Archive for April 14th, 2011

Bloomberg.com Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), the U.S. bank with the most branches, is testing microchip-embedded credit cards with frequent travelers to address complaints of customers who have trouble using their cards abroad. The pilot program announced today marks the first effort by a major U.S. bank to deploy Visa Inc. (V) credit cards... »

By Russ Winter FinancialSense.com 04/14/2011 Every 10 percent increase in global food prices equates to a 100 percent increase in anti-government protests, according to a recent report from the International Monetary Fund. Looking at recent increases in foodstuff commodities — up a total of 45 percent since the arrival of QE2 last year —... »

ENENews.com April 14th, 2011 Fukushima Potential Releases, Xe-133 Total Column for April 14-April 18, 2011, Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), April 14, 2011: The forecast shows a bright blue cloud over Northern California, Oregon, and Washington beginning April 14; It then extends through Idaho, Montana, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska and South Dakota... »

Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com April 14, 2011 Detroit mother Maryanne Godboldo faces multiple felony charges and is being held on $500,000 bond after a 10-hour standoff with a heavily armed police SWAT team. Godboldo was protecting her 13-year-old daughter from unnecessary medication ordered by the state. Godboldo’s daughter was born with a defective foot that... »

Agency lied, said it had stopped frisking children Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com April 14, 2011 Following the emergence of a video of a TSA agent subjecting a scared and confused 6-year old girl to an invasive full body pat down this week, another incident has come to light today in which an 8-year old boy... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 04/14/2011 TEPCO continues to be stuck between a rock and a liquid place. Following recent efforts to stop the spillage of radioactive water into the ocean, the pseudo-nationalized utility is now experiencing the aftermath of radioactive water retention. From Kyodo: “The concentration levels of radioactive iodine and cesium in groundwater... »

By Aaron Mehta and Laurel Adams IWatchNews.org As Japan struggles with a radiation emergency, the network of laboratories in charge of keeping nuclear contamination out of American food is under fire for being unprepared and understaffed. The Department of Agriculture inspector general found that while the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service has provided... »

By Stephen C. Webster RawStory.com The San Francisco Entertainment Commission was scheduled Tuesday to consider a proposal that would mandate ID scans for every person entering a “place of entertainment” attended by more than 100 people — a move that immediately sparked the fears of civil libertarians, who saw it as yet another encroachment... »

SpaceDaily.comApr 13, 2011 The Lockheed Martin-led Next Generation Identification (NGI) team is beginning to fully develop and deploy a capability that will enhance the FBI’s latent fingerprint matching accuracy and introduce palm print matching to the system. Development efforts began after a successful Critical Design Review (CDR) for the system’s Increment 3. The milestone... »

The Intel Hub By Alexander Higgins – Contributing Writer April 13th, 2011 Record levels of japan nuclear radiation have been found in the Pacific Ocean off the Fukushima, Japan Coast. The radiation is expected carried toward the US by fast-moving currents. NHK news reports record levels of radiation in the ocean off the coast... »