Saturday, February 28, 2015

CHANGE OF PLAN? US rethinking strategy to retake Mosul from ISIS

Fear Envelops Russia After Killing of Putin Critic Boris Y. Nemtsov - New York Times


New York Times

Fear Envelops Russia After Killing of Putin Critic Boris Y. Nemtsov
New York Times
MOSCOW — About two weeks before he was shot and killed in the highest-profile political assassination in Russia in a decade, Boris Y. Nemtsov met with an old friend to discuss his latest research into what he said was dissembling and misdeeds in the ...
Russian Opposition Blames Government for Nemtsov's MurderBloomberg
Nemtsov a Possible 'Sacrificial Victim,' Investigators SayABC News
Boris Nemtsov murder prompts Putin 'justice' pledgeBBC News
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Lawsuits accuse yoga guru of sexual assault

The yoga master behind the exercise practice known as "hot yoga" is facing at least six separate civil lawsuits from women who say he sexually assaulted them.

Iraq P.M.: ISIS 'barbarians' will not destroy our history

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says he wants to send a clear message: The artwork that epitomizes Iraq's culture and history will not be wiped away by anyone or anything, including ISIS.

Police shooting death ruled a homicide

The report states that Jessica Hernandez had four gunshot wounds at the time of her death which has caused protests against police and vigils in the community.

Using poetry to inspire political activism

Melissa Harris-Perry’s 'Footsoldier' is Crystal Valentine, a 20-year-old Bronx native who wants to use her poetry to get New York City youth involved in politics.

Mom of murdered Russian opposition leader: Putin will 'kill you for that' - Fox News


USA TODAY

Mom of murdered Russian opposition leader: Putin will 'kill you for that'
Fox News
The murder of prominent Putin critic Boris Nemstov in a gangland-style killing steps from the Kremlin came just weeks after the dissident told a magazine his mother worried the Russian leader would have him bumped off for his outspokenness. "'When will ...
Intrigue and Fear Flood Russia After Killing of Boris NemtsovNew York Times
Could Nemtsov Threaten Putin in Death as in Life?Voice of America
Nemtsov murder: Russian society polarised as theories aboundBBC News
Washington Post -Haaretz -Reuters
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SHUTDOWN AVERTED: Congress passes short-term DHS funding bill

Obama staying out of the GOP crossfire in shutdown fight - Washington Post


Wall Street Journal

Obama staying out of the GOP crossfire in shutdown fight
Washington Post
All week, Republicans threatened to shut down the Department of Homeland Security. Each time, the White House dared them to go ahead and try. As the midnight Friday deadline ticked closer, President Obama showed no signs of panic that the standoff on ...
No Shutdown For Now: Congress Passes Week-Long Homeland Security PatchNBCNews.com
Lawmakers race to prevent shutdown of DHS at midnightThe Hill
What could a Homeland Security shutdown mean?USA TODAY
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FAMILY REUNITES Teen kidnapped at birth befriends sister at school

Outspoken Russian opposition leader shot dead

Boris Nemtsov, one of President Vladimir Putin's most vocal critics, has been shot four times and killed by an unknown assailant in central Moscow.

Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead, police hunt killers - Reuters


Reuters

Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead, police hunt killers
Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin and Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis, was shot dead steps from the Kremlin in a murder that underscored the risks taken by the Russian opposition. Nemtsov, 55, was shot ...
Boris Nemtsov murder: the man who might have been kingTelegraph.co.uk
Prominent Putin critic Boris Nemtsov shot dead near KremlinMiamiHerald.com
Boris Nemtsov: 'I'm afraid Putin will kill me,' politician said weeks before being ...The Independent
RT -RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Friday, February 27, 2015

A big career leap from lawyer to filmmaker

Dawn Porter is an Emmy nominated filmmaker from NYC. She chatted with msnbc about her journey from a lawyer to a filmmaker, and her upcoming film "Trapped."

IRS BOMBSHELL: Thousands of Lerner emails recovered in targeting probe

BREAKING NEWS 9 dead in apparent mass murder-suicide in Missouri

'Jihadi John': Eric Holder Says US 'Working On' Ways to Kill or Capture Him - ABC News


ABC News

'Jihadi John': Eric Holder Says US 'Working On' Ways to Kill or Capture Him
ABC News
The U.S. government has been “thinking about” and “working on” ways to either kill or capture the ISIS propagandist known as “Jihadi John,” the nation's top law enforcement official says. Over the past year, as it has been wreaking havoc in Syria and Iraq and ...
'Jihadi John' named as Mohammed Emwazi from LondonBBC News
Mohammed Emwazi was not a fine young man driven to murderTelegraph.co.uk
Widow of man killed by 'Jihadi John' wants him caught aliveTimes of India
Washington Post -The Independent -Irish Independent
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'WE'VE BEEN LIED TO': Thousands of emails recovered in IRS targeting probe

UK Spies Face Questions About Failure to Stop 'Jihadi John' - ABC News


ABC News

UK Spies Face Questions About Failure to Stop 'Jihadi John'
ABC News
British spy agencies are facing questions about how a young Londoner who was on their radar as part of terrorist investigations was able to travel to Syria and become the masked militant known as "Jihadi John." Officials have identified the man shown in ...
'Jihadi John' named as Mohammed Emwazi from LondonBBC News
Jihadi John: Mohammed Emwazi's Muslim neighbour gave this powerful ...The Independent
Widow of Briton killed by Mohammed Emwazi wants him caught aliveThe Guardian
The Week UK -Irish Independent -RTE.ie
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BLUE AND BLACK OR ... Woman asks about dress color, Internet explodes

IS murderer Mohammed Emwazi on MI5's radar since 2009 - Irish Times


Irish Times

IS murderer Mohammed Emwazi on MI5's radar since 2009
Irish Times
The British man named as the extremist glorying in the beheading of journalists and aid workers had been known to intelligence agencies for five years before he publicly emerged in a series of grisly Islamic State (Isis) propaganda videos. It has been ...
Security Alert Near US Consulate: BreakingNews.comNBCNews.com
Jihadi John identity revealed as Mohammed Emwazi: Feb 26 as it happenedTelegraph.co.uk
The 'gentle, kind' Jihadi John, a 'beautiful young man'Washington Post
Mirror.co.uk -Times LIVE -The Independent
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MI5 blunders that allowed Jihadi John to slip the net - Telegraph.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk

MI5 blunders that allowed Jihadi John to slip the net
Telegraph.co.uk
MI5 and police came into contact at least a dozen times with the man identified yesterday as Jihadi John before he was able to flee Britain for Syria, it emerged last night. The security services made a botched attempt to “turn” Mohammed Emwazi after he was ...
The 'gentle, kind' Jihadi John, a 'beautiful young man'Washington Post
Slain ISIS Hostage David Haines' Daughter Wants Jihadi John DeadNBCNews.com
'Jihadi John' from Islamic State beheading videos unmasked as LondonerReuters UK
Hindustan Times -CNN International -Mirror.co.uk
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Greenhouse

Vocativ’s Joshua Krisch explains “the war on science”; The Guardian’s Jon Watts digs into the enormous Nicaraguan Canal; Lauren Singer takes on American trash; SkyTruth’s John Amos exposes a decade-long oil leak; and journalist McKenzie Funk confronts...

Reuters: A Kuwaiti-born Londoner is ISIS executioner

A man with a British accent seen in ISIS beheading videos is believed to be Mohammed Emwazi, Reuters reports, citing The Washington Post and BBC.

Reuters: A Kuwaiti-born Londoner is face of ISIS

A man with a British accent seen in ISIS beheading videos is believed to be Mohammed Emwazi, Reuters reports, citing The Washington Post and BBC.

A Field Guide to the Internet Infrastructure That Hides in Plain Sight

A Field Guide to the Internet Infrastructure That Hides in Plain Sight

Ingrid Burrington introduces us to this physical face of modern telecommunications in Networks of New York: An Internet Infrastructure Field Guide.

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Fans Resurrect a Long-Lost Sonic the Hedgehog Game

Fans Resurrect a Long-Lost Sonic the Hedgehog Game

Nearly two decades after it was canceled, we can finally play the lost Sonic the Hedgehog game. (After a fashion.)

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Reuters: ISIS terrorist named Mohammed Emwazi

A man with a British accent seen in ISIS beheading videos is believed to be from west London, Reuters reports, citing The Washington Post and BBC.

The man behind the ISIS mask

The masked executioner clutching a knife in ISIS beheading propaganda videos was named by two news organizations on Thursday.

'Jihadi John' killer from Islamic State beheading videos named by media - Reuters


Channel 4 News

'Jihadi John' killer from Islamic State beheading videos named by media
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - The "Jihadi John" killer who has featured in several Islamic State beheading videos is Mohammed Emwazi, a Briton from a middle class family who grew up in London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming, ...
'Jihadi John' Identity Revealed as Londoner Mohammed EmwaziABC News
Identity of ISIS terrorist known as 'Jihadi John' reportedly revealedFox News
ISIL militant 'Jihadi John' named by mediaUSA TODAY
Haaretz -NBCNews.com -CNN
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'LOCKED AND LOADED': Late drama as FCC preps for vote on Internet regs

Islamic State in Syria has abducted 220 from Christian villages this week - monitor - Reuters UK


USA TODAY

Islamic State in Syria has abducted 220 from Christian villages this week - monitor
Reuters UK
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have abducted at least 220 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria during a three day offensive, a monitor that tracks violence in Syria said on Thursday. The British-based Syrian Observatory for ...
Christians flee jihadists after Syria kidnappingsDaily Mail
Islamic State may have abducted 150 Christians in Syria, activists sayChristian Science Monitor
Syrian Kurds Cut IS Supply Line Near IraqVoice of America
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Terror group grabs more hostages

ISIS has snatched more Assyrian Christian hostages after taking over nearly a dozen Assyrian villages in northeastern Syria in the past few days, says activist.

Putin aide: Respect Russia's 'rights'

Russian President Vladimir Putin's right-hand man tells CNN that Russia's relationship with the West will improve when the country's "national interests" are treated with "due respect."

Review: Bowers & Wilkins T7 Bluetooth Speaker

Review: Bowers & Wilkins T7 Bluetooth Speaker

The Bowers & Wilkins T7 speaker isn't a failure, but it is not the stunning success one would expect to see from this high-end audio brand.

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Citations for the February 25, 2015 TRMS

Links to material cited on Wednesday night's show

Obama's Political Advice for Jeb Bush on Illegal Immigrants - TheBlaze.com


New York Daily News

Obama's Political Advice for Jeb Bush on Illegal Immigrants
TheBlaze.com
President Barack Obama, while in Miami, called on former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to push the Republicans in Congress to pass immigration reform. “I appreciate Mr. Bush being concerned about immigration reform,” Obama said during a town hall meeting ...
Obama says he would veto stand-alone immigration repealKansas City Star
Obama promised to save immigrants from deportationNew York Daily News
Obama promises to veto and save undocumented immigrants from deportationThe Westside Story
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

GOP waves white flag

A Department of Homeland Security funding bill is on the table — but lawmakers are not out of the woods yet.

Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill - New York Times


New York Times

Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday vetoed a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, rejecting an effort by Republicans and some Democrats to force his administration to let the highly contested energy project move forward.
Obama vetoes Keystone XL pipeline, leaving it in limboReuters
Obama vetoes Keystone pipeline bill, heightening clash with GOPLos Angeles Times
Obama Keystone Veto May Signal Beginning of End for DebateBloomberg
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Blame game starts as teens beat security net

Three teenage girls suspected of flying from London to Turkey to join ISIS are now believed to have made it into Syria, London police says -- sparking an international blame game.

DHS LIFELINE? McConnell offers a way out of funding impasse

Missing UK girls believed to be in Syria, police say

London's Metropolitan Police say they have reason to believe that three British teenage girls who flew to Turkey last week are no longer there and have crossed into Syria.

Facebook Shares Its Design Secrets in the Apple App Store

Facebook Shares Its Design Secrets in the Apple App Store

Facebook is releasing a new iPhone app through the Apple App Store, but it’s not for everyone. It’s for the world’s software designers. This morning, the social networking giant unloaded an app-ified version of Origami, the primary design tool the company used in creating Facebook Paper—the rather impressive news reader it released last year—as well […]

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