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BREAKING: American Toubadour, Folk Singer and Activist Pete Seeger Has Died at Age 94
Source: Associated Press
@AP: BREAKING: American troubadour, folk singer and activist Pete Seeger has died at age 94, family says.
Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94
FOLK SINGER, ACTIVIST PETE SEEGER DIES IN NY
By MICHAEL HILL
— Jan. 28, 2014 1:53 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — American troubadour, folk music singer and activist Pete Seeger has died at a hospital in New York. He was 94.
Seeger's grandson, Kitama Cahill-Jackson, says Seeger died Monday night after being hospitalized for six days.
Seeger gained fame as a member of The Weavers, the quartet formed in 1948 and had hits such as "Goodnight Irene."
He continued performing and recording for six decades afterward and was still an activist as recently as October 2011 when he marched in New York City as part of the Occupy Wall Street protests.
He was onstage in January 2009 for a gala Washington concert two days before Barack Obama was inaugurated.
But in the 1950s, his leftist politics got him blacklisted and he was kept off commercial television for more than a decade.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/folk-singer-activist-pete-seeger-dies-ny
I was there...
The Johnny Cash Show:
Janis Ian just posted this on her Facebook page. She says one of her earliest memories is of being on Pete's knee, with his banjo on the other.
From Wikipedia:
In 1960, the San Diego school board told him that he could not play a scheduled concert at a high school unless he signed an oath pledging that the concert would not be used to promote a communist agenda or an overthrow of the government. Seeger refused, and the American Civil Liberties Union obtained an injunction against the school district, allowing the concert to go on as scheduled. In February 2009, the San Diego School District officially extended an apology to Seeger for the actions of their predecessors.
Pete with Woody Guthrie:
2-Year-Old Pete with his Musical Family:
Rest in PEACE.
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German TV: Snowden Says NSA Also Spies on Industry
Source: Associated Press
GERMAN TV: SNOWDEN SAYS NSA ALSO SPIES ON INDUSTRY
Jan. 26, 2014 6:05 AM EST
BERLIN (AP) — Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden claims in a new interview that the U.S. agency is involved in industrial espionage.
German public television broadcaster ARD released a written statement before an interview airing Sunday night in which it quotes Snowden as saying that if German engineering company Siemens had information that would benefit the United States — but had nothing to do with national security needs — the National Security Agency would still use it.
ARD did not give any further context and it was not clear what exactly Snowden accused the NSA of doing with such information.
Snowden faces felony charges in the U.S. after revealing the NSA's mass surveillance program. He has temporary asylum in Russia.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/german-tv-snowden-says-nsa-also-spies-industry
Police Say They Disabled Crude Attempts at Explosives Devices Found in Gunman's Bag at MD Mall
Source: Associated Press
POLICE SAY THEY DISABLED CRUDE ATTEMPTS AT EXPLOSIVE DEVICES FOUND IN GUNMAN'S BAG AT MD. MALL
Jan. 25, 2014 10:27 PM EST
COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — Police say they disabled crude attempts at explosive devices that were found in a bag carried by a gunman to a deadly shooting at a Maryland mall.
Police say the gunman shot two other people and then himself Saturday morning in Columbia, Md.
A news release late Saturday night says investigators searched the gunman's bag inside the store where two employees were shot. They found and disabled what they described as "crude devices that appeared to be an attempt at making explosives using fireworks."
The mall will remain closed Sunday and police will use dogs to search the mall overnight, which is standard procedure.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/police-say-3-people-killed-mall-suburban-baltimore
W. Va. Company Ordered to Remove (All Above-Ground) Tanks After Spill
Source: Associated Press
W.VA. COMPANY ORDERED TO REMOVE TANKS AFTER SPILL
By JOHN RABY
— Jan. 25, 2014 5:04 PM EST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's governor on Saturday ordered the company at the center of a chemical spill that tainted the state capital's water supply to remove all above-ground storage tanks from the Charleston operation.
A statement released by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's office said Freedom Industries must start the dismantling process by March 15.
The Jan. 9 spill of a chemical used to clean coal at Freedom Industries contaminated the water supply for 300,000 West Virginians, some of whom couldn't use their tap water for a week.
The order to dismantle and properly dispose of the tanks also includes associated piping and machinery. The facility currently has 17 tanks. The governor's statement said crude MCHM leaked from one of three now-empty tanks containing the chemical at the plant.
All 17 tanks "are located within inadequate secondary containment areas," the statement said.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/wva-company-ordered-remove-tanks-after-spill
Bloomberg News Graphics: A Timeline of Governor Christie’s Unfolding Scandals
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http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-01-23/governor-christie-scandal.html
PUBLISHED JAN. 23, 2014
A Timeline of Governor Christie’s Unfolding Scandals
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, 51, is facing scrutiny over his staff’s involvement in the closing of traffic lanes to the George Washington Bridge, which connects the state with Manhattan. The September closings caused miles of backups in Fort Lee, New Jersey, a town of 37,500 just before the bridge. Fort Lee’s Democratic mayor didn’t endorse Republican Christie in his re-election bid. Christie has denied knowledge of his staff’s involvement, which threatens his possible presidential ambitions. The following is a timeline of events. RELATED CONTENT >>
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US Sues KBR in Connection With Army Work in Iraq
Source: Associated Press
US SUES KBR IN CONNECTION WITH ARMY WORK IN IRAQ
Jan. 23, 2014 7:57 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is suing Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc., charging that the defense contractor submitted false claims and took kickbacks in connection to a U.S. Army contract in Iraq.
The government alleges that KBR employees took kickbacks from two Kuwaiti companies that it hired as subcontractors in 2003 and 2004, then filed claims for reimbursement for inflated costs.
The Justice Department said Thursday that it filed the lawsuit in federal court in Illinois.
Houston-based KBR said it could not comment on the lawsuit Thursday because it had just been filed.
KBR had a contract to provide transportation, maintenance, food, shelter and other services to support the Army in Iraq, and it used local subcontractors to perform some of the work.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-sues-kbr-connection-army-work-iraq
Breaking: Dinesh D'Souza Indicted for Violating U.S. Election Law
Source: Reuters
Dinesh D'Souza indicted for violating U.S. election law
Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:03pm EST
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Dinesh D'Souza, a conservative commentator and best-selling author, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for arranging excessive campaign contributions to a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
According to an indictment made public on Thursday in federal court in Manhattan, D'Souza around August 2012 reimbursed people who he had directed to contribute $20,000 to the candidate's campaign. The candidate was not named in the indictment.
Attempts to reach D'Souza and a lawyer representing him were unsuccessful.
D'Souza was charged in the indictment with one count of making illegal contributions in the names of others, and one count of causing false statements to be made.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL2N0KX1S220140123
U.S. Privacy Board Says NSA Phone Program Illegal, Should End
Source: Reuters
U.S. privacy board says NSA phone program illegal, should end
By Alina Selyukh
WASHINGTON | Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:57am EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records provides only minimal benefits to countering terrorism, is illegal and should end, a federal privacy watchdog said in a report to be released on Thursday and reviewed by Reuters.
The watchdog agency's report could further complicate efforts by both President Barack Obama and Congress to come up with possible reforms to NSA eavesdropping programs, which have been under harsh scrutiny in the wake of revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, which produced the new report, is an independent government agency within the executive branch that advises the President and Congress on how to ensure that counterterrorism operations also protect Americans' privacy.
In its report, the board called on the government to end the NSA program that collects U.S. telephone records in bulk and to purge the data it had collected, adding ammunition to efforts by privacy advocates to win new restrictions on government surveillance programs.
"The Section 215 bulk telephone records program lacks a viable legal foundation under Section 215, implicates constitutional concerns under the First and Fourth Amendments, raises serious threats to privacy and civil liberties as a policy matter, and has shown only limited value," the board said in its report.
The board's conclusion that NSA's bulk collection of Americans telephone metadata lacks legal grounding goes further than both the president and an ad hoc panel he created to review NSA eavesdropping activities.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA0M0TI20140123
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