Category: The News From Around The World

Tenn. brings back electric chair

May 22, 2014 - The News From Around The World, Top Stories

Tenn. brings back electric chair

How about bringing back Christianity instead?

Tenn. brings back electric chairTennessee has decided how it will respond to a nationwide scarcity of lethal injection drugs for death-row inmates: with the electric chair. Republican Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill into law Thursday allowing the state to electrocute death row inmates in the event prisons are unable to obtain the drugs, which have become more and more scarce following a European-led boycott of drug sales for executions. Tennessee lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the electric chair legislation in April, with the Senate voting 23-3 and the House 68-13 in favor of the bill. Tennessee is the first state […]

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Today’s Florida Cop Story

May 22, 2014 - The News From Around The World, Top Stories

A former Florida cop won’t face sexual assault charges in connection with a wild, sexually charged party attended in March by other officers — including one who killed himself rather than be taken into custody.

Florida cop won’t be charged with sexual assault of ‘dirty Jenga’ party hostess (via Raw Story )

A former Florida cop won’t face sexual assault charges in connection with a wild, sexually charged party attended in March by other officers — including one who killed himself rather than be taken into custody. The state attorney’s office declined…

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Google: Ads Coming to the Internet of Things

May 22, 2014 - The News From Around The World, Top Stories

Google’s bottom line depends on advertisements, and its all-consuming quest for revenue might one day drive it to serve up ads on everything from car dashboards to thermostats, according to a letter the company submitted last year to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

 

Google: Ads Coming to the Internet of Things (via Dice News in Tech)

Google’s bottom line depends on advertisements, and its all-consuming quest for revenue might one day drive it to serve up ads on everything from car dashboards to thermostats, according to a letter the company submitted last year to the Securities…

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Fox News Anchor Arrested

May 22, 2014 - The News From Around The World, Top Stories

Fox News Anchor Greg Jarrett's mugshot.

Fox News Anchor Greg Jarrett’s mugshot.

Police say Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett was belligerent which means he was either drunk or somebody said, “Obama.” Sobering up in the tank Jarrett began seeing things that didn’t exist like imaginary spiders or a Benghazi coverup.

Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett was arrested at a Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport bar on Wednesday for refusing to cooperate with airport police who were called to the scene, an airport official said.

via Fox News Anchor Arrested at Minnesota Airport – ABC News.

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GOP: Arrest Those Who Fight Fracking

May 21, 2014 - The News From Around The World, Top Stories

Here, drink this.

Yeah, sure. Fracking is perfectly safe. That’s why you can’t know what exactly is in the secret sauce. From our friends over at Mother Jones:

On Thursday, three Republican state senators introduced a bill that would slap a felony charge on individuals who disclosed confidential information about fracking chemicals. The bill, whose sponsors include a member of Republican party leadership, establishes procedures for fire chiefs and health care providers to obtain chemical information during emergencies. But as the trade publication Energywire noted Friday, individuals who leak information outside of emergency settings could be penalized with fines and several months in prison.

via North Carolina GOP Pushes Unprecedented Bill to Jail Anyone Who Discloses Fracking Chemicals | Mother Jones.

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Kevin Hart fires back at ex-wife

May 21, 2014 - Reading List, The News From Around The World

Kevin Hart is not sitting idly by as his ex-wife Torrei Hart slams the super successful comedian on Entertainment Tonight . Torrei spoke to Entertainment Tonight ’s Rocsi Diaz to promote the upcoming reality series Altanta Exes , in which Torrei co-stars. Kevin Hart split with Torrei more than six years ago and has been dating model Eniko Parrish , who is the woman Torrei claims destroyed her marriage. “It does hurt that my kids have to be around a woman who broke up a marriage,” Torrei told Entertainment Tonight . “I was with [Kevin] when he was selling […]

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