VIOLENT RIGHT: West Point terrorism report, warning of “mass casualty attacks,” says far-right violence up 400% since 2000

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A director at the U.S. West Point Military Academy suggests that a new wave of far-right violence in America is re-surfacing after several years of apparent calm while the Al-Qaeda threat occupied much of the nation’s attention. Dr. Arie Perliger, Director of Terrorism Studies at The Combating Terrorism Center at Westpoint, concluded in his Nov. [...]

Connecticut bill would mandate “behavioral health” evaluations for public school & homeschooled children

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A Connecticut state legislator, who serves on a new bipartisan gun violence & children’s safety task force, has co-authored a bill that would require behavioral health assessments for school children. The proposed Bill No. 374, which is co-authored by State Senator Toni H. Harp (D-New Haven) and State Representative Toni E. Walker (D-New Haven), was submitted as a news tip to [...]

FIRE IN THE SKY: Meteor slams Earth, on eve of Asteroid DA14 flyby, injuring nearly 1,000 Russians

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As NASA scientists and the world prepared for a “close, but safe” flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named 2012 DA14, the heavens awoke with an early surprise over the skies of Russia this morning as what appeared to be a fast-moving meteor slammed into buildings and other structures. The destruction caused by the explosive [...]

TURN TO AFRICA: Catholic conclave could pick Ghanainan Cardinal Turkson as Church’s first Black Pope to replace Benedict XVI

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He currently serves in one of the most important positions in the Catholic Church and now may be a serious candidate for the highest position of Pope. As President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, 64-year-old Cardinal Peter Turkson believes conditions may be right for an African Pope to lead the world’s 1.196 [...]

SEAL TEAM SIX: One man’s journey from proud Navy warrior to humbled servant of Jesus Christ

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“Howard, you were too hardheaded to listen to Me after you were shot once. You didn’t listen to Me after the second shot. Here, big boy, let Me give you your third bullet hole. Now, do I have your attention…?” – Seal Team Six In one respect, it was the beginning of the end for [...]

HUSBANDS: Want more sex? New study suggests wives should give men a break from housework

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Earlier last month, a former emergency room physician shared his belief with CNN that people need a “stop day” — a 24-hour period of rest — or their bodies would face the consequences of poor health such as depression and anxiety. The concept of a day of rest, where the body has time to slow [...]

PODCAST #4: As school violence alarm rises nationwide, Ohio’s Montpelier School Board acts to arm staff

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A northern Ohio school district, in a move considered to be a first in the state, gave the green light on Jan. 9 for staff to carry concealed handguns on school grounds. The 5-0 vote by the Montpelier Exempted Village School Board is aimed to strengthen safety measures for school children in the wake of [...]

PODCAST #3: ‘T-Ray’ scans The Big Apple as police test terahertz body scanner amid privacy concerns

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Listen to the Big 3 News Podcast player above to hear the podcast or click here to download the complete podcast file to your computer or mobile device. The New York City Police Department (NYPD)  may soon have a new high-tech crime-fighting tool in its arsenal — the result of a funding partnership with the [...]

PODCAST #2: Connecticut mom invited to Google Plus gun debate with Vice-President Joe Biden

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Listen to the Big 3 News Podcast player above to hear our exclusive interview or click here to download the complete podcast file to your computer or mobile device. A Connecticut woman was one of five participants in a White House online event held January 24 to debate ways to reduce gun violence in the [...]

PODCAST #1: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s, “What difference does it make” moment on Benghazi terrorist attacks

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Listen to the Big 3 News Podcast above to hear Sec. Clinton’s remarks and to learn about the latest developments in Libya and our analysis of Sec. Clinton’s testimony. On Sept, 11, 2012, U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans lost their lives during a terrorist attack on the special mission in [...]

Consumer Protection Bureau: The era of “loose underwriting practices” for consumer mortgages is over

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Within hours of the release of a new mortgage lending rule by the nation’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — created in 2010 by the Obama Administration to make markets for consumer financial products and services work for Americans — news commentators, critics and consumers were questioning if the bureau had gone too far. “So, do [...]

OBAMACARE LOOPHOLE: Health insurance premiums rise sharply despite gov’t rate review program

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In a Mar. 2010 address to the House Democratic Caucus on the eve of the passage of his signature health care reform bill, President Barack Obama assured the American people that pooled competition would help lower health care rates. “That’s why the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says this will lower people’s rates for comparable plans by 14-20%,” [...]

Texas Senator Ted Cruz “will work with Martians” to cut spending, tackle the debt, and create pro-growth policies in Congress

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They say big things come out of Texas, and Ted Cruz may be one of them. In a wide-ranging interview on the PBS Newshour last night, Cruz, the newly elected Hispanic Republican Senator who replaced Kay Bailey Hutchison, vowed to tackle such big issues facing the nation as spending, the national debt & deficit and [...]