US agents nab US$29M of cocaine on Dominican Republic ship
From Dominican Today San Juan, Puerto Rico.- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Air and Marine, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), seized a 989 kilograms (2,180 pounds) cocaine shipment…
NYPD officer indicted for fatal shooting of Akai Gurley
From Inquisitr A grand jury in Brooklyn has indicted NYPD officer Peter Liang for shooting African-American resident Akai Gurley, according to the Washington Post. Multiple sources, including police commissioner Bill Bratton, claim that Gurley was “completely innocent” of any wrong-doing…
Alibaba invests $590 Million in Chinese smartphone maker Meizu
By Jon Russell From Techcrunch Alibaba is stumping up more than half a billion dollars to kick its lacklustre mobile phone business into gear. The NYSE-listed e-commerce giant today announced a $590 million investment in Chinese phone-maker Meizu. The deal…
Samsung’s TVs aren’t the only devices listening to you
By Samantha Murphy Kelly From Mashable Dozens of reports have trickled out in the past few days about how Samsung’s SmartTV voice command feature can listen in on private conversations, essentially eavesdropping and recording what’s happening within the room. The…
Brian Williams has been suspended by NBC for 6 months
By Matt Johnston and Colin Campbell Here’s the interview with ‘Stars and Stripes’ that got Brian Williams into so much trouble Trust for Brian Williams has completely crashed Brian Williams explains how he ‘misremembered’ the Iraq helicopter incident Brian Williams…
The Editor Speaks: Immigration ‘a toxic workplace’ and verbal insults
It seems having a top job in government leads to false allegations, back stabbing and verbal insults. Just listening and reading the current news bulletins involving government senior personnel it must seem like being on the front line in a…
Obama’s International Tax Plan attacks offshore tax havens
From Daily KOS Cross-Posted from Progress Central: http://wp.me/… In President Barack Obama’s 2015 budget is a reform to the way the United States taxes international and multinational corporations and people. Here’s all you need to known about Obama’s international tax…
Greens call for investigation into Abbot Point and Adani mine [Cayman Islands named]
By Lisa Cox National political reporter From The Sydney Morning Herald Uncertainty over massive Queensland mine after election shock and concerns over India’s Adani The federal government is being urged to investigate the ownership structure of Australia’s largest coal development,…
Aviation director delaying new airline’s economic permit and Curaçao is in serious need of airlift
From Curacao Chronicle WILLEMSTAD – The aviation company AVA Airways applied for an economic permit in December 2013. This request is to operate scheduled and unscheduled air transport of passengers, cargo and mail. This permit is also necessary to start…
Tort notices filed by students cleared of WPU gang rape
By Mary Pat Gallagher, From New Jersey Law Journal Two of the five William Paterson University students who were accused of an on-campus gang rape last fall, but were cleared of the charges when a grand jury refused to indict…
