far longer than any of her recent predecessors. Most recently, GOP leaders have tied her confirmation vote to the passage of an unrelated sex trafficking bill that’s hit a snag. That bill isn’t moving, so neither is Lynch.
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April 15, 2015
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Crime
Aaron Hernandez, Aaron Hernandez Guilty, Aaron Hernandez Guilty Murder, Aaron Hernandez Murder, Aaron Hernandez Verdict, amazon, business, Business News, E. Susan Garsh, Hernandez, Hotels, huffingtonpost, human-rights, Lloyd, medicine, mental-health, New England Patriots, Odin Lloyd., research, Science, Science News, semi-pro football player, Slideshow, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video
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A jury has found Aaron Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd.
On Wednesday, Judge E. Susan Garsh sentenced Hernandez, the former New England Patriots tight end, to life without the possibility of parole for killing Lloyd on June 17, 2013. The sentence was mandatory.
The jury found that the ex-NFL player merited the conviction by “reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty.”
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Aaron Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder
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