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PEW study urges Canada to suspend Arctic oil exploration

Agence France-Presse
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:13 UTC

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The PEW environmental group called on Canada to regulate the oil and gas industry to protect the Arctic

Montreal - An environmental group urged Canada Friday to suspend oil exploration in the Arctic, warning that otherwise it risks an environmental disaster worse than the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The PEW environmental group said in a report that it does not necessarily oppose developing the oil and gas reserves at the top of the world, but called on Canada to become "Arctic ready" and urged reforms of the way it regulates the industry.

Canada has already granted exploration permits to British Petroleum (BP), ConocoPhilips and Imperial in the Beaufort sea, on the border of the northern Yukon and Alaska.

US, Connecticut: Man Resembling Cop Sexually Assaults Woman

WTNH
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:47 UTC

Naugatuck and Connecticut state police are looking for a man appearing to be a police officer who sexually assaulted a woman.

The attack happened Wednesday around Noon near Gorman St. and Lewis St. According to state police, a brown or tan colored Ford Crown Victoria with blue/red flashing lights on the dashboard pulled over the woman's Jeep.

The woman told police when she got out of the car the man sexually assaulted her.

"The suspect was described as wearing dark navy blue pants, navy blue polo shirt with breast pocket on left side, above the pocket words were embroidered in an arch 'Naugatuck' and straight across below it was 'police'," state police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said in a statement. The attacker was also wearing a utility belt with a flash light, a pouch that appeared to be handcuffs, white sneakers and black frame sunglasses with multi colored lenses.

US: Two Die in Bizarre Fast Food Incidents

Kevin Spak
Newser
Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:13 UTC

One woman sickened by fumes, another hit by her own SUV

Two Florida women died yesterday in weird but unrelated deaths at fast food establishments. The more serious incident occurred Wednesday when fumes filled a south Georgia McDonald's. Firefighters found two people passed out in the bathroom, and several others struggling to breathe, the AP reports. Eventually 10 were taken to the hospital - including an 80-year-old woman from Florida who died early yesterday. Authorities expect cleaning chemicals were to blame, but the case is under investigation.

The other incident occurred at Burger King headquarters in Miami, where a woman managed to run herself over with her own SUV last night. The woman was pulling out of her parking spot when she hit a neighboring vehicle, according to the Miami Herald. She got out to inspect the damage, but left the vehicle in reverse. She fell and the SUV hit her and kept on rolling, eventually hitting two other parked cars. She died in the parking garage.

US, North Carolina: Two Soldiers Detained Over Missing Fort Bragg Ammunition

Reuters
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:00 UTC

Two male soldiers have been taken into custody at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in connection with the disappearance of roughly 14,000 rounds of ammunition reported missing at the Army base on Wednesday morning, officials said on Saturday.

Military police would not release the names or ranks of the soldiers in custody.

The missing 5.56 millimeter ammunition is valued at about $3,600 and "can be purchased at any Wal-Mart," according to an official familiar with the investigation who spoke to Reuters only on condition of anonymity.

Ammunition handlers from the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team reported the missing rounds, said division spokesman Staff Sergeant Joshua Ford.

US: Terrorists Plotting Attack on 9/11 Anniversary in New York Could be Disguised as Construction Workers

Alison Gendar, Bob Kappstatter, Michael Daly and Janon Fisher
New York Daily News
Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:08 UTC

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NYC police step up safety measures by searching cars, trucks and especially vans as they enter Times Square.

NYPD officials fear would-be terrorists plotting a car bomb attack on the anniversary of 9/11 could be masquerading as construction workers to get close to today's memorial service.

Cops are searching for three stolen vehicles - two belonging to Tully Construction in Queens, a company doing roadwork on West St. near 1 World Trade Center, a police spokesman said.

On Sept. 1, a dark green Chevy van with a 2-inch horizontal stripe and a yellow turret light was boosted from a construction site at the westbound onramp of the Long Island Expressway. Police said the driver left the vehicle temporarily to talk to coworkers when it was stolen.

The next night at 9:30, three men broke into a construction locker at a Tully storage facility on Ditmars Blvd. and loaded roughly $70,000 in tools and construction equipment into the stolen van and another vehicle, NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said.

He cautioned that there were no concrete ties to the reported anniversary attack plot.

California, US: Federal Agency To Investigate Massive Power Outage

10news.com
Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:46 UTC

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Passenger Michael Moretti waits at the baggage pick-up at San Diego International Airport after a massive blackout hit Southern California Sept.8, 2011.

San Diego -- Officials have a complete breakdown of streets in areas of the county affected by boil-water advisories. Click here for a complete list of areas and street listings.

Power was fully restored in San Diego County Friday following a historically severe blackout that left some 5 million people without electricity from Mexico to southern Orange County and prompted a federal probe into its cause.

Despite the restoration, public elementary, middle and high schools remained shuttered in the region Friday, along with federal courts, authorities said. That decision was made Thursday, when San Diego Gas & Electric reported that the outage could continue through Friday and even into Saturday.

County courts and other government agencies, however, were open for business as usual.

US: Daycare Worker Accused Of Drugging Children

NBC
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:53 UTC

The owner of a Van Alstyne, Texas day care has been accused of putting antihistimines in children's food so they would fall asleep after lunch.

Kimberly Lane, the owner of the Luv N Learning day care, was arrested and charged with 16 counts of child endangerment after someone called authorities and said she was mixing an over-the-counter antihistimine with milk and then giving it to children.

Investigators are now trying to figure out how long Lane had been dolling out her concoction, known as "special milk."

Lane and the day care are now being investigated by Child Protective Services and the Van Alstyine Police Department.

U.S. Mint Worker Stole $2.4M in "Error" Coins

NBC
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:47 UTC

A former federal cop assigned to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia admitted stealing $2.4 million in "error" coins.

William Gray, 64, of North Wildwood, N.J., admitted in federal court that he took the $1 presidential coins, all missing edge lettering, and sold them to a California coin dealer. Gray pleaded guilty to theft of government property and income tax evasion, said U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.

Gray had worked at the U.S. Mint since 1996. He said he took the coins knowing they would be considered more valuable to collectors because they were considered "mint errors." He mailed them from New Jersey.

He was freed on $50,000 bail and will be sentenced on Dec. 20.

Google Street View Camera Captures Naked Miami Woman On Her Front Doorstep

The Smoking Gun
Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:40 UTC

Doesn't Google supposedly use some high-tech program that supposedly pixelates the faces of unsuspecting individuals caught by its invasive Street View cameras?

Well, as seen in the above photo, one Miami woman did not receive that courtesy. She was caught sans clothes by the Google camera as she stood on the doorstep of her home, with a water jug in her hand. It is unknown why she was naked.

In a second image, the woman appears to notice the Google Street View car as it continues driving down her block.

At press time, the woman's photo remains on Google, though the search giant will soon likely remove (or fog) the explicit image.

9/10 Update: As expected/predicted, Google has altered the Street View photos so that the naked woman is now behind a pixelation shroud.

Teachers union president says Mayor Emanuel 'exploded' at her

Rosalind Rossi
Chicago Sun Times
Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:32 UTC

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said Friday that Mayor Rahm Emanuel "exploded" at her during a meeting about a longer school day for Chicago Public Schools.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis says Mayor Rahm Emanuel "exploded" at her during a conversation in his office about his signature longer-school-day effort, pointing his finger at her, yelling and telling her, "F--- you, Lewis."

"I just want to call it immense disrespect for me and the Chicago Teachers Union,'' Lewis told the Chicago Sun-Times Friday. "I didn't appreciate the way he talked to me.

"My father never talked to me like that. My husband's never talked to me like that."

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Society's Child

PEW study urges Canada to suspend Arctic oil exploration

US, Connecticut: Man Resembling Cop Sexually Assaults Woman

US: Two Die in Bizarre Fast Food Incidents

US, North Carolina: Two Soldiers Detained Over Missing Fort Bragg Ammunition

US: Terrorists Plotting Attack on 9/11 Anniversary in New York Could be Disguised as Construction Workers

California, US: Federal Agency To Investigate Massive Power Outage

US: Daycare Worker Accused Of Drugging Children

U.S. Mint Worker Stole $2.4M in "Error" Coins

Google Street View Camera Captures Naked Miami Woman On Her Front Doorstep

Teachers union president says Mayor Emanuel 'exploded' at her

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