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RIP Ammo: Good News for Women, Bad News for Their Attackers

RIP Ammo: Good News for Women, Bad News for Their Attackers

G2R Ammo has developed a new type of ammunition called “Radically Invasion Projectile” (RIP) ammo intended to ‘maximize lethal potential’ for citizens in self-defense situations. Note: it is not simply a new line of ammunition but an entirely new kind

Night Fire Destroys Ancient Tibetan Town in China

Night Fire Destroys Ancient Tibetan Town in China

(AP) Fire destroys ancient Tibetan town in SW ChinaBy DIDI TANGAssociated PressBEIJINGA fire that raged for nearly 10 hours Saturday razed an ancient Tibetan town in southwest China that’s popular with tourists, burning down hundreds of buildings as fire engines

Off Duty Firefighter Puts Out Truck Blaze With Beer

Off Duty Firefighter Puts Out Truck Blaze With Beer

TEXAS – On Monday, an off duty Houston firefighter returning with his wife from Austin on Texas 71, was suddenly called into action when the couple came across an 18-wheeler with smoke pouring from its brakes.  Captain Craig Moreau said,

IRS Targeting Of ObamaCare Critics Should Be A Bigger Story

In response to Banana republic update: cancer patient who complained about ObamaCare gets an IRS audit: Don’t forget C. Steven Tucker, the health insurance broker who helped Bill Elliott, the cancer patient, keep his insurance. Tucker, a Chicago based “health

Marine base partially evacuates from wildfire

Marine base partially evacuates from wildfire

(AP) Marine base partially evacuates from wildfireCAMP PENDLETON, Calif.Crews built containment lines Sunday around a wind-driven wildfire that scorched more than 2 square miles of dry brush and forced people to evacuate part of a Southern California military base. The

37 Dead in Fire at Russian Psychiatric Hospital

37 Dead in Fire at Russian Psychiatric Hospital

(AP) MOSCOWRussia’s top investigative agency says 37 people have died in a fire in a Russian psychiatric hospital. The fire in the one-story hospital in the village of Luka in the northwestern Novgorod region erupted around 3 a.m. Friday and quickly

Raging Fire Strikes at Heart of Sandy-Hit NJ Town

Raging Fire Strikes at Heart of Sandy-Hit NJ Town

(AP) Raging fire strikes at heart of Sandy-hit NJ townBy WAYNE PARRY and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKIAssociated PressSEASIDE PARK, N.J.A massive fire spitting fist-sized embers engulfed dozens of businesses along an iconic Jersey shore boardwalk Thursday, forcing workers to rip up stretches

Congressman's Family Reunites Twins By Adopting Them

Your feel-good story of the day from The Blaze: The Republican congressman, Markwayne Mullin, adopted the pair of twins, Ivy and Lynette, who were reportedly born into a “bad situation” and had been living apart since they were 3-months-old, after repeated

Kenya airport fire: No signs of terrorism–yet

Kenya airport fire: No signs of terrorism–yet

(AP) Kenya fire: Airport reopens for domestic, cargoBy TOM ODULA and JASON STRAZIUSOAssociated PressNAIROBI, Kenya A small fire that an under-resourced fire brigade reacted slowly to swelled into a raging inferno that engulfed the arrival hall at Kenya’s main international

'Kill Zimmerman' Painted On Business Before Arson

'Kill Zimmerman' Painted On Business Before Arson

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. – July 15, 2013 (WPVI) — Police in Chester County, Pennsylvania are investigating an act of vandalism with racial overtones, possibly connected to the fallout from the verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial. Photographs obtained by Action

Arizona Wildfire Kills 19 Members of Elite Crew

Arizona Wildfire Kills 19 Members of Elite Crew

(AP) Arizona wildfire kills 19 members of elite crewBy JOHN MARSHALL and JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated PressYARNELL, Ariz.An elite crew of firefighters trained to battle the nation’s fiercest wildfires was overtaken by an out-of-control blaze in Arizona, killing 19 members as they

16 Children, 1 Teacher Dead in Pakistan Bus Fire

16 Children, 1 Teacher Dead in Pakistan Bus Fire

(AP) – Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their minibus to be engulfed in flames, police said. Police officer Ijaz Ahmad said five children

Authorities: Arson Not Ruled Out in Texas Blast

Authorities: Arson Not Ruled Out in Texas Blast

By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated PressWEST, TexasInvestigators working in the remnants of an exploded Texas fertilizer plant sifted by hand through untold kernels of corn, moved tons of debris and conducted more than 400 interviews, while searching for the missing piece to

38 Die in Mental Hospital Fire Outside Moscow

38 Die in Mental Hospital Fire Outside Moscow

(AP) 38 die in mental hospital fire outside MoscowNATALIYA VASILYEVAAssociated PressMOSCOWA fire swept quickly through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow early Friday, killing 38 people, most of them sedated and in their beds, officials said. The one-story brick-and-wood hospital building

Crews Seek Survivors, Bodies After Texas Blast

Crews Seek Survivors, Bodies After Texas Blast

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JOHN L. MONEAssociated PressWEST, TexasRescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris while

Maybe I Jumped the Gun

In response to Judgment Withheld: Although I hate to give any credence to Infowars, their story does contain links to other sites.  I don’t know if these other sites are credible or not.  They’re just completely new to me. Maybe

Chicago Suburb Arrests Mothers for Refusing Energy Meters

Chicago Suburb Arrests Mothers for Refusing Energy Meters

In Naperville, IL, two mothers were arrested last week for refusing to allow utility workers to install controversial smart meters on their homes. The city’s new Naperville Smart Grid Initiative requires new controversial smart meters to be installed in every

Emergency Landing Grounds Boeing 787 Jets in Japan

Emergency Landing Grounds Boeing 787 Jets in Japan

(AP) – Japan’s two biggest airlines grounded all their Boeing 787 aircraft for safety checks Wednesday after one was forced to make an emergency landing in the latest blow for the new jet. All Nippon Airways said a cockpit message